The oasis., 1896-02-08
ACRossrHE BoreDErs

tecas. on account of the inundation of the mines in the Pachuca district.
 Some of the admirers of General Mariana Escobedo are putting his name forward as q candidate for the presidency at the forthcoming cleo tion.
 The mines in the state of Guerrero are coming into prominence and it IS said that many capitalists are looking toward tha. state as field for invest ment.
 The adult school of the "Sociedad ArtesanCs Unidos" of Mazathn, has closed its list for this term, with lSS names. No more applicants will be admitted for six months.
 Judge Ignacio Sepulyeda, formerly of Los Angeles, California, has been appointed ecretary of the American legation al the City of Mexico, vice Hon. F. C. Butler, resigned.
 The extension of the Mexican Gen. tral to Ameca is being actively pushed forward. Crowds Of labOrers are cover ing the ground and it is expected that track laYing will commence in two or three weeks.
 Mrs. Carmen Romero Rubio de Diaz and the governor of the state of Vera Cruz have made donations to the town of TlacOtalpam for the theatre that is being constructed there Mrs. Diaz donated s5OO and Governor Dehesa 1000.
 Major Won Gunner, of the war de- partment has completed strategic map of the republic of Mexico, show ing all the Notifications and the places at which troops are stationed, tc- gether with the roads, etc., by which troops can be moved
 Amongst the postal reforms that the new postmaster general MT. Garfias intends to introduce, it is said, are the number of the post offices in villages: increase tEe number of postal order offices, and reduce internal postage from five to two cents.
 The bakers of the City of Mexico having complained that the taxes i'm posed upon them lately were too heavy, a meeting was held recently in the office of the collector of taxes with view to taking steps to reduce the taxation. Several bakeries have been closed on account Of the high taxes.
 One of the questions arranged by Governor Arechiga of Iacatecas, on his recent visit at the City of Mexico was a contract with the Central Rail way to deliver daily number of tank cars with drinking water for the use of the inhabitants of the city Oi Zacatecas, the water supply of that place being very limited.
 It has been whispered around, ir PichIlingue, Lower California, unti the rumor has spread throughout the territory that treasure of enormous value, consisting of Spanish dollars oi Charles III, jewelry and gold and sil yer ornaments has been discovered ir place near Pichilingue. The dis coyerers of the treasure are trying tt keep the matter quiet.
 An American company has been in corporated as the "Tehuantepe( Transportation and Trading Co., fol the purpose of doing general freight ing and passenger business on the Coat2acoalcos and tributary rivers or the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. This enterprise will undoubtedly be tho means of producing q sharp advance ir the value of many large tracts Of lane whose exceeding fertility has beer rendered valueless from lack of trans portation facilities to the gulf cost.
 With view to preventing mar riage and baptism under the rites o the protestant church, the catholic clergy and their followers, in Ros; Morada, Topic, attacked the partici pants in the ceremonies at thechurct and caused them to fly in every direc tion to escape their wrath. The jef' poltico of Acaponeta, hearing of tho tumult hurriedly rode into Rosa Mo rada and witha squad fpolice equieteC the incipient religious war. Seven o the ring leaders in the unproyoked at tack were arrested.
 WANTED. Several trustworthy gentlemei