Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-09-28
NEW MEXICO NEWS.

Teachers examination at Silver City
on October 2 and 3.
: P. McCrea, formerly president of the
Agricultural college, is now superintend-
ent of the Tucson public schools.
W. E. Gortner, stenographer of the 4th
judicial district, is spending vacation
back in Indiana. 1t is said young lady
there may accompany him back as Mrs.
G.
The school census, which has just been
completed at Lordsburg, shows there are
eighty five children of school age in
this precinct, fifty girls and thirty.ive
boys.
E. W. Parker has gone to Las Cruces
in response to subpoena, to testify in
the Swartz-Rosnthal Gold-Brick pros
ecution. He will be absent a week or
two or more.-White Oaks Eagle.
The Catholic ladies' social on Thursday
evening at Springer was decided sue
cess, both socially and financially, netting
them something over $50. After the
social dance was given, which was a
grand success.
At 10 O'Clock on Thursday morning, at
the residence of John Phillips, in Dem
ing, Charles Poe, of Cooks Peak, and
Miss May Birchfield, of Deming, we're
made one, the ceremony being performed
by Justice of the Peace Louis I. Marshal.
Now is the time to put forward the
claims of Deming for a military post.
This is the proper point for fort, which
fact was demonstrated last week by the
attack on the Palomas custom house,
and the time to strike is when the iron is
hot.-Deming headlight.
Probably no band in the United States
can boast of one popularity that exists in
the Blossburg band, of Colfax county, N.
M. There are seven brothers, all first
class musicians, who are members of this
band, which is recognized as the finest in
New Me1ico.-Springer Stockman.
Emmett Lockhart returned from Co.
chiti yesterday. His father is interested
in the Grown Point mine, from which they
havA recently taken samples of ore that
assayed from $500 to 800 per ton. He
says an eastern capitalist has offered to
put up reduction works there if the mine
owners would guarantee to average fifty
tons of ore day.-Albuquerque Dem
ocrat.
The county was treated to generous,
soaking rain Friday night and Saturday.
How far it extended has not been ascer-
tained, but the Liberal is informed that
it reached Ell Paso on the east, Bowie on
the west, Silver City on the north and the
Mexican line on the south. 1t will carry
the cattle through the winter nicely
Lordsburg Liberal.
gentleman informs us that the Amer
ioan mine, near Nogal, recently visited by
him, is producing some fine ore, twenty
three men being employed. The com-
pany is developing systematically, and
while part of the ore is refractory, enough
is free to yield large surplus to the
stockholders, besides paying for the ex-
traordinary dead work of present develop
ment. Excavations for new buildings
are now completed and their construction
will at once begin.-White Oaks Eagle.
Two car loads of machinery have ar
rived for the stamp mill, and another is
ex pected next week. 1t is being placed
in position as rapidly as possible, and at
this writing it is expected everything will
be in shape for operation the first of No
vember. Amalgamation and concentra-
tion is the system by which the ore will
be reduced and the gold extracted. If
the mill proves success, quite town
will spring into existence in the San
Mateos.'-San Marcial Bee.
The Steepls Rock Development Co.
| now has $50 men at work, thirty of VIII ON
are Americans, the rest Mexicans. The
company has just placed in position q
large hoist on the Grow mine, and has
started new shaft, which will be sunk
to depth of 200 feet before CROSS cutting
is commenced. The compan, has also
put large hoisting engines on the I'm
perial and Davenport mines, which it ex.
poets to have ready for work about the
middle of next week.-Lordsburg Lib.
eral.
C.M. Foraker while out on the range
last week looking after his extensive cat
tie interests ran across two mountain
lions. He had with him couple of saw
age dogs which attacked the lions, hold
ing one of the lions down, while Mr..
Foraker beat its brains out with a rock.
The other made several attempts to res
cue it's mate but was scared OF. Had Mr..
Foraker been armed he could have easily
got both at the same time. He however
poisoned the carcass of the first animal
and in the morning found the other one
dead near by, having eaten OF the poison
| O;1vo- Nstv Canktn