Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-05-25
NEW MEXICO NEWS.


on Friday.
Fl. B. Reid shipped 700 head of cattle
from San Marcial on Monday.
Judge S. B. Newcomb has returned tc
Las Cruces from Washington.
The Democrats of San Miguel county
wall hold their county convention on
June 13.
Mrs. Ernest Meyers, of Albuquerque, is
dangerously i'll in Denver. Mr.. Meyers
has gone to her.
Nearly 200 car loads of cattle were fed
in San Marcial this week, en- route to
ranges further east.
Thursday was big day at the 4 bu-
querque stock yards. There were about
100 cattle cars on the switch tracks, and
abou. eco cattle were stopped Il the
yar0s and branded.
This county should see to it that Hon.
w. s. Hopewell is sent as one of the dele
gates to the national Democratic conven-
tion at Chicago. He is the greatest sill
verlte of them all.-Hlllsboro Advocate
J.J. Hagerman has wired the sugar
company at Eddy that five tons Of beet
seed arrived in New York and are now en-
route to Eddy. This supply will arrive
in a very few days, and there will then be
no occasion for delaying to plant through
lack of seed.
Surveyor W. W. Jones left San Marcial
for Mogollon this week, going completely
equipped to commence the survey of the
wagon road that will connect Magdalena,
Socorro, San Antonio and San Marcial
with the leading mining camp of New
Mexico--San Marcial Bee.
Ed. S. Orr, who has been manager Of
the Roswell newspaper ventures of W. II
Mullane, has retired from that position
being succeeded by James W. Mullens, Of
that place, gentleman having some ex.
perience in the journalistic line. Mr.
Orr is afflicted with heart trouble ant
will seek lower altitude.-Eddy Argus
On Wednesday morning Decatur Nef
made an assignment of his business to E
H. Neff for the benefit of his creditors
The stock consists of orockery, glassware
cigars, fruits and notions. The assign
ment was surprise, as everybod!
thought the young gentleman was doing
good business.-S City Sentinel.
A. B. Laird, tax collector of Gran
county, went to New York recently ant
curing his absence the report that he fle'
because of discrepancies in his account
had been circulated. There appears t.
be no just foundation for such reports
His deputy has paid over $4,000 to tn
treasurer since Mr.. Laird went away, ant
he declares that the collectors books an
accounts are perfectly straight. The RI
mors seem to have been started by Laird
enemies.
Wool shipments continue to come ii
Since last report j. F. Matheson has rt
ceived $4,000 pounds from Peter and LIE
Corn; $4,000 pounds from George and {
F. White; 10000 from George and job
Beckett; 5000 from Davis & Cameron
10000 from John Burns; 5000 fror
Henry Robb, and another load of tn
Crawford wool from the plains. All tn
conn mpleted shipments have been sold t
Eiseman, buyer from Boston. This II
cludes the Beckett, White and Corn WOO
Thursday, Henry Robb brought in 2,sO
! more pounds Eddy Argus. H..
The Southwest Sentinel, Allan McDor
aid publisher, is no more. The Office be
been seized by the sheriff under an ex'
cution issued on judgment obtained b
!. Receiver Foster of the Deming bank in
! suit to recover the amount of a note II
, dorsed by Mcdonald. The judgment VT
> obtained some time ago, and an iniun
I tion was issued and execution pcstpoue
: Judge Hamilton dissolved the injunctio
! and the sheriff levied upon the Sentine
I Receiver Foster wished to turn the pap
over to d. p. Carr, but Sheriff Shanno
. refused to appoint Carr deputy and tt
1 ofice is closed. Mr.. Mcdonald will TAX
3 an appeal to the supreme court.