Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-06-16
NEW MEXICO NEWS.

Mr.. and Mrs. H. S. Church will shortly
depart for San Francisco, Cal, where
they will make their future home.-Eddy
Current.
| The Democratic central committee of
Eddy county met last Friday and adopted
rules and regulations for the primaries
August 8.
The United States Mining company,
operating in the Ladrone district, has let
another contract for sinking the main
shaft on it's group.
The Advertiser has always doubted the
propriety of calling w. s. Williams col
onel, but seeing it in the Chieftain settles
the matter. 1t now only remains to de-
termine the regiment he commanded
Socorro Advertiser.
Private letters from the northern pre-
cincts of Socorro county state that cattle
stealing is becoming unbearable. Several
cattle owners are already heavy losers and
some vigorous method must be devised
to stop the depredations.
Lieut. Colonel H. H. TiIton, ald-de-
camp for New Mexico and staff comman-
der-in-chief of the uniformed rank of Odd
Fellows, acting as special deputy for
Grand Master N. E. Stevens, estabisheda a
new lodge in Eddy last week.
The fact that the telegraph line will be
extended from Catskill to LaBelle by the
Western Union is very gratifying. We
would prefer telephone, but are glad to
take what we can get for the present
hoping to get what we want in the near
future.-LaBelle Cresset.
The Silver City and Mogollon Tele-
phone q Telegraph company has leased
its line to Mr.. j. S. Palmerlee, who was
formerly manager of the company. Mr..
Palmerlee is a heavy stockholder in the
company and will no doubt improve the
property, while it is in his charge. The
lease runs five years.
At Socorro on Wednesday occurred the
marriage of Mr.. Eddrich H. Booth and
Miss Estella O. Leicham. The BRIDE
groom is United States postal clerk be-
tween Albuquerque and Ell Paso, and is
also interested in the extensive iewelry
establishment of T. Y. Maynard, in Albu-
querque.
There are only three peach orchards
bearing fruit in Grant county this sea-
son, all other peach crops having been
killed by the frosts. The three fortunate
orchards are Sterling Burwell's, at Hachi-
ia, Candido Ortiz, on Lower Gila and the
Alamo Hucco company's orchard, near
the Mexican llne.-Silver City Enterprise.
1t gives the Headlight pleasure to an.
nounce that the payments made this week
by the Deming Land & Water com.
pany aggregate 95 per cent of their
entire floating debt, besides which they
have taken up over $5O,00o of their
bonded debt in the past year by sales OF
land to original bondholders, who believe
in the future of Deming.
As result of the sealed bids for the
agricultural college printing for the en-
suing year the contract was let to Allen
& Leicham, of the Las Vegas Examiner,
for one year. Though not the lowest
bidder, still they we're the lowest of
those that were counted. Several bids
were thrown out because they were not
on the forms sent ont by the college
Las Cruces Republican.
On Sunday Guadalupe Gutierres died at
his residence at Ranches de Albuquerque.
J. Va oo"O uiniO HC was d kEehU euU6TeT
from stomach trouble, and his death was
the direct result of that ailment. He was
about 67 years of age and was we'll known
and prominent throughout central New
Mexico. He was the father of Frank A.
Iutierres and Mrs. Adofo Otero, of Al
buquerque.
At the regular meeting of the fire de-
partment last evening Secretary L. j.
Marcus resigned and A. R. Quinly was
elected to the vacancy. A splendid, large
,rayon portrait of ex-Chlef A. R. Quinly,
framed, was presented to the
department., and it now hangs as com.
panion to the oil painting of W. d. Kist-
er. one of the pioneers of the hook and
adder company, in the headquarters
'oom upstairs at the city hall.-Las
Vegas Optic.