Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-04-30
NEW MEXICO NEWS.

Judge Bantz Is holding court at Hills
boro.
Hon. John r. McFic addressed the Ode
Fellows In Hillsboro Saturday.
Hon. j. A. Ancheta and bride have re
turned to Silver City from their wedding
tour through Mexico.
There are twenty-five prisoners in ths
San Miguel county Jail at Las Vegas
four of whom are women.
Col. s. p. Carpenter, of Silver City, has
been awarded the contract by the gov
ernment for furnishing beef to Fort Bay
ard at his bid of 694 cents per pound
Edward Keever died in Silver City Of
paralysis last Saturday. He was 66 years
of age and left wife and family. De
ceased was al old-timer and had lived ir
this place for good many years.
The closing exercises of the fifth an.
nual session Of the Goss military institute
at Albuquerque will begin tomorrow
afternoon aud conclude with the award.
ing of honors and the inspection of quar-.
ters on the following Friday.
Prof. Hand is now soliciting subscrip.
tions TO the summer series of concerts,
at Las Vegas, and and is meeting with
very fattering results, as he we'll de-
serves, in giving the very highest class OF
entertainments for the very lowest price,
The injunction secured by Allen Fl
! Mao cDonald in his case was dissolved and
| judgment affirmed by Judge Hamilton,
says the Silver City Eaglo. This means
that the Dane bank judgments against
the Silver City Sentinel stand and it ia
said the plant may soon be sold.
All efforts to secnro information from
Luis Herrera relative to the murder of
Col Fountain and son have been futile,
he remaining stolid in mis- denial of
knowing anything about the murders. 1t
is now thought that Luis has been mixed
up in horse borrowing" and his differ
ent stories were endeavors to clear him
self
The Hematite Tunnel, Mining & Mill
ing company, composed of the following
citizens Of Ration, has been organized: A.
Clauson, F. Brueggemann, ". F. Degner,
M. B. Stockton, A. L. Hobbs, C. M. Bayne
and I. Thompson. This company will
operate the Hidden Treasure claims Nos.
IL q, D uuu L, ~ Icudtibo, Wulou WcIo ~
Gated by A. Olausou. 1t is said that they
are located among the most promising
claims of that promising camp.-Raton
Reporter,
Last week W. A. Cone received q box
of saccaline roots from Pennsylvania.
They have been given to A. c. Thompson
and he has planted them on his farm.
Their development viii! be watched with
interest by ranchers of Union county,
and, if the pant thrives here like it is
claimed it does in Pennsylvania aud Ken
lucky, we may expect to see "the desert
bloom as the rose" Mr.. Cone has great
faith in the virtues Of the plant and will
see that 1t il given thorough trial
Union County Republican.
| Horse thieves have been plying their
vocation in these parts of late, several
parties having lost valuable equines. But
one of tho thieves, in the person of Jose
Durau, "pesticated" with the wrong nag
when he got hold of Tom Bourbonia's,
| and in consequence he fingers behind the
bars Of Hotel de Pat Garrett. Felipe Lu-
cero and Constable Serna went down to
Las Cruces and recovered the horse and
captured the thief. Serna also recovered
horse which had been stolen from him.
I-Rincon Weekly.