Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-12-08
NEW MEXICO NEWS.

Las Vegas was visited by light fall of
snow yesterday morning.
A new Huntington mill is being put up
in Grouse gulch, near Elizabethtown, and
will be in operation in a short time.
The first death that has occurred in
LaBelle took place last Friday night, in
the passing away of the 2-year old daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Behrmann.
VT. McCreight has returned to his
desk in the Albuquerque Citizen office
from visit to his sick mother in Louis
vile, KY. He left his mother GONZALES
cent.
Tom Chapman, of Durango, brought
down ITO head of cattle to La Plata on
Wednesday and will feed at W. L. Pad
docks. Fully 1900 head of cattle are
now being fed on that river and more
coming San Juan Index.
Friday night, November 81, Witnessed
the lowest temperature known here for
years, ten below. The snowfall preced
ing did not exceed fonr inches, and there
was no wind or bluster. The snow IL
melting fast aud there is now promise of
pleasant weather.-La Belle Cresset.
The American mine at Nogal continues
to run on good ore, and at last accounts
was employing about fifty men. The
country adjacent to Nogal is rich in
mineral, and the continued success of the
American will be an inducement to other
holders of claims there to try their luck
at prospecting in q systematic manner
Lincoln News.
Last Thursday evening Gallup lodge
No. 13, <. of p, elected the following Off.
GERS for the ensuing term: Gus Strom-
berg, @. c.; D. G. Russell, V. c.; W. T.
Henderson, prelate; George r. Wilkinson,
X. of R. and s.; John R. Brown, M. Of
w.; Walter s. Campbell, M. of F.; A. F..
Ries, M. of w.; Ward Manley, NJ. of A.;
D. E. Strachan, I. g.; Emil Wilmunder, q.
G..
The year 1897 promises to be the ban
ner year in the history of San Juan
count in the matter of immigration.
Colorado, Kansas, Missouri and even
states east of the Mississippi river, will
add their quota to our population. Other
portions OF New Mexico will also benefit
by immigration westward bound.-Ssn
Juan Index.
Several old prospeotors, who were in
La Belle early in 1896 and located claims,
have returned and are now engaged in
doing their assessment work in order to
hold their claims. As is often the case
with prospectors' they have been in var
ious places from Alaska to Mexico, but
managed to show up in time to hold
down their claims.
Another shift was put on the La Belle
tunnel last week to run cross.cut to a
vein which is supposed to lay parallel
with the tunnel. The same old force OF
two shifts is still driving ahead. The
tunnel is in 415 feet, besides numerous
cross outs and drifts. 1t is the intention
to push work continuously in the future
as in the past, says the Cressett.
Yesterday morning, at the east side
Catholic church, at 10 O'Clock, began the
forty hours devotion. This evening at
7:3O, there will be solemn services and
vespers, to morrow being the feast day
of the Immaculate conception. the
chnrch,s ratrop. There will be solYmn
high mass tomorrow rnoeaing at =
O'Clock. A fine musical program has
been prepared under direction of Mrs.
Dr.. A. Hernandez.-Las Vegas Optic.
Last Sunday evening, Justice Louis l.
Marshal united in marriage Thomas u.
Word and Miss Kittie Connolly, both of
this city, the ceremony taking place at
the Florida house, the home OF the brides
parents. The bride is the Oldest daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Connolly, managers OF
the Florida house, in this city, and the
groom is q prominent cattle owner, with
ranches few miles west of town.-Dem-
ing Headlight.
Some idea of the immense benefit the
new beet sugar factory at Eddy will be
to the Pecos valley may be had from the
statement that 1000 head of cattle will be
purchased to fatten on the pulp of this
factory. Think of the quantity of beet
pulp it would take to make one meal for
this number of cattle. The new factory
seems to be the biggest proposition that
ever struck New Mexico, outside OF the
railroads. Eddy Argus.
Court convenes Monday, 7th inst, his
honor, Judge Hamilton, presiding. The
United States grand and petit juries will
be in attendance until the 21st inst, and
on that date the territorial petit jury will
be called. There will be no territorial
grand Jury. The civil docket will be
called sometime during the first week
and cases set for trial, beginning on the
21st. The first ton days or two weeks
dating from the 21st, will be devoted to
civil ses.--Socorro Chieftain.
BY direction of the board of education
the public schools of Silver City will b
closed for the holidays on Thursday, De
oember a, reopening on Monday, Jan
uary 4. Interesting exercises will be held
in each room of the schools on the after
noon of Thursday, December "a. A pub
lie entertainment by the school children
will be given in Morrill, hall on or about
WashinRton's birthday, February %, Of
which further notice will be given, says
the Enterprise.
/ The bitches at Los Lunas have al
overfiowed their banks. making 1t para
disc fer hunters. The writer met good
many Albuquerquesns at the lake, but all
the ducks they had killed fell in the bull
rushes and could not be found. Ross
Merritt and Antonio Ortiz, two enterpris'
lug young men of this city, will float
down the river in boat, going as far 81
La Joya. They will start tonight and
expect the trip to consume ten days. Al
1 Antonio is the best duck hunter in the
city they will bag plenty Of game.-Albu
querque Citizen.
The family Of Capt. A. B. Fitch, Of th'
Graphic mines and smelter, arrived last
Tuesday morning from Terre Haute, Ind.
and will in the future reside at Magda
lena where the captain has built pleas
ant and cosy home. Mrs. Fitch is mos
kindly remembered by her many frisnd'
in Socorro county who are glad to vel
come her as . permanent resident. Th'
family were accom- panied by Capt. Fitch'
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