Santa Fe daily New Mexican., 1897-10-28
TERRITORIAL NOTES.
SiArra C0untY.

Miss Maud Smith, former resident ot
Hillsboro, is teaching the young idea how
to shoot in Madison, Wis.
Five Thousand Angora goats were ship
ped from Lake Valley last week, the
greater number going to Arizona to be
pastured.
County Commissioner Francisco Bo.
jorquez sustained a broken leg last week
while rounding up cattle, by his horse
taking bad fall.
A teacher in the Hillsboro schools has
begun crusade against playing marbles
"for keeps" among the boys, and her Of
forts to correct the evil is meeting with
flattering success.
Several members of the Mesa del Orc
com pany, from the east, have been in
specting the claims and water rights
owned by that company for the purpose
OF deciding upon future operations.
Lincoln County.
Numa Raymond has sold his interest
in the Feliz CATTLE company to Jas. j.
Dolan.
Apple gathering is in order at the Ellis
ranch, near Lincoln. Thirty five thou
sand pounds have been stored away, and
there remain to be gathered about $4,000
pounds.
l.. H. Pruit reached Lincoln Saturday
noon on his return from Eddy. He
brought an order from Judge Hamilton
which released his son on $4,000 bond I.
Father and son left at once for Roswell
and from there they return to their home
at Snyder, Tex.
Chaves County.
Joseph Simpson of Sioux City, Ia, who
is largely interested IN the Ell Captain
orchard, is in Roswell looking after the
property.
Mrs. Nancy De Laroy, who has been
visiting her daughter, Mrs. D. a. CLARK,
in Roswell, has returned to her home in
Davenport, Ia.
Roswell now has board of health CON
sisting of three members, or at least the
board of trustees of that place has passed
an ordinance which shat there is hereby
created board of health" and it is safe
to say the three Offices thus created have
been filed.
Says the Roswell Record: "Howard
Leland, register of the U. s. land Office,
arrived Saturday and entered upon the
duties OF his office. Mr.. Lelaod is
pleasant gentleman and is much i'm.
pressed with this part of the territory.
Among the hands employed by A. d.
Garrett in shearing and dipping sheep
were Eugenio Jaramillo and Sosten Will.
goe, says the Roswell Record. Work was
finished and hands discharged on the 9th
of the month. That night the pair went to
Garrett's camp on Eight-mile creek, took a
couple of his best horses and Lit out for
their homes in Guadalupe county. Next
day Deputy Sheriff Higgins started in
pursuit. He returned Wednesday Of this |
week with the men and horses. He found |
Them between Anton Chico and Puerto de |
Luna. One of the horses had been traded |
off, but the other was still in possession.
Thieves will probably come to the con-
'lusion after while that when they do
my stealing in this county they will have
10 get clear out of the country or our Of
icers will get them. In this case Fred
higgins deserves special credit for his
york. He had to work against odds in
earning where his men were to be found,
he community at large being friends of
he thieves, and even after he got his men
md started home with them threats we're
made to take them away by some Of Qua
lalupe county's people.
Eddy County.
The Pecos valley exhibit is attracting
widespread attention at the Dallas, Tex,
air, and is receiving tlattering notices in
be Lone Star press.
The city of Eddy cannot boast of a
rass band, but when it comes to an or
hestra, we'll the rest of the territory is
OF in it. Anyway that is the way the
'ddy people talk.
Beginning the 5th of next month, the
ailway company expects to commence
he shipment OF $50 cars of cattle. Two
undred of these will in all probability
g loaded at Roswell, by the Littlefield
attle company, and shipped to Mccoy
ros., at Kansas City. The remainder
ill be loaded at Lake View by the SCOTT /.
Robinson company, owner Of the Hat
anch, shipping to Kansas City and st.
ouis. This outfit sent out IL cars of
Jock, Saturday, billed to Grier, Melton
Co., St. Louis. Stock shipments Of :
lis kind is one OF the features demanding
le construction of the Washburn extern
on, and guaranteeing its profitable :
peration from the very start.-Eddy
rgus. T
Grant County.
Weather item in last Issue of the Silver
lty Independents: "This kind OF weather
axes even an Italian sshamed OF his
tive country. Later--It showed yester. !
w."
Maynard Sewers, Ed. Sewers and Wal
r Clayton left for the upper Gila coun-
= last Saturday. They will be gone =
'out two weeks and will waste their
'wder on nothing smaller than bear
aynard and Ed. are two of the most
ccessful bear hunters in this country,
wing killed IA,
Two Ohinamen we're released from tho Il
unity Jail last week upon their pressnta- b
IN of papers indicating their lawful II
,ht to remain 10 the United States. K
le OF them had been confined since last n
ly and the other since the last session
the federal court held In this city.
Taos County.
A tunnel for devslopmsut was begun