Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-02-12
TERRITORIAL NEWS BUDGET
The Insane Asylum Directors Have
Advertised for Bids on the Con-
structi0n of the New Building.
SOME MINING NEWS FROM HEMATlTE
Four Men Arrested at Las Cruces
for Killing Cow on the Plains
Near San Diego.
LINCOLN COUNTY.

M. p. Tuggle reports heavy snow i
the mountains.
Mrs. j. F. Hinklc, of Lower Penasco,
rapidly recovering from her recent i'll
ness.
Miss Hattie Reilly arrived last week il
Lincoln from Louisiana on visit to he
brother, VIM. Reilly, of Gray.
VIM. Hightower was released on BON
in the sum of $4,000 last Saturday. II
is charged with attemptto kill.
U. s. Blanchard has been appointe'
fourth class postmaster at Fort Stanton
Lincoln county, vice B. f. Stafford, re
signed.
Telesforo Lopoz is expecting his pen
sion papers from Washington. He is {
needy and deserving man and should
have his psy.
Many cattlemen are taking advantage
of the high prices and disposing of their
herds. They think, no doubt, that it is
better to sell out than to be driven out.
Michael Clark has been awarded a pen
sion of $12 per month, with considerable
back pay. 1t was long time coming
but the sum received will be sufficient tC
supply the old man in his declining
years.
From letter written by Z. Wharton
it is learned that he is not an applicant
for district attorney with the district af
now composed, Lincoln county. He says
that the salary is too small for the serv-
ices rendered.
LAS CRUCES.
Four men arrived at Las Cruces by
team on Saturday last, saying that they
we're locking for work on the dam. Dep
uty Sheriff Bonner noticed that they we're
supplied with fresh meat which they
claimed to have purchased at San Mar
cial. Later the officer learned that a COW
had been killed on the plains near San
Diego, the route traversed by the four
strangers, and he arrested them on sus-
picion, The evidence points strongly to
their guilt. Their names are Harry De-
cour, Frank Brader, W. H. Bender and
Arthur Griffith.
SIERRA COUNTY.
Mr.. Severe Gonzales and Miss Doloritas
Chaves, both of Monticello, were married
at that place on last Saturday evening.
The Cliff Mining & Smelling company
sent sixteen teams to Hermosa last week
for ore. This company pays spot cash
for all ore brought to Its smelter.
Mr.. Querino Chaves, of Alamosa, is in
town and reports a rich strike on the San
ia Rosa Lea mine in the San Mateo
mountains, owned by himself, j. B. Sau-
cier and e. Grandjean.
Nothing new to report in the Hillsboro
gold mining line. The mines are work.
ing right along as usual, and the miners
happy and prosperous. No reduction OF
working force is contem plated at any of
them, while at several an increase is be.
ing made.
LA BELLE DISTRICT.
Work is to be resumed on several
claims in Foreman gulch soon.
Preparations for extensive placer work
to be lively in that kind of mining.
A large delegation has promised to
visit La Belle from Red River and other
points, and take in the dancs the Goth
providing the weather manager behaves
himself.
The steam holster and other machinery
for the Midnight mine came in Monday
and was taken over the hill Tuesday and
is now in place at the mine. By the end
of another week force of at least thirty
FIVE men will be employed around the
workings.
johnson and Anderson are pushing
work on the Colorado Tunnel company's
in which they are both largely
interested, and of which Mr.. johnson is
manager. This company will hold its
regular annual meeting In La Belle on
March l, and it is expected a force of
three shifts will be put on Immediately
thereafter.
f. NJ. Anderson ia still in camp look
ing after his mining interests throughout
the district. Work will not likely be
commenced on his Snowstorm group be-
fore the middle of March. He has sew
eral other properties that development
work will be commenced on about the
same time. Mr.. Anderson will return to
Colorado next week.
LAS VEGAS.
Mayor F. E. Olney received telegram
on Wednesday, announcing the death of
his mother at Minneapolis, Mimi, aged
79 years.
Ed Denniston, fireman on freight en-
gina No. 6S5, was married to Miss Hattie