Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-08-05
TERRITORIAL NEWS BUDGET
GaIlup.

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Navajo Indians trying to sell young
mocking birds are daily sights on the
streets.
The citizens think it would be neither
time nor money lost to beve Spanish
taught in the public schools.
Miss Katherine Doughty of Las Cruces,
has been engaged to teach in the public
schools, and fills the vacancy caused by
the resignation of Miss Gould.
The pipe and other necessary material
for putting in the new water system will
soon be ordered. The sum of $4,000
lies in the First National bank at Albu-
querque, which will be turned over to the
Gallup authorities so soon as the bonds
can be signed by the town clerk.
SocOrrO County.
Mr.. and Mrs. Orrin Rice of Socorro,
have gone to California for an outing
trip. Mr.. Rice is the efficient clerk of the
District court.
Sunday morning, July rs, j. D. Davis
was shot and killed by Jerry Bratton at
Cooney, near the Arizona line. The kill
ing was the result of quarrel between
the two men the evening before. Davis
made threats against Bratton's life, and
on Sunday morning tried to kill the latter.
Bratton fired twice, the second shot TAX
| ing effect in Davis shoulder, from which
| he died in the afternoon. On Monday an
inquest was held and the jury returned a
verdict of justifable homicide.
sierra County.
Miss Lulu Hudgens of Hillsboro, will
attend school in Santa Fe the coming
fall and winter.
The Sierra county normal institute
opened on Monday, with Professor A. E,
Bennett as instructor.
Alexander Bender left Hillsboro on
last Thursday for the Alaska gold fields
Mr.. Bender has been in that country and
knows something OF the conditions to be
faced by the miners.
Mrs. Beardsley of Nashville, Tenn, is in
Hillsboro, experimenting the removal of
the remains of her father from the placer
grounds, where they were buried some Is
years ago, to the Hillsboro cemetery.
Albert Vigil, the old man in charge of
the toll road between Kingston and Hills
boro, was found dead last Tuesday morn
as partly eaten watermelon WAS between
the old mans knees when found.
Chayes County.
The taxpayers in the Rio Hondo dis
trict, at an election recently held, decided
to issue bonds to build new school
house.
Probate Clerk Gayle, at Roswell, has
recorded deed given by the Pecos Irri-
eating Farms company, which conveys
the Green farm between Roswell and
Hagerman, the consideration being $685.
O89.57.
Grant County.
Don: II. Kedzie, editor of the Lords,
burg Liberal, got an extra twist on his
left arm one day last week and dislocated
the elbow.
Messrs. Max Sohutz and Henry Rosen-
berg, Silver City's merchant princes, have
consolidated their stocks and business,
and will open up large department
store.
In Pinos Altos, last week, Carl Rad
cliff boy Is years Of age, fell from
heavily loaded wagon, the wheels passing
over his head, crushing the skull. The
accident happened Friday morning and
the little fellow lived until Saturday after.
noon.
The meat market of Jones & Downes in
Silver City, was broken into and robbed
last Friday night, only small sum of
money was secured. The burglar evi.
IDENTIFY understood the business, and the
money drawer was rihed without disturb
ing the combination, aud vicious dog
kept in the room made no noise.
Lincoln County.
Lieutenant James Hornbrook, from
Fort Wingate, and Lieutenant Charles
Russell of Fort Bayard, with detach
ment from the seventh cavalry, are max
ing an extensive scout in the country,
south and west OF La Luz and Tularosa,
for the war department. locating watering
places, streams and roads.
Thomas Stogden, teaming between Tu-
larosa and White Oaks, was caught in a
food at Three Rivers on Monday of last
week, with four-horse wagon load of
groceries. He drove into stream to
water his horses, when a flood wave six
feet high struck the outfit and carried it
down stream. Mr.. Stogden, by hard
work, saved himself and two horses, che
other team being drowned, while the
wagon and load were totally destroyed.
Early last spring the people of the Up
per Penasco we're greatly amazed by the
meddlesome teachings of man by the
name of A. W. Clifford and woman whom
he passed as his sister. As their teach
ings caused the breaking up of several
families, they were finally warned to leave
the country. This they did, but returned
come time ago and stopped at the house
of Len Allen, near the Upper Penasco
postofice. On the night of July 20,
notice warning Clifford to leave the coun-
try for good was left at Aliens house, and
on Saturday, July "a, Clifford, the woman
and Allen started. They camped on
the Salado canon, and there they were
overtakeu by party of masked men,
who stripped Clifford, gave him SO stripes
with CATO nine-tails made of knotted
rope, and tarred and feathered him, warn
ing him never to return. 1t is said that
Clifford was at one time a banker in San
Angelo, Tex, ard that his wife is an in.
mate of the insane asylum. The woman
with him is not his sister, but one he at
tempted to marry last spring, but the
minister to whom he applied to perform
the marriage ceremony, refused on the
grounds that he had lawful wife iiv-
ing.