Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-01-06
NEW MEXICO NEWS.
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from e. d. Sharp.
The ages of the inmates of the asylnm
for the insane at Las Vegas range all the
way from Is to 80 years.
Oliberos Garcia died of pneumonia at
Atrlsco on January 2 and was buried on
Sunday at Los Ranches Atrisco. He left
wife and one child.
On January 9th and 16th, Mr.. Theodore
G. Martin will deliver two lectures on the
"Theory and Practice of Education" at
the council chamber of the city hall, East
Las Vegas.
| While New Mexican delegate to the
irrigation congress was being driven
around Phoenix, A. T., behind fine team
of horses he discovered that they were his
and had been stolen from him two years
ago.-Las Vegas Optic.
Judge G. D. Bantz, of Silver City, de-
livered an interesting and instructive
lecture on the "Life of John Somers and
his times" before the students of the Uni
versity of New Mexico at Albuquerque
on yesterday morning.
s. R. Blake, who has struck natural gas
at depth of 800 feet on his land adjoining
Pennington, is contemplating sinking
his we'll deeper at an early date. With a
| little more development Mr.. Blake Will
undoubtedly strike strong pressure OF
gae.-San Juan Times.
Some little excitement WAS created in
Far nington last week by the report Of
very rich placer gold find on the San
Juan near Jewett, and several people
from this place will probably leave dur
ing the next few days for the scene of the
new discovery.
The bonds of the new commissioners
of Colfax county were addressed to
Chief Justice Smith, and forwarded to
his address in Virginia. subsequently
learning Of his absence from the terri
tory, duplicates were made out and sent
to Judge N. B. Laughlin, at Santa Fe, for
approval Vegas Optic.
J.R. Eddy, a millionaire lumber man,
of Michigan, and an uncle of O. r, Eddy,
is now in El Paso, en- route to the Sacra-
mento mountains to look over the large
forests there with view of engaging in
the manufacture Of lumber on large
scale. The recent move toward build
ing the White Oaks railroad has started
capital this way.--T ularosa Ohief.
4 It's not an electric rEilway to Mora, for
Il which articirs of agreement have cesn
eigned by moneyed men, but standard
gauge road, and application has been
made to the proper authorities for
charter. The capitalization of the COM
pany is S5,0OO0OO, and the par value OF
shares of stock, $25. This information
is AUTHENTICATE Vegas Optic.
The Territorial Educational association
in session at Socorro elected the follow
ing officers for the ensuing year: Presl'
dent, D. M. Richards. of Gallup; vice
president, Miss Catherine Fields, of Albu
querque; secretary, Miss Sarah Mize, OF
! Maxwell City; treasurer, Miss Ellzaoetn
Anderson, of Albuquerque; recording sec
+ retary, Hiram Hadley, of Albuquerque.
Z, Sam Lindauer, the popular merchant
who has been doing business IN this cltj
for the past nine months nnder the name
, of the Golden Rule Bazaar, has sold hi
business to the Lindauer Mercantile Go.
corporation recently organized, Will
t Sigmund Lindauer, Helene Lindauer ant
o Ben Meyer as incorporators, and SAT-
k company will continue the business
d the old stand.-Deming Headlight.
The newly elected officers of the New
Q Mexico Christian Endeavor society are
j. President F. A. Matthes, Albuquerque
: FIRST vice. president, Miss Williams, La
y Vegas; second ce-president, W. 5. Bray
9 ton, Albuquerque; secretary and treasurer
H. 8. Lithgow, Albuquerque; SPANS
8 secretary, Manuel Madrid, Las Vegas
v assistant secretary, H. Edwin StanakeI
IT Ration: iunior superintendent, Miss Lul
II Hamilton, Socorro.
y The date is not yet set for the sale
the A.. & P. road. The road can not
sold until the solicitors of the complain
ant so order. The gentlemen represent
ID ing the plainant, which is the Unite
,e States Trust company, trustee, for tn
). first mortgage bondholders. are Neill
- Field. Albuauerque: F. B. Jennings an
10 Edward Il. Sheldon, New York City
ia When these gentlemen request Maste
n Warren to sell the road it must be advel
" tised for four consecutive weeks.
- H.A. Whitcomb, proprietor OF Cam
Y Whitcomb, arrived in the city at noon tt
VI dav with the remains of Capt. W.
~ SCOTT. which he left at Undertake
10 Strong's. The deceased, Capt.. ".
Or Scott, had been at the camp for the Paf
five years.. He was taken Ill sewers
weeks ago with acomplication OF disease
which developed into pneumonia, and Q
Monday morning at 2:40 o'clock the ol
20 soldier yielded up his life. Capt. sco'
n- was about SO years Of age, and had bee
9. In New Mexico for number OF year,
II He served throughout the civil war IN Tn
i. Goth Iowa infantry, and was brav
N union soldier. -Albuquerque Citizen.
or The particulars OF the accidental Kill
ae ipc Of Fred Catti, miner in the Rock
IN Cliff mine at Gallup, being operated b
10 q. W. Medler as receiver for the firm
Of Canayan l. Dugan are as follows: Tf
re deceased, it seems, had left large piet
is Of coal hanging to the room In which ,
III was working, and yesterday mornin
We about. 8 o'clock this large piece of col
Oh about Ave feet long and two feet wide al
he about foot and half thick, fell dow
We upon him, striking him on his left sit
ty and back, hurting him internally ar
nd rupturing his heart. He died about
tal hour afterwards at his home where he hi
been taken. The coroner's jury rende
ed verdict that the deceased came to
death accidentally, and occasioned by b
own fault, and exonerated the manaQ
Mt ment Of the mine, he having been notid
lin to take precautions against the piece
coal which IL setems fell upon him, q
that he came to his death by his ov
=. carelessness and neglect. Albuquerq
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