Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-01-14
NEW MEXICO NEWS.


John N. Perkins, the young attorney
who studied and practiced law in Las
Vegas, and who was married and divorced
in this territory, has been chosen speaker
of the house of Representatives in the new
state of Utah.
The case instituted in the district court
by the Ration water company, against the
the territorial sapreme court, and it will
be reviewed at the adjourned sitting of
this judicial body in the month of March
next.
Mimbres lodge No. 10, A. F. and A. NJ,
Georgetown, has elected and installed the
following officers for the ensuing year:
W. M, Charles Dennis; s. W., N. J. Hicks;
j. W., Arthur E. Dawson; secretary, John
q. Bragaw; treas4Far, George ". Yates;
tiler, W. z. Redding.
VIM. Brahm is making some extensive
Improvements on his Whitewater ranch,
through the building of new corrals, etc.
He is preparing to 60 into the turkey
raising business on large scale and will
make the same success of it that he has
of all his other enterprises, reports the
Silver City Independent.
The new year was ushered in on six
teen below zero scale, followed by ten be-
low the morning of the I'd. The nights
have ranged from three to six degrees be.
low since that time, about the coldest
period in the history of the district. The
days have been warm and pleasant, with
no wind, ranging about forty above zero.
LA Belle Cresset.
It is understood here, among railroad
men, that Division Superintendent Hur-
ley has recommended that Passenger
Conductor Drury be re-instated. Drury
is considered by the travelling public as
one of the most trustworthy and faithful
passenger conductors in the service of
the Santa Fe railway, and he should be
re-instated. Albuquerque Citizen.
Officer Jim Carroll collared seven
tram ps this morning and while marching
them in front of him to the city calaboose
one of the fellows pulled revolver and
fred sideways at the officer three times.
He replied but without effect, neither was
he struck. He made chase after his man,
who succeeded in evading his clutches
but the other six tramps stood in their
tracks, they supposing they were guarded
by colored man standing by.-Las Ve-
gas Optic.
| The y. s. mail came in Tuesday night
the first visit for week. It seems no
good for us "half-civilized" citizens up
here to register a kick, or in most re-
fined way, to protest against our mail
system. We are entitled to daily mail
but on account of the great fl oods and
washouts Of last July the contractor was
permitted tri-weeklY for short time
And it has been tri-weekly ever since
that time, and in several instances vain
try.--La Belle Cresset.
County Superintendent B. F. Perea an.
| nounces that on the 9th inst he made an
apportionment to the schools of the coun'
/, ty Of $2,774. The schools are in pros
porous condition which ia most crafty
ing to the superintendent as we'll as to the
citizens of the county. Mr.. Perea states
that this morning he visited the Barelas
school over which Mrs. Jose Lewis pre-
sides, and he was delighted with the evi'
dences of advancement which the pupils
of the school manifested, rejecting credit
alike upon their own industry and the
ability of their teacher. Albuq uerque
/ Citizen.
An important suit involving mining
property was filed in the district clerks
Office at Albuquerque yesterday morning.
Thos. Johnson, Albert E. Henderson and
John Henry Bramlett, complainants, vs..
AL. johnson, Ulysses G. Cox and Daniel
Luster, defendants, are parties to the suit.
All of the parties are colored men. It is
said that the mine is a very valuable
property and we'll worth contending for.
| It is located IN North canon in the He'll
canon district. The issues involved in
the suit are similar to those involved in
the famous Washington mine contention,
complainants claiming that they had an
agreement with defendants to work mines
for them under the usual grub stake
proposition. The court issued rule on
respondents to appear January 20 at 10
O'Clock to show cause why an injunction
should not issue as prayed for in the bill
of complaint.