Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-08-30
TERRITORIAL NEWS BUDGET
Grant County.

City, became the parents of a son OF
Monday of last week.
DR.. and Mrs. B. Gilbert are mourning
the death of little son, which occurred
in Silver City on Friday, August 20.
Methodist camp meeting will begir
in the grove near the Richmond schoo
house, on the Gila, on Wednesday of thi
week.
Mr.. Robert Redding, who went to Cali
fornia three years ago, has returned and
purchased his old homestead at Lone
mountain, which he sold on going west.
The citizens of Silver City are planning
to build boulevard from the main part
of town to the normal school, which is
located some little distance out on high
hill.
Russell Bartlett, little fellow years
of age, fell from a burro, in Silver City
last Tuesday evening, breaking both
homes of the left arm between the wrist
and elbow.
William Harper of Pine Cienega, was
killed by lightning in the western part of
the county Sunday evening, August %.
The horse he rode was also killed. The
body was found the next day by passers,
who first thought the man had been killed
in fight with the gang that has beer
causing so much trouble in that part of
the territory.
On the evening of August 10, while
standing on chair in front of window,
fixing a curtain, Mrs. Sallie Smith, of
Lordsburg, was rendered unconscious by
fash of lightning which struck the
house. The building was scorched badly,
but not burned. Mrs. Smith has entirely
recovered from the shock.
A passenger by the name of Nathan Fl
Jones shot and killed himself on an cas-,
bound train at Lordsburg on Sunday ol
last week. He was travelling from Sar
Francisco to Cairo, ILL.,, and was evidently
suffering from temporary insanity, as the
trainmen said he had been acting in g
strange manner the greater part of the
trip. From letters in his pocket his
friends we're located and telegraphed to
and at their request the remains were
buried on Tuesday.
DOna Ana County.
The ranchmen in the Mesilla valley art
cutting and curing gramma hay.
Mr.. Ralph McFie now occupies the po
sition of clerk in the United States lane
office under Receiver Bowman, at Las
Cruces.
Hon. s. P. Ascarate has turned the eff.
fects of the land Office at Las Cruces over
to his successor, Hon. H. d. Bowman, and
retired from official life.
Thomas Hendricks will remove his cat
tie from the San Andreas ranches to Tex
as, having disposed of the ranches and wa
ter to James A. Bird and Felipe Lopez.
The Las Cruces Independent-Demo ,rat
says: "All information at hand, to be
published in due time, indicates that the
New Mexico Railroad & Goal company will
soon begin operations"
According to the story told by Ranch
man Burch, bears are playing havoc
with cattle in Ash and San Nicholes can
ons, and there will be trouble in the bear
ranks soon, if the depredations do not
cease at once.
The residents of Rincon are complain
ing loudly over an epidemic of petty
thieving which seems to have taken that
place by storm, and somebody will get
into trouble before many moons pass by.
A reward of $500 has been offered by
the father of the Marley boy, who was
hanged some two weeks ago, for the ar
rest OF the nurderers. The coroner's
Jury still has the case In hand and will do
everything possible to unravel the mys-
terry of the strange murder of boy only
Is years of age.
Here is Mesllla valley watermelon
story: "Captain B. G. Wandell, of Bos-
que Bedado, says one Of his watermelons
burst in the field few nights ago and
washed away nearly half mile of the
Acequia Madre. If proper machinery
can be secured to load them, several will
be taken to the Albuquerque fair"
socorro County.
Rev. J. E. Sawders and wife have re-
turned to San Marcial after pleasant
visit in Ohio.
On Sunday afternoon, August %, Mr.. j.
D.. Chandler and Miss Josephine McQuil-
lin we're married in the Catholic church in
in San Marcial.
The public schools in San Antonio will
be in session eight months this year, and
three teachers have been employed to in
struct the youth in the different grades of
studies.