Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-04-05
TERRITORIAL NEWS BUDGET
Interesting Happenings i'll Different
Parts of New Mexico Culled from
Exchanges and Grouped
by Counties.
ENCOURAGING OUTLOOK FOR BUSINESS
Season of 1897 Promises to Be One of
Unusual Activity in All Parts of
the Territory.
SOCORRO COUNTY .

Should the price of lead reach T3 so or
over, number of mines in the Magda-
lena mountains, which are now idle, will
resume work.
Assessor Baca, of Socorro county, has
appointed j. F. Towle, Office deputy. Mr.
Towle is thorough bookkeeper and will
prove an efficient deputy.
Deputy Sheriff La Baum, who was shot
by johnson in western Socorro county q
few weeks since, is getting along nicely
and will recover, Johnson, who fled to
Arizona after the shooting has not yet
been caught, while Kean, arrested as an
accomplice in the shooting is out under
bonds. Several hundred dollars are Of
fered for the capture of Johnson.
An Investigation of the accounts of
Socorro county has been made by Mr..
John Virgin, who found that on January
l, the floating indebtedness of the county
in vouchers was $13,4G45S, aud over 81
900 in unpaid warrants By the pay
ment of 5000 osH.O. Bursum the amount
of outstanding vouchers has been re
duced to Sl2,844.58. All the outstanding
indebtedness will be passed upon by the
present board of commissioners before
payment.
DONA ANA COUNTY.
At the last term of the district court,
judgment was taken on behalf of the
county against Demetrio Chavez, e1-
treasurer, in the sum of $4,000.
At the recent term of court, case in
volving less than 49, occupied the atten-
tion of the court two days and cost the
county over $75. Margarito Barela, an
ex-policeman and one of Sheriff Garrett's
deputies, was indicted for highway rob-
berry. j. j. Carrera, county surveyor, was
also indicted, for obtaining money under
false pretenses from Fred Lohman.
ooLFAx AND TAOS COUNTY.
At Red River City soft coal sells for
$40 per ton.
Many miners and settlers are making
their way into the Red River country by
the way of Springer.
Jack Couch, we'll known citizen of
Ration, died in that city last Tuesday.
after residence of 25 years in Colfax
county.
A man wanted in Dakota City, Neb.,
for selling mortgaged property, was ar
rested by Sheriff Borowsky, of that place,
last week in Elizabethtown, and taken
back to answer for his misdeeds.
The Montezuma Gold Mining & Milling
company has received all the machinery
necessary for the erection of large saw
mill at Elizabethtown. The plant was
shipped to Springer by rail, and from
there it was freighted by teams up the
mountains by George Spinner.
SAN MIGUEL COUNTY.
Las Vegas children are struggling with
the whooping cough.
Teresino Romero and Miss Tomasa
Garcia were married at Las Vigiles
Wednesday morning, Rev. Z. p. O'Keefe
performing the ceremony.
The Montezuma rifles, new organiza-
tion in Las Vegas, made their first ap
pearance in public Wednesday evening,
and pleased the citizens of that town with
their proficiency in drilling.
Two tramps, suspected of burglarizing
d. Winternitz' hardware store in Las We
gas last week, were arrested in Springer,
and at the trial 800 worth of the stolen
goods were identified and recovered.
Chino Mares and Frank Brown, of Las
Vegas, have been bound over to await the
action of the San Miguel county grand
jury for stealing sheep, chickens, horse
blankets, and coal, by Justice Sena, of
that city.
Mr.. W. G. Reid, chief clerk in the house
of representatives of the recent legis
lature, will manage the Hand Concert
company, Las Vegas organization. Mr..
Arthur Hand, Miss Hattie Knickerbocker
and Mr.. Graeshner are the members of
the company.
Jose Padilla, who was convicted of the
murder of man by the name of Garcia
in the town of San Miguel sometime ago,
and on an appeal to the Supreme court
granted new trial, will be given a
hearing in the San Miguel county Dis
trict court, on the third Monday of this
month.
There s scene of activity in the tim
ber trade along the line of the A., 7. Il s.
F. between Ration & Glorleta. Gross,
Blackwell 4 Co. have contract to fur
nish the Santa Fe railroad with 100000
ties, 100000 lineal feet of ,piling and 200,-
900 feet of lumber. This is in the course
of delivery for use in Kansas and Colo.
RADIO. The Browne Il Manzanares Co.
have also contract to furnish 100000
feet of lumber, q good deal of which is
intended for use on the New Mexico di-
vision.