Santa Fe daily New Mexican., 1897-11-23
TERRITORIAL TOPICS.

The Headlight joyfully proolaims the
fact that the piano at the Demipg opera
house has been tuned.
The marriage of Miss R. Anna Fry and
Mr. Joseph Bonham is announced to take
place at Las Cruces on Wednesday, De-
| cember l.
Captain Gregorio Garcia reports to Ma
| jor Van Patten that his new militia COM
| pany at Anthony is now composed of 46
enlisted men.
The District court for Grant county is
now in session at Silver City with light
criminal docket and heavy civil and
chancery dockets.
The jail up in Colfax county is as
empty as Old Mother Hubbard's cele
brated cupboard or the oft mentioned dog
house after Towser's departure.
The consensus of opinion among the
merchants and other prominent people
at Deming, according to the Headlight, is
than last year.
The editor of the Deming Headlight
looks with longing eyes at the Thanks
giving turkey and deplores the fact that
the big bird "roosts so high"
Some of the ladies and gentlemen of
Las Cruces have organized club for the
purpose encouraging the exhlaratiug and
healtbful exercise of horseback riding.
In response to timely and justifiable
protest from the local deslers, the Santa
Fe com psny announces that it will cease
selling hay and grain to cattle shippers
at Deming.
It is rumored that San Marcial will
soon cease to be a passenger division.
The same engineers and the same engines
will run from Albuquerque to FL Paso
and vice versa.
c. g. Coleman, United States deputy
surveyor, was out 10 days surveying the
Dona Ana Bend colony grant. The land
court ordered the survey and the titles
are now confirmed, says the Dons Ana
Republican.
The very latest newspaper yarn is that
Charles G. Perry, the defaulting ex-sher-
| iff of Chaves county, returned from South
Africa IN time to officiate as leader of the
Black Jack gang in the train robbery at
Grants.
Thirty gambling licenses have been is
sued in Grant county since the new law
went into effect. The amount realized on
these licenses, at 5000 each, ia $4,000, all
of which goes into the county school
fund.
A petition is being circulated to cut
Las Cruces, Mesilla and Bosque Saco
school districts in order to make a new
school district, near the college. Should
this succeed suitable room will be rent
ed outside the college limits and com
petent teacher engaged.
j. N. Broyles will add to the grinding
capacity of his -four mill at the end of
this seasons gratifying business. The
operation of the mill night and day in its
present shape is inadeq uate to comply
with the demands made upon it's re-
sources.-San Marcia Bee. More modern
roller Towering mills are very much
needed in New Mexico.
Manager Baker, of The Alameda, at
Las Cruces, has just completed laying a
Portland cement sidewalk nine feet wide
by 120 feet long, in front of his two
story building on his place. Certainly
his guests should now be able to enjoy
our glorious climate with convenience
and advantage, observes the Rio Grande
| Republican.
There is movement on foot among
the Protestant denominations of Las
Cruces to erect union chapel at Mesilla
Park. The Rev X. M Craig, synodical
missionary of the Presbyterian board of
missions, will be in the city about the Let
of December to look over the field. If a
sufficient sum cannot be raised it is ex.
pected the Presbyterian church will un-
dertake the matter alone.
Otto Schoenrich, of Denng, private
tutor in the family of Otto Mergenthsler,
was admitted to practice as an attorney
at Silver City court ON Friday. His ex.
animation was highly creditable. Mr..
Schoenrich graduated from the Baltimore
City college in 1894, winning prize for
scholarship. Last spring he graduated
from the University of Maryland reoeiv-
ing the degree of Bachelor of Law.
H. M. Porter completed the contract
Thursday evening, with Bert Hubbard,
for tine building of Springer's new opera
house, including staging and all the ac-
cessories. The walls have been under
way during the past two weeks, and the
east one is nearly complete. The floor
will be about 50x7O feet, exclusive of the
stage, which will have depth of 25 feet
and about 80 feet wide, says the Springer
Stockman.
| The Third Battalion of the National
Guard of New Mexico is rapidly receiv-
| ipp recruits, Major Van Patten ia now
| making endeavors to obtain from the
government, cannon and a Calling gun, so
that he can organize good battery. The
cavalry have now 90 good horses and the
infantry will be armed with the latest i'm.
proved rifles. The headquarters will be
located at Las Cruces, says the Dona Ana
County Republican.