Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-08-20
TERRITORIAL TOPICS
Dona Ana County.

No new cases of smallpox have
developed at La Mesilla since last week.
A large force of men and teams are
employed grading the streets OF Alamo
gOrdo.
Two horses, owned by Rafael Albillar,
were drowned the other day in the big
irrigating ditch at La MeSilla.
Sheriff P. T. Garrett formally
announces himself as a candidate for re-
election as sheriff Of Dona Ana county.
Ramon Nevarres, of Las Cruces, is
the proud possessor of two half breed
kittens-half domestic and half wild cat.
1t is estimated that about $4,000 are
annually paid to the insurance companies
doing business in the neighborhood OF
Las Cruces.
Frank Kropp reports that grass
hoppers have destroyed fully 5000
pounds of grapes in his vinyard near
Las Cruces.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. II. Curran have
returned to Las Cruces from attending
the national teachers convention in
Washington.
During the absence of Editor Carlton
Bull in Roswell. Mrs. Bull is amiably
and ably officiating as editor and for
MAJ of the Independent Democrat.
Theodore Roualt is making prepare.
tions to run his canning factory at Las
Cruces at the top of it's capacity as soor
as the tomatoes begin to ripen fas1
enough to warrant a full force. Mr.,
Roualt anticipates a large yield from the
100 acres of tomatoes he has planted.
Business Manager A. j. Papen, of the
Sacramento Chief, published at Alamo
gordo, reads the riot act to a dive
proprietor named Joe Laquey for max
ing a cowardly and brutal assault upon
Editor Lightfoot, Of the paper named.
who is not only a cripple, but was taken
wholly at a disadvantage.
Chaves County.
B. II. Love and Miss Lucia Escalante
were united in marriage at Roswell Oh
Wednesday.
Chaves county has been visited with
many refreshing and beneficial showers
during the past few weeks.
The prospects now are that the New
Mnxieo Military Institute, which vii
open in Roswell on September 6, viii
have about as many students as can be
conveniently accommodated.
Discarding the old-fashioned phrases,
''cotfin varnish' and ''embalming fluid, .
the editor of the Roswell Record raptur-
ously describes a new brand of whisky
as ''liquid music and bottled poetry"
Hon. U. S. Bateman has written an
open letter to the Democrats of Chaves,
Eddy and Lincoln counties, notifying
them that he will under no circum-
stances be a candidate for reelection to
the territorial legislature, as he does not
''wish to cultivate the easily acquired
thirst for office" 1t will be remembered
author of the somewhat celebrated
''Bateman law" passed by the last legis-
latnre.
Las Vegas Notes.
The annual camp meeting of the
Methodist Spanish mission, Las Vegas
district, is in progress at Halls Peak.
Miss Elsie Carruth has returned home
from Santa Fe, where she has been on a
visit to her brother Charles Carruth.
C. L. Perry, supreme representative
of the jurisdiction of New Mexico, has
gone to indianapolis to attend the meet
ing of the Supreme Lodge of the Knights
of Pythias, which opens on next Tues
day.
Mrs. C. C. Everhart and daughter,
who have been stopping with Mr.. and
Mrs. f. p. Herzog since breaking up
housekeeping, left today for Santa Fe,
whence they will go to Trinidad, their
future home. Mr.. Everhart left for
Trinidad, this morning, with the house,
hold furniture, says the Optic.
Albuquerque Briefs.
Triple Link Rebekah lodge No 10, l
o. 0. f., has just received a beautiful
set of new regalia, costing $275.
Judge w. ID. Lee, referee in the case
of Justice Armijo against Barbara Cha
YES de Armijo, has filed a report in the
District court, fixing the mount due
the plaintiff at $6,097. 90.
Mr.. j. r. Ribera, the public school
teacher at Las Padillas, was seriously
bitten by u vicious dog in Albuquerque
yesterday morning. The city marshal
has ordered the dog killed.
The Albuquerque boys will line up in
the following order in the base ball
game with Santa Fe this afternoon: Nc
Donald, catcher; Chaves, pitcher; II.
McCue, first base; Small, second base;
Holland, short stop; Young, third base;
De France. left field; N. McCue, center
field; Schilling, right field. The Santa
Fe batting positions have not yet been
received. The game this afternoon will
be called at 3 o'clock and the game to-
morrow will be called at 2 p. IN.
New Mexico Mining Notes.
The Admiral Dewey mine. in the
Elizabethtown district, is, of course,
showing up well.
Geo Henderson has let a contract to
Markham & Hagen to sink 100 feet on
the Rock of Ages mine in Dona Ana
county.
Twelve inches of $50 ore have been
encountered in the bottom of the 45O-
foot shaft on the Trip mine, Hillsboro
district.
A five-inch streak of %fOur-ounce gold
ore has been discovered in the new tun-
mel workings On the Snake mine in the
Hillsboro district.
The Richmond, Snake, Opportunity
and Trip mines, Hillsboro district, dis
tributed about $4,000 among the miners
employed thereon this week.
Ore has been discovered on the surface
of q contact IN the TERRA Blanca, Lake
Valley district, that assays 20 ounces in
gold and ago ounces in silver.