Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-06-21
TERRITORIAL TOPICS
San Juan County.

Durango-JeWett stage line July l.
La Plata valley crops are in eXcellen
condition. The section will produce
plenty of fruit.
Fruit in the Olio and Fruitland val
levs is looking fine and was not injured
by the late frosts.
The Pennington Times now fills it.
insides with homemade articles. A de
cided Improvement.
w. Fl. Williams, e. w. Mccoy and f
ID. Sharp have been reelected schoo
directors of Aztec.
! S. Z. Pepin, E. r. Sizer and w. r
; Crouch, are new school directors for the
Flora Vista district.
The county commissioners have ap
pointed w. &. Black justice of the peace
for the Jewett-Fruitland precinct.
S. T. Maupin, of Pennington, las,
week obtained an injunction restraining
the sheriff from selling his property.
George Parsons accidentally shot him.
self with a 22-calibre rifle at Farmign'
ton last week. The wound was not
fatal.
San Juan county justices of the peace
are all anxious to ''yump their yobs.'
| There is nothing in the offices, from a
financial standpoint.
Union County.
The electric light plant at Clayton is
now running.
Louis Baer, of Albuquerque, was buy
ing wool in Union county last week.
Mrs. Morris Herzstein, of Clayton,
presented her husband with a girl baby
last week.
Miss Birdie %Isaacs, of Trinidad. Colo.
is in Clayton, where she will spend the
summer visiting Mrs. Dents.
Misses Bessie, Mamie and Margaret
G&vanaugh. of Wagon Mound, are visit
| Ors for the summer at the home OF MIR.
and Mrs. Love in Clayton.
Santa Fe County.
The Methodist Sunday school at Ger
rillos has so regular attendants.
II. de Lallo has moved his Cerrillos
store to a more c%ommodious building.
John Koury has moved his stock of
goods into the l.. d.. Sugar store build
ing at Cerrillos.
Taos County.
Taos is to have a newspaper called
the Advertiser.
Mrs. Miller, of La Belle, will move to
Elizabethtown and reside.
Mrs. Joshua Dillon, of La Belle, is Sc
riously i'll and is not expected to live.
Colfax County.
The Presbyterian church of Ration is
undergoing repairs.
c. w. Picard has returned to his Ra-
ton home from an eastern visit.
Hon. G. E. Lyon and family, G. W.
Smythe and Ralph Whistler, of Ration,
have gone on an outing of several
months duration.
Eddy County.
The Eddy school building is insured
for SO, 900.
H. J. Hammond, of Las Vegas, will
open the new Eddy bank after July 1.
John Fort, charged with shooting Jo-
seph Taylor, was discharged after his
preliminary hearing at Eddy last week.
He was later re-arrested, charged with
being an accessory to. the murder Of
Bud Johnson at Hope. Last week at
Eddy, Joseph Taylor was bound over to
the grand jury in the sum of $500,
charged with shooting Willie Neil at
Hope.
Dona Ana County.
Mrs. +. c. Barker's new Las Cruces
residence is ready for occupancy.
Smallpox is reported all along the Rio
Grande valley. Three deaths at Rincon
last week.
Mrs. Buckmaster and Mrs. Knight, OF
st. Louis, Mo-, who have been visiting
Mrs. w. Z. Baker in Las Cruces, will
return home this week.
Socorro County.
Orrin Rice and family, of Socorro,
will spend the summe at Water Canon.
Harry Spaulding now has charge of
G. 7. Browns livery business at So
zorro.
Elias E. Baca, of Socorro, has the sub
contract for carrying the mail from
Magdalena to Frisco and the Mogollons.
He will take charge July 1.
Wakely A. Williams has returned to
his Socorro home from Golden, Colo,
where he has been attending the School
of Mines. He is city engineer of Golden.
Mr.. Hunter purchased two years ago
40 acres of land near Socorro for S3
cents per acre. He dug a well and put
in a windmill at a cost of 1896 and now
has five acres Of ground irrigated by
the well planted in fruit trees. Besides
this he raises a paying crop of vege-
tables every year. Any man who a
''dig up" a few dollars can make a home
for himself in this county.
Albuquerque.
Julius Eisemann, after an absence of
several months, has returned to Albu-
querque, arriving Sunday night.
The home of Mr.. and Mrs. John s.
Trimble has been gladdened by the
birth OF a daughter, which occurred
Sunday morning.
Ilfeld Bros. have established tenn
porary quarters in the Armijo building,
where their books, papers, and the
goods saved from the fire on Sunday are
being removed.
Miss Clara Schultz, of Silver City, a
niece of Noa Ilfeld, arrived here Sun
day night. She came to take a position
in her uncle's store, not knowing of the
burning of the establishment.
Richard Powers, for some time past
foreman of the Democrat composing
room, has gone to Cheyenne, Wyo., to
accept a position on the Morning Her.
aid. Mrs. Powers will follow in a short
time.
Colorado Tourist Rates,
Commencing June 1st, 1898, the Santa
Fe Route will place on sale tickets to
Denver and return at rate Of $685.