Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-12-22
TERRITORIAL TOPICS
Albuquerque.

Inc demand lOT llOIo HouScS HIS
struck the city. There seems to be a
shortage all over the territory.
II. L. King, of the Santa Fe road at
this place, has been appointed contract
ing freight agent for the Frisco road
at st. Louis.
Francisco Truiillo for hypothecating
the occupants of his %neighbor's hog pen,
languishes in the county Jail until the
grand jury meets in default of $3.50
bonds.
Albuquerque is being annoyed by I'M
known parties who turn in false fire
alarms, and the city council offers $50
reward for their detection.
Albuquerque Encampment, No. A, l..
O. 0. f.. has elected the following Off
GERS: Chief patriarch. b. A. Sleyster;
high priest, j. II. Horton; scribe, j. 5.
Single: treasurer, E. L. Medler; junior
warden, Emil Mann: trustees, S. Vann,
w. e. Pratt. H. II. Tilton. Beginning
January /, the cncampment will meet
every second and fourth Thursdays of
each month, instead of en- Tuesdays,
Harmony Lodge will meet on Tuesday
evenings and the Rebekahs on the firsU
and third Thursdays of the month.
Eddy County.
The Union club. of Eddy, will hold Il
public ball.
II. p. Hobson, of Rockford. H.. will
raise stock in Eddy county.
Six hundred sheep are now wandering
wild over the ranges near Eddy because
of their desertion by the shepherd.
The new packing establishment of d.
w. Gerhart, of Eddy, is now in opera
ton, and the first lot of 100 hogs were
killed Monday.
The lower Greene farm neal Eddy has
been bought IN at foreclosure sale for
50. 700 by j. j. Hagerman, mortgage.
The wool clips Of Cameron & Davis,
Julian Smith, w. F. Dougherty and J.
w. Turkett, of Eddy, amounting to 49,
600 pounds, have been shipped to st.
Louis on consignment.
W. Ii. Martin, of New York, has been
in Eddy trying to arrange for the colo
nization there of Russian Jews. How
ever, as they are not agriculturists they
will hardly be located in this territory.
GRANT COUNTY.
Territorial Coal Mine Inspector
Fleming, of Silver City, has forwarded
his annual report to the secretary of the
interior. The report is illustrated with
maps and drawings, and is regarded as
a very complete publication. There are
in the territory 1888 miners, and the to-
tai output for the fiscal year is S5S, $50
tons, valued at ST. 0S, $50.
Lieutenant B. c. Gilbert, of the I'd
United States artillery, has returned to
Silver City, as he is not well enough to
go to Cuba with his regiment.
The recent snow storm in Silver City
was the heaviest the town has seen in
26 years. Two feet of snow fell in three
days. The fall in the Mogollon range
was very heavy.
Attorney Dill Ballard, of Deming, will
remove to Silver City, where he has
formed a law partnership with George
f. Ellis, late of Kentucky.
Hanover's schools have reopened
after being closed two months on ac-
count of the smallpox.
Ex-Vice President Stevenson will
soon visit his son, Louis G. Stevenson,
at Santa Rita, and remain in the terri
tory for several weeks.
Mr.. Abbott and Miss Jennie Hughes,
of Santa Rita, have been married.
The following officers have been
chosen by Silver City lodge, X. of p,
No. -: Will T. Williams, c. c.: Au-
gust H. Reiling, V. c.; r. Bradford, p;
L.. A. Skelly, X. of r. and S.; w. F.
Kilburn, M, of w; John Fritter, M. of
r.: S. H. McAninch, M. of E.; P. B.
Heather, M. of A.; VIM. Rivers, I. G.;
Frank j. Wright, o. G. These officers
will be installed the second Tuesday in
January.
More building this year in Silver City
than in any ten years previous.
Fine skating is reported at Deming,
only the trouble is that skates are not
to be had.
Deming's water pipes We're all frozen
up by the late cold spell.
The first box from home" to reach
the territorial infantry vas received by
the Deming boys, and their comrades
are suitably and duly envious.
Edward Scarborough and Miss Ruby
A. Fuqua, of Deming, have been mar
ried. The blushing groom is a son of
Detective George Scarborough.