Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-06-17

Mr.. Wood is a member of the firm of J..
IL. Wood & Co., and a brother of Col
onel Wood, in command of the lst Unit
ed States volunteer cavalry, in which
the New Mexico boys are serving.
Professor John A. Hand, Jr., the
well known musician of this city, died
suddenly Tuesday evening from con
gestion of the lungs, the attack lasting
only Il few hours. He came to Las We
gas from Chicago. for the benefit of his
broken health, in 1889, had apparently
improved very materially, and his
death was entirely unexpected. The
remains were taken to Chicago this
morning for burial by Mrs. Hand and
two brothers of the deceased.
Albuquerque.
On Yesterday Mr.. and Mrs. H. c.
Arear welcomed a baby daughter.
Mr.. and Mrs. +. H. Becker became
the proud parents of a fine boy Wednes-
day night.
Colonel w. G.. Marmon has gone to
Santa Fe, and from there will go to the
Cochiti district to do some government
survey work.
NJ. +. Moriarity is in the city from the
Chilli ranges for the purpose of selling
his spring wool clip. He reports that
good rains have fallen in the Chilli
section the past few days.
Track laying has begun on the
change of roadbed at Algodones, for the
Santa Fe road. A force of go men,
under Roadmaster Devine, will comence
the job as o o as possible.
About July /, Miss Annie Leland. who
has held the position of S~tenographer in
the local office of the New York Life
insurance company, accompanied by her
mother and sisters, will go to Roswell,
where Mr.. Leland is register of the land
Office located in that city.
e. A. Miera, general merchant and
sheep raiser at Cuba, waS in the city on
Wednesday, and sold 10000 pounds of
wool to a Philadelphia buyer for l4A
cents per pound Mr.. Miera stated
that northern Bernalillo county is in a
prosperous condition, and the farmers
who raise sheep and cattle have been
doing well the past few months.
Charles McSpadden, who came from
Chicago some time ago in search of
health. was found dead in his room at
the Chicago rooming house yesterday
morning, having passed away in the
night. A few days ago, feeling that the
end was approaching Mr.. McSpadden
wrote his wife in Chicago to come to
him. She left that city Wednesday
morning. but death came before her
arrival.
Taos County.
Petty robberies are complained of in
Red River.
f. E. Dunlavy and A. c. Gaines, of
Trinidad, are looking up mining matters
in La Belle.
Harvey Finch, of La Belle, has pur-
chased the Moreno hotel in Elizabeth
town.
Red River people have petitioned the
county commissioners to remove their
justice of the peace.
The Cresset says that every time a
prospector in La Belle tears his pants
on a brush heap, he comes to town and
puts up a bear story.
Union County.
The recent rains have made the ranges
look well.
Judge Holland, of Clayton, is visiting
in Trinidad. Colo.
Mrs e. G.. North and son have re-
turned to their Clayton home from an
eastern trip.
J,, do l., "Gt,,,. Cn1ouar hoc E1aI no
tice of his intention to prove up on his
Vigil property.
Alberto Valdez, J. T. Morris and Roy
w. Lackey were elected school trustees
at Clayton last week.
Miss Clara Downing and Mr.. Jesse
Dean were married in Trinidad last
week. They will reside near Clayton.
The U. P. D. & G. Railroad company
has a force of men working on the new
shearing sheds and watering troughs at
the stock yards in Clayton. Free water,
grass, dipping pens and shearing sheds
are the inducements offered sheep men.
Santa Te County.
Il. Born, of Richfleld, Mo-. is in Do
lores seeking health.
Robert HOWE and family have opened
a boarding house in Madrid.
r. A. Stuart has returned to Cerril.
los from a trip to Milwaukee.
A new son now shines in the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. George Bailey, in Cerrillos.
The Madrid Mercantile company is
building another addition to their ice
house.
w. II. Coleman was last week elected
to fill Il vacancy in the town board Of
Cerrillos.
Miss Annie Jones is in Cerrillos again
from Albuquerque, where she has been
attending school.
The Postal telegraph linemen, (wht
are engaged in stretching a fourth wire
in New Mexico. were in Cerrillos las
week.
Postmaster Mitchell, of Cerrillos, is
quite Il genius in the mechanical line
He recently made a street cleaning ap'
paratus which is a bowling success, and
last week invented an adjustable horse
blanket, which remains in place without
the use of a surcingle. A weight il
placed on the blanket, which causes II
to right itself when disarranged.
Lincoln County.
Nogal is a fine vegetable raising re
gion.
Angus is a new postof1ice on the 30
nitO.
Corn is looking fine on the Upper
Penasco.
Mccoy & McReynolds, of White Oaks,
offers their stage outfit for sale.
&C. Davis, of Nogal, has opened q