The Eddy current., 1898-04-16

y In town last Saturday.
Dick Wicker will soon be In the push.
Water melon season is coming on.
~ arillo Tex, has daily paper.
Thus does the railway boom the town.
Mr. Fitch attorney a, law Of soccoro
was he gueBt OF u. 5 lIateman yester-
day.
Mr ~ Thlle and family Will leave
next Wednesday for Ventura Co., Cal.
ifornia.
Those sheep men who fed liberally
are the ones who are making the
money this season.
Dick Wicker is putting In crop Of
water melons near the Mexican settle
mont south Of Oiis.
Work on the fume has been pro
crossing oil this week aud will be
completed next Thursday.
n. /. Wilson. who resided on the
Eddy home ranch the past year, left
this week for the sacramento noun
tains
W. II. Woods leaves ia a few days
for La Luz lie will prospect with a
view of going into business In that
country,
Rain again last nigh,, When rain
starts m this country there is no telling
when /, will stop and when 1, stops
vice versa.
Manual dc Ia % has been gppoinied
superintendent Of pubic instruction by
Gov Oier0 vice placido sandoyal removed
because democrat
Rev. II. Kempker visited Roswell
three days this week 90 attend the
spiritual necessities OF the few Calho.
lies OF that place.
DR. Bearup is home from Roswell
and Is prepared to attend the wants OF
his patrons In the dental line at his OF.
Zee In Hotel Windsor
j. .. Cameron yisi ed the Penasco
country above Hope this week where In
company with Morgan Davis, Mr.. Cam
eron is running about i,OOO sheep.
Joe Thile, who has been working at
the Means ranch In the Guadalupes for
c9uple Of months, is back TO the val
leyNt'd will farm forty acres near Otis.
The opera house building was sold
this week by Il. w Tansill TO the Beet
Sugar Co. and /, will be moved 10 near
the factory and used as warehouse
for sugar.
The trial of the murderers Of Col. a.
J. Fountain and son was on all this
week at Las Cruces. Oliver Lee and
Gilliland are still hiding out Sheriff
Garrett has shown up good case
against McNew and Bill Carr.
On account of the lack OF grass some
of the sheep men report poor crop Of
lambs. The Miller Jaifa. Prayer
sheep near Ilngerman are said 20 have
been so deeimaied by the poor range
that the lamb crop will not pay expen.
ses.
\. }. Crawford, the sheep man, has
purchased the buildings on the Greene
home place on the south side Of the
road from McLenaihen n Tracy, aud
also purchased from / W. Rogers, re
ceiyer of the bank, a tract of land on
She south
The contracts for the grading and
track laying on the extension of the
Peeos Valley Ry. were let Thursday TO
Mallory Cushing q Co., of Chicago.
This is the news as received from Gen
eral Manager Faulkner by Superin.
tendent Nichols. Mr.. Faulkner, Jno.
S. Macbeth. OF the Mercantile Trust
Co, and w. r. Dunning, of the santa
Fe, will arrive here Monday from Chi.
cago to be present at the sale OF the
road.
The latest snake story comes from
the james ranch near which cowboy
named Bradley killed thirty seven rat
Gle snakes AZ one killing lately. The
snakes were huddled together In "a
ledBe OF rocks but bradley pulled them
out with heavy pole aud killed them.
Some OF the rattlers were over six feet
long and the rattling time they had
was a terror 10 MIR Blythe, who boss
ed the job ut safe distance
The Union Club has an opportunity
of making arrangements whereby the
club would be the gamer OF a first
class gymnasium aud bath room where
members would have the privilege Of
bathing at cost or less, the same as
they now play pool and billiards at 2i6
cents per cue. A shower bath and line
tubs can be put iu and the paraphernu.
Tia of the Atheneum obtained for the
gymnasium The rooms TO the south
the billiard room ia Tansill block
' hy be- utilized by removing the parti.