Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-05-24

from Price & Lockard's store at Ration
last week and sentenced to 80 days each
in the county jail.
Mrs. John Pearson and daughter have
returned to their home at Elizabeth
town from Albuquerque, where Mrs.
Pearson attended the funeral of her
son-in-law, James Dwyer.
Dave Collins, alias "Short Creek
DAVE who killed Barney Clark at
Ration by firing from an upstairs room,
and who escaped while out on So, 900
bond, has been arrested at Seattle
Wash.
Dona Ana County.
The first crop of alfalfa is being cut.
Miss Ethridge, of Las Cruces, is quite
i'll.
Colorado has eight cases of small
pox.
The Santa Fo Ry. is quarrying rock
at Randall.
Miss Heron is o new clerk at A.
Jacoby's in Las Cruces.
w. G. Stewart, of Las Cruces, has new
cabbage in his garden.
J. Findlay has purchased the Rose
place heal Mesilla Park.
Solomon Garcia, of Las Cruces, has
gone to Colorado for a trip.
The little daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. b.
F. Scott, at Las Cruces, is i'll.
Orson Stewart, of Las Cruces, predicts
success with his bees this year.
The Casad orchard at Las Cruces is
showing up q fine crop of fruit.
John Wiler and wife. Of Las Cruces,
are camping out at Iona Parda.
Don Hilario Moreno, of San Miguel, is
visiting his brother at Las Cruces.
Charles w. Barker, of Mesilla Park,
is having a seige of typhoid-pneumonia'
Invitations are out for the college
commencement ball at Las Cruces May
rs.
There is not enough water for both
/ the Mesilla and Las Cruces bitches FOL
irrigation purposes.
s. s, Mendenhall, of Las Cruces, has
secured a 25-mile grading contract on
| the Pecos Valley Ry.
The Presbyterian Ladies' Aid societ!.
l OF Lbs OFuCcS HOS duJouAhoN VS.
meetings until October.
John Engle, Of Las Cruces, reports
that his peaches, pears, plums, grapes
ETC., are in fine condition.
Mrs. Louis Parker and daughter, o
Las Cruces, have gone to Engle, wher'
they will spend the summer. ~
NJ. C. Logan is secretary OF Vale
lodge, L. O. O. F., at Las Cruces, VIC
Judge j. r. McFie, resigned.
Attorney R L. Young and family. Q
Las Cruces, will go the mountains TIL
week and rusticate for q while.
Interpreter G. Pedregon, of Las Cru
ces, has gone to Silver City to atten'
court. He was accompanied oy III
wife.
Catarino Arnijo and wife, who hav
been visiting relatives In Las Cruces
returned home to Puebla, Mexico, las
Saturday.
Chaves County.
George Montgomery, of Amarillo, ma
purchased ten acres of land near Kos
we'll and will engage in market garden
ing.
Captain J.. G. Lea and Professor Mead
ows are visiting Lincoln county point
in the interests Of the New Mexico mil
tary institute.
Geo. FL. Buss last week struck a 3Ot
gallon flow of soft artesian water on NJ
l farm nine miles southeast of Roswell
a depth Of Cos feet.
E.. s. Leland, nephew OF Howar
Leland, register of the U. 5. land omc
at Roswell, went to Key West some tim
+ ago for the purpose of enlisting in tn
navy. -
VI. II. Ballard, of Roswell, has bee
Amounted cattle inspector for Chave
, county in the place of c. L. Ballard, wh
l has gone to the front with the New Me-
leo volunteers. -
:. H. NJ. Drake, representing the Trades
mems National bank of New YORK, wa
, in Roswell last week arranging with u
Bank of Roswell to extend the bushes
of the New York institution. 4.
: General Manager Faulkner, OF tn
P. V. & N. E. Ry., has gone to NE
York from Roswell for the purpose {
attending to the final disposition OF tn
$ bonds for that road.
Colonel w. M. Weaver, of Plano, Tex
I Is in Roswell for the summer. VIII
there he will improve some land whlc
, he purchased last year and proposes
9 reside on at some future date.
s In the hearing of Deputy Marsh
Rainbolt and Joseph McElroy at Roswe
last week, Rainbolt was discharged an
9 McElroy held to await the action OF IL
grand jury in the sum OF $500. III
hearing was the result OF a shootin
affray in q saloon between Rainbolt ar
g the McElroy brothers.