El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-07-11
NEW MEXICO.


The next term of the court OF private
land claims will begin September 9th
proximo. Mexican.
Threshing of wheat is now we'll un-
der way ana new wheat is coming into
the market.-Socorro Chieftain.
Work on the Postoffice building has
been pushed rapidly until it is now en-
closed and partly plsstered.-Raton
Gazette.
Mrs. J. B. Kyle and children of Tex
as, arrived in Ration Saturday to visit
her father, M. Fleener, and family
Ration Range.
Work that was suspended on our new
court house on account of the failure of
material arriving is now being pushed
toward completiOn.-Raton Range.
The new mining company operating
the old Terry gold mines 10 Water
Canon, is doing q large amount of work
with good prospects.-Socorro Chief
tain.
Owing to a scarcity of stone Contrac-
tor Antonio Windsor was compelled to
stop work on the Indian school i'm
provements for few days.-New Mex
lean.
The local pnstoffice has been supplied
with the new issue of stamps CONNIE
lucrative of the .Trans-Mississippi ex-
position at Omaha-Pecos Valley
Argus.
Delegate b. B. FERGUSON will leave
Washington this evening and is ex-
pected to reach his home in this city
next Tuesday evening. -Albuquerque
Democrat.
The Fourth of July was celebrated in
Lordsburg rather quietly. Two show
ers during the day put wet blanket
on any extensive celebration.-West
ern Liberal.
On the first of the month the Santa
Fe began running the big Dickson ten
wheel locomotives on the passenger
trains between here and La Juuta.---
Ration Gazette.
Colonel Philip Mothersill left last
week for Washington, to assume his
duties as chief of the cOmmissary de-
partment of the volunteers.-Rio Gran
de Republican.
The people of old town vigorously
protest against the establishment of a
pest house in their vicinity. It will,
no doubt, be at once removed.-Albu-
querQue Citizen.
Ouuu6y sCScIdl pSOPlO were
complaining about being rolled the
night before and relieved of watches,
ten dollar bills and other valuables.-
Western Liberal.
John Russell and D. Bearup, of Mog-
during which Bearup had his arm
proken and sustained other severe in
QUICKSILVER City Enterprise.
The work of education on Tuesday
employed the corps of teachers for the
city schools for the coming school
term. Only one change was made from
| the corps of last year.-Pecos Valley
Argus.
John 81. Riley returned last Friday
from trip to his Tularosa ranch. Mr..
to supply the beef at the Mescalero
Indian sgency.-Rio Grande Repub-
liban.
Upon order of the territorial cattle
sanitary board the county commission
cial levy of II mills on the dollar to
constitute the cattle indemnity of the
territory. Vegas Optic.
At Deming on the Fourth of July the
roping contest was won by Dwight Ste
Stevens roped his steer he broke his
neck, and SO had very little trouble in
tying it.-Western Liberal.
The county schoolfund amounting to
81 ,446 Isl for each scholar) has been
apportiened by Superintendent B. F.
Perea as follows: Albuquerque gets
81 1916. Bernalillo $674, Old Albuquer-
que $544. Gallup $416, Corrales $500.
Los Barelas 1921, Pena Blanca $21S,
Pajarito 5000, and various smaller dis
| tricts the balance. ---Albuquerque Dem
Ocrat.
Lieut.. Page B. Otero, of company c,
| infantry volunteers, with another
| gentleman, made visit to Santa Cruz
| in the hope of enlisting volunteers
there for his company. AS soon as the
priest of that village was informed of
| the mission of Lieut.. OterO. he appear
ed among the people, waving Span
ish flag and denOuncing the United
States "A lhunnernua C,itiZan