El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-13
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New Mexico.
The Vermejo riverhas dried up on &C
count of the drouth.-New Mexican.
Archbishop P. Bourgade will confirm
q class at the Ration church Sunday,
September LEX.
Several Texas ranchmen have bought
ranches in Sierra county and settled
there with their families.-Ex.
The county commissioners of Sierra
County have advertised for bids for q
bridge across the Jaralosa creek.
William F. McClelland was elected
superintendent of the Ration city
schools to succeed Professor Black.
Professor Brown was appointed pr1nc1-
pal of the schools.-Ex.
Ration is to have q chrysanthemum
show and fair and bazaar this month.
Il will be given under the auspices of
the ladies' aid society Of the Presbyte-
rian church.-Rston News.
A. W. Tenant of Santa Fee has pur-
chased the smelter at Cerillos, for the
purpose of smelling the ores from his
Hanover mine. He will double the
capacity of the smelter and start it up
at an early day.-Ex.
w. 81. Buntain, superintendent OF
the United States forest reserve In
New Mexico, 1t is stated, has selected
twenty seven townships in Lincoln
county which be will recommend be
set aside as forest reserve.
The Consolidated Verde Mining and
Milling company, with 50, 000,0 900 CAPT.
tai and headquarters at Ration, has
been organized. The mines owned by
the corporation are at Cimarroucito,
eight miles west of Cimarron. The
ore bodies are large and rich.-Ex.
| Professor A. Drake, of Cripple Creek,
and Miss Robertson, of Demin9, are
school census gives Hillsboro 195 chill
dren of school age, or about 1000 in
habi6ants. Professor Haggerty will
teach the Kingston school.-Deming
Headlight.
| The following teachers obtained first
class certificates at the examination
held by the Sierra county board of ex-
aminers: Misses Emma Quick, Xavia
G. Whitman, Lucretia Robinson and
W. n. Dollins, Third class certificates
were awarded to Francisco Luna,
Amanda Gonzales, Apolonio Valles.-
| Hillsboro Advocate.
The territorial board of equalization
will hold it's first meeting at the cap
itol next Monday and will organize at
| that time. The members are Messrs.
Venceslso Jaramillo of Ell Rito, Alej-
andre Sandoval of Corrales, Numa Rey-
mond of Las Cruces, James S. Duncan
of Las Vegas and John w. Poe of Ros-
well.-New Mexican.
Mesilla valley has an industry that
will be initiated all over the country
where chilli peppers are raised. It is
the canning of peppers, an industry
that is very profitable and for which
there never will be no end to the de-
mand. Last year we imported large
quantities of the large Mexican pep
pers in cans, which are quite spicy
Dona Ana County Republican.
The penitentiary commission was in
session at Santa Fs this week. The
Supt. 81. o. Bursum was approved by
the commission, and numerous impOr-
tant suggestions made by him regard
ing improvements were heartily con-
Cured in by the commission. The
superintendent's order that all officers
and employees of the prison should wear
uniform is in full force.
In the territory of New Mexico there
is but one priest of Irish descent, two
of German, four of Belgium and the
balance of the forty-five are French.
There is one Irishmsn and two addi-
tionsl Germans coming to the terrific
tory. The two Germans, Rev. Father
Lammert and Moog, are both stationed
at Springer. The Jesuit fathers at Las
Vegas and Albuquerque are Italians,
the latter controlling the parish of AL
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Stockman.
The examination of teachers after
the Colfax county institute resulted in
the granting of twenty-one certificates
as follows: l.. D. Brown, Solomon
Pifer, Miss Hartsell, Miss Lee, Miss
Richie, Miss German, Thomas english,
Miss Edwards, Mrs. Mary McWirt,
Miss Maggie Mcbride, Mrs. Florence
c. Morse, Miss Mary Bigelow, Lee
we'll, Lizzie English, Lily E. Wood.
Maggie Smith, Nathaniel Frampton,
Andres Espinosa and NJ. M. Pacheco.
New Mexican.
Recently Governor Otero made the
following appointments: Regent agri-
cultural college. Mesills Park-To
succeed h. D. Bowman, resigned, l..
Bradford Prince, Santa Fe. Regent
University of New Mexico at Albu-
querque-To succeed W. B. Childers,
resigned, DIR. j. 81. Wroth of Albu-
quer4ue. Regent School of Mines 1t
Socorro To succeed himself, F. G.
Bartlets of Socorro. Regents of the
Insane Asylum at Las Vegas-Nicholas
T. Cordova of Las Vegas to succeed F.
81. Pierce, resigned: o. l.. Gregory of
Las Vegas, to succeed F. 8. Crosson,
term xpired. New Mexican.
Arizona.
An addition to the SISTERS hospital,
at Phoenix, has been completed