Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-05-02

j. ,. CfOZlef has disposed OF his inter-
est in store at Eddy, to his partner, M.
j. Murray, who will conduct the busi-
ness alone. Mr.. Crozier will remove
either to Phoenix or Ell Paso. He has
been resident of Eddy for eight years.
Rev. H. Kempker. for three years
pastor of st. Edwards Catholic church
at Eddy, was compelled to return to his
fathers home in Lee county, Ia., on ac-
count of rapidly falling health.
Eddy has reorganized its fire depart
ment. The new officers are William
McEwan, chief; W. E. Orr, assistant
chief; A. BEEN, secretary: T. +. Black
more, treasurer: Emile Foex, captain
Hose company No. /; George Lucas,
captain Hose company No. 2; r.
Ohnemus, captain Of the chemical en-
gine.
SOCORRO COUNTY.
Mrs. D. R. Bromwell, of Alma, died at
San Diego, Calf.
hcr mrs, vo' r.,4 nj ss@ dyorcs d1or, has Tns1 Tns1
were married only three years.
Three thousand acres of land has
been ,esafcd around San Antonio fl4
the planting of cana-agria and the
other 1000 acres needed to secure an
extract factory will be secured within
the next few days.
DONA ANA COUNTY.
"El Labrador" printed at Las Cruces,
has changed its form to five column
folio and made other improvements.
Considerable building is .going on at
Las Cruces. A prosperous little village
is springing up in the neighborhood of
the Agricultural College at Mesilla Park.
Thomas, the small son of Station
Agent Larned, at Las Cruces, fell out
of second story window at the depot.
to the platform The fall was broken
by bay window Tommy fell on his
back but escaped without serious injury.
Only a week or so ago he burned his
arm badly and has had some other mar
row escapes.
LINCOLN COUNTY.
Martin Chavez and r. Michaels, of
Lincoln, are serving as jurvmcn at So
corro.
Paul Mayer, Noah Ellis. S. T. Gray
and W. c. Mcdonald, of White Oaks,
are serving as iurymen at Socorro.
Dr. j. Van Nuys La Grange, naval
surgeon, has taken charge of the marine
hospital for consumptives, at Ft. Stan
ton.
Lincoln county has such an over
abundance of water that many of the
roads around Lincoln are turned into
canals.
Charles Beljean, of Lincoln, has gone
to Switzerland and to Paris where he
will attend a meeting of the American
committee on building for the Paris eX-
position, of which he is a member.
The two Mormon missionaries, Walter
Cluff, of Provo, Utah, and H. X. Streep-
er, of Centerville, Utah who had been
at Santa Fe paid White Oaks visit but
could secure no hall. They then start
ed toward Roswell on foot. They
walked from Albuquerque to White
Oaks.
BLAND.
p. Mason, manager of the Cochiti
Store company has sold his interest in
the Thornton hotel and removed with
his family to the Albemarle mine.
A party of campers the other day fail
ed to eXtinguish their fire, near Rout-
ledges saw mill four miles from Bland.
The fire burned an clubhouse and des-
troyed that together with fence. 1t
was only by heroic effort that the mill
was saved from destruction.
TAOS COUNTY.
A. G. Abbott was elected one of the
directors of the Townste company at
Red River.
Simon Katz will open dry goods
store at Red River.
B. j. Young has resumed operations at
his saw mill at Red River.
Mr.. Lownie has been elected pastor of
the Presbyterian church at Taos and
removed to that town.
GRANT COUNTY.
The assessment of Lordsburg shows
that the town has greatly increased its
real estate values.
At the mines of the Hanover Besse-
mer Association, Foreman Harris was
fatally injured and miner very pain
fully hurt Harris was holding and the
miner striking the bar which was used
to tamp charge of giant powder. Su-
perntendent OBrien warned the men
not to do this, but he had scarcely
walked away ten steps when an explo-
sion occurred.
Another hose company has been or
ganized at Silver City. 1t elected the
following officers: o. G. Myhre, fore
man; Clarence Bayn, first assistant;
Will Carvill, second assistant; Samuel
Eccles, secretary.
George H. Bell and A. s. Spalding, of
Silver City, have been granted a patent
upon strap and lock for the same.
The Silver City Enterprise has found
it necessary on account of increasing
advertising patronage to add four col
umns to it's size.