Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-06-01
TERRITORIAL TOPICS
COLFAN COUNTY.

ColE AN JUN !.
The Maxwell Grant Company is build
ing several miles of fence.
Mr.. and Mrs. Adolph Koch have
moved from Blossburg to Hanover.
The eighteen months old child of
William Moore died of pneumonia at
Ration.
Michael S. Lamb and Adelaide Row
land, both of Lamar, Colorado, were
married at Ration.
Joseph Bracket, Of Ration, was mar
ried this week to Miss Mary e. Mausley,
of Wichita, Kansas.
Nathan X. Oldham and Miss Ada
Florence Stevens were married at
Ration.
AT the closing exercises Of the schools
at Blossburg, the Mary Mills medals for
department, scholarship and attendance
were awarded to David Smith and Miss
Maggie Smith.
The Ration high school held its COM
mencement last week. Rev. A. Hoffman
delivered the baccalaureate sermon and
and Hon. r. E. Twitchell of Las Vegas,
the commencement address.
William Riston is building several
miles of fence at Chico Springs. Jose
Gutierrez has received the contract for
building the first two and a half miles
of it.
William Barron, formerly of Ration,
attempted to kill his wife and then
himself. He used a razor and cut a
deep cash L his own face and then
cut his own throat.
LINCOLN COUNTY.
A trapper named Johnston killed three
large silver tipped bears in the Captain
mountains.
Treasure is said to be hidden in the
old cave in Lone mountain and consid-
cradle money has already been spent
looking for the treasure.
A public meeting was held at White
Oaks to decide whether to build a new
road down the canon west of town. 1t
was decided to repair the old road.
OTERO COUNTY.
J. II. Lightfoot has bought property
at Tularosa and will settle there.
A%lamogordo speaks of building a tan
merry. There are thousands of acres of
canaigre near ~Alamogordo.
The company club room at Alamo
gordo was robbed of a quantity of
liquors, cigars, and an alarm clock.
Jack Lawrence has been arrested and
part OF the stolen property found on
his person.
Rev. r. r. Hyser and Miss Eta Mar
tin were married at the Methodist
church, Alamogordo.
DONA ANA COUNTY.
Ramon Gutierrez and Miss Crucita Luz
Zero were married at Mesilla.
The thermometer at Las Cruces is al
ready running up to 96 in the shade.
The Las Cruces school boord is en-
forcing the collection of the poll tax.
L. G.. Barker is seeking to make ar
engagements with capitalists to put in a
plant to supply the Mesilla valley with
water.
Professor G. r. Brady, of the Agricul-
tural college, has gone east on q visit to
his family. He will, on his trip, select
a l5-horse power oil engine for the la
boratory of the college.
d. c. Graveens, assistant in the
mechanical laboratory at the Agricul-
tural college, is very i'll with typhoid
malgria.
The Las Cruces health department is
disinfecting smallpox inflicted adobes
with formaldryhide supplied by a gener-
ator given the town by the college
authorities.
GRANT COUNTY.
Samuel Burnside, of Silver City, rep
resented New Mexico at the Presby-
terrain conference at Minneapolis.
The Mimbres public school has been
closed on account of the prevalence of
smallpox. The school at San Juan will
probably be closed for the same reason.
The fruit around Central was nearly
all killed by the recent frosts.