El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-06
New Mexico.

afternoon whereby W. L. Crocket pur.
chases from II. w. Greene the corner
of Sixth street and Douglas avenue
1OOx147. feet for a cash consideration OF
S20O, 900. A handsome business struct.
ure will soon be going up on this fine
property.-Las Vegas Optic.
Says the Citizen: Mr.. Grunsfeld has
served the people of Albuquerque iu
the capacity Of postmaster for four
years and two months and during that
time has made record of which he
riers and small allowance for clerk
hire the service has increased to five
carriers and four clerks, at greatly in
creased salaries, and Albuquerque now
has q pOstOffioe that would be g credit
to o much larger city.
A. r. Gibson, of Cleveland, return
ed south last night from Taos county.
He was intending to drive over to
Springer, but the snow storm proved
so severe that no one would venture to
make the trip through Moreno valley
with him. So he had to come back,
and may go the all rail route. Mr.
Gibson brings back samples of fine
placer sands showing what good stuff
there is in the placers in the northern
part of the territory. de will await
here until he hears from Mr.. Rock,
who went to Elizabethtown yesterday.
Mr.. Gibson reported the situation
quiet at present in Taos.-Santa Fe
New Mexican.
At the time of the failure of the
First National Bank, S. T. Biting,
county treasurer.of Eddy county, had
on deposit there county funds to the
amount of $7,O52lS. Dividends since
paid reduced the sum to e., q for
which q receivers certificate was held
by Mr.. Biting. On his retirement
from Office, the new treasurer, john
Matheson. refused to receive this GER
tlhcate as cash county funds, and the
comfy commissioners have ordered
suit TO be brought against Mr.. Biting
and bondsmen TO collect that amount.
Mr.. Biting is liable for the funds on
account of the bank closing its DOORS
Eddy Current.
The reports of the St. Vincent's Or
phan1Hom and St. Vincent's hospital
in Santa Fe. in charge of the Sisters of
Charity. have been filed. That on the
orphanage shows that on March 3,
1896, there were SO children in the in
stitution and during the two years 35
were received, making "a cared for.
OF that number As were taken by re-
lat1ves: sent out to service. 8; adopted,
+; leaving "a in the home at this time.
The expense of caring for the children
for the two years was SO, 24O; of that
amount Sc. 7O3.77 came from the Ter.
ritory, and S240 were donated by the
St. Vincent's sanitarium, leaving de-
felt In the treasury of the home of
So, 296, 23.-Las Vegas Optic.
The game law should be amended.
The game birds of the Territory, in
many instances, bring forth two broods.
Most of the young birds are too small to
be shot In September and too young to
succeed in escaping the few pot hunt
ers who slaughter them. Section 2 of
the game laws should be amended go
as to eliminate the month of Septem
Der from the open season. Section
should also be amended to make the
open season for shooting deer and an
teiope extend through the months of
October, November and Decent Der.
AS 1t Is now the season opens in Sep
tenn Der when the bucks are yet in the
velvet and unfit for food, the fawns are
also toosmall in this month aud most of
the meat killed in the mountains dur
ing the warm month of September is
wasted without even reaching place
" here 1t could be utilized.-Silver
City Enterprise.