The Holly chieftain., 1899-09-29
WESTERN NOTES.

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Blernbaum county commissioner Of
Mora county, to succeed J. b. Watrous.
| resigned.
At the inquest held at Florence by
DIR. James A. Baker, coroner of FIRE.
mont county. in the investigation of
the wreck which occurred Mt Reno Sat
urday afternoon, the verdict rendered
places the blame upon the crew of the
| freight train.
1he carnival and street fair ut AL
Dlquerque ended in blaze of glory
OIL the 23rd. This kind of fall festivi-
lies were new to the Southwest, but in
TINS instance II has proved the most
| perfect success of any that could have
been undertaken.
In the District Court at Fort Collins,
before Judge Brouehton. Marie Lafitte
was convicted OF selling liquor in viO-
lation OF the prohibiitory laws of the
city, and was fined the sum of $500
ana costs Of suit. The accused was
committed 10 jail in default of the
amount of the fine
The Black Range Railway Company
has filed incorporation papers ut SAIL
tn Fe. The capital stock is S2,0i0,0p0
and the headquarters ut Santa Fe. The
| company proposes to construct Il nine
ty-mile railway from Magdalena, So
corro county, to Chloride. Sierra coun-
ty. 1t will traverse rich mining and
| stock country.
w. n. kight. w. A. Hunter and w.
g. White, Incorporated as the Farm
.ngton Gas and Oil Company. are sink
ing well at Pennington. New Mexi-
20, having purchased the Geoglin drill.
Fesiey Hight. an experienced oil man,
VIII have charge of the workings.
There are Indications of both gas and
oil in that section.
Charles A. Scheurich OF Taos. New
Mexico, presented to Carleton Post. q.
A. r.. fine flag, which had waved
over the grave of Ex-Governor Charles
Bent. grandfather of Mr.. Scheurich.
Bent was the first American governor
of New Mexico and fell in the Taos
massacre. His grave is in the national
cemetery at Santa Fe.
The District Court at Santa Fe is
busy with the trial of Cristine Trujillo.
lrutillo Is accused of numbering Juan
sspinosa, August 18th last. Espinosa's
body was found below the railroad
bridge as Espinola. The questions to
be decided by the jury will be whether
he fell from the bridge while intoxi-
Gated or had been killed and thrown
from the bridge, and whether Trujillo
did the deed.
On the Burlington Alliance Hartville
line now being constructed. 11J miles
OF rails are being laid at the rate of
1000 feet per day, the steel gang now
being about eighteen miles from ALI
ance. When the Platte valley is reach
ed. which will be In few weeks. the
nf ri y,n
and the road that far will be used for
commercial purposes AS well as for
construction.
Governor Otero has consented 10 de-
liver the chief address to the Terrific
rial Horticultural Fair which opens at
Santa Fe October 4th. Exhibits for
the fair are beginning to arrive. The
exhibit made at Albuquerque by the
Agriculture College, Mr. Casa. Mr..
Stockton and others, was shipped here
directly. Mr.. Cast has returned to Me-
silla to obtain fresh supply of fruit
before the fair
The Wyoming troops, battalion and
battery. assembled at the Ferry build
ing, San Francisco, at o'clock Satur-
day, amid throng of San Francisco
acquaintances which the boys have
made here during their stay at the
Preside. The train which will bear
them home pulled out from the Mole
at $3.50 o'clock. 1t consisted of two
baggage cars, eight tourist sleepers
and regulation Pullman sleeping car
The Casper refinery is now prepared
to put out illuminating oil at any time
demanded by the market and refinery
conditions. AT present the refinery's
oil schedule protitahly consumes the
crude oil supply. The valve oil of this
refinery has now a passenger locomo-
tive record of 2S4 miles per pint and of
15G miles per pint Tor "A freight loco
motive. This is about the record of
any other oil in locomotive lubricating
use.
Two well-known Cripple Creek min
ing men have been in Florence investi-
eating proffered sites for new reduc-
tion plant to he erected at that point.
Two sites were looked at, one on the
north side of the Arkansas river and
one on the south side The company
is well pleased with that place as a
milling point for Cripple Creek ores. 1t
will eNpend in the erection of plant
S2oO,O00. Whichever site is selected.
the citizens of Florence will donate
the ground.
Extensive improvements are being
made all along the line Of the Cmon
Pacific, both on the Colorado and wv
oming divisions. Two gangs Of masons
are at work on the Colorado division.
replacing all small wooden bridges
with stone culverts. These will arch
over the small gulleys and dry creeks, |
More than hundred are being put in
on the system. This. the officials saw |
will improve the safety and the |
smoothness of the roadbed. on tie |