Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-07-12
TERRITORIAL TOPICS
CHAVES COUNTY.

bond issue of $4,000 will probably be
made for the building.
The tax levy of Chaves county mas
been fixed at ten mills for the coming
year.
A flow Of 200 gallons of water per MIN
ute has been found at the ranch house
on the Pecos valley orchard tract.
AT j. A. Cottingham's lumber yard at
Roswell a fine well flow Of water has
been struck.
Miss Hannah Blackstone, for ive
wears a teacher at Roswell, has left
for Washington county, Kan, where
she will live in the future.
A colony of farmers from Erie n
Stark, Neosho county, Kan, has settled
at Stegmann.
j. L. Wilson, who has been away from
Roswell for several months on a pros
pecting tour, has returned home.
Chicken thieves stole %thirty-two
chickens from the chicken coops of Rev.
George w. Read, of Roswell.
Henry James, accused of forging a
check, was arrested at Amarillo and
lodged in the Roswell Jail.
An artesian well, flowing at the rate
of 1000 gallons a minute, has been
drilled on the property of John G. Sher-
idan, at Roswell.
The body of Malcolm II. Nelson, who
was drowned near Comanche Springs,
has been recovered, and interment was
made at Roswell, as it was found i'm
practicable to send the body to the
home of the young mans parents at
Covington, Ind.
Gus de Bur, of Roswell, bought TWEEN
ty acres on the South Spring river,
which he will turn into a market gar
den.
Captain w. s. Fitzgerald, professor
of English at the New Mexico Military
Institute, and Miss Rachel Thomas, of
Nashville, Tenn, will be married or
August "a.
II. M. Gather, Of El Paso, was in Ros-
well trying to buy up cattle for the Gu
ban trade. He was accompanied by
w. Johnson, of Colorado City,
who had contracted for 5000 head for
the Cuban market.
John Causey sold his herd of black
Polled Angus cattle, consisting of 1876
head, to B. M. McMinn, who will engage
extensively in stock-raising in the Pc
cos valley.
EDDY COUNTY.
A. Musy, the promoter and first SUI
p%erintendent of the Carlsbad sugar fac
tory, is now building a sugar factory at
Fairfield, Wash.
The postoflice department has official
ly changed the postoffice name Eddy
to Carlsbad.
A suit over a promissory note at
Carlsbad by Mrs. j. Fl. Carpenter
against Rand Jones resulted in a ver-
lict by default in favor of the plaintiff.
An assault case of w. +. Cochran VS..
Nib Jones resulted in a verdict against
the defendant. Jones then sued Coch-
ran for carrying a six-shooter, and
Cochran was held for the grand jury
under 5000 bail.
A. N. Pratt, A. J. Emerson and 7. j.
WEIGH have been appointed a commit
zee to examine applicants from Eddy
for a cadetship at the New Mex
Military Institute at Roswell.
G. j. Demorest, of Carlsbad, and Mrs.
Nancy West We're married at Midland
~ Rev. w. r. Thornton.
Carlsbad celebrated the Fourth in an
enthusiastic manner. 1t was also a cell
in honor Of changing the name
If the town from Eddy to Carlsbad. |
The speakers of the day were Hon. A.
\. Freeman and Hon. G. A. Richardson, |
Who both made so-called "anti-expan- |
don" speeches. The horse race for $50
vas won by hose company No. /. In the
Henry Angel carried off the honors. |
The game of ball between the Carlsbad
the Midland teams resulted In a
'quabble. In the bicycle races the prizes |
NCiC Wol ~ IL ~ L0tSo uLIu EIGu |
The foot races were won by
{. II. Headrick, Fred Whiteman, A.
and A. Martin. The horse
aces We're won by Charles Roscoe, Ste |
hen Blaine and James Palmer.
Miss Mabel Robertson, Of Carlsbad, |
Who married Rip Robertson at I'll Paso
January II, 1899, was granted a d.
and the custody of her 5-weeks-
Id child.
SAN JUAN COUNTY.
A relay race was run from Durango
o Aztec last week.
Charles Henderson and Miss Stella
lllen We're married at Aztec on Sunday.
Francisco Pacheco, of Chamlta, and
flss Delphina Muniz, of Largo, were
in the chapel of Santa Rosa by
,ev. Antonio Jouvenceau, of TERRA
lmarilla.
Frank Flack, Of Aztec, was seriously
while assisting Albines Wolf
nd wife, of Bloomfield, out Of a gulch
l which they had been preclpltated
lille driving over a bridge and the
ridge giving way under them.
A. Elliott has bought the Durango
ztec-Farmington stage line from
Tood & Morgan.
r. Morris of Cambridge. william H.
lark Of Tecumseh, Okla: B. s. Hide
rand of Ralston, OKLA; T. r. Spindle
nd A. Fox of Pryor. 1. T., have settled