El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-16
New Mexico.

Now mexico
The Mora county court convenes to-
day.
Roswell is talking of putting in an
electric light system.
A smelter for AlamoRordo would be
ing proposition.
A stage line will be put in operation
from Bland to Santa Fe.
The total enrolment of the Raton
public schools is now 525.
r. M. Parsons has been elected assis-
tapt cashier of the First National bank
at Roswell.
Arthur Good has succeeded Colonel
]. F. Harvey as manager of the Hotel
Alamogordo.
William McGinnes. the Folsom train
robber, Is on trial at Ration. New Mex
leo, this week.
Chavez county made q creditable
fruit exhibit at the Kansas City csrni-
val and street fair.
AT a meeting of the directors of the
Ell Paso & Northeastern railroad, oil
the old officers were reelected.
The county commissioners of Grant
at their last session appropriated ST.
200 to be expended for good roads.
Seventy of she Jicarills Apaches, in
charge of Jose Valdez of Santa Fee, at
tended the San Geronimo festival At
Taos.
The total enrollcaent of the schools of
Eddy county is 938. This 10 an indica-
habitants.
The district school at Martinez has
opened with Natbal Framton a. teach
or. This 10 the nrss change in teachers
for Is years.
Tho Pecos Valley & Northeastern
railroad stock holders met At Carl.bad
and reelected the old board Of direc-
tors few days ago.
The commi ssioners of Colfax county
have divided precinct No. 16 and order
ed An election for justice of the peace
and constable for No. 2.
The contract for apparatus for heat
ing the new school house 1t Ration with
hot air has been let to the Sanford
Furnace company for 81, $50.
The oldChisum ranch house at Carls-
bad is to be torn down to make room
for residence for President Hager-
man of the Peoos Valley road.
w. c. Griffin, :late editor of the Odes-
| 81 Live Stock Review, Texas, intends
to establish q newspaper At Roswell
and has purchased . complete printing
outfit for that purpose.
Edward J. Coe, q graduate of the
class of 1899 of the New Mexico Agri-
cultural college, has been appointed
| civil engineer of the government sani-
tsrium at Fort Stanton.
Father Pouget,.of Las Vegas, has
gone to France for visit. He was
given q reception ard presented with a
! well filled purse by friends. Father
Rsyboralle is his successor.
Mrs. Stella Carson Woods Of La
Junta died few days ago. She was
| the daughter of the noted scout Kit
Carson, was born at Taos. and lived at
various places in New Mexico.
The fact is being very well settled
that the real name of the man now in
Jail at Santa Fe, who is Incorporating
as Tom Ketchum, is really Bill, and
that Tom Ketchum is still.at large.
| New Mexico postmsstsrs were ap
pointed Thursday as follows: For
Wiugate, Bernalillo county, Fred w
Townsend, vice Harry M. Grobe, re
-iened. Garfield, Dona Ana county
Mrs. Bell Martin, vice Meyer Hirsch
resigned.
The residents of Rosedale have petit
toned the county commissioners t,
grsut them precinct rights The!
claim to have enough inha bitants for 8
precinct. they have q church, a PRIV.
ate school, postofice, q store aud are
making rapid progress commercially
and socially.
| Arizona.
More corn is raised in Graham coun