El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-11
Neighb0r-
hood Notes.
New Mexico.

New Mexico.
Four new cottages are being erected
at Cloudcroft.
The flour mill at San Marcisl has re-
sumed operations.-Ex.
The steel cages at the AlamoRordo
Jail are being placed in position.-Ex.
W. r. Bailey is building a tim Der
slide alongside the James canon road.
Elk.
The child of A. M. Price was bitten
on the hand by rattlesnake at Ojo
Caliente.-Optic.
Witt & Roberts have been awarded
the contract to repair the court house
at Carlsbsd.-Ex.
It is announced that the court of
private land claims will convene in
Santa Fee August 20.-Ex.
John Forbes. of Las Cruces, had his
collar bone broken by being run
against pear tree by his horse.-Dem-
ocrat.
The plum crop which Is now ripe
and being harvested, Is the biggest
the section around Pennington has
ever had.-Ex.
Jessie Riley, of Mcmillan, one of the
early settlers of the Pecos Valley, died
at Carlsbad. He lived at Seven Rivers
eleven years ago.-Ex.
A road from the copper mines in the
San Andreas mountains to Grama sta
tion, q distance of thirty miles, Is be
ing surveyed.-Enterpris
Thomas Hall, who purchased the
U bias und SAM ranches. has built pipe
line from the Ubas to his ranches, and
built himself q nice residence near HE
new reservO1r.-EX.
A car of rice arrived at the Santa
Fee depot at Santa Fe which had been
shipped direct from Kobe, Japan, over
the Santa Fe line of steamers be-
tween San Diego and the Orient.-Ex-
change.
August l the county treasurer had q
balance of $50, 625. IL on hand. The re-
ceipts fer the last quarter we're S44 900
and the expenditures SIS, 900. There is
S19, 345. Is in the several school funds.-
Socorro Chieftain.
Pennington Times: While two boys.
aged and II, sons of Mr.. Pippin of
Flora Vista, were out herding sheep
Wednesday, tn: colder one was extract
shooter when it was accidentally dis
charged, killing the younger boy in
stantly.
The board of territorial land COM
missioners has received 400 spplica-
tions from different parts of the terri
tory for leases of sections 16 or 36 of
townships which have been reserved
for school lands. A form of lease for
those sections has been drawn up and
submitted to the department of the in
terror for the approval of the secre-
tary.-Optic.
Based on the school census, Grant
county has an approximate population
of Is .545 persons, of which Silver City
has 3,945. Deming 2,545, Pinos Altos
1,615, Central 1,020, San Lorenzo $50,
Lordsburg SIS, Santa Rita 42O, Rich
monG 495. The total school appropria-
tion for the county is S9,3 or So per
child of school age. perhaps the high
est rate in New Mexico.-New Next
can.
Territorial Treasurer J. II. Vaughn
has received from Solomon Luna. tax
collector for Valencia county, 1858. "A
taxes collected for the month of July.
toriai purposes and S113.27 for terri
torial Institutions. Treasurer Vaughn
also received from Tax Collector
Fred Miller of Santa Fee county, 81.
S17 IL for July taxes Of which So, GIG Al
was for territorial purposes and $S53.92
for territorial institution.-Ex.
A chapter lodge of the Masons was
organized at Carlsbad bv w. II. Sea-
mon, of Ell Paso. The officers are w.
G. Brown, high priest; J. r. Fussle-
man, king; G, B. Willingham, scribe;
T. S. Osborne, treasurer: T. F. Black
rrore, secretary: w. D. Gsrwood. mas
ter of host; E. S. Gntzman, principal
sojourner; J. D. Jones, master of third
veil; James Miller, master of second
veil; A. r. Smith, master of first veil.
Deputy Grand Priest John W. Poe, of
Roswell, assisted in the organization.