El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-21
New Mexico.


New Mexico.
Last Saturday the talented woman
lawyer Mrs. Clara Foltz Of San Fran
cisco, California, visited Deming and
while there, committee of Demiug's
prominent citizens visited her by spe-
cisl request in the parlors of the Hsr-
vey house.-Deming Headlight.
Mrs. @. 81. Lee, sister of Hugh Will
liams of this place. accompanied by her
brother Ellis Williams, came up from
Ell Paso last Monday and after few
Tucson, Ariz. where they will reside
in the future.-Deming Headlight.
Sheriff Blair says that John Walters,
Justice of thesPeace at Central, who
held the preliminary hearing of A. J.
Fowler who shot and killed Tom Oar
nell the Rough Rider, is holding OAR
bride, legeins, and four dollars and ten
cents in cash, to pay the cost of said
preliminary hearing of the man who
killed him.-Silver City Enterprise.
By the bill which became q law
through the governors signature, some
very important changes have been
made in the New Mexico Normal Un-
iversity which has had such an aus
picious beginning under the name of
Normal SCHOOL. There is now added to
it as new and special department., the
school of manual training for New
Mexico. This is destined to become
one of the most important features of
education in the territOry.-Las Vegas
Optic.
Instead of the body of Tom Darnell
being buried at Central as stated in
last weeks Headlight, it was taken by
Mr.. A. 81. Graham, to Hudson Hot
Springs, and there buried and a nice
hesdstone and fence will be placed at
the grave. Mr.. Grshsm's explanation
of this kind act is that Darnell had
done him some favors while in life aud
that now he proposes to do what he
could for Tom, after death. This is q
worthy act on the part of Mr.. Graham.
-Deming Headlight.
The small town of Midway between
the old and new towns of San Marcial,
was the scene of killing tonight.
jose Gonzales, a Mexican of good re-
pute, came home at o'clock and found
tina, with whom he had had some
trouble before and had also warned
him to stay away from his house. Up
on being discovered, Abeytha ran away
and Gonzales, securing his gun, start
ed in pursuit and upon overtaking
Abeyths, shot him four times at short
range with 45-Colt's pistol, killing
him instantly. Both men were we'll
known,-Ex.
The senate committee on territories
has made favorable report upon the
bill authorizing the legislative assem-
bly, of New Mexico to create an addi-
tional indebtedness for the completion
and furnishing of the capitol. The
senate bill fixes the limit of bonds to
be Issued ct $780, 1t also provides
that the bonds shall be payable in law
full money of the United States, the
rate of interest not to exceed per
cent q year, and that the bonds shall
not be sold below par.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
pointment Friday, which were prompt
ly confirmed by the Council: Regents
of the New Mexico Military Institute,
at Roswell, N. Jaffa, Robert S. Hsmil-
ton and Charles Wilson. School of
Mines, at Socorro, j. ] Baca and G. E.
Brown. Directors of the New Mexico
Insane Asylum at Las Vegas, Benigno
Romero and F. II. Pierce. Regents of
the University of New Mexico, at AL
JUN ". ArLulJO 60Q
B; Waldo. Regents of the College of
Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, at
Mesilla Park, II. D. Bowman, p. II.
Curran and Jaccinto Armijo. Member
of the Board of Pharmacy, B. Ruppe.
Globe Democrat.
In the Council of the New Mexico
Legislature Friday bill was introduce
ed creating travelling Auditor of
Public Accounts, who shall be appoint
ed by the Governor, and whose salary
is fixed at $1,000 per year. His duties
are to examine the assessed valuations
and tax levies, outstanding warrants,
debts and bonds of the various cOun-
ties. Bills were passed creating Nc
Kinley County, with Gallup as the
county seat, and to facilitate the work
of holding the Supreme Court by
providing the associate judges with
stenographers. A petition was pres
ented signed by the Black Range Cat
tie Association stating that the cattle
industry, banks and express companies
needed better protection, and request
ing the passage of the bill pending to
create q ranger cOmpapy.-Exchang
Mexico.
Chihuahua is having a real ests tie
boom. The price of adobes is going
up.