Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-04-12

Las Cruces.
Miss Harriet Borver, a kindergarten
teacher al Las Cruces, has gone tt
Organ, where she has accepted a posi-.
ton in the public school.
Professor T. D. A. Cockerell, of the
Agricultural college at Mesilla park, il
recognized as the highest authority or
occidae in the United States, and the
department at Washington has sum.
moned him to that city to give entomol.
ogists the benefit of his knowledge or
some very interesting scale insects. The
professor will leave for Washington
early in May.
UNION COUNTY.
Arthur Curren has entered the en-
ploy of Max We'll of Clayton as head
salesman.
DR.. North and H. M. Foster purchased
six Hereford bulls at Amarillo, Tex
Three of these go to the Foster ranch,
two to DR.. North's ranch and one to
Ed. Price.
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Ollie Stokes, of Denver, were married
at that city.
Captain w. c. MINI, aged So years,
died at Clayton of heart trouble and
paralysis. He leaves a wife and two
o He came to Clayton from Ros-
well to visit his son. He was a native
of Syracuse, N. Y. Captain Mann was
a railroad contractor and built a por-
ton of the U. P. D. & G., including that
portion Of the track running by Clay
ton. He was engaged in railway build
ing in the Pecos valley.
TAOS COUNTY.
Anicito Valdez, an old veteran of the
Mexican and civil war, died at Taos.
Maria Trinidad P. de Mares, wife of
Cristobal Mares, died at Taos.
The county commissioners have en-
ployed DR.. T. p. Martin to visit the
various precincts of the county to vac
cinate persons who desire it at public
expense.
The apple, peach, plum, cherry and
berry crop in Taos county promises to
be a plentiful n this year.
Superintendent Martinez has appoint
ed Santiago Romero a school director Of
precinct No. /, to fill the vacancy
by the death of Mr.. Valdez.
Spring is "a month behind time in the
Taos valley.
LINCOLN COUNTY.
A Mexican sub-mail contractor was
arraigned before a justice of the peace
at White Oaks on a charge of cruelty
to animals. He compromised by agree
ing to put more teams on the road and
in%structing his drivers to be humane to
their horses.
Saline Gonzales, Silvestre Gonzales,
and Benito Montoya, are get
Ting out railroad ties at Gray for S. T..
Gray.
A reception by Mr.. and Mrs. L. W.
Stewart and a ball in Bonnell hall by
the Mexican 400 were recent social
at White Oaks.
OTERO COUNTY.
John Meadows and Mrs. Gutierrez
we're married at Tularosa by Rev. Mid
,eon of the Roman Catholic church.
A monster engine made by the Bald
wins for the Alamogordo and Sacra-
nento mountain railway has made it's
appearance at Alamogordo. The engine
100000 pounds and cost $12, 900.
There Is a potato famine in Otero
and potatoes are selling for So a
hundred pounds. In consequence many
of the county will set out a
anger crop this year.
Thomas Forester and Miss Maggie
Guthrie were married at Alamogordo by
Rev. r. P. Pope.
A colony of 50 people from Ballinger,
and n of five families from San
Antonio, Tex, will shortly locate near
Weed.
J. P. Dodson of Fort Worth has To-
at Tularosa.
The town company planted over so, 1000
at Alamogordo recently.
A. p. Jackson, Of Alamogordo, has
a ulmber yard at Tularosa.
The first train over the Ell Paso &
Northeastern railroad beyond Alamo
,ordo will pull into Tularosa on the
9Th of this month, into Nogal before
July /, and into White Oaks by the 1st
# August.
James Briggs and his son Samuel, of
Rocky Ford, Col, returned home after
pending a week in the country around
They represent about a
hundred families Of Colorado, who want
0 make their homes in Otero county.
dessrs. Briggs will report in favor Of
he country, and as a result 80 families,
r about $50 people, will at once come
o New Mexico and locate along Pine
reek canon near Alamogordo. They
vill engage in truck farming.
o. D. Warmock has been awarded the
ontract for constructing the new depot
t Alamogordo. The depot will be a
Inc two-story building, IA feet wider
nd 30 feet longer than the Ell Paso &
depot at Ell Paso.
SAN JUAN COUNTY.
David Lobato, of Aztec, gouged out
lis left eye in a peculiar manner. While
Baltazar Montana's farm in the
darkness he walked against a sharp
'ole sticking out from a fence.
The people of Fruitland turned out
n masse the other day and shingled the
oof Of Ira Hatch, who Is a general ia
'orite and is known as ''the Indian
Charles e. Starr has been appointed
Of the peace to succeed w. A.
Hunter, who resigned the Office on ac-
cunt of the pressure Of private bust
less.
The public schools of Pennington
ave been closed for the summer.