Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-03-30
TERRITORIAL TOPICS
BERNALILLO COUNTY.

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bletcher, of Bland,
| are the parents of brand-new boy.
c. w. Daniels has been sent to the
county Jail at Albuquerque from Bland
for stealing a saddle.
L. S. McKenna, foreman of the Albe-
marie mine, on last Thursday got a
finger caught in the machinery at the
mill, and it was partially torn off.
| L. F. Abbott and George West, Of
Bland, have both lost horses ny poison
ing the past week. 1t is supposed that
the animals drank water running from
the Albemarle mill, which was strongly
impregnated with cyanide.
Here is a warning to men never to
split wood. G. w. Wheeler of Bland,
while exercising in that manner few
days ago, caught his ak on a clothes
line. and in the mix-up that followed
received cash several inches long
across the forehead.
MCKINLEY COUNTY.
Andy Dolenseck, who was recently Sc
verely injured by blow -out shot" in
the Otero mine near Gallup, has been
taken to a hospital at Los Angeles for
medical treatment. The local lodge of
Red Men is taking care of him.
A miner by the name of Kelly was
crushed by roof-fall in the Catalpa
mine at Gallup last week. He was taken
to the Harper hospital, but died after
few days, having suffered terribly
from his Injuries. He was 50 years of
age and unmarried.
{. b. Smith, of Gallup, was badly used
up in a runaway last Friday. The team
ran into a building, and Mr.. Smiths
foot was crushed between the vehicle
and the wall. Aside from the injured
foot numerous bruises were received
about the body He will recover with
out any serious consequences from the
narrow escape from death.
SAN JUAN COUNTY.
The fruit prospects of the county were
never better.
La Plata has been entertained with
Ten Nights in Barroom," given by
local talent.
William Nolan, from Cedar Falls, Ia,
has bought an improved ranch at Cedar
Hill, and will soon become resident of
New Mexico. Many new settlers are
arriving in the county, and lands are
changing hands frequently.
The people of Pennington are all
stirred up over the prospects of rail-
road, which is to run from somewhere
to somewhere else through that town.
Possibly the terminals will be deter
mined upon before the work of grading
the roadbed begins. The papers in that
part of the territory failed to give this
important information in their last is
A newspaper is proposed for Tularosa
sues.
OTERO COUNTY.
Fruit trees are in blossom, and the
prospects for good crop are very flat
tering.
Alamogordo wants a volunteer fire
company for the protection of that
growing town.
@nidHlo6oIuO HldIU IUl0 is UelHS uStu ny
Ell Paso builders in the construction of
buildings in that city.
Forty-five new buildings have been
contracted for in Alamogordo and a
number of them are under construction.
Men and teams are in demand along
the extended line of the Ell Paso &
Northeastern road north of Aamogor-
do.
The depot of the Ell Paso & North
eastern road at Alamogordo will cost
100000. Work on the building has be-
gun.
CHAVES COUNTY,
Thomas V. Provence, a young man
living near Roswell was found one
morning recently, lying in an irrigation
ditch at the side of bridge, dead. A
coroner investigated the case, and it
was learned that Provence had un-
doubtedly been thrown by vicious
horse he rode, striking his head on the
bridge, and falling into the ditch in an
unconscious state, where he drowned.
The New Mexico military institute
has now 10S cadets in attendance.
TAOS COUNTY.
The ditch which is to furnish water
power for Touring mill at Taos is al
most completed.