Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-05-19
TERRITORIAL TOPICS
The Body Of a Man Long Dead Was
Found At Las Palomas, Sierra
County.
PREPARATIONS FOR JULY 4
Death Of a Newspaper Man At Alamogordo
Telegraph Line From Lincoln to Fort
Stanton Happenings in Dona Ana
and Other Counties.
RIO ARRIBA COUNTY.

The Campbell Bros circus will give
an exhibition at Chama next week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Moore, of Mid
dletown, Ind, have located at Chama.
The business men of Lumberton have
subscribed SIS for the I.s5per celebra-
tion Of the Fourth Of July.
Chama business men have appointed
committee to arrange for the celebra-
ton of the Fourth Of July.
Thirty head Of horses broke loose at
Chama and did considerable damage to
young oats in surrounding fields. The
horses were put in pound, and will be
sold to pay for the damage they caused.
Robert Hurley, Lambert Hildreth and
Edward Gilliland ran away from their
home at Chama but were apprehended
at Cumbres The boys had intended to
come to Santa Fe, where they expected
ito make plenty Of money"
SIERRA COUNTY.
Quite a number of families are leav-
ing Kingston, the men being compelled
to seek employment elsewhere.
A boy named Milton Jobe fell from a
tank tower at Kingston and broke his
left thigh just below the hip joint.
Fred Shaw was initiated into the
mysteries Of Freemasonry last week at
meeting of Kingston lodge, A., f. and
A. M.
Last Sunday Robert Morris found the
bones Of man near the bottom Of the
canon in Palomas Gap, four and half
miles southeast of Palomas. Only de-
composed bones and fragments Of
clothing and blankets were found.
DONA ANA COUNTY.
]. E. Hopkins is putting complete
roller process outfit in his Touring mill
at Garfield.
Martin Lohman and family, of Las
Cruces, will spend several weeks in the
east this summer
William M. Page, aged 20 years, died
at Las Cruces of tuberculosis. He came
to Las Cruces last February from Pat
erson, N. ].
Joseph r. Downs died of consumption
at Las Cruces. He was aged % years
He was resident of Boston, Mass. and
came to Las Cruces every winter for
his health since 1896.
George Jameson, clerk at the Rio
Grande hotel at Las Cruces, has gone
to Cloudcroft, Otero county. where he
will act as agent for the Ell Paso and
Northeastern railway.
DR.. and Mrs. Burnham, who spent the
winter for the past three years at Las
Cruces, have left for their home in New
Hampshire. DR.. Burnham's health has
greatly improved during his stay in
New Mexico.
OTERO COUNTY.
Albert Walker is erecting a neat two
story residence at Cloudcroft.
The dining rooms at the Cloudcroft
pavilion have been doubled in capacity
c. p Benson. a newspaper man of
Alamogordo, died after long illness
Mr.. Benson came to Alamogordo last
idl IFOIu beHSOLp 1tA. Ile leaves a
family.
LINCOLN COUNTY.
The first issue of the Captain Miner Is
out.
A hail storm did some damage to the
fruit crop in the Bonito and Ruidoso
valleys.
The telephone line from Lincoln to
Fort Stanton is now In working order.
Nineteen miners from Pictou, Colo,
settled at Captain last week.
BERNALILLO COUNTY.
One horse and eleven goats were
killed on the railroad track at Algo-
dones last week.
GRANT COUNTY.
Henry w. Young and Miss Bessie
Farrell were married this week at Pinos
Altos by Rev. A. Ruoff.
| Apolito Baca was arrested at Silver
City for f1ourishing a deadly weapon.
He was put under 5000 bond.
Miss M. r. Koehler. the present SUI
perintendent Of public schools Of Silver
City, is spoken Of as candidate for
county superintendent on the Republic
| an ticket.