Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-08-23
BUILDING A TOWN
A Townsite Has Been Laid Out al
Andrews by a Mining
Company.
FORT BAYARD SANITARIUM
A Railroader Pinned Down by a Goose
Neck in His Eye-A Philippine
Veteran Returns Home to
Silver Oity.
TAOS COUNTY

TAOS COUNTY.
Felix Vigil and Clorinda Lopez were
married at Ranchez de Taos.
Taos desires to have the miners hos
pital or some territorial institution To-
Gated in that town.
The people of Taos are preparing fol-
great rush Of visitors to the San Ger
onimo festivities which occur Septem-
Der 3Oth.
number Of Taos valley people Wis
tied Penasco and Picuris last Friday
witnessed the Indian dances and races
and other festivities. A larger crowd
than usual was present.
Miss Galbreith has returned to her
mission school at Arroyo Hondo. At
present she is looking after some ad-
!itional building which she is having
lone at that place. Miss r. Rowland
will return next week. She will be ac-
'ompanied by her niece, Miss Glchrist
If Las Vegas.
Ed. Peirce returned from Del Norte
The case of John NJ. Staley vs.. Antonio
3. Trujillo, Cecerio Garcia and Higinio
Romero. in which Mr.. Peirce represent
ed the defendants, was dismissed at
plaintiffs cost by Judge Hallett, upon
motion Of defendants; want of juris-
liction being the grounds for Dismissal.
SIERRA COUNTY.
The Hillsboro Sunday mail service
by stage from Mutt station has been
resumed.
Mountain lions killed two valuable
dogs belonging to w. S. Hopewell and
robbed neighborng hen roost.
The Philadelphia Milling and Mining
Co.nnany has given the A. J. Hage.'
Saw Mill Company an order for 5000
feet of lumber, and will lay out town
size at Andrews build hotel school
house. church and three large ware.
houses.
GRANT COUNTY.
Grant county's Democratic commit
tee will meet at Silver City September
lst.
Miss Laura Burnside conducts a very
successful insurance business at Dem
ing.
Special agent Mather, of the land Of
fice. was in Silver City making pre-
!iminary examination relative to fences
IN the public domain in Grant county
A party of seven surveyors, in the
employ of u. s. Deputy Surveyor Ches-
ka., 30 fhnn rrrI,
Deming to lay out couple of town
ships for location and settlement near
the Mexican border, close to Craven's
ranch.
Weatherwax, beat Harrington Bros
Silver City horse two races-one for 10(
head of horses and one for $25, last
week. Now a race for $500 aside, $3.50
a side forfeit, is arranged between Hal
and J. J. Wheeler, Of Texas. for Sep
tember 18th at Deming.
There Is a report current in Santa
Rita that murder was committed
there on the night Of August 9th, on
the road between Ernest's road house
and the Storz saloon. The body has
been well hidden, If a murder it was
Lieutenant Bert Gilbert. of the 9th
United States artillery left Silver City
for West Point, where he will enter up
IN his duties as instructor at that IA
nous military institution, after a
months visit to his parents in Silver
City.
E.. D. Weymouth, car repairer at
Lordsburg, raised the gooseneck on a
tender coupler, but did not pin 1t, and
bent over to examine the coupler. The
goose neck fell down and caught his
head driving the top Of the coupling pin
into his right eye socket fully an inch
Weymouth was chloroformei and the
pin pulled out, and he was taken to the
railroad hospital at Tucson.
The testimony in the injunction suit
of the San Jose Concentrating company
against ]. w. Bible, and involving the
waters of Gold gulch, has all been sub
mitted before the referee, but 1t Is not
expected that a final decision will be
reached before the coming term of dis.
trict court.
Grant county people at Catalina Is
land, Cal. are maintaining we'll de
served reputation for expert fishing. a
recent issue of the Los Angeles Times
says: Arthur Rivers. Of Silver City
| and ]. A. Mahoney Of Deming, were
out fishing and brought in fine catcf
of yellowtail and albicore.
Harry Henage. who enlisted with th'
| United States volunteers for service II
the Philippines over two years ago, re
turned to Silver City and received
royal welcome. Mr.. Hennage was hon
orably discharged from the army dur
ing the arly part Of the present year
and since then has visited nearly ever.
country on the face of the globe wortl
seeing. He brings home many curios
w. c. Potter, connected with the in
dustrial department Of the Santa f
railroad, is at Silver City. and will re
main in this section for some days col
lecting data and information for tn
use Of the department in advertisinl
this section and its resources.
For the fiscal year commencing OIL
July 1st. the government has approlrt
ated the sum Of $4,000. which will b
spent for the CONSTRUCTION Of new build
ings and the renovation Of the presen
STRUCTURES at Ft. Bayard military hos
pital for consumptives. Many expert
ments are now under way. There ar
1876 patients at the institution now.
is expected that the number of patient
will be increased to at least 800 durin
the winter.
Tourists should price those ballet
blankets and rare buffalo robes Mt Gold
General Store and Curiosity Shop.