Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-10-27
AN ABANDONED
INFANT
It Was Found on the Porch Of a
Railroad Engineer at
Ration.
AN ORE SAMPLER REMOVED
1t Formerly Stood at Deming, But Is Now
Located at Silver Oity-sneak Thieves
and Horse Thieves in Grant
County.
COLFAX COUNTY.

Leroy Durham had his foot badly in
jured at the Ration shops by letting
fire box fall on it.
Rev. j. w. Wright, of Ration, ha
been assigned to the Cimarron, Eliza
BEETHOVEN and Red River charges by tn
Methodist conference.
Mrs. j. M. Clark and children, of l.
Junta, have made Ration their home
| The Baptist congregation of Ratio
gave a reception to their new minister
the Rev. Mr.. Gibson, and his wife.
| James Connolly, of Ration, found al
abandoned child on Clark avenue. l
was lying on the porch of Enginee
| Thomas Burns residence The child i
| about weeks old, with light hair ant
blue eyes, and Mr.. and Mrs. Thoma
Burns took charge of the little boy. TIL
parentage of the child is a profount
| mystery, but the theory is that SOM
stranger who had arrived in the cit,
the same day had abandoned it, an,
then left for parts unknown.
GRANT COUNTY.
wagon load Of machinery has ar.
rived at Deming for the new concen.
tlating mill at that point.
phantom party was given at the
Deming opera house last week, about
sixty ghosts being in attendance.
The Victorio Cattle Company is hold
ing roundup near Deming prepara-
tory to shipping their cattle to Bakers
field, Cal.
Agustin Pima, late consul of the gov
ernment of Mexico at Deming, has been
promoted to the consulship at Corpus
Christi, Tex.
The residence of w. P. Wilkerson at
Deming was entered by sneak thieves
$l1 in cash was stolen.
e. E. Burdick closed a contract at
Deming with w. III. Godair for 500 head
OF l, 2 and year old steers to be de-
livered at Deming on November Is.
Festino Carone was arrested at Dem
ing by Officer Edward Scarborough on
the charge of having stolen horse a
year ago from John Robinson, of
Lordsburg.
The Deming Mining and Milling Com
pany's sampler has been removed from
Kingston, Sierra county, to Deming.
Freighters j. w. Dawson and Padilla
successfully fulfilled the contract of
hauling the sampler that distance.
SAN JUAN COUNTY.
Harvey Towner is building a house at
Pennington.
There is an epidemic of mumps at
Pennington.
Recent rains have had a beneficial ef-
feet upon the ranges.
Henry Newton will build himself a
new home at Pennington.
w. A. Hunter is building a new store
building at Pennington.
Jesse Harwood has decided to erect a
residence at Pennington.
Harwood & Myers have kiln of $780,
O0C bricks burned at Pennington.
Joseph Crouch will build an eight
room house with modern improvements
on his lots west of the Methodist church
at Pennington.
S. r. Blake, of Pennington, secured
the first premium at the Durango fair
for the best collection of fruit-best
four plates of ounces, best display of
pears, best four plates of pears, best
display of apples. George e. Allen and
e. r. Elmer also received prizes George
de Luche won the five-mile relay race
F. l.. Morton and w. J. Coulter, of
Springfield, Mo-, have settled near Az
tee.
BERNALILLO COUNTY.
Uncle Toms Cabin held the boards at
the Gallup opera house last week.
John Doyle, the 1S-year-old son of
Mrs. Shavric, of Clarkville, died of ty-
phoid pneumonia.
A dance was given at Catalpa, the
proceeds Of which will be spent for a
bell for the public school.
The public schools of Gallup gave an
entertainment, the proceeds of which
will be devoted to the public school Ii
brary.
A Mckinley club was organized by
the miners in the Catalpa mine at CAL
lup. Seventy-five miners signed the
membership roll.
DR.. e. D. Harper and wife, of Gallup.
have gone to San Jacinto Springs, Cal,
where the doctor hopes to get rid of an
attack Of rheumatism.
r. J. Hansen, wife and children, and
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. l.. Williams, of Bourne.
Ore, have located at Gallup, where
Messrs. Hansen and Williams will go
into business.
Prof. Ralph Collins, of the Albuquer-
que Indian school, and of the southern
pueblos, is organizing new schools on
the Zuni reservation. The Indians have
now put on their own teams between
zuni and Gallup, and do all the freight
ing between those two points.
UNION COUNTY.
r. P. Erwin, of Clayton, sold his year.
lings to, P. Stuyvesant.
A masquerade Dall VIII De given at
Clayton on November 2. ..
Noel r. Gasho shipped 1000 sheep
from Clayton to Fort Collins, Colo.
B. Schrader shipped 1900 and year
olds from Clayton to Kansas City.
Arthur Curren, of Clayton, has gone
to Denver to attend business college.
William Jones, of Liberty, shipped
1000 sheep from Clayton to Fort Col
Inns, Colo.
A grand Republican rally was held at
Folsom, at which John R. Guyer was
the speaker Of the evening.
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