Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-02-12
OYER THE TERRITORY.
Late News Notes From Various Counties Of
New Mexico.

OYER THE TERRITORY.
Late News Notes From Various Counties Of
New Mexico.
SOCORRO COUNTY.
Miss Maude Brown, of Parsons, Kan,
has settled at Socorro.
James Lyons and family, of SocolTo,
have removed to Colorado Springs.
Francis E.. jackson, of Abingdon,
Mass, has settled ait Socorro for his
health.
The eleven months old daughter of
Benjamin Hellweg died at Socorro of
whooping cough.
Judge Buchanan and family, for
eighteen years residents of Socorro,
have removed to Ell Paso.
Francis Nilsson has removed from San
Marcial to Prescott, Ariz., where he has
taken a position in the railroad shops.
Orders have been issued for the re-
moval of all squatters and to remove
all fences on the ella forest reservation.
Paul Kempenick has resigned his po-
sition with Price Bros. & Co. at Socor-
no, and will go to his home at Peralta,
New Mexico.
"A letter reached the San Marcial post
office last week from another New Mex
leo p~ostoffice that had been on the way
since last August.
j. H. Tweed has been awarded the
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Marcial and Rosedale three times a
week al SIS per month.
"A contract has been awarded to
Frank w. Andrews by the county COM
missloners to repair the court house
and jail at Socorro for 81, 217.75
w. H. Byerts, who lis drilling an arte-
siam we'll on his farm near Socorro, has
ordered %, 900 fruit trees for the farm,
which he will set out this spring.
"a couple Of strangers at San Marcial
were engaged for a whole week in gath
ering up old tin cans. They applied fire
to the tine cans and melted the solder,
which they marketed.
A dead body was found buried be-
Meath the floor of a house at Lemitar.
The house formerly belonged to Nicolas
Sedillo, but is now the property of Mic
olas Abdalla. The coroner's jury found
that the bedy was covered with only a
few inches of ground, but had laid there
for twenty years, more or less.
Several tenders We're opened at the
county commissioner meeting last
week for the purchase OF the new 4 per
cent refunding bonds to the amount of
$3.50, 900. The basis of the bids submitted
WAS SO cents ON the dollar. A special
meeting Will be held February 20 to sell
the bonds, when 1T Is believed that an
offer will be Forthcoming to take them
at par.
CHAVES COUNTY.
w. N. Baldwin is completing a new
house at Roswell.
Robert Nasworthy died of pneumonia
at Roswell last week.
]. J.. Hagerman has built a new barn
on the Chisum ranch.
The Baptist congregation at Roswell
has decided to build "a parsonage.
Lea & Godair let a contract for a store
building ait Roswell to- be 4Ox7O feet.
Miss Grace Sherwood has let the con-
tract for the building of a four-room
cottage at Roswell.
George L. Wyllis Is making the exca-
vations for a fine residence on Pennsyl-
vania avenue ait Roswell.
w. T. Moore WAS lodged in jail at
Roswell on the charge of stealing a
horse, preferred by J. M. Await.
Ten wagons loaded with 1900 pounds
of corn each We're sent by Seay, Gill &
Co. from Roswell to Gray, Lincoln
county.
p. c. Gwin and w. L. Bowen have
formed a partnership under the name
Of the Pecos Valley News Company,
and have purchased the news agency
route of the Pecos valley railroad sys-
tenn.
C. T. Wooten, Clerk in the claim de-
partment of the Pecos valley railroad;
Don D. Donahue, A. r. Teeples and D.
Garwood, office employees of the same
railroad, have removed from Carlsbad
to Roswell.
Portales has ambition ito be a county
SEAT, and its people advocate the cut
ting of Chaves county in two to form a
new county. Portales is ninety miles
from Roswell, the county seat, and it is
rather a long distance to go to court.
George Barrett was arrested alt Ros-
we'll ON the charge Of Stealing two
horses from W. R. Newman's ranch
near Roswell. Deputy Sheriff Rainlbolt
tracked BARRETT to Lincoln and back
again to the Newman ranch, where
Barrett turned THE horses loose. Barrett
claims he merely borrowed the horses.
He was bound over with Henry James
on the charge of killing calves belong
ing to the Block ranch.
OTERO COUNTY.
Hyatt Brantley is building a resi-
dence at Cloudcroft.
The Infant child OF Mrs. Shote died at
OF sore throat.
The womer'e club Of Alamogordo will
give an entertainment ON Washangton's
birthday.
Apricot trees at La Luz are In bloom
already, and MANY gardens are being
w. H. Woods is putting in a pipe line
three miles long for the water works at
"A. D. Wallace has completed d large
STORE house at Cloudcroft.- It IL three
high. The first story lie OF stone.
Mr. and Mrs. John Fleming, of San
saba, Tex, are visiting at Anamogordo,
md have decided to buy property there
md settle down.