Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-05-10
CHAYES AND GRANT COUNTIES.
News Items Of Interest From Those Two
Progressive Counties.
CHAVES COUNTY.

S. I. Thompson and W. /. Burks
bought the grocery stock of Grove &
Pace at Roswell.
A. M. Selleck bought three lots from
G. H. Mcdowell at Roswell and will
erect dwelling on them.
A hail storm did some damage to fruit
in Chaves county and killed some lambs
on the Otis Bros. farm.
S. D. Sanders has moved from Roswell
to Carlsbad to take charge of g. Steg-
mans ice plant as engineer.
The cadets of the New Mexico Mill
'ary Institute gave an enjoyable Minis
trel performance at Roswell last week.
The Ell Verde Grande company have
their artesan we'll at Lake Arthur down
165 feet and the water is within TWO feet
Of the surface.
Mrs. 4. J. White, mother of j. P. and
Thomas d. White of the Littlefield Cattle
company of Chaves county, died at
Gonzales, Texas.
Walter L. Ray and Miss Mary E.
Whitney were married at the home of
H. P. Hopson, Roswell, by Rev. s. X.
Hallam.
w. D. Gresham who last December
came to Roswell for his health, died last
Thursday. He was a native of Arnes,
Tenn, but had lived the past few years
in Texas. He leaves q family.
James Low Jackson and Miss Sarah
Low Beck were married at the home OF
Mrs. J. D. Beck at Roswell. The
groom's home is at San Angelo, Texas,
and the brides home at Kileen, Texas.
GRANT COUNTY.
Alfredo Bario and Rosa Grijalba were
married at Pinos Altos.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. III. Stanley have sold
their home at Pinos Altos and will re-
move to Las Cruces.
Miss Louis Holman arrived at Pinos
Altos from London, England, to make
her home with her father, Thomas Hol-
man.
A telegraph line Is being constructed
from Whitewater to Santa Rita, Han
over and Fierro. 1t will be Western
Union line.
Mrs. Isabel B. Smith, wife of Leon j.
Smith, died at Silver City last Sunday
She was aged % years, and is survived
by her husband and two small children.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. B. Bolton and baby
were all three injured in a runaway ac-
cident on their way home to Hanover
from Silver City. Mr. Bottoms injuries
are the most serious.
B. T. Link, superintendent of the pub
lie schools of the county, made his
quarterly distribution of school funds.
The amount distributed was 1854, or
81 for each child of school age. Silver
City has S49 children OF school age,
Deming SAG. Pinos Altos s37. Central 215,
Santa Rita 146, San Lorenzo 143, Han
over III, Hansberg 109 and Richmond
| 1O8. The school census would indicate
population for Grant county of about
| 20, 900; of Silver City 5000 and of DEM
ing 5000.
! An important decision In reference to
the possession of forty acres of land in
Deming was decided in district court
The case was entitled John w. Gill vs.
w. c. Wallis, Frank Proctor, John Tyn.
dali and A. Wallis. The tract Of land ir
dispute lies between the depot and PINE
street. The land has been in contro.
versy since 1881. The defendants claim.
ed from Thomas Boles, who was made
the trustee In the settlement made soms
years ago with the railroad, number
of lots situate in block 72. Gill obtained
the title to the lots in controversy b,
deed from the trustee, the defendants
having entered upon and improved tw'
lots each during the year 1895, ant
claiming the title Of the two lots unde
the provisions of the deed Of trust. MI
Wilson decided that the defendant
were entitled to the lots in question, de
Gliding that the conveyance to Gill wa
in violation Of the trust, and that Gil
should vest title in Wallis ct al