Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-09-07

In SOcorro on Eaton avenue NAV be
seen crab apple tree in full bloom.
The tree recently appeared to be dying
but an abundance of water seems to
have wrought miracle in its condition.
New cases docketed in the district
court: Miguel A. Vigil VS.. Josefita Sais y
| Vigil, divorce; Adofo Torres VS.. Vicente
Gallegos, Injunction; Frank Andrews
VS.. Board of county commissioners.
| Andrews has brought suit against the
| board OF county commissioners for a
balance OF $7l7.75 alleged to be due him
on contract for painting and repair
| ing the court house.
Montague Stevens, whose sheep ranch
is in the Datil Mountains, is the first
man to introduce sheep shearing by
machinery in New Mexico. He is now
shearing 20 to 60 head per day per man
getting from three-fourth to pound
more wool to the sheep. and no sheep
killed during the shearing, as was
always the case the old way. Most of
the hands working on the machine now
are inexperienced young men, who have
but little idea as to how to take advan-
tage and push such work. A recent
visitor timed one of the shearers, who
was just four and half minutes shear
ing a sheep whose fleece weighed six and
half pounGh The machine is run by
a four-horse gasoline engine, is fitted
out for ten shearers, is all under cover
and very conveniently arranged.
A remarkable occurrence took place
one day this week as the noon train
from Magdalena was coming down the
grade in the edge of town. A female
bnrro and her young were grazing near
the track. The approaching train
frightened the little one and it ran upon
the track directly in front of the loco
motive. The mother, apparently appre-
ciating the danger which menaced her
offspring, ran up to it and placing her
nose against it pushed it off the track.
The saving of her young, however, cost
the mother her life for before she could
get off the track herself the locomotive
struck her and killed her. Several who
witnessed the act of the mother were
quite affected by it's heroism and were
impressed with the conviction that even
the despised burro has some redeeming
traits.
A petition signed by a considerable
number of taxpayers was presented to
the board of county commissioners,
praying them to appoint an expert ac-
countant to examine and report upon
the condition Of the county's finances.
The petition was not granted. The
board gave as the reason for it's action
that there was no money in the county
treasury available for that purpose.
TAOS COUNTY.
Jose o. Garcia and Adelaide Gomez,
of La Lama, were married last week,
and celebrated the event with a big
ball at Santistevan hall.
T. ]. Montgomery, of Fort Worth, ac-
companied by his nephew and two
nieces from Missouri, Miss johnson
and Miss Hudson, are hunting bear in
the Taos mountains. They hail from
Las Vegas Hot Springs at present.
Thomas Hart, of Ranches, has
fighting cock which he thinks Is just
the proper article, and feels disposed
to back him against anything in the
territory for $50 or $10O, and the local
sports will go as much more.
Edwin B. Seward and wife and son,
and Mr. Stewards brothers, Charles A.
and George W., who are merchants at
Peoria, ILL.,, and have been visiting Ed
win B. for the past three weeks, came
over to Taos from the latter's home at
Tres PiedraS to visit the pueblo.