Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-10-23
A FLOOD AT
SILVER CITY
It Poured Down the Main Street and
Swept Awayt the Heavy Timbers
for Bridge.
STOCKING COLFAX STREAMS
Six Thousand Rainbow Trout Placed in the
Vermejo River Many Sheep Shipped
from Springer-A Train Runs
into Ditch.
DONA ANA COUNTY.

DONA ANA COUNTY.
Louis Jackson, of Las Cruces, while
playing foot ball, broke an arm.
Miguel Estrada and Miss Angelits
Gallegos were married at Mesilla Park
M. Hasdorf and family, of Las Cru.
ces, have returned to San Antonio, Tex.
to live.
The Society of Industrials gave a con-
cert at the Southern Methodist church
at Las Cruces.
The Woman's improvement Associa-
tion of Las Cruces will erect windmill
for the park in that town.
There are four cases of typhus fever
at Las Cruces, but all the cases have
been imported from other states
An alleged deaf and dumb beggar
gathered harvest of shekels at Las
Cruces, until Deputy Sheriff Benjamin
Williams persuaded him to talk and to
listen, which wound up the beggar's lit
tie game as far as Las Cruces was con-
cerned.
GRANT COUNTY.
Plenty of wild ducks are reported in
the vicinity of Lordsburg.
The normal school base ball team at
Silver City defeated the Deming junior
nine by score of 13 to 8.
The remains of George Jenkins, who
died at the ladies' hospital at Silver
City, were shipped to his former home
at Glen Ellyn, ILL.,
A hop joint was raided at Silver City
by Sheriff Blair and Constable Montez
Besides smoking outfits, sets of loaded
dice were found.
Superintendent Harms, of the smell
ter, has commenced the construction of
a seven-room cottage with all modern
conveniences at Silver City.
The women Of the Methodist church
at Lordsburg have purchased a house
for parsonage. and Rev. T. L. Adams
will move from the church ranch at
Richmond to Lordsburg.
One of the largest floods of the season
came pouring down Main street, Silver
City, last week from Bear mountain.
City Marshal Laird had just placed the
heavy timbers for the bridge across
Main street when the flood carried them
away down the arroyo, where they were
picked up and replaced at the original
site.
RIO ARRIBA COUNTY.
Incendiaries set fire to the old wagon
bridge south of Chama, and 1t was COM
pletely destroyed. .....
w. r. Foster, who has been first cook
at the Denver & Rio Grande hotel at
Chama, has purchased the Hub chop
house in the same town.
TAOS COUNTY.
The Taos band is raising funds for
the purchase of instruments.
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Philips, of Taos,
have been presented with baby boy.
UNION COUNTY.
Frank Wilson is building a new cot
tage at Folsom.
The enrolment of the public school
at FOlSOm is liz.
Daniel Padilla is building new resi-
dence at Folsom.
A horse and saddle were stolen at
Clayton last week.
w. r. Newkirk raised pumpkin at
Folsom which weighs IS pounds
A big cave has been discovered in the
hills near Folsom by ]. M Greggs, M.
B. Sisneros, Joseph Thomas and Ward
Thomas.
Jackson Tabor received 100 rock bass
from the United States fish commission
with which to stock the reservoir on his
farm near Folsom.
The south-bound train on the Colora-
do & Southern railroad ran into a ditch
between Trinidad and Folsom and was
delayed nine hours by the accident.
COLFAX COUNTY.
Scarlet fever has made it's appearance
at Springer.
Pocket thieves have been operating
around Ration lately.
The lakes on the mesa around Ration
are alive with wild ducks.
At Maxwell City Democratic meet
ing was presided over by woman, Mrs.
w. s. McCloud.
A. G.. Dawson has received 5000 rain
bow trout, which he placed in the Ver-
mejo river in the vicinity Of the Dawson
ranch.
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pher for Hugo Seaberg at Springer, and
Harry Barrows were married at Salt
Lake City.
H. C. Abbott, of Springer, sold to w.
H. Nye, of Fowler, Colo, 1000 head Of
lambs. They averaged 56 pounds apiece.
He also shipped 4,50O wethers to the
Kansas City market.
COCHITI DISTRICT.
Fl. E. Anderson is erecting a new liv-
cry barn at Bland.
The road between Bland and Wood
bury stands in need Of repairs.
Geoge w. and c. c. Green, formerly
of Cerrillos, have opened a meat mar
ket at Bland.
Mrs. Charles A. Scheurich has re-
turned to Bland from a visit to relatives
at Lawrence, Kas.
Cochiti Lodge, No %, I. o. o. F., is
making preparations for a dance it will
give on Hallow Fen evening.
Stevens & French have moved their
blacksmith shop at Bland from the
Greenfield building to the Hayden
house.