Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-03-29
TERRITORIAL TOPICS.
Items of News From Various Southern
Counties,
SOCORRO COUNTY.

counties.
SOCORRO COUNTY.
Immense deposits of good building
stone lie adjacent to the Rosedale min
ing camp.
Merchant Maurice Spellman, of Kelly
mourns the death Of his promising ten
year-old son.
| Conductor Fred Flint has purchased
of Attorney j. G. Fitch, of Socorro,
fine residence in San Marcial.
1t Is reported that the force of mer
employed In the round house at Sar
Marcial will soon be increased.
| The prospect of large fruit crop in
the county is excellent. The recent
storm did no preceptible damage
About four inches of very damp snow
recently fell at Magdalena, which caused
men.
The Graphic smelter people have been
forbidden to cut any more timber from
the public domain and 1t is expected
that this will result in the hauling of
Carthage coal to Kelly for the use OF the
smelter
CHAvEs COUNTY.
| w. P. Gascon Is the new master me
chanic of the Pecos Valley railroad.
| r. F. Barnett recently paid 81 500 for
forty acres of land lying one mile east OF
Roswell.
Sam Oldham, an employe of the Block
ranch near Roswell, died very suddenly
a few days ago.
The report that case Of smallpox
had appeared in Roswell proved to be
unfounded.
The yards of the Pecos Valley rail-
road at Roswell are being much en-
larged and improved.
The Presbyterian church society OF
Roswell has purchased 1875 feet of land
In the west side addition for the location
OF new church edifce.
President Hagerman, president Of the
Pecos Valley railroad, is still In New
York on business concerning the extern
sion of the road to Ell Paso.
CoLFAx COUNTY.
The sowing Of wheat and oats around
Maxwell City has been about completed.
Lindsey Thompson and Hannah May
Young were recently united in marriage
at Ration.
| The Ration Woman's Club celebrated
the sixth anniversary of its organiza-
ton last Thursday.
William Degner, of Ration, has let the
| contract for tho copotruotiop 30 n v,,od
ern two-story stone and brick residence.
The Colfax County Pioneer Associa-
tlon has effected permanent organi-
cation by the election Of F. M. Darling
as president and c. M. Bayne secretary.
Seventy names were placed on the rolls
of pioneers. An elegant banquet was
served at the Palace hotel in Ration.
Chief Justice Mills and Attorney o. A.
Lara azola of Las Vegas, made brief ad-
dresses.
GRANT COUNTY.
| Grant county cattlemen are suffering
from the depredations of wolves.
A. w. Tenant, the well-known pro-
moter of mining deals. has returned to
Silver City from Chicago.
George Stevenson was convicted Of
murder in the third degree in the dis
trict court at Silver City.
The ancient adobe buildings in the
chinatown" annex to Silver City will
be torn down and replaced with hand
some new building.
The people Of Silver City want the or
dinance prohibiting cattle from running
at large within the corporate limits rig
idly enforced.
| In the first game Of the season the
Deming baseball team defeated the Sill
yer City team by score of 15 to on
the grounds Of the latter club.
| DIR. J. M. Johnson will institute suit
against J. W. Bible, Of Hanover. Tor
$4,000 for alleged aspersion Of charac-
ter in newspaper publication.
| The first regular quarterly meeting of
the recently organized Southwest New
Mexico Cattle Protective Association
will be held at Silver City on April 10.
The administrators public sale Of the
office furniture. law library, household
furniture, stocks and bonds Of the late
T. F.. Conway realized the sum of
s1.554.35.
Walter Roberts alias Jim Walton, an
alleged Texas fugitive from Justice, was
arrested in Silver City the other day.
but pending the issuance of a warrant
whereby he could be held the accused
made good his escape.
The action Of Deputy Sheriff Abel Du-
ran, of Grant county, in becoming one
Of the bondsmen Of T. W. Gibson, under
arrest for drawing and cashing worth
less check, is adversely criticised.
The recent conference at Silver City
between Division Superintendent ]. e.
Hurley and Aldace F. Walker. chair
man Of the advisory committee of the
Santa Fe Railroad Company, relative
to the construction Of new uptown de-
pot at the city named, resulted in moth
Ing definite.
| EDDY COUNTY.
Social life In Carlsbad is rendered
charming by many delightful private
and public entertainments.
A large shipment of mohair was re-
cently made from Carlsbad to New
York City by the Matheson Commission
Company.
1t is thought that the bright promises
Of a large fruit crop In Eddy county are
no longer in danger Of being nipped by
frosts. Recent warm rains have don't
much good