Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-05-07
SOUTHERN COUNTIES
Happenings Of Last Week In Dona
Ana, Socorro, Sierra And
Other Counties.
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES
The New Mexico College Of Agriculture
And Mechanic Arts Will Hold Its Com
menoement On May 3l-District
Court At Socorro.
SOCORRO COUNTY.

| ]. R. Foss and Miss Alice Smith wer
married at Socorro last week.
| Edgar B. Hood and Miss Laura N
Hudson were married at Frisco.
Miss Ruby Berry has gone to Sant'
Fe to spend month with friends.
The fruit crop promises to be excel
lent, with the exception of aprlcots.
Mrs. Duncan McLennan has removed
from San Marcial to Wardner Idaho.
F. Vaughan. Esq, who had come tt
| Socorro for his health, has left for hi!
| home at Mobile, Ala.
F. Pond. who had lived some time Al
Socorro for his health, has started fol
his home at New York City.
Judge c. H. Shield has left socorre
for his home at Louisville, Ky. He hat
been at Socorro for his health.
Mable Coe, aged two years and 81,
months, and daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
]. w. Coe, died at San Marcial.
The Dean-Allen property at San Mar
cial, consisting of a five-room cottage
was sold to DR.. C. G. Cruikshank fol
$3.50.
Prof. A. r. Seymour, who had been al
Socorro to recuperate his health, has
returned to Wisconsin. He is instruct
or in French at the university of Wis
consin.
The Golden Crown flour mill at So
zorro is running full capacity. 1t re-
ceived car load of wheat from Colo
RADIO last week, and there are four more
car loads coming.
The court house at Socorro has been
renovated. Plasterers and painters have
been doing good work, new mating has
been placed on the floors, the old win
dow blinds have been replaced by 9TH
ers more up to date, and other i'm
provements have been made. The Jail,
too, has been renovated.
In district court at Socorro, Canuto
Garlic, accused of assault with intent
to murder, pleaded guilty to simple as
sault and was fined $50 and costs. Syl-
vestre Abeyta y Sanchez pleaded not
guilty to the charge of murder. A. A.
Sedillo was given leave to practice law
in the territory until the next session
of the territorial supreme court. Eliza
Dixie Quinlan was granted divorce
from James B. Quinlan and was given
the custody of her child. Heromino Pi-
no was found guilty Of assault, and was
fined $25 and costs, amounting to $35.
He had been indicted in 1894.
DONA ANA COUNTY.
A daughter of Sieraco Inrietta died
at Rincon.
A. Watty left Rincon on visit to old
friends in Germany.
The new Red Mems lodge at Las Cru
ces has fifty members.
Samuel F. Bean will put up two
story residence at Las Cruces.
f. c. Wade, Sr., of Las Cruces, has
removed to Los Angeles, Cal.
Thomas Brownrlgg, of Michigan. has
taken up his residence at Rincon.
Several cases of measles have devel-
oped at Las Cruces and Mesilla Park.
Some thieves have stolen the planks
from the bridges on the new Iona Par
da road
A wagon road to the San Andreas
mountains from Las Cruces has been
completed.
Wheat and alfalfa look fine at Iona
Parda. There is still plenty of water in
the bitches.
Miss Jennie Johnson has returned to
Mesilla Park after spending several
years at school at Dayton, o.
Mrs. Stephenson and daughter Annie
have gone to Santa Rosalie hot springs
in Mexico to spend the summer.
Construction on the new Presbyterian
church at Las Cruces which had been
abandoned for lack of funds, has been
resumed.
Frank L. Oliver, who has a large
vineyard at Chamberino has bought a
pumping outfit to use when the ace
quias run dry.
Misses Homestead and Harris, OF
Philadelphia, Pa, who spent two win
ters at Las Cruces for their health, have
returned to their homes.
Messrs. Allen and Ripper, of Berino
spent several days in Las Cruces ant
vicinity looking for site for colony
of Dunkards from Kansas.
Prof. J. j. Vernon, the newly ap-
pointed professor of agriculture at the
agricultural college, has arrived from
the Iowa agricultural college at Ames
A new public school district has beer
laid out by Superintendent of Schools
Gonzales. 1t comprises the town ant
vicinity of Mesilla Park, and is prelim
mary to the building of public schoo
at Mesilla.
William Mandell has placed his vel
bore north of the Dona Ana mountains
to try for a water supply. If he sue
ceeds big cattle ranch will be estab
lished at the foot of the Jornada b!
eastern capitalists.
The New Mexico College Of Agricul
ture held it's field day last week. Onl!
| one college record was broken, that be
ing the pole vault by o. Metcalf, VIII
vaulted s feet 9 inches, being one incl
higher than the record made last yea
by e. Coe. In the all around events tn
following score was made: o. Metcalf
81 points, who won the medal; e. Win
ter, % points, and Frank Broyles, 1
points.
There are two broom factories Il
Dona Ana county. The one owned b
Frank Hibbard at Las Cruces will re
sumo operations this month. Las
spring Mr.. Hibbard furnished severa
ranchmen with seed and contracted t
buy all the product, in consequence @