Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-08-28

Carroll Dwire and sister leave Taos in
few days for Lincoln, Neb., where
they will attend school the coming
winter.
Bert Phillips has returned to Taos
from his vacation at Amizett and re-
sumed work at his studio. He has sev-
eral orders for Indian paintings.
The new Presbyterian mission build
ing at Santa Barbara, above Penasco,
is nearly completed. Another mission
may be established at San Antonio. as
some of the residents of that place de-
sire a school and have made a PROPOSE
ton with that object in view.
GRANT COUNTY.
Hobos are unpleasantly plentiful at
Deming.
Lordsburg Methodists gave a highly
successful concert the proceeds of
which will buy furniture for their
church.
Ex-Sheriff Baylor Shannon has gone
to Colorado for a brief business trip,
after which he will return to Grant
county and begin his canvass for the
Democratic nomination for sheriff.
Miss Anna Ashenfeter left Silver
City for Palo Alto, Cal, where she will
enter Leland Stanford university for
the coming school year.
Edward Baker, formerly of Cerrillos,
owns a group of splendid copper claims
at Santa Rita. He has leased the old
Wellegehausen ranch and converted the
same into a dairy farm. from which he
supplies milk to the towns of Santa
Rita, Hanover and Fierro.
Deputy United States Marshal J. J.
Sheridan, accompanied by Postoffice
Inspector Frederick, went out to Gra-
ham to investigate the hod-up and rob
har of tha r,nctnf1ina ot that n1aon
At Lordsburg a woman named Libra
do Salcido, the wife of Nicholas Ruel-
las, was cleaning lamp. In some way,
just how cannot be ascertained. she
spilled oil on her clothes, and the
clothes caught fire. She was terribly
burned, from the effect of which she
died the next day. She leaves five chill
dren.
Mrs. Elizabeth c. Jackson returned
to Silver City a few days since from
the meeting of the national educational
association at Charleston, S. G. She
was reappointed national director for
New Mexico, and states that the next
meeting of the association will be held
either in Cincinnati or Detroit, the mat
ter not yet having been decided upon.
On her way home she visited her moth
er, who resides at Fayette, Mo.
An all-night rain came to Grant coun-
ty the other night, and there is great
rejoicing thereat There have been
showers since, and the weather has act
ed as though the regular rainy season
had just set in. Before this rain came
the stock was in bad condition. The
range was pretty we'll cleaned up, and
the cattle We're actually starving to
death. The rain will start the grass,
and as the cattle will not have to trav
Ell far between grass and water they
will not have to work off all the flesh
they take on, and will soon fatten up.
The rain means difference of many
thousands of dollars in the pockets of
the cattlemen of that section of the ter
ritory.
CHAvEs COUNTY.
Dr. J. w. Hansen. of Lomena, Ia, has
located at Roswell.
The hay harvest is finished, and a
good rain would be welcome.
George w. Cazer and Miss Mamie Lee
Reid were married at the Christian
church. Roswell.
Fl. McMann and George S. Combs,
advance agents of Sells & Gray's show,
have billed Roswell for September 4.
Seay, Gill & Morrow are making a
large water tank for one of w. E..
Washington's wagons to haul water
twenty four miles to the workmen.
The DOafd OF regents CT tne military
institute have let the contract to e. p.
Rasmussen for barracks building 35x
10 feet to accommodate the large in
crease in students for the coming school
year.
In the district court at Roswell, s. T.
Biting filed suit against A. G. Heard,
praying an injunction to prevent dis
posal of the property recently bought
by Heard from c. G.. Linington. Mr.
Biting claims he had an option on the
place.
Don Biggers, special agent of the live
stock census. completed his labors in
this part of the country last week, and
left on Saturday for Texas. He spoke
in warm commentator of the work
done by Elmer Richey and w. p. Turn
err, the census enumerators of Chaves
county, in the taking of the live stock
census.