Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1902-08-11
The NEWS OF The
MEADOW CITY
Tom Fox is Badly Burned-Guy Gatchel
Operated on for Appendicitis The Man
Who Monkeyed With Guns is Quite
Siokin Jail-New Ball Player.
SEVERAL OIL WELLS ARE TO Be BORED
DRILLING MACHINERY RECEIVED
joys Special Daily Service.

Saturday evening to Las Vegas
Miss Minnie Williams left Saturda,
evening for Albuquerque Where she vii
visit with her mother.
c. w. Kourns, superintendent O
transportation for the ,sa..a II Tope
ka, passed through here Saturday even
ing with his family, en- route to tn,
| coast.
George Arnot returned to the Duke
| City Saturday evening after a few
days in Las Vegas.
|. II. Rapp returned Saturday even
ing from Trinidad, where he has been
the past week on some contract work.
Captain E. G. Austen came back from
his short trip to Wagon Mound Satur-
day evening.
Mrs. Tuttle, Mrs. Kennedy and son
Frank and Miss Nellie West, departed
today for Dodge City Kas., for an ex-
tended visit.
Miss Wilson left today for Newton,
Kas.
c. l.. and George Harris returned to-
day from Sparks ranch on the Pecos.
They had some fine trout with them for
"knocker" friends.
Moss Kefford was taken in tow to-
day by the police for being drunk and
disorderly.
B. o. Long left last night for Colora-
do Springs for a visit
Hon. Jerry Leahy of Ration, was here
yesterday and says the oil we'll there is
going to China as fast as possible. They
are down 2,250 feet now, and the indi-
cations are still good for OIL A pecu-
llarity of the rocks brought up, Is that
they are very hot, and steam when
they come in contact with water. 1t is
the natural temperature in the ground,
the drillers claim, and the heat is not
caused by friction of the drill.
Sam Lands and Enoch Rogers re-
turned yesterday evening from their
trip at Tecolote. Lands reports the
killing of big bear Thursday
The invitation hop given by the
Mandolin club Friday night at Monte
Carlo hall, was a most pleasant affair."
Quite crowd participated.
L. Fl. Hall returned Saturday from
his trip to the ranch on the Conchas.
He reports a good rain there and fair
supply of grass for grazing.
Manager Twitchell contemplates TAX
ing the local ball team on a tour ex-
tending from Lamar, Colo, to Ell Paso,
Tex, next month. They will play all
the teams en- route. At present it is the
Vegas as possible.
r. w. Lyons is here from Kansas
City and has purchased 1000 sheep to
ship there to feed. Mr.. Lyons said they
have enough corn in Kansas this year
to feed all the sheep in New Mexico.
Guy Gatchel had an operation per-
formed for appendicitis Saturday after
noon and it was very successful.
w. G. Hutchins of the street railway
company says he will be-
gin erecting the poles for the trolley on
Monday.
The reaction has set in with Frank |
Schmidt, the fellow who monkeyed |
with guns Friday, and he is quite sick
in jail The man will be given a trial |
Monday, if he is able to face the music. |
He is charged with assault with
deadly weapon with intent to kill, and |
the chances are that he will either go
to the asylum or to the penitentiary.
There are some who think that the
man was not insane, and that he was !
only badly excited by the appearance
Of the marshal at his house yesterday |
with a gun, after he had been chasing |
his wife around the house and had shot |
at her couple of times.
1t was on the complaint of a member |
Of the family that the marshal went |
there yesterday, as Mrs. Schmidt was
afraid her husband would do her vio-
Ience She desires that he be kept un-
der restraint now, at least until he is
we'll, and knows what he is doing. The
cause of his actions toward his wife is
said to be due to jealousy, and he is
to certain drugs which unbal-
ance him mentally.
Schmidt has a rather a shady record
in Trinidad from whence he moved
here about ten months ago, and his ar
rest here for larceny few months ago
despite the fact that he was acquitted,
gave him anything but an enviable
reputation.
George Flaharty railroad man and |
a Cheyenne pitcher from the Utah
league, has been signed by
Manager Twitchell. He will go in the
box Monday against Ration.
Floyd Conan and family were here
from Salado, and he says
they are going to have oil in his town |
before very long.
A company of Boston capitalists have
received lot of fine new drilling ma
and are about ready to start
the drill after oil. B, r. Adams, the
general manager, has been quite sick,
but is getting better now and he in
tends sending the drill down 1000 feet,
II necessary Several wells /. will be
bored and the indications are good.
Mr.. Conan has a couple of pieces of |
,ock with him that are strongly i'm |,
pregnated with oil.
Tom Fox got one of his hands badly
burned Saturday morning. He was fill
ng one of the patent cigar lighters in
,. L. Gregory's, when a spark in some
way ignited the bottle, making 1t ex-
plode and drenched his hand with