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VOLUME 1.
ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, SATURDAY, JANUARY 24, 1W)1.
NUMBER 3.
ALMrHl'KRHItK AHH0AU.
Tbe present city of Albuquerque, al
though having a history that reaches
baek only loo years, ha euooreded Id
attracting ft greater share of the wnrld'o
attention limn many other plaose which
okon their age uy centuries. We wrro
err forcibly reminded of thU faol m-
aardey, when In conversation with Mr.
IJ W. Donuelly, eaalstaht land commie
Istonsr of tb Atlantic A Pacific road,
Who ha juil returned fnim a soma hat
retracted rlalt In Itin east Mr. Dou-
ally'a buslneee took him to Washing
on, und from there to Chicago, Iowa,
od various other place in th north-
at, and whereror ha went ha eaya aa
n aa ha registered himself aa from
New Meiioo," ha waa beeel by news-
paper reportara to Ul what ha knew
bout Albuquerque, Nobody wanted to
bow about aoy other point in the terri
ory, and Indeed in moat case thay did
tot mo to know there waa any other
owa tn new Mexico, ilia prevailing
apreion teemed to be H at New Man
waa a part of Albnquerque, and the
porters seemed to think that when
bey learned about Albuquerque, they
Ksarned about alt there waa to know in
egard to thia country.
TbAt the name of thia town le beooiu-
tt familiar to the uublio In all parta'of
oouutry, la a fact that can no longer
queatloued, and while we all take
wvuura in recogulidug the truth of the
tnation, not very many of ua atop to
Lbnaider by what meana thia end Iiha
ftn accouipliahed. While various oir
metauooa hare combined to bring
Bxiul auoh a resnlt, the chief credit i
e to the Commercial dub of Albu-
Suerque, which devote ita eneriia to
ita special end, and ta oow doing more
advertiee ua abroad than waa etr
tone before, uut no mailer through
hat channel the Information may reach
Be public, the fact remaina that the peo
la of the country at largo now know
Mat Albuquerque la the uity of New
exiuo.
rOBMTftU AKIT1HKI.Y.
(The Optto hrw a leading editorial en-
tied: "We taunt hare it," In which tt
lye a few pla:or worda to the preeent
ctelsturo, which that honorable body
ill do wall to weigh carefully and
lougblfully. Haya the Optic: "The
mer the territorial legislature prove
i the people of New Meiioo, that a good
Ihool Uw la to be paMed, the sooner
t body will prove it in worthy of the
nat repuaed iu it. If any one man
aoda in the way of a good school law,
lU the duty of the legislature to brush
i aside and proceed with legislation
lis legislature waa not elected to ad
ac the peraonal interest, or to pro
pt the property, of any particular lu
ll, againat juat taxation; but it
i elected by the people to enact juat
i wholesome I a we, and particularly to
to the territory auch a law on the
pyeot of education aa will keep our
i open at leoat nine months in the
Pwo principle on thia subject ahould
maintained by every legislator iu
Fe:
irst, the power to build eohool honeea
the diatriota by dlatrict b.uds, reaaon
limited.
xind, tbf power to maintain achoole
the diatricta by a levy of dietriot tax
eohool purpoee, reaaoimbly limited,"
remarka are timely and to the
it, and It would be well for every
aber of the legislature to stick a piu
If they could hear directly from
' oonatitueuta they would aacertain
the various mens urea before them
unending the code of civil procedure
at vaally lea importanoe to the peo
t large than thn simple proposition
i tneotioned for amending the pub-
law. Tnare stw a great many
i that c need in New Meiioo, out
and most Important of all these i
let of the territorial legislature enab
ua to establish and maintain goou
lio schools. Qiven thia, we can dls-
oilier matter at our leisure, but
we have thia, nothing else will be
Jer. Tlie trouble with our legisla
, aa well aa with nearly all other leg-
five bodiee, I. that the lawyer pre-
linate, cud they inngine that the
la aolar system revolves around their
i affairs, and ooniqu;illy, the time
it legislature, that should be devol
i mrasurea of importance to the pub
i taken up with aula relating to the
ntloe." The demand for good pub-
system for Nea Mexico has
irowing for aeveral years paal and
ntly becoming mure imperative.
time haa now come whan no
Iture, whether republican or dam-
c, oan longer afford to disregard it.
i a matter of comparatively small
snce to tut people of New Mexico
ir the legislature paaa the Mills
a Whlteraau bill, or the Btover
Inenta to the present Uw, ainoe all
I reach the aama end by slightly dtf-
rouleaj but unleaa ona or the
' tbaaa pronosltiona receive) the
lUoo of the legislature, tbtu glv
lalaw, unJar which wa ccn have
publlo achoole, the tantlBaant of
Iblio will be thai the oeaaicn of the
II lagialatnre la a failure
IB ATLANYMl A rACiriO.
ithawork of conatruetlcn com-
I on thia Hoe, coma tea or mora
i the aolar prUw has baao (a to
of a great variety of
fct Uaaaa bbff eoa trolled by the
wo oarftd oaly for hla owa
, ad Bud rrvthiBff tun
Mt,a4 M etkiVt, by Ua
Botle of eoonumy, who economizeI ev
ry thing, to the extent of saonflcing the
rolling stock i nd road bed in order to
keep expeiiee down. Hut the only bus-
Ineaa eenee which hoa ever been at the
head of the concern is that which is in
the management at the present lime.
The preeent general manager took
charge of the road at a lima when it waa
bo thoioughly run down that It could
bnrdty be called a road, and while he has
uuoeeded in making fairly good tuu.,
every day, he haa also Improved the
property to auoh an extent that It is
worth fully lltly eroenU more now than
it waa when he look charge. The pre
eul time table la eo ootittrucled that it
Is almost impoaeible for human ekill to
gel the tralna through on time, becnuxe
the hours allowed are not auDlcieut (or
the distance to b covered, bnt we ven
ture to aseert that no man in the Uniu-d
Hlatni could come nearer doing it than
the preeent general manager. And iu
addition Ui keeping the proerly iu llrnt
cluaa condition, or aa near that aa jxMwi
ble, hn haa made numerous improve
mnnta of a minor character, no one of
which llgurea conspicuously by ileelf,
but which, when combined, mid very
materially to the facillltea of the com
pany and to the valuation of -the cor
p .nation's property. The old saying
about the "right man in the right plaiV
uever hud a betler illustration than In
the preeenl general manager of the
Atlantic A l'acillo road.
THK COMMKRCIAL i'M'H.
The Las Vegaa Optic of Monday even
ing ha the following kindly notice of
the Albuquerque Commercial 01 ul), iu
which it paya that institution a ver
handsome compliment upon its energetic
methods:
The Albuquerque Commercial club re
quire an iuiiimIiou fee of 120, and itaen
lulled members number uerly 1UU. 'Hie
regular monthly du are Si, 00 tor rwi
dent member and tlOOfor non-reidenl.
Of the latter there are cievt-n. This
givra the club a starting fund of HOtU
and a monthly income of about VtiH, or
u yearly income of aay i.OOO. Noun of
hi ini ome la apt-nt ou the real property
which the club la preparing to own.
After the ueoeeeary expeuer of running
the club have been tot, the remainder
of the income iv expended tn thn eevaral
ways of booming the town. Moat of il
go to the press, at home and abroad,
the club realizing that auch adveitimug
of the town ia preferable to all other.
For the purpose of building then club
house, they have organized a building tut
eociation, composed from umong Dm
membt-r of the club, though all mem
ber of the club are not tuemlMrn of the
building atiMicialion. To belong to the
building association, require a fee of
$500 to start with, and the same monthly
due as am paid uy other meiubera of
the club.
Among the membern of the building
aeaoviatiou ate found the ;iamee of J K
Elder, 8. M. Foleom, Chiu. Ztger and
Wallace lleeaelden, former citizens of
Lia Vega; and, also, the name ol A m.
Ulackwell and J. H. liaynold. who still
nmide here.
Thn attention of the Lna VegHS Com
morcial club la invited to the browd
iiethods pursued by their younger sister
at Albuquerque, The expression, young
er sister, ia employed because Urn Loo.
Vegaa club in older by aeveral months
than ia the one at Albuquerque; yel the
latter makes n far more vigoious use of
tho pre, and collect and exMtnde a
much larger aum of money.
THK I'Rf.CIOt'N M:TALM.
The annual report of the Welle-Fiorgo
exprnui company give the following as
the output of precious metals during
1!X):
The state and territories weat of the
Miouri river, including Columbia,
gold, U32.IU.010; silver. tfU.OTI.Kil ; cop
per, fJJOUlW; lead, II 10.571. Call
fi.rnia produced In KoldR)WM;ilv. r,
1100,203 Nevada, gold, riCUl.KSl; all
ver, 05ta.CS2. Oregon, gold, vlKU.IMI;
silver, n.000. Washington, gold, 11H,
UK); silver, $K(m. Idaho, gold, t-W,
ir; eilver, 11039,107. Montana, gold
2.7M.110; silver. Wi,Ul.m ('olorado,
gold. U.lUUWl; ilver, l!Ul.iW Utah,
ttld. oBJUUi silver. 112,170,377. New
Mexico, gold, 9370.054; silver $1.2.V1KI.
Arizona, gold, ll.lM.iHO: eilver. 0 U0,
Dakota, gold, t3,Jtd,u0tl
Teia-, eilrer. 6240.423. British Colum
bia, gold, KMlftS Mexico', gold, 912,
08U.UI0; ailver. W15,(45,000.
It ia aaid that the busineM of e ter
laming oil people during theeummer
eeaaou in New Hampshire causee 5,0UV
000 annually to be left iu thai sute.
This money ia collected almost exclusive
ly by farmers. It calls attention lo how
valuabfe the tourist bosineaa may be to
a country offering attraction to tourists,
tiy proper advertising New Mexico can
reap a rloh harvest from thia aouroe. H
offer attraot'ou Co tourist not found
elsewhere In the United But,
Ir looka from the despatches reoeived
by Oovernor Schotlel from General
Mlea a if the Indian trouble iu the
Biouz reservation waa over. "The anl re
oamp of hoatilaa haa coma Into the
aesoy aurrenderlng weapon. The
mbar which have tbua surrenders 1
not laaa tbaa ifiOO, and while a few
or the young man will, perhaps, attempt
to see re to their arm. Genera Mile be
lieve Uat th diaaraaSM.it will be vir
tually oomplat.
Taa reoeipia of Colfax county last
year ware 81021930, aad tba eipeodi
tun 917,739.18. Nea'Iy all ths conn ilea
la tba territory last year expended more
tbaatbay received. Whan ia thia bad
ailte of affalra to eudf
Naw Mkxioo eaBot afford to apaod
aaora than t0fiO0 oa a world's fair ax.
Libit.
Oaixcf u oh of th beat aad most
PPfom towaa la Maw lUskw.
A MOI.IHKBM' HUNK.
Aa time pee, and thn velerar. of
the late war grow in years, the number
of helplne among them, who need to be
oared for and provided with home bv
the government, le ateadily and rapidly
lunreaciiiH, aud (hough the United Ktatea
already has eeveral excellent inctilution
of thia kind, the necessity for more and
greater accommodation i even ii(w ap
parent; the matter is Iwing considHretl
in official circle, aud there is hardly a
doubt that lite coming congree will lw
called upon to provide several new
hnmee, In different part of the conn ry,
for old and inllrm veterans, who cannot
Hud acontniuodMioue in the preeent in
slitutiuns, or take the lorg journey lieu
reaary to reach them. In all the vant
empire of the eouthweal there Iinh not
been a single institution of the kind yet
established b the government, and the
old soldier In this region, who ma)
unable to take care of hlmttelf, inusi
seek anyltim in the tyjJlit) poor house, if
the county no fortunate aa lo have
one, a d if not, he must depend npon
the chant) of tho public The nnrei
home to this point ia a thousand mile
away, on the extreme eastern border of
Kbubhk, and iu eo far a concern taking
cure of the inllrm veteran of thin part of
the country, might just a well be tn
China 'there 1 a preeent necily,
whii'ti 1 uinetHntly increasing, for the
etablihment of such an institution in
the eoulhwenl, and there is every reaMin,
na'.ural and commercial, for ita location
at Al'iiiqilerqun. The railway H)Mtein,
and nil the pilbliu route of travel, have
now teoome so had and tiled tlmt
this lown 1 more readily auoeeeible from
every (Miinl of thn eouthwest than Hn)
other place in the district named, and
thU nffordH the moot convenient p-inl
for the grealmt iiuiiiIm-i cf thoee for
wluwe iKHoinmodntlon MU'h honieM are
eetablirhed. And eo far an natural con
dition and advantage are concerned, it
ib well known to everybody that there m
11 y spot on the American continent where
such coudltioua are suierior to thoee
found In the beautiful valley uf the U10
Grande. It 1 eatx-cmlly lmHirtHUt to
old people ami invalids -such aa nearly
all the inmate of such a home would I
to escape extreme cold aud avoid vio
lent uud suddeu clinngee, and there is
no ioint 111 the Uiiited Htutee where tin
end can be more succeeofull) attained
than at Albuquerque, where the heiili
fill, equable aud genial climale, with its
almoet H-rKtiml sunxhine, would enuhle
the Vo eraus lo lake out -door exiircisw
with comfort aliuoel every da. 111 the
yer, wliile the products of tlie noil - re
soy lined uud bountiful that the tulile
could uUh)s beeuppliel Willi the tent
that the eurth produce, uud at compar
ative y low price, thus enabling the
guvernmenl to take hotter cur- uf its
dieubled veteruiiB ut this point than can
no ilotin anywhere elwt for tlie eume
umouut uf money. We deire to see ull
theee fuute brought properly before con
greea, und drnnre ulwi to cull atten
tion of our owu people to the additional
and very iuiortanl fm-t thul the lime in
now noe for moving in the matter of ee
curing the locution of n eoldiera' home at
Albuquerque. That additional home
are even now drmanded is well ku wn;
thul tueir looutiun aud contruution will
Moon be ordered is generally couceduJ,
and thai no letter oiut in the United
rjlalea uau be found for the location of
one auch institution thau Albuquerque
is abuudautly substantiated by the
facta.
Ull.t.MI LOIMK.
The Territorial Oraud Lodge, A. F A
A. M., ineela in Albuquerque next Mon
day and the town will probably Iw well
tilled with the brethren from all parts of
the territory during the greater part of
the wtM-k. A great deal of business nf
importance lo the order will como before
th lodge, but thn matter of moat im
portance lo the town will be th consid
eration of a proposition lo estab
lish the home of the Urand Lodge
permanently at Albuquerque. This ia a
matter in which outsider, aa well as
member of the order, are very largel)
interested, and wn lake pleasure in bt-tng
able lo say that there ia every reaaon to
believe the proposition, which cornea
from the lodge in thia oily, to
put up a Hoe building will be ac
cepted, and thai a building will be put
up, which will be creditable to the order
uud lo the town. While thia will bed
eirable and valuable, beoauae of giving
us another elegaul building, the bo mm
itself will be the leant Item in the mat
ter, the fact of making thia the perma
nent home of the Urand Lodge, will
draw to thia plane every year a tsrga
uumberuf renreaentalive citizens from
all part of N w Mexico, and thua bring
Albuquerque and the people of th ter
ritory at large into much closer sym
pathy. H?WHi;iiML AW.
It seems to be the general opinion of
tba f 1 lend of education throughout the
territory thai the beat action that could
be Uhan by tba preeent legislature oa
fhe important matter uf our public
aeboul system, would be to paaa tba bill
introduced by Senator Pare, of thia
county with aome alight change as
ro addition to the present eohool law.
Tbia, with tba amendment to tbeold
law proposed In two abort bills by Ren
ator Btover, would git oa just aa good
modern public eohool machinery aa ia
poiaeeasd by aay aUto la the union.
The objection to tba measure Intro
duced by Beaator Mill, of Baa Miguel
county, are that it la altogether too vol
umUtoiu) that il UBderteJue to reeoa-
trncl the entire h-IiimiI law, when there
is no neceead) for no) tiling (e)iiiid a
few amendllielite, itml tlutt, whl!e III
copied ill the iiihIii, from good Ihwn hi
certain state, it hue done without
eufllcieiit care U'llik' given to Hihiptllig
lis provixioiiH to the dilfi-rilig iNiiidituuin
which exit 111 this terillor). TIuhmi rtre
all valid objiN-lioiiH. I lit iHiigth, ulone,
would defeat it, inci ltn legiNUtute
would l.uidly huve time, during the ro
maitider of this eioii, to give It such
consideration as an iini-oruiit measure
of thie kind should retxive. The hill of
Mr. I'eres, on the iHhi-r hniid, is quite
short, uud ae uu addition to the premoil
ch(xl law, would cover Hie giouutl even
more thoroughly thun the bid of Mr
.Mill i'he only radic.il def.Mjt 111 the
rtMUt schiNil law is lloit It doee not
nuke any diKtincltou Iwlcen mcIiooI
districts iu the couiilr) unit tin in
towns; doe not give iticorirHtt-d towns
ooutrol of their oaii hcIhniIh, nor confir
011 I hem euch (hum re lie life lu-ctwony
to enable them to put Up such liom-ei.
und conduct auch wl10.1V it-, the public
lieoeemtlee rejuile. Hut nil tlu-w- lie
fecte are effecliiully remelel 1 1) the
ineaaurc introduced by Mr IVn-H. tin
pnennge 01 w 1111:11, logellier "llll Hie
Hlover amenduieuta, hh we huve ulreiidy
euni. wouiu give ,n .Mexico iih xiil a
public eohool system as that of 1111) state
111 the union.
h i: Niiot 1.11 11. k
The Lhk Whh Optic of Wednexdiiy
evening my; ''Ihe CoiiilnerciHl flub
lust niiiht agreed to tiike lle thouiiand
copies of Mr. rdwurd)'M pHiupl.let. This
work is to how forth the leMiurcenof
ihlx jmrl of New Mexico, und ought to
be liberally patroniixl b) Hie count)
und ever) hUMheea man III Liih Vegux."
There in n etiggestion in thul to the
citizen of AlhuiiietiUe slid llernullllo
county, which Hhould be tided upon
promptl). We otiwht to huve some
thing of the kind here, ami huve it ritiht
MWa). The couisng Hpnng will be the
lieet tune for MltertiHlng New Mexico
ubroHii we ever hhd, ul d I lie ople of
thlHCiiuuty cuiiuol nITord to let thoe
of other PeclloliH of the terrilor) gel in
uheiid of them. Our iuterelH deuiund
that we ahould huve a publication bui-Ii
mm im mentioned above, retting forth tlie
ret-ourcee of iIiim iKjrtionut the territory,
to lie dlftrilillteil brtmili'iiHl nlloterthe
i-oui try; but it in IihiiH) fmr Unit the
I 'oiunierciul club ehoohl le l ulled Umiii
to lM-ur nil the eIHUMr. I( IH It work
Ihut will In-of inleiMit to eer)one, und
everyone should help, The club, with
lie one hundred tufiiihctH, ih iiireud) do
ing h large iti tut uf uiMid work for the
town; if I he other H.'.MI people of AlhU
Ueriiie would do ih much in proKr
ti:iu, wt t-hoiild hu tlie lown lid Veil le
ed nil oer the world. Of CoiirM, It Ih
not expectfd that every citi-u can do uh
much im the nverage club memler, but
thern lire hundreilM of bUhlliece men III
the city, not uiemlieis of the club, who
aro just a uble lo no hoiiietlnng for the
puliliu inlerirl hh thore who lire meiii
bere, and who derive just 10. much belie
lit fron whutever it. done. In work of
t'le character uoove mill wiled, ull
should ueslet, und if we all help 11 little,
the burdeu upolt eiich one will be but
trilling
Jt'HTI.V l.ll;.AXT.
Thn gentlemen of the New Mexico leg
islature have just mude 11 n exhibition nf
their virtue and incorruptibility which
doe us proud, and hereuflor when we
read of legislature in tt e effete east be
ing tnmpered with by railway munopo
liee, we shall take a high degree of satis
faction in pointing to the course pur
sued by our own law maker at Santa
Fe when subjected to temptation. The
president and Itourd of manager of the
Texas, Santa Fe A Northern railway for
warded to thn cupitol building, a few
dayv ago, free pass over their entire
yatem, for all the member and iifllrer
of both house. In a majority of the
tatea of the union, we are eorry to say,
the paaee would have beeu accepted,
aud the geutlemen holding them would
thereafter have been compromised In all
their act relating to railway monopolies,
but our representative are not built
that way; they Very promptly and with
becoming indlgualio. returned the pans
ee to the railwa) autl tin , who had
thus attempted to bribe 1, ucoompsn
led by a retolutiou to the -ct that it
wa nut worth while lo t to come It
over them in any auch wa), ml now if
4ny one of our thirt)eix legislators, has
occasion to travel over any one of the
twenty-eight mile of railway which von
tilule the aystem of the Texas, Han la
Fo A Northern Itailway compwny, be oan
go afoot and gel there In about the
same time. It is useless for that corpor
ation to attempt lo buy our representa
tives with free pAsee; llnty are uot thai
sort of peraona, and beaidea, none of
them ever bar occasion to travel over
that line.
Tax statistic of the church of the
country, lobe Included In the report of
the eleveatb ceuaua, will be of untuutl
value for the reaaon, that no reliable sta
tistical aurvey of all denominations haa
ever been published. An attempt haa
been mad to secure the information
during the preparation of the tenth cen
sus, but the return gut bered were never
tabulated and no report waa published.
Tbb dtitenk of Boston propose to' hold
a maaa meeting Iu Faneull bell to pro
teat againat tba free ooinsge of ailver.
Demoormtio Uocton appear Ut be out of
eyBpalby with the weat.
A lillOII 1IO I'll.
Agent Furiioaorth tnin HUii'iel Htier
intetideiit Mllilge, uf the Kid ( iriilide ill
Vision of theSiilitu I'.'.uilli the follow
lug Correct exhibit of b.iHlneee done ut
this ftutiou for the tn -ritlt of December.
1'ilKUeliger Ticket nii iw, locul, KW,
(igiilimt 771 I h I )eur, WiHtwiird, tX
H), againat tXH irj hott .-nr, eaxtwurd,
fZitlO.rO, iigNilinl 92,o'JiiS.", lust )eur, to
tal, 11,201, IA, Hgitinxi (il.UAUl U.t
year.
Ticket bhI.m, i)oimiii, 10, igHlliet .V)
lust year, wtHtlAard, jJinlSO, Hgmnt
IAi..V last )ear. e.i.lwar.l. f.l7 12.
ugiiiiisl 91.711 2A ItiNt je.ir; ti.tur. sl.Jia
.'.rj, agaiiist tl,Hl2m 1.1-t enr
Kxtr tmggage tMM, .w.h. 92:t.'.,
aguliiNl IWHO hull yen iimu.. 2I iJ.
iiifuirikl f.Sil.'Jil IksI ei.r 1. ill 'L'
ugHHiMt I7:HI UhI yeur.
Frswlit I.hviwI. ml,M.. .V. JH7
Hionst BJULtsn ti u-i ...... v.Uu.,.i
chargee, collecl. il.tMirJ. uH.ni.l
tsrtiil j ,er; toml, J.V.i.s'.tJ 7, ugH,t
;l.!M'.'l I" U..I
Freight F V. prepa.d.fKU.t7.
iiUHI.-t f-I.VJJ1 jfiti
VV eight uf tVeiglit f. ! warded, pouiids,
I iH,:Hl, nguiiiHl I,;II7.V.H KiiniN Mt
)er; totul, H"A;XY, .VI. hiii1 .HhU
lust )enr.
Weight of freight received, p'iiliuU,
17,2IM,771, against fi.HTll.IKM Ut yenr, to
lid cimli rhurgeHbie IonIh'iiiii, fiVlLVuMl,
agaitisl I!,SKI'JI Ual eMr
'ToiiilHge of freight, furwitriled, re
1-eUtsl or Irnhnferred lintidUxl b) ell)
plo)e, Miuud, 1,V72,II2, Mgiiiul 10,
VClJllO hutt )er; it ier Ion, WO 17,
.igailmt fOCiH! I Hot )ear
Freight forwarded uud revelled,
IiiiihMoI by ooDik'nee, imuiber of cur
IouiIh, UTi, ug4llil l.'til IhhI )eur, weltfhl,
pound, 10.om,.i0, gHint 3,7.M.7iV)
iuuiU I tint )eur
HtHtion pity roll, t l.i'.l 10, HgHim-i
V),1,1 .VI I iih l ;cur.
MII0II1 11VIMIS.
e'lgiuim per d-i)
Twelv
tnke colli ut
('hnuiii.
The Denver A K10 ( iriilide hu built a
cur und tool lions.- ut ('hiiiun,
A two cents cr mile purHeuger rate
lull has leen intro-luoHl in the IIIiiioih
legihluture.
Fleck A HeinlorHoii hue thirty men nt
work, ut Clmmu who H'-t out Its) mil
rond lies prrdiiy.
W. !l. Mill, freight i-oiidui'tor on the
WiiihIow diviniou, hit gone lo DiMiler on
a Nhort vucution.
M. II. lleiflier Iiiih U-.-li )i r itlli it il lo
the (HiHitlon of . it 11 1 1 1 -1 1 r .ui the Ibitoii
Lux Vegun ilmMon.
('oudnctor Snj ler, on t tit- Ifntoii ihvi
mioii, him returned tn Inn iliilnw fioiu u
VIHlt til I't-tlllHl IVIIIIIII,
Fort Worth ih iigituted over the fciirt
thul the L'nion 1'iicilic ih uboiit to iibnorb
the Fort Worth X io lirumlc.
MiiHter .Mecl.iintu lltitii'iM'k, of the At
Inntic A I'ucillc, got 111 thin morning from
11 tour of muMM:lioii over the hue.
The Iunnt hii)m the entile nlupperH ut
Mligdoleliu wnnt n cuttle lliHpector Hp
poitited to MUH.rintt)Uil hlnpuielila from
thul point.
Oeorge W. Mealy, C. M. Ourleyund
(Jeorgn (). JohliMiu, emplo)eH of the jia
Vegaa round Iioiim-, huie quit work.
They will move eouth.
limine, which wuh u ht'le alack on
the road the llrsl two weeks of thia
year, 1 begiuuing to pick up, und the
boys are ull making good time,
General Manager Duncan, Kuuriu
tendenl iitssell and a number of other
oflloiaUof the Union i'ujitlc, am on a
tour of insiection of Ihut roud .
A rond that slur' somewhere in I)u
koto, rune south to Wichita, Kan , und
then oil lo Ouhettou und deep water, ia
the latest scheme to bloeaom out.
8. M. I to we, of the engineer depart,
menl of the Hautn Fe roud at Topea,
made a Hying trip to tin city yeelerdiy,
stopping only between trains, and relum
ing east.
Harry McCarty, tho Atlantic A Feci
llu engineer, ia home again from his sad
mission lo Han Fruncieco, where he al
tended the luat sad riteeovur the death
of a sister.
The G. II. A H. A. railway comp ny has
donated 1,00(1 toward the purchase of
lhe2M0acrts mure of land required by
the government for ton propoeed new
furl at Kl I'ano.
The Cniou l'acillo wishes a hundred
year lu which to pay IU debt to Ihe
government. It will probably be that
length of lima liefore congre come to
a vote on the mutter,
The groa earnings of the Miwouri Fa
ciflo system for 1KI were f2o,tU47D, an
increase of 91.tiOO.OU. The gruaa earn
ing of th Iron Mountain fur the aame
lrld were 910,873,047, tn iticreaeeof
B.018.
The Santa Fe company have made at
rangementa for 2A0 new refrigerator
care fur their orange I rude in California,
About l&Ohave passed through already,
and the reel of them am being rushed
along aa fut aa possible.
John W. Yo ng, of Halt Lake City,
haa notified the Utah Central railroad
official that he ha u"oeeded iu aecur
ing 950,000,000 in American capital
pledged to build a line from Halt Lake
lo Chihuahua, Mexico,
The several railroad entering Oal vet
ton will Issue tanffr about February 1st,
conceding fully 00 per Cent diaoouut
throughout the north and weal. This
Bwaaa a great deal fur tbe jobbing oeu
ter of the west, ua each oily which la to-
ihi) n common ixiint Iu Colorado, Kan
kmc, Nchritfku und other state will get
the lienellt of the reduction which
i-tiuble them to iximpete with the job
bent of the intermediate weat,
Mr. and Mrn.0 II, Muiehouse, aocom
puuieil by Mies Lilian Hirst of Albu
qiierque, left lat night for an extended
tour of Mexico, and will visit the prinoi
pal Kiiuta of interest of our sister repub
lie iH-fore returning, Kl raeo Herald
Capt. V T llerry, general agent of th
1 '"'N"" -v 'ai'inc, is doing a good thing
! "' dilnHlumng into Ner Mexico a potato
' "Uk" Iih" " ,h" N0 Joaquin
u,l,,' r"","p'" '' lernuiry nels
' !V '."I'foie 11 supply of seeil potatoe.-
J X W,hU the Atlantic A Pacific en
K'neer who cc.iunMinlel the remalnsof
Owirge II lUtiser to Michigan Citj
' ,",,'H,m' f"r "urial. returne.1 homa-ast
j "'Ml r,,l",rl" "", f,,t""1
great eorrnw eipreel over the fate of
K,""llw-r ,IU""
j apt i- 1 llerry. the energetic p-
""tfer geiit of the Atlauliu A I'sciGc
""pany. ! introducing a prollfUi potato
. Krown i. the Hn Joaquin valley, Call
forma. IU .) Hn variety of potato,
with a little irrigatiou, will Im just th
thing for this vslle;
I he railroad njfjiiU sre rushing around
111 CitlifortM at great t. getting
rtwdy for ttieomnge bixinM, which will
iln up hi erriMt 10 bout urn dsys
I he boy proMMe to make things hum in
Miutherii I 'aid irui this soaaou, o far
the fruit bulnee is concerned,
Hon .lull 11 Kvans and Judge H. II Kl
lrt of I lenrrf, imlh of whomhaveoo
cupied the executive chslr of Colorsdo,
were in Fort Worth. Although lu pub
lie life m g-txl ileal, the ex governors have
bind up for I Intuit Ivea handsoine fur
tuiux irt ra.lriMtd ixjnslruction In the new
weel
I'apt Kerry, of the Atlantic k I'aciOo,
hit receiitn) au invitation to attend the
Deep Winer coiiveutlon al (lalvealon on
Feb 7 III the haudMHiie-tl and al the
t-uiiie tune the mont unique Invitation
curd the remitter hit ever seen. The
printing und general work is beyond sur
pluiMhg.
Among the ptrmaiient railroad oftl
i-lulf who died hint year were eleven pree
nleiitn, four generul tMihuitore, three gsn
ernl iiiutiugere, ten HUerinlendente and
UHHlHtunt. ten general freight or paceen
ger ugeiitM, two chief engineers, six gn
end ugeulH uud mix head uf locomotive
or 1 ur depurtuieiita.
Engineer Frank Garrett and Fireman
F W Fritiihey of the night switch n
k'liie, culled ut TlIK ClTIZCK ofilce this
.morning und Htuted that it waa the en
gihccr of 11 road engine who whistled the
other morning, arousing the whole town
111 the expeciulion that a fearful fire wsa
raging. The engineer was mad because
he could not get Into the yard a soon
tut he deeired.
The Mexican Central rail rood com
puny exjtecUi to noon resume construc
tion work Ui Mexico, and arrangementa
with ll.al 111 view are now being oonsum-
uiHted. I'robubly the Unit work to ba
undertaken will be tho partly finished
Cohma brunch, aa it i believed that ita
ciintruulion will result in inoreaae of
truRlu to thn Mexican National with
which it connect- at Guadalajara. Coll
mil is on the I'aciflu ocean, and many
improvement have been made at the
harlair.
J. K. Meguinu, general lumber agent
of the Hnnta Fo, recotly made an ex
tended trip ihroiigh Kansaa and Texaa
and the southern stale. 'They bar
had heavy uixiws In outhweetern Kansas
which make a ll'le wheel crop for next
year an almoet sure thing, aad I look
for more and bigger crop in Kansaa next
eeaeou thun for a long time. Yea, the
southern slate are very prosperous oun
sideriug the dull timee in tbe north and
w eel, and I d not know but that they
arn in belter shape than any other aeo
lion of the oouutry."
A Villnrd aoheme la ramnred from
I'hiladelphia which la (hat the North
American company will try to buy book
aome part of the 184,000 hare of North
ern l'acillo preferred stuck wblcb il loet
iu the grip of lb money lender. Aa a
part of the scheme the Northern Pacific
director are to advano the preferred
dividend from 4 to fi percent. When the
North American company gala the pre
ferred stock and haa made it valuable
through the lncre. d dividend, il can
turn about aud exchange thia slock for
Northern I'acdlo bond. The Northern
I'acitlu preferred being retired, the com
wiou will be mad valuable.
Engine 704, Engineer Ilradbury, per
formed rather a remarkable feat oa the
18th. lie left lUtoo at 12:20 a. m. on
the second section of No. 2, arrived at La
Junta at 4:90 a. m. Left La Junta at
0:110 a. 111. on the second section cf No,
3. arrived at lUton at IM p m. Left
Itaton al 7:20 p. m. ou the llrat eeotloa of
No. 37, aud arrived at La Junta at 12:20
u. m. the 10th, tbua making a round trip
aud a half, 316 mile In 21 hours, beaidea
having ten hour anil forty minute rest
at the lormmaiB. 111 is ia a reeoraaei
1I0111 equaled and retlecla ffreat eredit,
iMith on tit mrjuniosj and iraAiporla
tioj dtpartme'ita Itaton lieporter.
Col, John ftorradaile, tba deputy In
ternal revenui oolleotor, aad a great ad
mirer of military doing, writes Governor
I'rioue that a number of tbe duk oitya
residents are ooatderias; the matter ot
organizing c battery U a OalllsirgSB
and a 12 pound brse esaaoa oaa we
cured Crow Ue&T-amatii.
TKBlfUTeyKtAIj.
Jefferson Reynolds, tbe beaker, ta la
Hierra county.
Dr. Kcnie, formerly ot Pino A toe, la
now a resident of Quay mar, Mexico.
Mrs. Julia Oleoarra, moOter-ln-law ot
Mr. Bhryock, ot Leu Oruoes, died tba
other day.
U W. UptegTore aad L, D. Hsar, ot?
Oerrillos, are ooBteateUURC a trip ley
"Brecon next asootb.
J. H. Vaughn, aaatataat eaaakr of tea
First National baak, Saata Fe, aaa
about recovered frosa ak lllaee.
Foreman Holloway, ot tba Baata Vm
Electric Light oocsaaay, baa reaasrad
hi family from Denver to that ottj.
Tbe oelebratioa of the all m aasirer-
sary of tbe wedding ot Mr. aad Mrs, W.
u. Coleman, of Oerrillos, was quite a
pleaaaat social ereat.
iUv. C. L Mill, late rofeeeur of tba
Albuquerque college, baa by Invitation
of tbe Methodist oeoole in Heat. FV.
been appointed pastor of the oh urea
there.
H any W. Luoaa haa been appelated
postmaster of Silver City, succeeding
Ed. Young, who resigned. Harry la a
bright and thoroughly ooeapetsat young
man.
Dr. J. 11. Warner, of Oolumbua, CfeJo,
a retired tihyalcian and aa ocoaeioaal
newepeper correspondent, was la Laa
Vegas Booompaaied by Mrs. Warner oa
their way to tbe coast.
Ml Allle Keese, ot 0rriUos, saffar-
ed quite eanout Injuries fron a fall, liba
slipped 00 tbe lo Dear tba door aad tail
ing, ber head struck tbe door step, ran-
dering her unooaaoious.
JugeW. M. Oliver, of 8aa Marotal,
aooompanied by hla daughter Grace, left
for Buffalo, N. Y., tbe other night Tba
take witb tbem tba remain ot Mrs.
Olivr, wbo died last July, for nasi in
terment at ber old bom.
Carleton Post, O. A. It, of Saota Fa, ia
unfortunaU jaat at praseat In baring
Ave of Its oaembera on lbs eiok list, boo a
or them seriously ill. Tba ailing oasa
are Col E. W. Wyakoop, Oapt. E. W.
wood, Capt John Aye, 8. 1). Laatac
and Edward Kruaipagal.
Cnioaoo has every reaaon to ba proari
ot ber record for 1800. Daring the pas
year Ihe re were erected is taal great
oity buildings covering a Crostaga of fifty
and oae-hblt anllc. Tba aVrarsa ot tba
Inspector of balldlags for tbe year are
Interesting: New buildings srsetad, IL.
008; feat frontage, 306,184; total oeat.
94722,100. Tbe largeet prerious boUd-
ing year was 1880, when 4JM1 baildiaga
were areotad, with a frontage ct 11&57S
feet, aad at a cost of 9aA0y600. Tba
year 1800 exceeded tba prwvioaa year
witb 60G7 ho use. Tba axaass of front
age was 106,711 taal. Tba cost of tba
buildings axoeeded by 922909 tboaa
of I860.
Five fast of aaow la Beats, witb a
heavy storm preralUse around Madrid
MltlemaoU blocked in and people starr
ing to deeta la northern Ariea graai
snow stonas throughout Baglaad,axwi
Intaaaa eold aad amffariag ta Pariai htlt
a foot ot aaow la Maples, aad geoeral
inooaranleBos aad saferiag tbrcfboKt
Italy. Who oan read ot &k distrtea asi
longer rafusa to believe tbia glenoaa
January day that tba laaa winter ett
mate in tba world Is tba good fortaas ot
lbs people of tbe Rio Oraceia ralleyr
Taa air ablp Is not a tbaery bat a fleai,
Tba inventor, Mr, Pesslagtoa, baa juat
completed oaa at Moaai Caraaal, UL, aad
ahipped it to taa owa?, Mr. Jesses aV.
Fanning of Otlasgo. II la tkirty taa
lu length, weighs oaly 100 pounds aad
III lift 193 poeada. Mr. Faaiuag la
said to hare paid f lOOJjCO for bis abip.
Taa Italian govern aaut pcya abas
93.000JXIO a year to ststauifclp Ikes for
carrying tbe mails, while taa United
Utataapays aboat 9109y099 a year fe?
carrying I Is freight and auabt Not oaa
cent ot tbia am eesasa bask ta tba
country.
Tbb production of Baropaaa beet
sugar but year waa nearly equal to tba
cans sugar oatpat of tba eat ire world.
Tba beginning ot tbia vast ladastry was tt
aabsidy ot WfiOO to tbe first beet aagar
factory la Prussia aesaa ninety years
"go.
tiotm AuxaKu baa two freak rerolo-
lloace, oaa la Chill aad tba otbar faa taa
Argentine Repablia. Aa aeaal it U al
most iexpoeaible to obtala aaUetaUa
new; bat both tUatarbaaees asaai to ba
local aad ooaspara lively anlatpertaat
Jixioa ILOALUiieas, wbo will eaaased
Beaator Blair frosa Haw nsaopehk-e, la
aa old OfaelBBaU priaUr, aad will add
another aaaw to tba l't of edetarMiat-
era in tbaseeata.
Jas. O. Hum differs frosa Ororer
Cleveland la asaay t aaeoei, bat ia none
to a more narked degree tbaa tbia: Ba
u not pop alar in Kagiaad aad Cleveland
ia.
(UuvosxuHi epleaaid rletory in No-
rem ber will give aa aeespeeird rapabU-
eaasaestorto aaaaead Uflaater Baaret,
wbo wuat dla frees bis praseat tllasaa.
laa Indian war Is praotiatlly error, bat
tba Ugislataras are famishing all tba
warlike axoltoaaaat tbat a
publlo oagbl to dasaaad.
Demlag is again aa tba betas.
twelrekaadreal lets last weak sbMatkg
Work ea taa raikeed wlUi
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