Silver City Enterprise — 1888-1890 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1888-07-13
source date: 1888
availability: public-domain

The alfalfa crop is a great one in the Rio Grande valley just at present. It costs $4 per ton to produce and lay alfalfa down at the depot, baled, and the price is $11.50 in the sum- mer, and $14 in the winter. The net profit is from $7 to $10 per ton. Already two cuttings have been made, the first averaging two tons per acre, and the average yield of the valley will be seven tons per acre, or a net profit of from $50 to $60 per acre. Liberal : An article is printed on our first page about one El Paso man killing another. Since that was printed he has had his prelimi- nary examination and the justice of the peace turned him loose on $50 bail. As $10 or ten days is the extent of the law for this offense in El Paso, there is considerable hard feeling against the justice — who has just been ap- pointed— for demanding excessive bail. Citizen : A wagon load of native salt from Manzano was being sold upon the streets today, at fifty cents per one hundred pounds. A very sad accident occurred at Fairview the first of the week, resulting the death of the little five-year-old daughter of Mrs. Winram. Two smaller children were playing with a pistol when Mrs. Winram’s little girl, thinking it was not a safe thing for them to play with, tried to take it away from them when it went off, shooting her through the head and killing her instantly.

r-old daughter of Mrs. Winram. Two smaller children were playing with a pistol when Mrs. Winram’s little girl, thinking it was not a safe thing for them to play with, tried to take it away from them when it went off, shooting her through the head and killing her instantly. Citizen : A crazy man by the name of Joseph S. Measday was released yesterday, and took a promenade down Railroad avenue dress- ed in a pair of stockings and a hat. He was placed in the city jail until he can grow a full suit of clothes.