Silver City Enterprise — 1891 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1891-07-10
source date: 1891
availability: public-domain

Territorial Tidings New Mexico News of the Week A patent has been issued to Lucy Garris, of Gold Hill, New Mexico, for a car coupling. The dam on the W. S. ranch, Socorro county, N. M., has been finished and will soon be full of water. It is situated at the mouth of the box canon of the Frisco, and is composed chiefly of substantial solid rock work, which cannot be swept away by the wildest flood. It contains over 160,000 cubic feet of rock and 100 feet of lumber. Behind it the water backs up for a mile and a quarter. From it a flume built of lumber carries the water for a quarter of a mile along the face of the mountain to where it empties into the ditch, which carries it a mile and a quarter further to where it can be made available to irrigate some 250 acres of choice land. — Reporter. BOSSY SEES BLUE Thousands of cows wearing blue spectacles is a curious sight in Russia. Blue glasses were recommended because the reflection of the light upon the snow has been so blinding that tens of thousands of cattle have been attacked with ophthalmia. According to a recent dispatch from Vienna the entire supply of blue glass in Vienna has been exhausted for this purpose, and it has been necessary to obtain additional supplies from Paris and London. ARE THEY GUILTY?

of thousands of cattle have been attacked with ophthalmia. According to a recent dispatch from Vienna the entire supply of blue glass in Vienna has been exhausted for this purpose, and it has been necessary to obtain additional supplies from Paris and London. ARE THEY GUILTY? A letter was received in this city from Col. J. Francisco Chavez, superintendent of the peni- tentiary, stating that information had been re- ceived from Mexico that a criminal held in prison for murder had confessed that he was the murderer of the Chinese gardener below this city. It will be remembered by Enterprise readers that about two years ago, the two Chinese gardeners who cultivated the place below the Bremen mill were badly beaten up and robbed by some Mexicans. One of the Chinamen died from his injuries, the other re- covering. Several Mexicans v/ere arrested for the crime, and at the term of court, August last, three of them were convicted for the crime, and are now serving time in the penitentiary at Santa Fe. If the information from Mexico is correct, they are probably not guilty of the crime for which they are serving time, and will doubtless be pardoned. A Serious Charge

ast, three of them were convicted for the crime, and are now serving time in the penitentiary at Santa Fe. If the information from Mexico is correct, they are probably not guilty of the crime for which they are serving time, and will doubtless be pardoned. A Serious Charge Wednesday evening about 5 o’clock, Mrs. Mary Luke, wife of Thomas Luke, was arrested on a warrant sworn out by her husband on the charge of attempting to poison him. She was placed under bond of $1000 by Judge Givens. She gave the bond and was released.

d. A Serious Charge Wednesday evening about 5 o’clock, Mrs. Mary Luke, wife of Thomas Luke, was arrested on a warrant sworn out by her husband on the charge of attempting to poison him. She was placed under bond of $1000 by Judge Givens. She gave the bond and was released. An Enterprise man called on Mr. Luke, who has been at the hospital for the past week, and from him obtained the details of the trouble between himself and wife. Mr. Luke states that for the past eight months his wife had given him morphia with cracked ice and water, and that he did not know it until he had formed the habit and could not live without it. He noticed at different times the bitterness in the water, but attributed it to his liver, which was out of order. It was his wife’s custom to fix the cracked ice and water in a goblet with the drug, which he usually drank soon after supper. After drinking the water he became so sleepy that he always retired almost immediately. This went on for some time, before he made the discoveiy that he was being drugged. On several occa- sions he awoke during the night and found his wife lying on the bed with her clothes on. He was sure that she was disrobed early in the evening, at the time he retired. He was satis- fied that after he fell asleep his wife dressed ( 64 )

being drugged. On several occa- sions he awoke during the night and found his wife lying on the bed with her clothes on. He was sure that she was disrobed early in the evening, at the time he retired. He was satis- fied that after he fell asleep his wife dressed ( 64 ) and left the house, sometimes remaining away all night. He states that only a short time since he became afraid of his wife and refused to take medicine or food from her hand. At the time, he was stopping in Dr. Slough’s residence, about two weeks ago. He was moved to his own resi- dence about two weeks ago. He had two nurses, both of whom were instructed by himself and Dr. Slough to keep Mrs. Luke away from the room. Early in the evening Mrs. Luke came into the house and insisted that the nurses should give the patient the contents of a small barrel-shaped glass which she said Dr. Slough had sent over for him. The nurses refused to administer the potion, but it was set aside and given to Dr. Slough on the following morning. Dr. Slough with the assistance of Dr. Woodville, analyzed the contents of the glass, and found it to contain a large per cent of morphia. Mr. Luke has commenced a suit for divorce.