Las Vegas free press. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1891-1???, 1892-03-30
TERRITORIAL


the residence of Mr.. Daniel Rhoads
of La Plata, vas burglarized, the
thief or thieves carrying away over
$500 in checks and money.
]. J. Fitzgerrell, the real estate
man who promoted the growth of
East Las Vegas more than other
man, is here with an eye to the Bald |
mountain mining district.-Stock- |
man.
A. NJ. Coddington writes to Albu-
querque that he has purchased an
electric plant for the reduction OF
ore. He is at present at Gloverville,
N. Y, and is expected home in
about two months.
Tue contempt proceedings against
Clerk Berry and School Superlntend-
ent McDermott, of San Juan county,
were dismissed by Judge Seeds, but
the officers were directed to remove
the records from Aztec back to June
ton City pending the county seat
contest case before the supreme
court.
The Eastern New Mexico Cattle
Growers association held a meeting
at this place last Tuesday at which
the principal members of the asso-
citation were present and a great
deal of business transacted that kept
them in session nearly all day. The
old officers were reelected for the
ensuing year. The roundup com
mittee arranged for meeting at
Clayton on May to set date for reg
ular spring hunt One of the i'm
portant features of the meeting was
to reduce the expenses of the asso-
citation so the assessments will not
be as heavy the present year as
) formerly. A great deal of the bust
ness was of private nature.
A party of scientific gentlemen in
= charge of Mr.. Warren K. Moore
| head, of the ILLUSTRATED American"
is encamped across the river from
: Aztec, and the gentlemen of whom
. the party consists are engaged in sur
veying the prehistoric ruins. Their
work consists in measuring, photo
graphing, painting and some cranio-
logical observations. Three men,
bers of the party are in the employ
of the Worlds Columbian exposi-
ton, and their work is to reproduce
the building as it was when occupied
in prehistoric times; and from their
plans and draw ings a model of the
, original building will be made in
papier mache for exhibition at the
exposition. Within this will be
placed prehistoric utensils and i'm
plements, and visitors will be en-
+ abled to see exactly how the pre-
, historic American lived.-San Juan
Index.
= The Springer Stockman says:
r Hon. Frank Springer would repre-
sent New Mexico Republicans at the
Minneapolis convention as accepta-
bly, as any gentleman that could be
selected.
Thos. S. Rtchey, ex-chairman OF
the board Of county commissioners,
: who is thoroughly posted on mining
!, affairs 10 Badly district, says he an
;, ticipates greater developments of the
gold mines about Elizabethatowu
this spring and summer, than evel
before in that district.
James Gibbons, charged with the
killing of Barker at Catskill over :
d year ago, had his trial "Wednesday
# and Thursday. The jury delibe ra
9 ted about two hours and then re
II turned verdict of not guilty.
IS Anthony Chacon, charged will
}, murder, was anxious to go to trial
# but the district attorney was no
n ready. The witnesses live at Tao
'e and one of them Is a man of 80. Al
Ie affidavit was presented to the cour
Is that on account of snow, ETC., tn
b. witnesses could not cross the noun
n tains. The judge was willing unde
the circumstances to grant a contin