Las Vegas free press. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1891-1???, 1892-08-22
LAS VEGAS FREE Press
MONDAY, AUG. %, 1892.
TERRITORIAL.


Ard. S. Blackford as principal and
Miss Lizzie Boardman, of Las Vegas
and Miss Brokaw, of Albuquerque,
as assistants.
New water works, big military
post, the American Health Resort
sanitarium, great activity in Santa
Fe county mines, and fruit shipments
aggregating 100000 a year-truly
Santa Fe Is strictly in it at the press
ent writing.-New Mexican.
The Standard company, which
built the new smelter at Hillsborough,
will erect 100 ton mill there soon
in which to treat the ores from the
company's mines. The first ship
ment of copper matte from the smell
ter was made last week to Denver.
J. p. O'Brien came in from San
Pedro this morning and brings good
news for Mr.. Hendrie and the owners
of the Anaconda mine. At a depth
of 500 feet a fine body of galena and
lead carbonates was struck on Thurs
day. This insures another big pro-
ducer for south Santa Fe county
New Mexican.
1t is understood that the Cerrillos
Coal and Iron Company have effect
ed settlement with VIM. M. Kee-
see, and are about winding up, In an
amicable manner, the adjustments OF
all other claims for improvement on
their property, few days being suf
ticient to permanently wind up this
class of Observation-Disclosures.
Sheriff Lockhart is having more
fun out of the shrevalty race this
fall than anybody else. Not IN any
sense candidate himself, he has a
good word for everyone that wants
it, mingled with very feeling and |
often affecting condolences with each
on account of the tribulations that
always come to candidates for that
office, especially the successful one.
The Colonel "knows how it is him.
SELF and is now getting even.-
Headlight.
Messrs. jeff Reynolds and ALT
Lawrence, of Las Vegas, spent
Wednesday and Thursday last IN
Deming and in getting posted as to
the general resources of this section.
Mr.. Reynolds made the excellent
suggestion that Deming would be
good terminus for the Denver short
line now projected from Denver via
Las Vegas and White Oaks to Ell
Paso. This point could be reached
quite as economically and advantage
ously in all ways as Ell Paso, by de-
fleeing the line from Abo pass, in
he range southeast of Albuquerque,
thence TO Socorro, southwseterly from
there to a connection with the DEM
ing-Mexico road here. - Deming
Headlight.
The Socorro Chieftain says
The supply of ores at the Rio
Grand Smelter is simply immense,
their yards and bins are full. This
speaks worlds for the gentlemen
managing the affairs of that corpora
ton.
The Socono Fire Clay works have
just finished an order of 100000
brick for the Rio Grande smelter.
They are now cleaning up prepare
tory to starting in for fall and winter
work
The Rio Grande Smelling com
pany are building another furnace of
enlarged capacity, this will make
them five fires; they are building an
enlarged roasting furnace and other
wise improving and enlarging their
plant.
The Kelley cure people are insert
ing an advertisement IN the papers
co mmencing "The man who right
eously wins the badge of the gold
cure possesses" etc. No man wants
to go through life ostentatiously pa
rading on his breast, like a school
girls medal for good department, ev-
idence of the fact that he was once a
1runkard. Your thoroughly res
formed inebriate,. as a rule, prefers
not to keep before his fellow citizens