Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-08-13
The DAILY OPTIC.
East Las Vegas, New Mexico,
SAN MIGUEL COUNTY.
TERRITORIAL TOPICS.

4blueher 4 Mann are shipping large
lots of mnskmelons and vegetables
from their ranches, In old Albuquerque.
Joe E. Edmunson, of Albuquerque,
has gone to st. Louis to accept a posi-
ton with the Postal Telegraph COM
pany.
lnAg Lee::s :sS. roo
weeks residence at the Tompkins'
ranch came into Springer and will re-
main.
i'll. Taylor, contractor for the Eddy
sugar beet factory construction, has
gone to Galveston for q few days on
business.
w. A. Abel, travelling passenger
agent for the Chicago & Illinois line, Is
at Eddy visiting his brother-in-law, s.
/. Roberts.
'Wha: said an Eddy gold bug.
pulling out a silver dollar. sthe devil
could / do with q dollar sixteen times
as big as this onep"
The miners on the "Crown Point
Cochiti, have struck the ore chute they
have been driving for, and are taking
out some rich ore.
1t is said there are sixteen candi-
dates for the Office of county commits
sioner from the Springer district. 1t
must be a snap job.
Amelia Hamilton, sister of James
Hamilton, arrived in Deming from San
Francisco, and will stop a few months
visiting her brother.
Mrs. j. H. Eaton. who has been WIS.,
iting her parents, DIR. and Mrs. John
Rodman. at Eddy, left there for her
home In Baird. Tex.
G. r. and r. K. Smell, who have
been spending their vacation at the
different California resorts, arrived
home, at Albuquerque.
Out of pure d~eviltry some person cut
the tire of George Cundiff's wheel
while it stood in front Of the White
Elephant, Albuquerque.
viii Taliaferro, formerly Office dep
uty Of ex-Sheriff G. G. Perry, at Ros-
well, passed through Eddy en- route to
his old home In Missouri.
j. F. Stebbins, a prominent farmer
Of Pike county, Illinois, arrived in
EDDY. Mr.. Stebbins is there with a
view of locating in the valley.
H. NJ Porter shipped eleven cars of
cattle from the Maedalena country to
Springer. They were yearlings which
were placed in pastures there.
Hon. James H Walker, register of
Nha IT 9 Land afSn M Of Confa To hos
been suffering with an acnte affection
of the right eye for several days.
Miss Pearl E. Rutherford has re-
turned to Albuquerque from a delight
full visit of a weeks duration at the
ranch of E. E. Cole, south of town.
DR.. and Mrs. Jameson, friends of
District Attorney Wilkerson, who have
been at Albuquerque a month from
Parkersburg. W. Va, left for Ell Paso.
The barber shop of Nick Carper, on
Second street, Albuquerque, was
closed, and Nick and his BARRIERS are
now located at Reeds on First street,
down there.
Albert Bleeck, of st. Louis, is in
Eddy and will take a position with the
beet sugar mandatory. MIR. Bleeck
IS q half brother Of Mr.. Roesler, for
merly of that city.
Ebert j Harmon is spoken of for
sheriff on the democratic ticket. up
in Coifsx county, and it is understood
his friends are using their efforts to
secure the nomination for him.
N. F. Irish is doing double duty at
IlfeId Bros, at Albuquerque. acting as
boakkeeper and cashier. Miss Maud
Summers, the efficient cashier of the
firm, is at Camp Whitcomb on a two
weeks lay off.
The condition of Will S. Hemingway,
OF Santa Fe, who was shot through the
upper part of the right lung at Pecos-
town, continues to be encouraging.
Although he is not out of danger. his
physicians speak hopefully OF his re-
covery.
News comes from Santa Monica,
CAL, that Capt. P. III. Warner, for
many years a resident Of Santa Fe, has
been allowed a pension and will soon
receive a payment OF $1,036 on account
thereof. He will engage in business
in Los Angeles.
Some of the new material for the
Beckman mill has been received at Co.
chit, but the important parts have not
vet arrived. As soon as the purposed
changes are made, Manager Finch will
start operations under better conditions
than previously obtained.
A. j. Baca, of Springer, has been out
for the past three weeks, up to Satur-
day last, c~anvassing for q picture-en-
larging house in the east. Mr.. Baca
visited Wagon Mound, Badly, Eliza
bethtown and Ute creek, and reports
very fair success or his trip.
Mrs. Simon Neustadt, Of Moren o,
Arizona, is still in Albuquerque, the
guest OF her sister, Mrs. L. Trauer.
Mrs. Neustadt will remain there for
about ten days and then go 70 Fl Paso.
where she will visit relatives and
friends, and thence to her home at Mo-
reno.
The Pecos Irrigation and Improve
ment company daily receives letters OF
;nouiry from many western states from
people who contemplate coming 70
EDDY to settle. It is expected that .
large number will come in to inspect
the country after their crops have been
harvested.
Gov. Thornton, Senator Money. Post