Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-11-28
H DAILY OPTIC,
HAST Las Vegas, New Mexico,
san MIGUEL COUNTY.
TERRITORIAL TOPICS,
lnxsracss from our Exchanges

lExuracts from our E~xchanRes.I
The new bell for the Union church
ut Clayton, will arrive in a few days.
McCuistion, Romero and Albint
Gallegos are the three county commits
sioners for Union county the next two
years.
The dan ce given by the Odd Eel
lows at M adrid was remarkably wei
attended and passed off in a most en-,
joyable manner.
Miss Mary Cooney, of Ireland, ar.
rived In Ration and will make her home
with Mrs. r. Fitzgerald, who is an old
country friend of hers.
II. G. Kiwsell, OF Cerrillos, spent
several days in Santa Fe and Albuquer
que this week, but was home in time
for Thanksgiving dinner.
Charlie Watson came in to Las Cru.
ces from the gold camp, last Friday.
He reports Mr.. Puett as being very
sick out at the "Mormon" mine.
Roy Fugate returned to Ration from
an extended visit in the east and left
for Gallup, N. M, where he has Sc
cured employment in the Harvey house.
Mrs. Geo. d. Arnold, of Cerrillos,
has so far recovered, that she ate her
Thanksgiving dinner with Mrs. Sulli-
van at the Central hotel down there.
The Clayton school will give an en-
t~ertainment in the near future for the
purpose of raising means to buy a
globe chart for the primary depart
ment.
E. d. Williams, who has for some
time been 10 charge of B. G. Wandell's
barber shop at Las Cruces, bought the
shop and fixtures and IS now sole pro-
prietor.
J.R. Rivera. of Thornton, paid a
visit to TO the "Bob Carley" strike this
week. He returned uia Cerrillos with
some ine specimens, and came near
stampedlng the town.
Nearly every available piece OF land
open for entry, down about Earlham,
Brunswick and above Anthony, is be-
ing snapped up like hot cakes, and
will soon all be taken up.
DR.. ). II. Bailey, of Mesilla, has
hung out his single in Nogal, Lincoln
county. His daughter Myrtle, and son
Harry are living there with him. The
latter is employed as one of the car
penters at the "American" mine.
The foot ball team Of the Agricu'-
tural college, of Las Cruces, sent a
challenge to the Fort Bliss team, for a
match game, but received word from
that team, saying they had not been
practiclng and could not accept.
After a brief illness, Mrs. Russell
Walters died of pneumonia at her res
Hence, three miles northwest of Las
Cruces She left a husband and nine
children to mourn her loss, Inc young
est child being less than a year old.
It is not at oil unlikely that Judge
Edward P. Seeds will return TO New
Mexico from Iowa next spring to as
ume the position of governor or chief
justice. And the genial and accom-
plished gentleman has many friends in
this Territory.
The pedestrians OF Las Cruces,
would do we'll 10 follow the advice of
Cyclone Davis, Of Texas, and keep in
"The middle Of the road" as several
instances of wire being tied across the
sidewalk, in such a manner as to cause
one to tumble down.
1. r. Holt, wife and daughter, who
left Las Cruces from Arkansas, last
September, to make their home there.
came back, arriving Saturday, and will
make that place their home for some
time, at least. until the boys finish
their college studies.
The Clayton Enterprise asks the
Territorial papers to see their legisla-
tive representatives and do something
IN the way of helping the deserving
struggling newspapers of this Terrific
ry. In no way can this be done more
easily than to pass the Bolton newspa-
per law.
Thieves entered the stable of Captain
J. P. Casey, north of Las Cruces, on
Saturday night. The horses were
locked to the manger, having chains
around their necks. which we're also
locked. The thieves broke the 2x4
planks that the chains were fastened
to, but failed to get the horses.
SHOT AT A BALE IN MEsILLA.
At a dance about a mile and a half
from Mesilla, after large quantities of
wine had been consumed, the fighting
qualities of several of the dancers were
uppermost and a general fight ensued.
During the melee, the constable, Man
uel Alday, made his appearance and
requested them to keep the peace. One
of the parties in the fight, Luciano
Bells, refused to pay the least atten-
ton, when the constable ordered two
men to arrest him. Bells was caught,
but broke loose, at the same time try
ing to get his knife out of his pocket.
He then went for the constable, who
ordered him to put up his knife. Bells
refused and the constable shot him, the
ball entering the abdomen and passing
through the body. Bells fingered till !
p. m yesterday, when death came to
his relief. Alday had his trial and a
verdict of justiia3le homicide was rem
dered.
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