Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-03-19
THE DAILY OPTIC.
East Las Vegas, New Mexico,
SAN MIGUEL COUNTY.
TERRITORIAL TOPICS,
lExtracts from our Eznnansss.I

Major Green, of Albuquerque, too
IN the masque carnival at the skatin
rick 10 Gallup. The affair was a gran
success.
Rev. U. T. Tracy has returned I
Eddy from Roswell, and the usual sci
vices will be held at Grace church
Sunday.
Mr.. Shahan and family, Of Farming
ton, will reside on the Skinner place
Mr.. Shahan has rented the ranch 70
the season.
Sunday In Eddy was a bright, calu
day, and the lovers OF tennis and bias
ball INDUCED themselves in their favor
lite sports.
Coal Mine Inspector John Flemin,
passed through from Silver City, ON hi
way to tho northern mines, to make al
inspection.
Prof. @. Il. Blake, late principal o
Perkins academy, Albuquerque, i
teaching Greek and Latin at the Pc
mono college.
ID. A.. ClouthIer brought 1868 heat
OF cattle to Springer, which will bt
shipped to Kinsley, Kansas, as soon al
cars can be had.
Andrew Reid & Co., have re-opened
the Reid restaurant, at Clayton, and
report a thriving business, which is
daily increasing.
There will be a meeting OF the citi.
TENS at Cowan's hall, Springer, this
evening, to look after the graveyard and
its needed repairs.
Rev. G. A. Fulcher having arrived
on the field will preach in the Presby-
terian church, Pennington. next Sun
J.. day evening, at $50.
Four regularly established dealers in
bicycles are located in Albuquerque,
besides an endless array of agents for
special manufactures.
Rev. G. A. Fulcher, from Illinois,
has been appointed by the Presbyter-
ian executive, over San Juan county,
and will reside at Aztec.
Frank Graham, son OF the late A. A.
Graham, has written an interesting let
ter to his former employer, Tway, the
painter, OF Albuquerque.
The irrigation company made a ship
ment of seed canaigre from Eddy to
the Bombay, Burmah, trading com
pany, in Rangoon, India.
James Jarvis and Frank Shea, of
Pennington, moved down to the Min
ton place this week, to take charge of
the ranch for S. r. Rlake.
H. R. McJunkins is fixing up the
Baldwin place, San Juan county, i'm
proving and increasing the fencing to
permit of farther cultivation.
w. T. Burns, known everyw here
and by everybody in Colfax county,
came down to Springer from Trinidad,
where he had been on business.
Willie Virden will herd COWS for the
t~ownspeople of Pennington at fifty
cents per month and see that they are
brought in twice a day for milking.
NJ. M. Salazar has purchased the
windmill at the court housed in Springer,
he being the highest bidder at the sale,
made by 1.-THE county commissioners.
E. w. Holcomb, of Garden City,
Kansas, bought the 90 brand of cat
tie from the Dubuque cattle company,
and shipped 343 head from Springer
Billy Holmes was in Springer from
Chico Springs. Billy says the grass is
good, or was before it showed, and
that these SHOWS are a God send to it.
The citizens Of Clayton and vicinity
will be pleased to know that on Mon
Gay, March 80, the ladies Of the Phoe
nix Hotel Will give another ice cream
social.
H. Fl. Hankins, OF the Springer and
Moreno valley stage line, says business
is rapidly increasing along the line,
and he hopes soon to extend his bust
ness to Hematite.
Mrs. Eldridge was in Pennington
from the mission, Monday, and return
ed Wednesday, taking Miss Smiley
who had been visiting her numerous
Pennington friends.
Frank Joyce is now in charge of the
business OF Joyce, Pruit & Co., at
Eddy. He came down from Roswell,
Sunday, and MIR. PruiJ removed TO
Roswell, Wednesday.
Freighter Milligan arrived in Farm
ington with two loads of lumber con-
signed to John Morgan. The compile
ton of the planning mill is only a mat
tel. Of a few days now.
1t is stated that a physician will be
located over the Pennington Presbyter-
ian church. This physician, beside
practicing, has been licensed to preach
by the Presbyterian body.
1t is said that VIM. Sellers and Char
les Compton have sold their o~ne-fourth
in the property known as the "Golden
asssre !, in The. Red river district.
near Questa, New Mexico.
A large quantity Of apples are in'Du-
range, stored there by different pro
ducers, of such q poor quality as not to
be marketable and this cause has in
jured the Pennington trade.
Mr.. Poulter, of Bates county, Mo-,
and a brother-iu-law of George Clut-
ter. of Coyate Park, San Juan county,
has come to this country for his health
and to make the park bis home.
Ed Dodd, Don and Major w. A.
Rankin. Of Albuquerque, are interes' ed
In the Ladrone district. The maj
brought home several specimens OF
ore gathered while in camp on Sunday
Philip Deniiz has just returned to
Clayton, from Chicago, where be pur-
chased a foe lot OF ladies' end gents
fu. nishing goods, boots. shoes, hats,