Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-04-28
TERRITORIAL TOPICS.
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Four mills running in the Badly dis
trIcts in the last two weeks.
Jap Coe was In Lincoln and droppe,
into the Nems cfice for q five minutes
chat.
Arnold & Haynes OF Santa Fe
shipped a carload Of cattle from Sal
Marcial.
Byron Dean of San Marclal, is a,
Magdalena, where he hopes to remain
for some time.
Nib Jones, of Eddy, went to RIOS
we'll to finish work on the roundup
and sell his steers.
The case of the Territory vs. Busf
is estimated IS having cost Eddy
county about $4,000.
J.. Mosher, recently stationed q,
Engle, is working a ticker in the tele'
graph Office at San Marcial.
The best offer for thrce-year-old
beef steers made thus far in Lincoln
county was $3.50 per head.
j.. V. Tully passed through Lincoln
with u small bunch Of the best looking
young horses seen this spring.
Miss Madaline LePhiew. and Mr..
Charles Terrell were joined in mar
riage, down at San Marcial.
County Commissioner @. T. Brown
aud DIR. Blackington arrived ia San
Marcial from the county seat.
Rev. G. l.. Bovard preached Sun
day morning and evening at Springer.
1t was regular quarterly conference.
john Waldo was married in FL
Paso instead of Pecos, after leaving
the Pecos valley last fall, SO he says.
Wolkmen have been engaged this
week on the addition TO Timoteo
Analla's residence, down at Lincoln.
Mrs. q. A. Scrrano, of Lincoln, ac-
companied by her son Jose, visited the
pretty little city of Roswell, last week.
Il Michaelis expressed the opinion
down at Lincoln that wool would
bring a triAe less this spring than last.
The Junior Order of United Ameri-
can Mechanics will give a ball in Odd
Fe!!e%s has!h', al Albuquerque, Tonight.
Wilbur Jones, n brother OF A. A..
Jones, of Chico Springs, arrived in
Springer from Indiana on the 18th
inst.
The lumber is being put on the
ground for the new store buildings at
Springer and work will be pushed at
once.
Several thousand head Of cattle were
shipped to Kansas from the Shoe
maker pastures, Colfax county, last
week.
Mrs. d. w. Mills returned to
Springer from a several weeks visit at
the Hollenback ranch, near Wagon
Mound.
The old Mexican found dead out at
the Wier ranch, ear Chico Springs,
was Juan Martinez, OF Las Truchas,
Rio Arriba county.
After the July meeting of the board
of commissioners, 1t is thought that
Lincoln county will be able to adopt a
''pay as you go" policy.
Il. H. Allin, agent for Rand, Nc.
Nally & Co, is In albuquerque, ex.
pounding the merits of school maps
published by the firm.
Mrs. j. A. Klasner, OF Plcacho, &C.
companied by Miss Maud Bailey, of
the Spring ranch, were among Lin
coins visitors last week.
Mrs. M. Pendergast, nee Miss Gertie
Shafer, is visiting friends and relatives
in Springer, coming down from her
home near Ration last week.
w. G. Hughes went up to Dorsey
from Springer. He acted in the ca
pacity OF Inspector of the large cattle
shipments from there last week.
Rev. Robert Hodgson returned to
Cerrillos from g two weeks visit to
his brother, at Magdalena. Mr..
IIodgson preached at Madrid, Sunday
evening.
j NJ. Winters and B r. Robinson,
of Bonito City, passed through Lincoln,
Gu route to Roswell, whittier they went
to dispose Of a couple Of wagon-loads
of potatoes.
A large number of strangers were
seen around Springer last week; some
of them going to the mines around old
Badly, some cattle buyers and others
there with a view of locating.
A. Hubbcl and partners, Of San I
Pedro, have struck a twelve-foot lead
of iron stained quartz in the South
mountains, which gives an average
assay value OF $28 gold and silver.
The new contractor will take posses
sion of the mail line between San
Antonio aud Lincoln, May 1st. Wbeth-
or the change will afford the public
better accommodations remains to be
seen.
The Populist county convention Of
l. ncoln county, will be called to meet
at Lincoln some time in May. just
what action the party will take regard
ing nominations for county offices -
not known. n
No fights, no weddings and no scan
dals OF more than ordinary interest.
How can an unfortunate pencil-pusher
fill his local columns under such an ex-
listing state of affairsP walls the Lin
coin NeWs.
Miss Lula Roberts, who had been
visiting her brother, AL. Roberts, fore
at Geo. b. Barber's ranch at Three
Rivers, and her uncle, Capt. D.. w.
Roberts, at Nogal, returned to her
home in Lincoln.