Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-11-18
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MAS. HAat NcAilster AZ COlmO. q girl
M. w. Mills Of Springer, shipped
four cars OF steers to his farm near
Hutchinson, Kansas.
The Ration social club will give their
regular social dance at the New live t.
ment hall. Wednesday evening.
The second session Of the year Of the
Pecos Valley Teachers a. sociation will
be held in Eddy on the 9th and 28th
insts.
The Baptist church at Albuquerque,
which Is one Of the newest md incest
religious edifces In that city. " II soon
be completed.
DR.. H G. Bailey spent a few days
with his family in Mesilla, last week.
HIS daughter, Miss Tudie, accompanied
him on his return to Nogal.
Placer miners near Elizabethtown
say the outlook for a successful season
has never been better. They expect TO
be able to work until January.
Sunday morning, November 9th, at
IL o'clo k, Mrs. c. j. Bascom passed
away from her earthly home at Las
Cruces. Her death was not unex-
pected.
The Office Of the Rio Grande hotel,
at Las Cruces, Is receiving some
needed improvements. A new brick
wall Is being built to replace the old
adobe one.
President Downey Of the Houston
company at La Bale was on The sick
list a few days the past week, but is
now able to look after his duties at the
sore" miEe.
Mrs. H G.. Harris and little daugh
ter, Helen, arrived In Las Cruces from
Omaha, Nob., and will spend the win
ter with Mrs. H. NJ. Montgomery and
Miss Alice.
The other night, at Albuquerque,
while one of the Railroad venue rail-
way danger gates was down. a reckless
bicycle rider rode into one of the arms,
swapping it off.
The placer mining company which
put in extensive bitches and hydraulic
works below Taos, last summer, are
making preparations to begin mining
early in the spring.
Dr. L. M. Brock, a Topeka dentist,
arrived in Las Cruces and will locate
in the valley. DR.. Brock is a graduate
OF Kansas City dental college and comes
well recommended.
Prof. Arthur Goss, Of the Agricul-
tural college. has gone to Washington.
D q to attend a meeting of chemists
of the agricultural colleges. lie will
return early in December.
Capt. Ceilings and j. G. Woodward
visited Hematite to inspect some of the
properties of that fourishing camp.
The Filadora, owned by the Wood
brothers, was examined.
Jose Roiz, who was shot through the
right leg at Polomas. at the time of the
attempted hold up of the custom house,
had 10 have that member removed by
amputation down at Deming.
B P. Williams, of Hemaiite, has
taken a contract that necessitates his
moving to Badly for the winter. j G.
Neel will conduct the store IN Hema-
title, formerly owned by Mr.. Williams.
Hon. John Morrow, representative
elect from Colfax county to the Terri
torial legislature, accompanied by his
wife and children, came to Springer
from Ration on No. 1 Sunday evening.
Rev. w D. Clayton, presiding elder
of the Methodist Episcopal church
south, occupied the pulpit Of the Meth
odist church IN San Marcial. No SER
rant of the Master is more respected
than he.
James Coryell has been 10 DemiDg
for a few days, having completed bis
labors on the normal school building
at Silver City. He leaves soon for
Pinos Altos, where he has a contract 60
repair a saw-mill.
F. E. Price, of Hatch, died at that
place last Friday from consumption.
He was buried 10 Las Cruces, Saturday.
Mr.. Price was station agent at Hatch
for several years and also had a store
there for ONE time.
Mrs James L. Beane has secured q
very satisfactory decree Of divorce
from her husband, James L. Beane,
late M. E. minister of Springer. who
left under very peculiar circumstances.
She is now a single woman.
Miss L. Cornett, Of Eddy, united
with the Methodist church, down there,
and was baptIsed by Rev. Sessions,
Sunday afternoon. Misses Rascoe,
Ward, Anderson and Mrs. Fannie Luz
cas- also identified themselves with the
church.
County Commissioner Ruffner of
Colfax county, who IS also commits
sioner elect, was on hand Monday
morning bright and early to be in at
tendance at the regular meeting OF the
board. He came down from Ration
Sunday evening.
Three "~traveling gentlemen" were
seen to break open and enter a loaded
freight car, on the Southern Pacific side
track, at Deming, and the brakeman
who discovered them in the act, locked
the door on them, and then called 90
Office and had them put under arrest.
w. X. Irwin of Colfax county, re-
Gently sold twenty-five head OF two
year old steers to Col. McElheney
which averaged 1924 pounds They
were shipped east. Mr.. Irwin is q
breeder of a good grade OF cattle- and
is we'll pleased at the average of this
small lot.
The marriage of Miss Augusta
Raithel to James Z Irvine, at Daming,
10 announced to take place at the
Methodist church, Wednesday even
ing, November 10 b, at 8 O'Clock.
Cards are out for the wedding recep-