Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-12-04
TERRITORIAL TOPICS.
ln1tracts from our Ezcnsnees.

e. r. Manning, Of Maxwell City. was
In Ration.
w. T. Mcintosh. the sheep man, re-
turned to Chilli from Albuquerque,yes -
terday.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. New
ton, OF Harrington, a fine baby boy.
Mother and son are doing nicely.
B. A. Gamble has re-opened his
blacksmith shop In Pennington. and
invites the patronage Of the public.
Frank Shea moved his frame build
ing which stood on San Juan street, In
Harrington, to the back OF Danes
hardware store.
VIM. Ross, of Pennington, will start
out next week with a wagon load OF
goods from Tom Bryan's store at Fruit
land, which he will sell throughout the
county.
H. j. Atkinson, John j. Neal and
George Hightower, were In Lincoln
Sunday and Monday, having come
down to make final proof on a home
stead entry on Eagle creek.
The postofi % at Farmingtcn was re-
moved last week to the building for
merly occupied by Danes hardware
store, and the latter institution W, s
transferred to the new Dane building
Almost every home in San Juan
county is provided with an open crate.
Coal IS so plentiful and cheap that
there is no economy in the use OF fuel
practiced, and the open fire place fed
literally with shining coal adds cheer
to the households.
Why don't the Rock Island extend its
line southwest from Liberal, Kansas,
via Clayton, N. M to Ell PasoP Then
it could get all the traffic on corn from
Kansas to old Mexico, and of sheep,
return, over their road.
F. M. Salyer left Pennington the
first of the week for Largo, in the
vicinity of which place he has been en-
gagged by q company to survey a ditch
from a point on the San Juan river
The proposed new ditch will reclaim a
large acreage of valley and mesa land
Mr.. Nathan Jaffa, as mortgage,
Friday, sold at public auction the hi
House stock of merchandise. at Trini-
dad, to A. Msnsbach for So, 900, and
Mr.. Mansbach at once took possession
and will feel perfectly at home, having
spent a number of years in mercantile
pursuits.
Some nine or ten patent surveys are
to be made on claims near Red River
City this week. 1t looks as though
Taos county is to become the leading
mineral producer of the Territory, il
the desire on the part of the miners
to perfect their titles is any criterion OF
value, and there can be no better.
1t is said that there were several
hundred dollar bills in Clayton since
the ssaccused killer" Cavinder was
cleared. And it is also understood
that the friends of the murdered man,
Ben Pace, who live on the Cimarron,
are preparing some very damaging
charges against the Clayton retinue.
Horse racing will be the attraction
in Farmingtor, December 10th. Some
of the best horses in the country viii
participate and there will be several
races, but the principal one will be a
running race between Joe Wilkrns'
mare '.Rody'' and Roht. Caviness' f.
nous running nag. II is expected that
these races will attract a big crowd.
At Richardson, John Adams and
Harry Patton were examining a Al
calibre slxshooter and the weapon was
accidentally discharged. The ball en-
tered Adams left leg on the inside,
below the groin. Fortunately the bull
let did not reach a vital spot, neither
did it touch the bone; and after having
the wound dressed Mr.. Adams was
able to walk about.
Cattle Inspector P. j. Towner, OF thu
Colorado sanitary board, but stationed
in northern New Mexico, says tina
from the 18th of March to the 10th O.
November of the present year he in
spected 224. LOG head of cattle thai
passed through his district either TO.
Colorado or eastern markets. He als'
Inspected during that time $4,000 heat
of sheep that entered Colorado from
New Mexico. Jeff says this IS the bes
showing in years and is evidence suffi
cient that the industry is growing il
New Mexico.