Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-05-23
TERRITORIAL TOPICS.

Mrs. Simon Stern and baby left AL
buquerque for Socorro, where she will
visit friends and relatives for a few
weeks.
DR.. Kennon returned to Silver Cit,
from California, where he has beef
spending the winter to benefit hi
health.
Mrs. Anna w. Davis and two grand
children, Evlyn and Winnie Shuler
returned to Ration from Colorado
Springs.
Scarlet fever has about abated il
Ration. There are nc. new cases, ane
those afflicted are having it in a very
mild form.
Lost or stolen. A check on the
First national bank Of Ration, payable
TO +. Trujillo, for s2f.e5, given by
Jerome Troy.
James Carruthers, OF San Pedro, is
much ela.ed over the action of the
court, in setting the day for final hear
ing June 9th.
There will be a fair fruit crop in
Coltsx county, this year, unless some
future misfortune overtakes the pres
ent splendid outlook.
A stage line from Ration to Chm
arron, Elizabethtown and lIematite
would be y good thing for Ralo1, as
well as the mining camps.
TIE Eastern Star lodge, of Silver
City, gave q reception, at the residence
of j. }. Kelly, as a farewell to Mrs.
l~Iouser, who left for Denver.
III. P. Smith, who has been a health
seeker at Mrs. Bush's, left Santa Fe
for a W weeks' stay at DR.. Sparks
Mountain house on the upper Pecos.
b, F. Davis. manager of the Albu-
querque opera house, received a tele-
gram from Morrison's Faust &c oauuel
engagement. Closed season at Los
Angeles.
Editor Buell., Of the Cerrillos Rustler.
has been trying to master the art Of
hiking, and if reports are true, he has
his arm in q sling and both eyes are
we'll tandaged.
Sedgwick Post No. 2, of Ration, de-
partment CT New Mexico G. A. r.,
are making arrangements for the OBJ
servance Of the hallowed day to all
patriotic people.
John Seaton, jr., and Theo. Bryan,
of AtchisoD, Kansas, who were On their
way to Arizona, to purchase cattle,
stopped off in Ration 10 visit Mr.. and
Mrs. John Fisher.
Mr.. ana Mrs. w. H. Wilton and the
ohi1dran Iaff Gan AZ rataI fnr &C
Angeles, Cal. 1t 10 the intention of
Mrs. Wilton to remain there about a i;
year, for health reasons. :
Miss Grace Briide wood Walker, q
Silver CiLy's accomplished young vo- t
calist, assisted by local musicians, gave I
her second entertainment in Morrill, '
opera house, down there. i
Judge w. G. Heacock, who was
called to San Antonlo, Texas, TO de- !
fend one Of Albuquerque's Chinese !
merchants, who was in danger OF be- 8
ing deporled, has returned home. l
1.-The Meaning of Decoration Day" }
will be the topic for the preaching SER !
vice, tomorrow morning, in the Meth :
odist church. at Ration, and in the
evening, tsThe Boyhood of jesus" T
There is being a suspension foot !
bridge constructed across Billiard 4
street from the Exchange to the bank
building, down in Silver City. 1t lie
about twenty feet high and five feet t
wida. O
The A. 0 U. w. lodge of Silver City g
organized a lodge for their sons, daugh- n
tiers and wives, called Degree of Hon. b
or. Fifty seven persons applied for q
membership and were taken as charter 9
members. \
Albuquerque loses one of her most I
scholarly and efficient teachers in the 8
person of Miss Flournoy, who has !
accepted a position in the high school
at Kirkwood, Missouri, as teacher of
languages. 9
The historic fonda, the Exchange !
hotel. Santa Fe, is getting to be a : ,
veritable Gretna Green for the mar .
riageable folk of Colorado. They ruu :
in there wei the narrow gauge and get :
the knot tied in short order.
James Ligbtfoot, The printer who
has been suffering so long with the
rheumatism, left Las Cruces for Santa
Rosalia, in com1any with John Shry-
ock, hoping 10 be benefited BY the
waters of the famous springs.
The Omaha Herald, of Sunday last,
contains an elaborate article on Capt.
Jack era wford, New Mexico's poet
scout. On Saturday night next Capt.
Jack lectures there for the benefit OF
the q. A. II. Memorial day fund.
"Lessons Learned as the Fool
Learns. or Anecdotes from q Poor
Mans University is the title Of a
very interesting lecture to be delivered
ut Morrill, hall, Silver City, next Tues
day night. by Rev. G. L. Bovard.
Il. A. Written, of Albuquerque, who
has been connected with the Singer
sewing machine company for the past
six " ars, has resigned, and is now a
partner of w. w. Mcclellan. ins the
real estate and insurance business DOVE ,
there. F,
DR.. Chas. Philpott, formerly Of
Ration, hut now OF Oaumwa, Iowa, IS
suffering with blood poisoning, sus- {
tanned while assisting in a surgical 4
operation His life Is despaired OF,
and, even should he recover, he Will
lose his right arm.
Messrs Hale, Pardee and Zinsser,
three Of the best players Of the santa
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