Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-10-06
TOPICS.
lExtracts from Our Excnanges. i

Eddy, returned to her home 10 Ros-
we'll.
Miss Celia Pascoe, OF Springer, will
remain In Albuquerque until after the
Territorial fair, when she will return
home.
w. N. Beard, Of Dallas, reached
Eddy, and Is now employed as FORE
man OF the mechanical department OF
the Argus, down there.
Miss McEachin, sister of IIec Me-
Eschin, n of the proprietors Of the
Eddy Democrat, died at Colorado City,
Texas, Of consumption.
DIR. M. r. McCrory and A. J. Baca
left Springer for Taos, where they meet
Special Agent Taylor, of the Mutual
Life Insurance company.
G. E. Hartley, Of the II T ranch, left
Springer for Iowa with o load OF cattle
I'D sheep for pasturing. He expects
to be absent about ten days.
Miss DARCY, of Eddy, who has been
teaching the school at Miller for the
past month, on trial, has been engaged
for the full term of six months.
A special session of probate court
was held at Eddy to act upon the ap.
plication of the appointment OF an ad-
ministrator for the estate of William
A. Miller, deceased.
Cearles De Mars, colored, and Ed
Futrelle are at the county Jail in Albu-
querque, being held as the parties who
stole The cas- of hop ale from the de-
pot platform, down there.
The Vanderbilt gold mining compa-
ny is rapidly developing the "Ameri-
can" NINE, in Lincoln county, and is
taking out high grade ore which they
treat in their t~hirteen-stamp mill.
Wool brought into Eddy to the
Matheson commission house, last week,
were clips from l.. t. Ward, 6,700
pounds; Julian Smith, 1900 pounds,
and part of the clip of j. Il Hilburn.
Otto Tuschka, who held the position
of assistant assayer in an Ell Paso smell.
ter, returned to Socorro, to finish his
course In the New Mexico school OF
mines. He expects to graduate this
year.
Miss Julia Hamm, daughter of F. W.
Hamm, OF Albuquerque, has gone to
Chicago, where she will enter the con-
%servatory of music of that city. 1t is
stated that the young lady will be ab-
sent several years.
Rev. b. Marion, accompanied by
his mother and sister, have arrived in
Albuquerque from Potsdam, N. Y,
and will visit several months with
their brother and son, 0. N. Marion,
clerk of the district court, down there.
The store Of Henry Nordhaus, down
at Deming, was entered by burglars
and about 81, 900 worth Of goods stol-
en-, consisting of guns, pistols, cart.
ridges, cartridge belts, shoes, etc. En-
trance was effected through the rear
door.
The female Ministries, to appear at
the Albuquerque opera house on Thurs.
day night during "carnlval of sports''
week, will prove a great drawing card.
Eighteen ladies will take part, and an
orchestra of twelve pieces will render
the music.
The waters of the Pecos continue to
give forth large fish. At the Eddy
dam, last week, G. II. Winnerstedt
landed a twenty-eight pound catfish
with an eight-ounce fly rod. The fish
was exhibited in Eddy, and then pre-
sented to E. Salich.
DR.. j. HI. Wroth, of Albuquerque,
has been appointed delegate to the
Pan American medical congress, meet
ing in the City of Mexico, November
- II. He will represent both the
Santa Fe railroad and Santa Fe rail.
road hospital associations.
The sugar factory at Eddy continues
to be a scene of hustle and activity.
The pieces of machinery, piping, etc +,
which have been scattered around the
grounds for the past few months, have
almost entirely disappeared. They
are now in the building in position.
1t is expected that the district cour.
at Taos will adjourn, SO that Judge
Laughlin and the other officers Thereof
will be able to return to Santa Fe or
Friday or Saturday. The next term O
court in this district will be opened a
Aztec, San Juan county, on October
18th.
The first annual fair of northern New
Mexico is to be held in Ration, Friday
and Saturday, October 9th and 10th.
There are to be horse races, bicycle
races, foot races, five-mile COW boy
race. ladies' riding contest, shooting
match, baseball game and sports Of al
kind.
Ex- Governor Ross and wife, who
were at Albuquerque on a visit, left TO
Mesilla Park, where Mrs. Ross viii
visit her daughter, Mrs. G. w. Miles
for O few weeks, while the governo,
makes a trip to White Oaks and vicini
ty in the interest Of the bureau OF i'm
migration.
A. j. Hill, who is we'll remembered
in Eddy, having conducted a wool buy
ing business there at one time, an
who is now located at Roswell, is suf
fering greatly with his eyes, being al
most blind. He leaves very shortly TO
the east for treatment.
There has been an abundance o
fruit and vegetables IN White Oaks re
Gently. The vegetables are of an ex
cellent quality. In many parts OF Lin
coin county the apple crop was a fail
ure and prices have been higher thai
usual on account of the scarcity OF ap
Piles.
Surveyor w. w. Jones returned I
San Marcial from Socorro, where b