Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-08-14
THE DAILY OPTIC.
East Las Vegas, New Mexico,
SAN MIGUEL COUNTY. .
TERRITORIAL TOPICS,

Albuquerque.
Hubert A Purdy, son OF Major j.
II. Purdy, has returned to Santa Fe
from Denver to visit his father.
The ladies' auxiliary to the 0. r. G..
will give 9 grand ball at the Ration OPP
era house, Wednesday, August 10th.
Mrs. w. W. Parks, of Newton, Kan
sas, is at Ration for an extended visit to
her parents, Mr.. aud Mrs. Joe Tay-
lor.
Hon. Rafael Romero.t the well-known
court interpreter, returned to Santa
Fe from a trip to southwestern Colo
RADIO.
Baron Van Zuylen was in Springer a
part of this week from his Badly home
The Baron is looking we'll and pros
porous.
A. II. Harlee, the painstaking and
popular district attorney for Grant
county, came up to Santa Fe from Sill
yer City.
Mrs. S. Alexander, with her three
pretty little daughters, left Socorro for
amonth's visit to her parents in Sierra
county.
James Pagan. one of the editors of
the La Junta Democrat, and a former
employe of the Reporter, is IN Ration on
business.
Mat Breeder came down to Santa Fe
from Monument rock, bringing some
fine specimens of mineralized rock
from his mine.
E. o. Faulkner, general manager Of
the Pecos Valley railroad, passed
through Albuquerque on a business
trip to Chicago.
Surveyor John II Walker and Mr..
Woodruff are at home at Santa Fe, aft
er a two months survey trip in north
ern Taos county.
The Colorado mill at Hatch is work
ing twenty-four hours a day, and the
proprietor, L. Clapp, reports a rapidly
increasing business.
Mrs. Frank Henning left Ration for
her home in Chihuahua, Mexico, after
a several weeks visit to her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Jelfs.
Miss Nellie Griffin, of Leavenworth,
Kas., accompanied by her niece, Grace
Logan, arrived 10 Santa Fe, to spend
some time visiting relatives.
The Italian picnic on the Esd inst,
at Silva's place Tijeras canyon, near
Albuquerque promises to attract a
large crowd on pleasure bent.
Newman & Mendelson expect to
move into their handsome new store in
a Investment bhiiooh, sometime BE-
tween the 10Th and Goth insts.
M. w. Flournoy. vice president of
the First National bank of Albuquer-
que, and Mrs. Flournoy are contem-
plating a trip to the Pacific coast.
Manuel Telles, accused of stealing a
horse and saddle from Samuel Lujan,
was arrested and lodged in Jail at Las
Cruces by Constable Ben Williams.
j.. D. Bone expects to commence
work on his "Venezuela" property
next week. His outfit and supplies
will arrive in Chloride in a day or SO.
Miss Alice Monihan, well known at
Rincon, passed through en- route to her
home in Texas, from q visit to her
sister, Mrs Cassidy, in Whitewater.
John Miller, formerly in the meat
business in old Albuquerque. is now
conducting a general merchandise bust
ness at Casa Salazar, near the former
place.
The old smelter at Las Cruces has
been torn down. Fred. Bascom bought
the building and Intends using the
material In the building for other pur-
poses.
The Combination and the Postoffice
teams will play ball next Sunday at the
Albuquerque fair grounds; proceeds
for tho fremen's tournament def
cheney.
The Triple Links, d. Of R., had a
social time at their hall over the Albu-
querque postofice. Refreshments we're
served and a number of visitors were
present.
w. p. Stebbins, who recently pur-
chased a fine strip of land on the YER
mejo, Colfax county, is having the
same improved by the construction OF
a reservoir.
The second fire In the history of Az
tee occurred over there when a little
frame building belonging to Fred
Bunker, formerly In use as an ice house,
burned te the ground.
The villain who went to Fischer &
Co.'s drug store at Santa Fe and car.
ried off Page Otero's trout rod, is
asked { 0 return same without delay
and avoid exposure.
During the absence of Will Mallette.
who is out in He'll canon doing some
mining, Harry Weller is acting as
clerk at the clothing store of Simon
Stern, Albuquerque.
DIR. Sands Mills, a prominent homoe-
pathic physician from New York City,
who has been down there for several
weeks, will shortly practice his profess
s!cn IN Albuquerque
Harry ID. Hosmer and wife will leave
Albuquerque Sunday morning next for
Jemez hot springs and the Sulphurs.
MIR. Hosmer is the general yardmaster
in the local switch yards.
A saddle belonging to Dan Read was
stolen one day the past week from the
Riverside ranch near Rincon. This
makes eight saddles stolen in the vi
cinity in the past few months.
Hosting machinery for the "Mor-
mon' mine has been at the Las Cruces
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