Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-07-07
rHE DAILY OPTIC.
East Las Vegas, New Mexico,
SAN MIGUEL COUNTY.
TERRITORIAL TOPICS.
,Extracts from Our Exchanges,

sugar factory reached Eddy.
Born, to MIR. and Mrs. Thomas Fen
Messy, at Eddy, a baby girl.
Pref. Selby, Of Silver City, is spend
ing vacation at Santa Monica, Cal.
The "North Homestake" nine, a
White Oaks, IS being worked with
mallforce and good ore is being taker
out.
An excursion Of 100 people are ex.
pected at Springer soon from the cas-
10 visit the f izabethtown mining dis.
trlct.
One Of the pioneer buildings OF
Springer was tori down to make place
fr the new double store building Of M
Heck.
Mills Seaberg Co. have sunk q well
In front of their new building on
Third street, up at Springer. Good
water, too.
The republicans Of Eddy county held
a mass meeting, at the court house,
down there, to ratify the work of the
national convention.
Two Of four of the hunting party
left Silver City for the Sapello
country, two weeks ago, returned, and
report killing two bears.
+. j. WEIGH, a farmer just below
Eddy, boasts the first home grown
watermelon, this year, it having been
taken from the vine rich and sweet.
Ed Shields, who has been prospect
ing in the Hematite and Red river dis
tricts the past two months, returned to
Ration and reports everything all right
at those camps.
Col. G. W. Prichard and j. E
Wharton departed from White Oaks
Tor Socorro. They ven to argue the
Ozanne divorce suit, which was set for
hearing July 3rd.
d. B. Powers and family, accom-
panied by his two sons. in-law, with
their wives, left Maxwell City for a
couple Of weeks camping and fishing
in the mountains.
Miss Seena Hansen. s%ister-in-law of
the Springer blacksmith, F. c. Peter
son, arrived there from Rome, Wiscon-
sin, and will s%ojourn in that place for
an indefinite period.
II. G. Richie, of Haskell, Texas, a
jeweler. and residing in Springer some
seven years ago, conducting a jewelry |
and repairing business, has again de-
cided to locate up there.
Messrs. Lieb, Glass and Nash left
Springer on a pleasure trip to the
mountains. They expect to engage
mostly in fishing and hunting and will
be absent several weeks.
A race between horses owned by
Lewis Friday and Samuel German was
u at Eddy. The distance was 500
yards and the stake $50. Friday g
horse won by about twenty feet.
Mrs. William Hamilton and daugh-
ters, CT Allegheny, Pennsylvania,
mother and sisters of Assistant General
Manager Hamilton, arrived in Eddy,
and will spend the summer there.
Died, in Oakland, Cal William E.
Lamb, husband of Anne Plat Lamb
aud only brother of Miss irene Lamb
and Mrs. Daniel Mel cod, of San Fran
cisco and Mrs. II. d. Gilbert, of Silver
City, N. M.
Owing to the fact that the Maxwell
grant charges $l2 for filing a claim,
the prospectors direct their labors to-
ward the Red river district, where
Uncle Sam is boss, and only charges
ST. for filing.
S. Floersheim, the largest sheepman
in Colfax county, having his flock
some twelve or fifteen miles southeast
of Springer, reports his sheep us doing
exceedingly well and is inuch elated
over the late rains we have had.
Big fires have been destroying acres
Of forests in the vicinity of Elizabeth
town. The rains of the past few days
have put a stop to it, but not before a
large portion of the Lynch lloom on
the Red river side had fallen a victim.
The Stockman is informed by M. W..
Mills, of Springer, owner of the larg-
est orchard in New Mexico, and one
OF the largest in the west, that he in
tends to erect a canning factory at the
orchard, thirty miles southeast OF that
place.
H. r. Schumann the father of Hem
attic. has traded one-half his saloon for
one. fourth of "Granite Mountain" lode,
and the other half he snapped off for
a horse and saddle. He is on the road
to Sulphide, which camp he intends to
boom. He took his boy with him.
Roll Stevens was released from the
custody of Sheriff Littrell, up at
Springer, he furnishing the required
bond 1t will be remembered that
Stevens was brought down from Pueb-
10 on a requisltion from the governor,
on an indictment in the fourth judicial
court of New Mexico, for assault with
intent to kill.
j. F. Boren, whom the Eddy Argus
mentioned as being brought to Endy
from Hope, suffering from appendicitis,
did not make the anticipated recovery,
and an operation was considered nee
essary DR.. Rodman, assisted by DR..
Hinchey, performed the operation,
which was successful In every way,and
the patient Is now much better.
The Ajax mining aud milling COM
pany, at ElizabethtowD, are working
night and day. They are turning out
fifteen tons OF ore daily. which is aver
aging better than $12 per ton. There
is now enough ore in sight to keep
their ten stamps dropping for one
year. They expect oon to enlarge the
mill ten stamps, and will probably add
a concentrator.