Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-03-06
East Las Vegas, New Mexico,
SAN MIGUEL COUNTY.
TERRITORIAL TOPICS.
lExtracts from our rxcnanses.l

A'nre IN Tue WaronouSe OF Franz
Frank, at Albuquerque, called out ii
fire department.
Travelling men report trade better |
Silver City than In any other town
its size In New Mexico.
Charley Samuels shipped a car loa
OF concentrates from Chloride Fla
Grant county, to Deming.
An electric light plant, properly cor
Quoted, would pay handsomely on tn
investment in Silver City.
1t is said that q mad dog from Cal
skill started down Red river In the di
rection Of Ration. n day last week.
There was a big baiie and genera
reunion Of the Texas boys at Mr.
Barncastle's residence in Las Cruces
The girls of the normal school, a
Silver City, have got the base bal
fever SO badly that they have organized
nine.
While riding a bicycle at Ration, G
w. Scott met with an accident BY
which he sustained q fracture of thu
left forearm.
Johnny Mays favorite buggy horse
ran away at Mesilla and s%ouvenirs OF
the buggy are being gathered at diff.
ferent places.
Promenades In the moonlight along
the banks OF the acequia have become
quite q pastime among Las Cruces ro-
mantle young folk.
Prof Hiram Hadley. OF the univer-
sity at Albuquerque, was IN Las Cru
ces, a day or two, on business connect
ed with his orchard.
A. B. Trumbell, who went to Las
Cruces for his health, died at the
residence of Mr.. Maginnis, down there.
His body was sent east for interment.
MI. and Mrs. G. F. Remsberg pleas
antly entertained a large party of their
friends, up at Ration. The occasion
was the tenth anniversary Of their we'd
ding.
Th- Rio Grande Republican, at Las
Cruces. has started a column devoted
to m ttters of interest to women, which
is quite popular among the ladies of
that place.
The trial of the Doha Ana Bend
Colony grant, o case in which the
Mesilla valley IS greatly interested,
was commenced in the U. S. land court
at Santa Fee.
The Altrurian society, at Las Cruces,
will meet. to morrow evening, at the
residence of Prof. Cockereli. The sub
ject for discussion is, sAm Imy BROTH
er's keeper"
For the prospector, the hunter Of
gold and silver. no mineral section in
New Mexico offers better opportunities
than the Apache and Black Range
mining districts.
q. H. Laidlaw left Aguas Calientes,
Mexico, and is looking up some mill
ing enterprises ia the state of Zacatecas,
with q possibility Of returning TO Sier-
ra county by spring.
Mrs. Charles g ausen, who has been
visiting her mother, Mrs. A. J. Foun-
tain, at Las Cruces, since the murder
of Colonel Fountain, left that place for
her home in Hillsboro.
The Ration school board has made
arrangements TO consult with the town
council in reference to having the sani-
tary provisions provided by town
ordinance, properly observed.
C. B. Eddy and c. c. Blodgett, pro-
motors of the White Oaks road, stopped
In Las Cruces a few hours on their way
to the Black mountains. They report
work under way on their road.
Mrs. Bacon reached Las Cruces from
the Mescalero agency on the stage.
Mrs. Bacon has been transferred as o
teacher to the Colorado river agency, !
where her husband holds an appoint
ment.
Mrs. F. C. Barker left Las Cruces for
Chihuahua, to spend a few weeks with
her sons. Mrs. Barker and Miss Olive
Cockerell will depart for England, the
latter part Of the month, on q p%rotract-
ed visit.
One of The most important strikes
that has been made In the Chloride
came for q long time was made 10 the
old s.Bishop" tunnel OF the "Omega,
where q five.foot breast Of ore, with
an average Of $l4 gold to the ton, was
opened up.
The work Of stringing the wires for
the new telephone company Is about
completed, at Albuquerque. All that
remains is to put in the telephones,
which will take about a week when the
new exchange will be at the disposal
of subscribers.
With an active demand for gold
mines and an increasing demand for
silver mines, the Chloride district
should not fail to attract the attention
of mining men and capitalists and Sc
cure the investment OF a large amount
of capital this year.
At q meeting Of the stockholders OF
the Bplleview cemetery company, held
at A. E Hobbs Office, in Ration, the
fotlowingsnamed directors were elect
ed for the ensuing year: j. w. Dryer,
j. A. Rush, Fred Brueggemann, Dan
Risdon, p. H. Smith, Fred Born and
Hugh Smith.
The turquoise mines north Of Ger.
rillos are the scene OF much activity al
present. The New York company,
owning the "Story" mine, Is working
fifteen men regularly and taking out
turquoise of a very superior quality.
One magnificent stone recently CD.
tanned is represented 70 have been sold
in New York for $4,000.
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