Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-10-07
TERRITORIAL TOPICS.

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OF mines held a meeting at Socorro.
The reorganization OF the local lit
erary society at Aztec will occur shortly
There was born to Mr.. and Mrs. A
b. McGaffey, at Albuquerque, a fn,
boy.
Charles A. Zellna, of the Carrlzoze
ranch, will open a saloon In Mega
Thos. II. Long has sold his insur-
ance business to Joe Jaffa, down al
Roswell.
The Farmington canning factory will
soon be ready for operations, over In
San Juan county.
Walter Hearn, of Fairview, has pur
chased the Bunker place near Chloride
and has moved to it.
A team and wagon attached FILL
ed with produce was seen floating
down the Animas river.
Mrs. S. Alexander, with her three
pretty little daughters, returned to
Socorro from an extended visit to Hills
boro.
Ignacio Herrera and Prajedes Bena-
vides were married at the Catholic
church at Lincoln, Father Mellon Off
ciatlng.
F. X. Eberle, one OF the wealthy
citizens OF Los Angeles, California, Is
extensively interested in mining in the
Mogollons.
j.. w. Turner, of Evart, Michigan,
arrived at Roswell with LOG head of as
fine rams as anyone could expect to
see anywhere.
School opened at Aztec with an en-
rollment Of twenty-five pupils. The
attendance will be much larger, later
in the season.
L. B. Walters has moved his family
to Lincoln from his ranch near the
post They go to place their children
in the Lincoln school.
Dan Uquhart, of Fairview, set up
two headstones in the Chloride ceme-
terry on the graves of George Waldren
and William Hardin, respectively.
A six months term of school COM
menced at Bloomfield, San Juan coun-
ty, with Miss Blanche Potter in charge,
Miss Potter arrived recently from
Iowa.
A. j. Gilmore returned to Lincoln
from Roswell, where he had gone to
take Mrs. Stark weather, who has been
so%journing in the mountains, the past
summer.
w. o. Norman, of Lincoln, is gath
ering sheep for Charles Beljean, pre-
paratory to making a fall shipment.
They expect to get together about 10,-
600 head.
G.. W. Mccoy. while working about
his hay baler, over in San Juan county,
had the misfortune to fall heavily
across one of the wheels, sustaining Sc.
we're bruises.
A. F. Stump and A. F. Miller left
Pennington for an exploration OIL the
reservation. The object is the unearth-
ing of an Aztec relic. that has the form
of an elephant.
b. F. Stewart went over to Lincoln
from the Ruidoso. He has been run |
ming the saw mill at that place for the
past fifteen years, and is one of the best
mechanics in the west.
There will be a sneck-tie social" and
dance at the residence OF John Ken
dali, sr., La Plata, San Juan county,
October 9th. Proceeds will be donated
to school district No. IL.
In tho probate court at Albuquerque,
Probate Judge Arm 10 discharged the
administrator of the estate of l.. p.
KrawInkle and appointed Mrs. Carrie
E. Krawinkle guardian of Laura Kra-
Wrinkle.
Miss Juanita Gallegos, Of Las Vegas,
reached Lincoln from Las Cruces with
her brother, Acasio, who has gone to
meet her there. Miss Gallegos will at
once enter upon the duties as assistant
to Prof. Breeze.
The antelope season has opened, and
several Roswell hunters are cleaning
up their guns and gathering up their
blankets and cooking utensils, prepar-
atory to wasting a lot of powder and
lead on these wild goats.
Among the horses which are in train
ing at the Albuquerque race track and
are entered in the coming races are
"Eli Almont,' tsNimble Jim," "Nigc-
rita, I" ssDerringer." ale Roy" "Cus-
ter" "Louise," s.Belle'' and slack"
Will Rynerson, of Las Cruces, had a
horse stolen from him, the other mig ht.
He followed the thief to Tularosa and
Deputy Sheriff John Meadows arrested
a Mexican with the stolen horse in his
possession. The Mexican admitted
the theft of the horse.
Messrs. Pewett and Watson, two
we'll known prospectors now located at
Roswell, passed through Tularosa en-
route for DR.. Morgan's copper mine
east of la Luz. Tney will do con-
siderable development work on the
property which is said to be good one
r. p. Brown. of Ell Paso. was in AL
buquerque making the final settlement
in the transfer of the business of the
Cerrillos Coal company. The firm will
hereafter be known as w. E. Butler &
Co., and will conduct its business at
the same off ce, on South First street.
Messrs. Day, Kerlee and Hartman,
representing the "Success" dry wash
er, were in the La Belle camu. They dis
posed of their last machine, even the
sample, and took numbers of orders,
aud we're fastening to the railroad for
another invoice. They will return in
about ten days.
The mile inter- Territorial cup that
was ordared through JeWeler MAYNARD