Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-08-01
TERRITORIAL TOPICS.
,xrsracts from our Exchanges,


The canning factory building is pro.
crossing rapidly over at Pennington.
A. L. Hobbs and f. s. Crossen left
Ration on a few days hunt, on the Su-
CARTE.
J. II Heating and wife left Ration
for Washington, Iowa, where they will
reside.
Miss Laura Linwood, Of Ration, went
to Gillett, Colorado, last week, on a
visit to friends.
Mrs. John Spear and Mrs. George
Crouch, of Flora Vista. came up to Az
tee on business.
C.sG. Brewer and w. s. Dalton, Of
Fairpoint, passed through Aztec en-
route to Durango.
Mrs. Chas. Sinnock entertained the
Ration Woman's club at the home Of
Ms. b. s. Letton.
Having given his place a thorough
cleaning up, j. w. Akers reopened the
Arcade over at Santa Fe.
The arrival of a little daughter at
VIZ hJhiO VI nlLs anu mios W. VI Outu-
efland was heralded at Aztec.
Miss Minnie Collier, OF Ration, enter
tanned her Sunday school class and a
party OF little folks Tuesday, at a picnic.
Herman Blum, of Pennington, has a
magnificent field of corn, measuring
about eigh. feel high and just tassel-
ing.
Harry Potter returned to Santa Fe
from San Diego, CAL, where he left
his wife in the hopes of beneiting her
health.
DR.. o. G. Huffman, Of Denver, pack
ed and shipped the goods OF his Ration
drug store remaining unsold, and left
for home.
The republicans of Ration are arrang-
ing to form a Mckinley and Hobart
club, and expect to be ready for organ
ization this evening.
Burr Millison, OF Aztec. has secured
a contract hauling ties near Silverton
for Bert Knickerbocker, and expects to
go TO work in a few days.
1t is learned that Mr.. Underhill has
concluded to close the San Felipe hotel
hotel at Albuquerque on the first of
August, or next Monday.
The democrats of Gallup ratified the
nomination of w. j. Bryan, for presi-
dent, and among the speakers was Hon.
H. B. Ferguson, of Albuquerque.
The ssInsurance Rustlers'' and "The
Lawyers" will meet for a battle royal
on the base ball diamond at the Albu-
querque fair grounds this afternoon.
Jas. McPherson's new residence on
Third street, Ration, is approaching
completion. 1t will be q handsome
home. G D. Stevens is the contractor.
F. N. Wilcox, lessee of the Franz
orchard, has engaged in the fruit com
mission business, handling shipments
of all kinds of fruits, over at Santa Fe.
Mrs. 7. W. Collier received a mes
sage at Ration that her brother, J. H.
Rinehart, a retired business man, died
at his home in Wheeling, West Vir-
ginia.
Mrs. L. 3. Putney left Albuquerque
on her eastern visit. Kansas City,
Chicago and Milwaukee friends will be
visited. She expects to be absent sew
eral months.
d. d. Cobleigh, of Santa Fe, who
suffered a slight stroke of paralysis a
week or SO ago, has so far recovered
that he is again able to be at his car
penter shop.
Mrs. Mason and daughter, who left
Albuquerque a few days ago for south
ern California, have returned to that
city and taken up their residence on
South Fourth street.
A private letter received at Santa Fe
from Fort WiDgate says the craftsmen
at post headquarters are engaged in
drawing plans for the rebuilding of the
quarters recently burned.
Last Tuesday, Rease Stubblefeld
and Miss Annie Arizona Littrell were
united in marriage at Cimilario, Col.
fax county. Rev. j. Sinnock, of Ration,
performed the ceremony.
The officers of the school district al
Fairpoint, San Juan county, are ark
ious to engage a first. class teacher for
a six-months term, to commence Oc-
tober 1st. Lady preferred.
Cosme Herrera, county superinten-
dent of schools, and Mrs. Maud L.
Hurt began the annual examination OF
applicants for teachers certificates at
the court house 10 Santa Fe.
Gus Pilastar, T. j. Bowen, of Rsten,
A., t. & s. F. engineers, and John G.
Duggan, of Denver, left Santa Fe for
the Hopeweii mining district, above
Tres Piedras, on a prospecting trip.
Michael Demarest, brother of the
priest stationed at Pena Blanca, re-
ceiyed tonsure at The hands Of His
Grace Archbishop Chapelle IN the
chapel of the Sisters of Loretto, Santa
Fe.
Sam Rugh, of Pennington, will cut
his second crop of alfalfa, Monday,
and will have his first roasting ear in a
few days. Mr.. Rugh has $50 trees
loaded with peaches. and has ordered
1900 boxes for this fruit alone. This
is phenomenal this year.
On next Monday, August Sd, AL.
Coleman and Luke Walsh will open up
the Metropolitan corner at Albaquer-
qle. Mr.. Walsh is the proprietor of
.sThs Rivoli" and is we'll known. Mr..
Coleman is connected with the South
western Brewing company az agent,
and IL very popular.
The governor has commissioned T.
p. Gable as 2 I'D lieutenant OF troop /,