Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-11-02
THE DAILY OPTIC,
East Las Vegas, New Mexico,
SAN MIGUEL COUNTY.
TERRITORIAL TOPICS,

The Ration band visited Blossburg Of
the guests Of the Blossburg band.
Jay A. Hubbs has taken a lease or
the Albuquerque steam laundry.
Geo. Cox and DICK Miller are doin 2
good work on the Hematite tunnel.
B. P. Williams went TO Springer tt
purchase goods for his Hematite store
Mrs. j. H. Crist and son, Ned, lief
Santa Fe for Philadelphia, On ar ex'
tended visit.
Rev. W. A. Phelps, Of Springer, will
hold religious services at Maxwell City,
the second Sunday in November.
A Clauson arrived in Hemati tie, from
Ration, having two wagon loads OF
goods with which to stock his grocery.
Edith May, aged six months and
tw%enty-one days, daughter Of Mr.. ant
Mrs. W. D. Finney, died at San Mar
cial.
The financial report OF the Albuquer-
que fair association is completed al d
will be given to the public after cleo
ton.
Johu l.. Stevens returned to Albu.
querque from Los Lunas, where he had
been called, owing to the death of his
son, Charles.
Principal S. HI. Beattie is so far re.
covered from his recent indisposition
as to be able to resume teaching at Sar
Marcial.
The probabilities are that Elizabeth.
town will have a smelter with a capaci'
ty of fifty tons per day, before the win.
ter is over.
Jos. McQuillin, OF San Marcial, has
taken a number Of orders for fruit trees
from the White Mountain nursery in
Lincoln county.
P. j. Stone, of Athens, Pa, is in
Hematite, looking after interests con-
nected with the Athens mining and
milling company.
w. A.. Drake will send the Oterc
flock of 5000 lambs, purchased in Der.
nalillo county in July, to Fort Collins,
Colo, in a few days.
Miss Mary Upton, daughter of w
M. Upton, has returned to Santa
Fe from Washington, where she has
been attending college.
Arthur Christian, of Hemstite, has
gone to La Belle, to attend to business
in connection with the Climax mining
and milling company.
George Ripley, of Albuquerque, has
entered his horse ssSea Foam" in a
quarter of a mile race to take place at
Santa Fe after election.
Richard c. Whitney, who was the
first mayor OF Junction City, Kansas,
died in Aztec, N. M, recently, at the
age OF seventy-seven years.
Chas. Ballard and Fred Higgins, two
of Chaves county's deputy sheriffs, pas
sed through White Oaks in search OF
the murderer of George Parker.
DR.. M. r. McCrory and f. J. Har-
mon were in different parts of Colfax
county in the interest of the New York
Mutual life insurance company.
George Beebe. of Elizabethtown, 10
seriously i'll with stomach troubles.
Herm Funke is managing Mr.. Beebe's
business during the latter's illness.
E. B. Kelly and family have left
Hematite for a visit to Cripple Creek
and Colorado Springs. They expect
to be absent for about two months.
Mrs. Braithwaite and daughter, of
northern Michigan, are health seekers
at Santa Fe, and have taken rooms for
the winter at the Rivenburg home.
George Spinner while driving a team
down the Red River, hill, Colfax coun-
ty, met with an accident which caused
him to lose q horse and injure himself.
A. j. Baca and family will leave
Springer for Taos, where Mr.. Baca has
secured a private school for six months,
after which he expects to return to
Springer.
Mrs. Kingman and two children, Of
Topeka, Kansas, were In Springer,
visiting Mrs. E. Pascoe. Mrs. King
man with her husband resided there IN
former years.
Work is progressing steadily upon
the ssIron Birdn at Hematite. A road
has been built from town up to the
mine. and it is daily producing a good
quantity of ore.
The Terpsichorean club, of Santa
Fe, gave its first dance at Adams hall,
over there. About forty young people
were in attendance and the event prov
ed enjoyable TO all.
T. j. Leicham and Chas. Waiting
ton of San Marcial each took a degree
in Masonry at Pilgrim commandery
No. 5, Knights Templar, special con
clave, held in Albuquerque.
The "Coinage masquerade ball."
given at the Armory hall in Albuquer-
que, by the No. 8 hose company,
proved one of the greatest dance sue
cesses ever held in that city.
Messrs. Williams and Neel are anx-
iorsly awaiting the arrival of the smelt-
er ordered by them, some time ago
and which according to contract should
be in Hematite at the present time.
Mrs. Bennett, a very handsome lady,
and her son are in Santa Fe from San
Francisco, OF a visit to Mrs. Thornton.
Mrs. Bennett is the widow of Captain
Bennett, U. S. A., formerly stationed
at Fort Marcy.
Jones Taliaferro and Bud Merritt re-
turned to White Oaks from the John
G. Root place, in the Oscuras. MI.
Taliaferro is OF the opinion that Mr..
Root died a natural death and was not
murdered. as some have been inclined
to suspect.
u. S. Marshal Hall returned to Santa
Fe from the vicinity Of Deming, where
he has been looking after the p~ostoffice