Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-11-05
TERRITORIAL TOPICS,
lExtracts from our rrcnanres.I

~. " LhukLoTus VI ouver Cltys II
the proud papa OF a bouncing boy.
The children of Rev. A. A. Hyd,
have bsen quite i'll for some time will
typhoid fever at Silver City but are I'M
proving.
A. H. ReiIing resigned his position
at Porterfield's drug store at Silver City
and will go to Ph@uix, Arizona, where
he has a good position offered him.
The New York Life Insurance com.
pany is giving away 800 musical pi
AMOS, won by their agents in October.
The office in Albuquerque has one or
exhibition.
DR.. j. Ii. Sloan and other CHECKER
fanciers whereabouts are arranging fol
the annual poultry show in Santa Fe,
which will take place about three
weeks from yesterday.
Efforts are being made to secure the
services OF a night watchman, at Ros-
well (; it is we'll to have the interest OF
the town well guarded, and a subscrip.
ton in the line will be of benefit to all
There is a rumor in circulation al
Albuquerque that, in a short time,
John w. schoield and wife, and G X
Newhall and wife, will take up their
residences in n of the states in the
effete east.
Two women, one known as Nellie
st. Clair and Mabel, who have their
rooms in ar adobe house in the alley
back of the opera house at Albuquer-
que, claimed to the police that were
robbed of W $500.
E B. Cristy, the well-known archi.
tect OF Albuquerque, informs the CiH
zen that his residence, that he is erect
Ing on the corne of Walter street an d
Gold avenue, will be ready for occu-
pancy in about a month.
Zebbie Chewing, of Roswell, was
kicked on the head by a vicious burro,
and is suffering on account thereof.
DR.. Morgan is in attendance, and hopes
to bring him out all right, although
both eyes are swollen closed.
Ii. A, Bennett, of Roswell, this week
sold to William Ammonett and Robt.
Maddox the stock and good will of the
Legal Tender saloon down there.
Harry goes to San Angelo, Texas, to
reside and continue his business there.
The only business transacted IN the
district court at Albuquerque, yester-
day, was the naturalization of Prot.
Nicholas Di Mauro, who renounced his
allegiance to the king of Italy and cast
his first vote as an American citizen.
On last Friday night, the back door
of the Broadway restaurant at Silver
City was forced open by thieves, and
Sc 70 was taken from the cash drawer.
1t is suspected that this is the same
outfit which broke into several of the
business houses not long ago.
Henry Daniels shot and killed
Lafayette Fox, colored, in his house,
near the corner of Texas and Yankie
streets in Silver City. They with
several negroes, were 10 the house and
a dispute arose over some money which
had been obtained during the day.
George Timmins, Sr., Of Albuquer-
que, was helping to load Propper's
wagon at the freight depot, and In lift
ing a heavy box he stepped back and
fell off the wagon, striking the back of
mis- head On another wagon near by,
making a s.V" shape cut in bis scalp
about two inches long.
Much interest is manifested In the
races billed to take place at the Santa
Fe driving park on Thursday after
noon. The chief attraction will be a
mile trotting race, best two in three,
between DR.. Andrews "Johnny
Wiikes'' and Winners Colorado horse,
Commodore Medium.
The eyes of DR.. Thomas H. Burgess,
of Albuquerque, are closed in death.
The deceased went to that city years
ago from Du Quoin, ILL.,, and besides
purchasing properly on Broadway and
elsewhere, engaged in the drug bust
ness up to and within a few months
ago, when he retired from active bust
ness life.
Royal Wilson, who works at the
Harrison restaurant on north Third
street, in Albuquerque, looked out OF
the door and got a glance at a Catron
ribbon flying in the air. Royal made
a break to capture the ribbon, and just
as he entered the alley by be
tered a runaway horse tearing down
the alley with a spring wagon. and CO.
ing east. The wheels of the wagon
struck Royal on the left side, and he
lit On the ground with a s'dull, sicken-
ing thud." He soon recovered him.
self, but when he looked around he
found the horse with the wsg1n out OF
sight. Royal is around again, but be
is using a cane.