Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-11-25
THE DAILY OPTIC.
East Las Vegas, New Mexico,
san MIGUEL COUNTY.
TERRITORIAL TOPICS.


NJ " hAoa8a&~n
Frank Crosson, Fred Brueggemar
and AL Hobbs returned to Ration fror
a several days hunt on the lakes nea
Maxwell City. They brought in
wagon load of ducks and six wilc
geese.
Pillar Montana and A. Montana ar
accused Of having feloniously mad
AWAY with some ten head Of cabbag
belonging to a son Of the iowery king
dom, who IS gardening in the southern
part Of Socorro.
Sheriff Marion Littrell is acting q
deputy cattle inspector at Springer
All shipments from Colfax county ar
looked after by him. As Marion is
thorough cattleman, tho job is In ever,
instance done proper.
Down In Socorro county, New Mexi
co, 8. G. Hanna, the republican nomi
nee for treasurer, was defeated. Hi
name no doubt made many believ,
that he vas in cahoots with his name,
sake, OF national fame.
Dr.. Alternately nearly lost his breath
when he was presented with his certif,
cate Of election as coroner Of Socorrc
county. He had been laboring under
the impression that he had met defeat,
because some one told him so.
The "Richmond'' mine, of Sierra
county, will ship two full carloads Of
first.clas ore within the next few days.
All of this ore will average over 800
per ton, and the proceeds will go far
to enliyen the general business situa-
ton.
G. j. Dold, secretary and manager oil
the "Montezuma" company, has been
pushing work rapidly on the company's
Red River property. Everything will
be in readiness to begin work on the
placer mines in the spring, on a large
scale.
G A. Gill, Of Roswell, shipped a fine
LOT Of Pecos Valley cabbage to the
Texas markets. 1t will not be very
long TIL the markets OF the Lone Star
state will be literally supplied with
vegetable products of every description
from that valley.
Jno. Ryrne, j. D. Cameron, Mr..
Ward, G. A. and Chas. White and
others, OF Eddy county, sold their full
stock of wool. Prices realized were
slightly in advance to those OF last fall,
caused undoubtedly by the number of
sheep men who have gone out of the
business.
J.. w. Jones, Of Frisco, who went
east for a stay of several months, has
returned to Socorro. He says one
month was enough for him. He visited
his old stamping grounds in Mississippi
and Alabama, but was so homesick for
New Mexico that he took the shortest
route back.
Intelligent work has made the &C.
and c." mine at San Pedro one of the
best properties in that camp, and one
which will compare favorably with any
in Colorado, or elsewhere. A tunnel
has been driven several hundred feet
In the mine, intersecting a shaft seven
ty-five feet deep.
On the ranch of Mr. Knight, near
Pennington, are a number of black
walnut 'rees which have, for several
years, produced heavy crops. There
are q number of varieties OF trees on
this ranch which remind one of back
east, among them being sycamore,
elm and persimmon.
Phoenix, a little town a mile below
Eddy, was the scene of a triple killing
recently, which occurred in the saloon
OF Argyle Rhoads, the victims being
two Mexicans and Rhoads, the owner
of the saloon. 1t was q fight with
guns, and all the participants in the
bloody fray me- death.
All the wool in that part ofthe Pecos
vally has been cleaned up, and there
will be nothing further done till next
spring. All the wool stored with the
Matheson Commission company, at
Eddy, was shipped to eastern buyers.
The price realized was from five to
seven and a half cents a pound. 1t is
expected that the spring clip will bring
a better figure.
What is known as the "Bob Carley
strike," near Golden, is attracting
widespread attention, and, contrary to
the usual rule, the nearer one APP
proaches it the more he hears OF it.
From all accounts, a streak OF fabu-
lousy rich ore has been uncovered,
which, when pounded up, yields as
high as So to the pan. Considerable
work has been done on the lead, and
SO far it fully holds up to Its first prom
ises, but OF course no one can tell what
it will develop into, as work advances.
The past two weeks the stock yards
at Springer have presented a lively
appearance. Numbers Of cars OF cattle
have been shipped to eastern markets
by companies within a radius OF sew
enty-ive and one hundred miles.
Sheepmen have also com in for q
share of the large shipments, o~ccas'oned
by large purchases by eastern buyers
for feeding purposes as well as in-
voices to the markets. More stock
has been shipped from that point dur
ing the past two weeks than In any
corresponding length Of time for sever.
al years.