Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-10-28
TERRITORIAL TOPICS


A piano has been added to the high
school in Albuquerque, for the use Of
pupils.
The ladies of the park association at
Albuquerque, cleared 5000 from The
court ball.
The next meeting of the Congrega-
tional association will be held at Gal
lup, next year.
The residence of Mrs. w. +. Talbot
was considerably damaged by fire and
water, down in Albuquerque.
A parcel of thieves got into Clark &
Co.'S, store at Deming, through the
rear door. Only a few dollars Of cash
were missing.
Robert Kistler, employed by David
A. Bittner, Albuquerque, has been
confined to his bed several days
through illness. 3s,T
Grace, the seven-year-old daughter
of Alderman Cummings, who has been
sick in bed for ver a week, in Albu-
querque, is improving.
DR.. r. F. Stovall, formerly of Dem
ing, but now mining in Mexico, recent
ly made a ton Shipment to Ell Paso,
which yielded him So. $50.
W. w. Strong, contractor and
carpenter, at Albuquerque, received a
message that his brother, G. s. Strong,
was dangerously i'll at Colorado
Springs, Colo.
James Stlnson, the big sheep-raiser,
east of Albuquerque, states that he
never saw the country, adjacent to that
place, look 50 fine and the stock in
such excellent condition.
J. Romuldo Salazar was buried In
Santa Barbara cemetery at Albuquer-
que, the funeral services being held at
the church Of Immaculate Conception.
Deceased was seventy-six years OF age
and we'll known.
Two men met in Bland, the other
day, called it the republican primaries,
drew up credentials and sent them to a
third man in Albuquerque, to represent
that precinct as delegate in the repub-
lican county convention.
The washington" mine, Cochiti
district, has increased its force and is
adding improvements at and about the
mine. This mining property con-
tinues to be an occasional shipper, and
is producing a plentiful supply OF good
ore.
To-Day is the festival Of SITS. gSimon
and Jude; services at Holy Faith
church, over in Santa Fe, at 4 80 p. m.
Next Sunday is All Saints day, and it
is hoped that all who have lost friends
during the past year, will be at pains
to attend service.
Henry Coleman aud John Reed, the
two cowboys who were put in the
Jnarez Jail, Mexico, with the late Is
rael King, of Deming, were sentenced
to eight years. imprisonment. The
evidence against these men was en-
tirely circumstantial.
The teachers, school officers and all
interested in education in New Mexico,
are invited to the x meeting of the
Educational association at Socorro
which begins Monday evening, Decena-
Der 28lh, and continues through Thurs
day afternoon, December 31st.
Bank Inspector Lazear arrived at
Eddy and at once set to work to inves-
tigate the affairs Of the bank. He
stated to the Current that the bank
would open up within thirty days. and
that everything connected with the
institution was as stated by the presi-
dent last week.
Cards have been received in Santa
Fe, announcing that Clark Hamilton
Gregg, pleasantly remembered as a
former Santa Fean, and Miss Carrie
Young will be united in marriage at
Urbana, Ohio, On Tuesday, November
3rd. They will be at home after De-
cember 1st, at 1441 Lafayette street,
Denver, Colo.
Marshal Fornoff, of Albuquerque,
took five prisoners to the penitenitary
at Santa Fe. They were James O'Don-
nell, grand larceny, n year; Neville
Leggett, grand larceny, one year; judi
o Allen Page, forgery, one and one
half years Ivan Jacques, larceny, two
years, ard Ezekiel Canno, burglary
and larceny, two years.
William r. Bushby, special examiner
OF the civil service department, assisted
by Mrs. L. E. Werner, J. W. Mcdonald
and D. E. Phillips Of the local board,
ut Albuquerque, examined four APP
plicants for filling vacancies in the de-
partmental and government printing
services. There was one for railway
mail clerk, two watchmen and one
bookbinder.
Messrs. B. j. Young, James A. Cath
car and w. HI. Bartlett were in Santa
Fe from the Red River mining district
of Taos. The first named is postmas-
ter at Red River City, and the latter
two are capitalists from Atlantic City,
N. ] who are putting up the cash for
the new fortY-ton smelter at Red
River. They say that the smelter will
be started on Monday next.
An order Of court was issued at AL.
buquerque, in The case of j. w. Schc-
field, receiver, rs. the Horse Springs
cattle company, upon motion Of the
defendant, whereby the sale of the cat
tie made ON the 9th day of January
last, was set aside. The defendant gave
bail In the sun Of $4,000 to guarantee
that upon resale more could BIO r%ealiz-
ed than the receiver had obtained.
Colony superintendent Nesbit, Of
Eddy, was at Roswell purchasing
mules for the beet sugar company.
The company will rig up six four-mule
teams with three-and-a-half inch
Studebaker wagons provided with four
inch tires, for hauling beets. Each
wapon will haul from fOur IN five tons