Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-11-17
The DAILY r
East Las Vegas, New Mexico,
san MIGUEL COUNTY.
TERRITORIAL TOPICS,
lnxtracts from Our Excnans.s.l

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Volker, Of that place, have been Il
White Oaks the past few days.
Bennett & Weber, Of La Belle. hav,
the lumber on the ground for a larp,
addition to their livery barn, and will
commence building 10 a few days.
w. Days teams, which have beer
at work on the smelter ditch nea,
Red River City, were taken back Il
Stonewall, the ditch having been com
pleted.
A boarding house keeper OF Albu
querque remarked yesterday that sht
was compelled to turn applicants away
owing to the large number snquirine
for board.
Constable @. d. Mayer and posse, Of
White Oaks, returned Friday nigh,
last, after following the trail OF The
stage robbers to the ella valley and
there losing it.
Capt. j. H. Anderson and family, Of
Canada, will remain In Santa Fe all
winter. In June, they anticipate q
journey OF 5000 miles with the Chris
tian endeavor excursionists.
John J. A. Dobbin was in Socorro
during last week laying in supplies for
winter. Mr., Dobtln has an a No. /
gold mine, the "Wall Street,, that
will make him rich some day.
L. e. Sipe. of La Belle, is contem-
plating a two or three months visit to
Texas this winter. Lutte does not feel
that he is particularly well adapted to
a winter at the La Belle altitude.
New Mexico ranks sixth in the pro.
duction Of I'm washed wool in the
United States, according to the esti-
mate given by the official bulletin of
the national wool growers association.
Mrs G. T.. Bishop and little daugh-
ter returned to Santa Fe, from an ex.
tended visit in Connecticut. She was
accompanied home by the mother OF
Mr.. Bishop, who will remain there all
winter.
The BIGGER ranch Of 800 acres, and
a fine adobe house, near Albuquerque,
were bought in at the recent sale by
Mrs. Bessie r Lssquereux, who held a
lien on the property. Amount paid,
IS. 900,
A half interest 10 the Roswell Regis
ter is advertised for sale. The stipula-
tions Of purchase being that the buyer
must first, possess 5000 in cash; sec.
ond, be young in years; and third,
have no entangllng matrimonial ALI
ances.
w. FL. Stevens is having two new
ASSAY furnaces built in his laboratory at
Albuquerque, which, when completed,
will surpass anything of the kind in
the southwest. They are built after
the plan laid down by Ricketts,, who is
authority on metallurgy.
In the mortgage foreclosure suit OF
Hitchcock Us. the old Santa Fe Electric
company, of Santa Fe, Judge Laugh
lin has rendered a decision that the
new company is liable for the whole
debt. 1t is understood that appeal will
be taken to the supreme court.
The WILDER Stock company play at
Santa Fe on Monday and Tuesday anc
Las Vegas Wednesday and Thursday
nights. Floyd Whitson, the all around
actor Of Albuquerque, and Rhe Lor-
raine and Edwin Barlowe have decided
to cast their lots with the company.
1. S. Osborne, of Eddy, says that if
people want chrys anthemums, all they
have to do is to grow them. He says
they can be cultivated and brought to
perfection as easily as alfalfa. In fact,
he says they a be grown where alfal-
fla would not lIve-on hills among
rocks.
The young ladies Of Socorro gave a
leap year party to the young gentle
men Friday evening. Lunch was
served in the old building formerly &C.
cupied by Biavaschi. An enjoyable
time was had by all. 1t is said a re-
turn party is contemplated by the gen.
tlemen.
A. G. Mclean, Of Toronto, Canada,
who has been in Albuquerque for about
a month, went out to Harsch's Coyote
Springs, and has taken quarters in the
new houae, which was recently COM
pleted. Coyote, with its mineral wa
tiers, is becoming a popular health re-
sort.
Miss Fatima Lilli gave an enter
tainment in San Mareial. Her songs
were of the catchy order, her dancing
graceful and her Evolutionary rendi-
ton of the Roman gladiators particu-
larry good. The lady and her man
ager are up to date in the theatrical
profession.
JUDGE Hamilton was to arrive in Ed
dy, from socorro, Monday last, to hear
chancery cases, but rescinded his de-
termination and notified the bar there
that his trip would be postponed indef
He did not consider the bust
ness there, at this time, sufficient 70
justify the trip.
The Eddy suger factory whistle has
let its gladstone tones caper gaily over
the bills and gambol among the valleys
Work has been pushed at q
day and night stride and everything is
expected to be ready to commence
on the 9TH inst. A beet sugar
is a big factor in the prosperity
Of any section and the Eddy farmers
may well feel jubilant.
George Fl. Brown, the solid war
of Anchor, near La Belle, is still
at it. He has some of the best
property in the district and has been
his time to develop it into q
for himself and partners, and
while he is not making any long
talks about the richness OF bis
it is a well known fact to the
OBJ server that they rank among