Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-03-10
THE DAILY OPTIC.
East Las Vegas, New Mexico,
SAN MIGUEL COUNTY.
TERRITORIAL TOPICS.

at intervals.
Blacksmith shop for rent. Inquir
at the Stockntan Office. Gong out {
business, are you, Hutchf
The Cieneguella grant was on heal
ing before the u, s. court Of privat
land claims in Santa Fe, yesterday.
Burglars broke into Portertield'
drug store at Silver City. and stol
more than a 500 worth Of cigars.
Adolph Witzel has sold his interes
in the saloon business at Central
Grant county, to H. j. Hutchinson.
j. G. Dixon, late OF Rockwell City
Iowa, has bought two lots from G.. A
Keith, down at Roswell; consideration
5000.
ID. b. Merry Is the hustling rea
estate man who dispenses justice as
side-issue at Hagerman, Chave
county. Z
Miss WARY j. Trip returned TO Las
Cruces from Albuquerque, where sh,
attended the dedication Of q Methodist
mission school.
DR.. Z. II. Skipwith left Roswell fol
Fort Sumner. to look after matters
coming within the jurisdiction OF an U.
y. commissioner.
Judge Evans, of Roswell, Is now
domiciled in the bank building, up
stairs, where his clients can find him
during business hours.
Burns Dimmitt and G. w. johnson
have leased the "Texas'' house at Ros-
we'll from Fred Roth, and have fitted
up same with new furniture.
Miss May Goodin, who has been vis-
ting friends in Roswell and vicinity
for the past two months, left for her
home west of White mountain.
The dead body Of a Mexican woman
was found near Madden's Springs,
about one mile below Prescott Aliens
ranch, or Walnut creek, Grant county.
Herbert Bishop was married.to Miss
Josie Whitehill, down at Silver City.
The ceremony was performed by Rev.
A.. A. Hyde, pastor Of The Methodist
church.
Assay reports from the ore OF the
'sGolden Bell'' mine in the San Mateos,
received last week from Assayer G. E.
DeForrest, of Denver, give a return in
gold of $l40.98.
Two tramps gained entrance to
Frank Amador's room, back of the
Amador store, down at Las Cruces, and
cleared out the wardrobe. They were
caught and Jailed.
There was a special meeting at the
Roswell club to listen to a proposition
from Eddy for the citizens of Roswell
to take stock in a beet sugar factory to
be established at Eddy.
Angelo Alvarez. Of Dona Ana coun-
ty, had his house, sheds and forty cords
Of wood destroyed by fire. Jesus Ri
wares lost his house by fire, the same
day, down near Anthony.
e. L. Wildly has constructed an
earth tank on his block, at Roswell,
which he supplies from his artesian
well and uses the water to irrigate his
orchard, garden and lawn.
The many old friends of A. II. Rock
afellow were made glad when he
doomed up ON the streets of Roswell
from Evart, Michigan, to again be-
Come a citizen OF that place.
City Marshal Kilburn is doing better
service, in repairing the streets at
Silver City than any incumbent of the
Office for years past, and it is costing
the city less than ever before.
A party Of eight New York capital
lists have rented the Grayson residence
and employed Mrs. Strong as cook and
contemplate spending the summer in
H.l!sporo, in pursuit Of mining.
Miss Fannie Morehead, one of Silver
City's favorite daughters, left for New
ton, Kansas. There she will meet her
intended husband, Frank Hall, former
ly a respected resident of that city.
j. S. Williamson, of Roswell, has
purchased the store-house and stock
of the late Joe Colman, at Fl. Sumner,
and will r~eplenish the same with a
complete line Of general merchandise.
Father Melon, Of Lincoln, who has
had Roswell and Hagerman in his
p~astorate charge, has been relieved Of
these two charges. Father Kempker,
of Eddy, has been appointed in his
stead.
II. A. Gudger, special Indian claim
q .eLt. " as in Las Cruces, taking depo-
sitions in a number Of Indian depreda-
ton claims. He IS a relative of j. A.
Baird, and was stopping with the Baird
family, down there.
q. B. Whitehill has purchased the
stock and fixtures of the firms Of Biggs
& Whitehill and H. H. Whitehill & Co.,
at Silver City, and will hereafter carry
on the business at the store formerly
occupied by H.. H. Whitehill & Co.
Capt. Sol. Spiegelberg, collector for
Santa Fe county, has turned over to
the proper %treasurers his tax collections
for the month ended February 29th,
1896, as follows: Territorial, $S75.16;
county, 81, 266 20; city of Santa Fe,
9555. 90 town of Cerrillos, $40; total,
81. 206 .21.
The stain on some Of the hair, taken
from the back Of one OF Col. Fountains
horses, found at the spring across the
white sands in an opposite direction
from where the abandoned blackboard
was found, has been chemically analyz-
ed by DIR. Crosson, OF Santa Fe. 1t
proves to be blood.
Word has been received at Las Cru
ces. from a reliable source, that the
names of two prominent English capt.
falists have been added to the director
ate of the BOYD irrigation scheme, and