Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-06-30
rHE DAILY OPTIC.
East Las Vegas, New Mexico,
SAN MIGUEL COUNTY.
TERRITORIAL TOPICS.
lrxtracts from our Excnangss.i

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his Hermosa silver mines.
Prof. T. ID. Lieb is behind Kremi
Bros. counters, up at Springer.
Croquet by moonlight is getting t
be quite fashionable In Springer.
The range on the plains east Of Eddy
was entirely destroyed by recent fires.
Fish are plentiful in the Pecos river,
but 1t takes an expert to catch them.
j. NJ. Webster ga,e the Mexican
citizens OF Hillsboro a big free dance
at his hall.
Little Mabel O'Kelly fell and cut heI
hand quite severely, at Hillsboro,
while at play.
The 1 l. horsemen, OF Colorado,
were at Clayton with a bunch OF
horses for sale.
Slower & Co., Of Springer, have
about closed out their stock of gro
ceres, etc., at very low prices.
DR.. j. G. Slack, of Clayton, reports
Mike Rine, who is suffering with an
abscess of the liver, improving.
Carl Eklund has a crew of fence
builders at work, enclosing bis claim
near Clayton. Mr.. Ford Is foreman.
mrs. F. X. Wyman and children and
Mrs. Samuel Burnside, Of Deming, are
spending a most delightful summer at
Redondo Beach.
The sheriff's sale, as advertised, of
the ID. W. Cameron personal effects,
came off in front Of H. M. Porter's
store, up at Springer.
The ill -Seaberg and the Cory
buildings at Springer are nearing COM
plet ON, and work has been commenced
on the two Heck business houses.
The little daughter of c. w. Cow
den, OF Eddy, who underwent an
operation a few weeks since for the
relief of appendicitis, is recovering
rapidly.
Dr.. Rodman, OF Eddy, was called to
Hope to attend A. +. Boren, who was
seriously i'll. The patient was re-
moved TO Eddy, and is now resting
easier.
The Three G people, who drove
several thousand head OF cattle to
Clayton, have again reached there with
a herd Of 800. G. Glen Is the trail
foreman.
w. H. HoIabird, the newly appoint.
ed general manager Of the several
Pecos valley companies, arrived in
Eddy from Los Angel s, accompanied
by his son.
T. D. Curtis gave photograph en-
tertalnments at the residences OF DR..
F. l. Given and p. j. Bennett, at
Hillsboro, to large and delighted
audiences.
P. R. Van Horn, one of the discov-
erers CT the famous "Gypsey" silver
mine at Kina ston, renews his subscrip-
ton TO the Hillsboro AdrOcate from
Newton, N. J.
Clayton will not celebrate on the
Fourth. having surrendered to Folsom,
her more energetic neighbor, to
which place many of her citizens will
HE themselves.
Cattlemen in Grant county report
the increase this season as better than
at any time since the SOS and the out
look for a prosperous year is cores
pondingly bright.
At the next meeting of the woman
suffrage association, down at Hills
boro, it is proposed to read ex- Gov
ernor Princes famous free silver
speech to the audience. i,
1t is said that a number of Ration
citizens will appear before the board
Of commissioners at their meeting July
9th, to ask that board why their taxes
were raised at the last meeting.
C. L. Staples and Il. F. Staples,
brothers, who have been working with
S. A. Nelson on his lower Pecos valley
farm, were brought to Eddy for
medical treatment, both being slck~with
fever
j p. Roberts, Norfolk, Va , is reg.
istered at the Clayton hotel. Mr.
Roberts is being assisted by J. Ballard
ia the construction Of a handsome
dwelling for Judge Toombs, near
Clayton.
Il. J.. Philips, the contractor for the
completion of the Christian church,
over thereJ who suspended the work
on account of sickness, has returned
to Clayton and resumed work on the
building.
Samuel Fleming, arblind man from
GAINESVILLE Ohio, who was on his way
to Clarendon to visit his SOP, was
stranded in Clayton. Hs received do
nations from several of the citizens
and continued his Journey on the next
south bound train.
Pecos valley fruit is rapidly matur-
ing. Peaches from the ST. |. Roberts
orchard were put on the local market
at Eddy, and may be had regularly
from now on. They possess a fine
flavor and amply sustain the claims
made for the excellence Of Pecos valley
fruit.
At a meeting OF the silver men OF
Deming, it was decided to organizs a
bi-metallic league and q committee Of
seven, consisting Of A. J. Clark, J. A.
Mahoney, John Corbett, John L Burn
side, N. e. Bailey, Robert Campbell
and Otto Holtkamp, we're appointed on
permanent organization.
At the teachers examination before
Cocnty Superintendent Nymeyer. down
at Eddy, the following parties SUBJ
mitted papers: Miss jennie Potter.
Miss Matte Reiff, Miss Adelia
darcy, Miss Josie Witt. Miss Lucy
n.h u;.a Il Evalyu Ruah n