Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-10-05
THE DAILY OPTIC.
East Las Vegas, New Mexico,
SAN MIGUEL COUNTY.
TERRITORIAL TOPICS.
lExtracts from Our Excnanses.l

The district court Of Bernalillo coun
ty is In session at Albuquerque.
Walter Butler has purchased tn,
business of the Cerrillos Coal company
Miss vena Campbell, of Hillsboro,
is teaching school at Graham, in tn,
Mogollons.
w. A. Phelps, of Las Cruces, wen
to Ell Paso for the purpose of consult.
ing an oculist.
Johnny Dissinger, of Hillsboro, wen,
to Rincon, with the view of starting Q
barber shop there.
The hard coal mine at Madrid has
closed down, thus throwing 200 men
out OF employment.
Mrs. N. B. Laughlin and little
daughters returned to Santa Fe from q
visit to Taos county.
w. E. Harper, OF the Mutual Life,
will superintend the baby show at the
coming carnival IN Albuquerque.
An informal reception was rendered
the students by the faculty of the agri-
cultural college, down at Las Cruces.
John Dean has opened a f~irst.class
short order restaurant in the real OF
John Krick's saloon, down at Cerrillos.
A. Jacoby has bought the l.. Freud
enthal stock of goods from Chas. A..
Solomon. assignee, down at Las Cru
ces.
George Timmins, the twelve-year-
old boy who has before wandered away
from his home In Albuquerque, is again
missing.
The leap year dance given by the
ladies at Webster hall, down at Hills.
poro, was largely attended and very
enjoyable.
Harry Rock, one Of the finest boys
OF Kingston, left to attend school at
Burlington, Iowa. His parents accom-
panied him.
II. G. Van Cleve and Miss Marguerite
Bell, we'll known Albuquerque people,
were united in marriage at San An
tonic, Texas.
The choir of St. Johns, Albuquer-
que, has been greatly strengthened by
the addition of Miss Guthrie's beautiful
soprano voice.
A. Bartlett pear tree on the Spatcier
ranch, Las Cruces, is again in bloom,
and gives promise of yielding a second
crop this year.
X. A. Stewart is reported to have a
most promising turquoise prospect
north of Cerrillos. He is steadily de-
veloping the claim.
The democrats, populIsts and free
silver republicans of Sierra coun-
ty have put into the field a ticket that
will prove invincible.
The feast of ST. Francis, the patron
saint of the city of the holy faith, was
observed at Santa Fe with great cere-
mony at the cathedral.
DR.. Chas. Montgomery,o of Barcelona,
Spain, who had been visiting his
mother and sister at Las Cruces for
several weeks, left for the east.
r. G. Hatton is back at Las Cruces
from an extended business trip in Old
Mexico. Mr.. Hatton expects to re-
tuen to Chihuahua about the 18th.
Rev. w. A. Phelps will leave Las
Cruces, the first of the week, for
Springer, his new charge. Mrs. Phelps
will remain there a short time longer.
David Barellas, the man who was
struck in the head with an axe at Gal
lup, last Monday, is still alive, al
though he has not regalned conscious
ness since he was hurt.
Geo. E Robin left Hillsboro for Dem
yer, to be present at the marriage of
his sister there. He will return in COM
panY with several capitalists, who de-
sire to look over the Hillsboro gold
district.
William Johnston, who has been at
Albuquerque for his health for the past
two months, left for his home in Trini-
dad, Colo. He expects to return to
Albuquerque IN a few weeks to remain
during the winter.
Miss Bertha McAntire, of Albuquer-
que, entertained a number of young
ladies and gentlemen 10 honor OF the
young ladies who assisted her at the
Sodring- Fennaar concert, and also four
other young ladies who are visiting
there.
The Rocky mountain conference of
the A. M E. church OF the jurisdiction
of Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Montana
and New Mexico, will be held in Albu-
querque, beginning on Wednesday, o.
tober 7lh, and lasting through Sunday,
October 18th.
Governor Thornton and staff, the
members Of troop E., N. M. cavalry,
some forty strong, and Prof. Perez's
band departed from Santa Fe for Dem
yer, to spend the week at the Mountain
and Plain festival. They will travel in
a special train.
Sheriff Max Luna, Of Valencia coun-
ty, delivered to the penitentiary author
titles in Santa Fe, Max Van Walden,
who will serve two years for larceny.
Sheriff Luna also turned in to the pen
one Andres, who gets one year for as
sault with a deadly weapon.
Sheriff Cunningham, of Santa Fe,
has made arrangements to send his
string Of race horses. including "Dob-
bins" .Raviola," "Lulu L." "Fancy
Boston," and 'Cornet," to the City !
of Mexico. They will go in charge of
their trainer, Jesse Rurk.
At the Las Vegas republican conven-
tion, the delegates from Dona Ana and
Grant counties met and selected A. l..
Christy to represent the two counties
in the council, and j. A. Ancheta, of