Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-07-25
TERRITORIAL TOPICS.
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The republican bi-metallic club Of
Coopey, Mogollon district, now mum
bers 800 names, and pledged to vote
for no man but a free silver advo-
cate.
Phil Curran, who was called to Den.
yer a short time ago on account of the
illness Of his wife, returned to Las
Cruces. Mrs. Curran has fully recov-
cred.
Mrs. Fuller, from Memphis, Tenn !,
a daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. G. M.
Peacock, will spend the remainder of
the summer with her parents, in d. ma
Ana county.
A. B. Robinson, of Ell Paso, has gone
to the Organ mountains, DOM Ana
county, to open up the s'McKinley"
mine, in which he recently purchased
a half interest.
The New Mexico supreme court,
Chief Justice Smith presiding, will
meet in regular session at the court
house IN Santa Fe on next Monday
morning at 10 O'Clock.
A special meeting Il the city board
OF education was held at Santa Fe and
a tax levy OF 5 mills on all real, per
sonal and mixed property in the city
Of Santa Fe was agreed upon.
At Upper Montclair, New Jersey,
by Rev. d. j. Mcmillan, Rev. Henry
S. Graham, of Socorro, was married 10
Miss Florence M. Chambers, daughter
of Rev. j. Chambers, of Innis ,orthy,
Ireland.
DR.. G. w. Harrison and family are
at Santa Fe from Albuquerque to spend
some time at the Palace. DR.. Harrison
has recently been operating in mines
at c ipple Greek and has been highly
successful.
The fire clay works, at Socorro, are
running full blast. About twenty-five
men are employed in and around the
plant. and the two huge kilns are kept
hot night and day to supply the trade
with their product.
The annual election of officers of the
hook and ladder company 10 Santa Fe,
was held, resulting as follows: Foreman,
r. Fl. Bowler; assistant foreman, II. S.
Lowitzki; secretary, c. o. Morgan;
treasurer, Clair Beatty.
The court house yard at Socorro is
being fenced with a stone wall, which
is to be about two feet high. 9. T.
Brown is hauling the rock, while the
labor, for the most part, is being per-
formed by the prisoners.
The governor has appointed M. B.
Stockton, of Ration, as a commissioner
to represent New Mexico at the Ten
nessee centennial exposition, which
was opened on May 1st, 1896, and
continues for six months.
Damacio Garcia, an insane man we'll
known about Santa Fe, is alleged TO
have died at a house near LamY, as a
result of o blow received, it is charged,
at the hands of Marcelino Garcia y Be-
gura, a ranchero on Ojo de la Baca.
The Pecos Valley company, incor-
porated under the laws Of Iowa, has
filed a certificate with the Territorial
secretary, over at Santa Fe, designat-
ing Eddy as its place of business in
New Mexico and E. 0. Faulkner as its
agent at Eddy.
Valley Lodge, No. 10, I. o. o. f.,
met q. Las Cruces and the following
officers were installed for the ensuing
term BY Grand Master N. f. Stevens:
Il L. Day. N. g.; d. G. Billings, ".
G.; Fred Holmers, secretary; Fred
Lehman, treasurer.
The regular annual meeting of the
Santa Fe fire department was held and
the following officers we're elected for
the ensuing year: Chief. J. L. Van
Arsdell; assistant. chief, j. s. CANOE
lario; secretary, G. o. Morgan; treas
urer, VIM. Bolander.
Just as soon as the extensive coke
ovens to be built at Ration are COM
pleted, work at the Blossburg mines
will be largely increased. La the mean
time. a large number of men will be
employed there to build the ovens and
necessary buildings.
Tom Faulkner, the genial merchant
OF San Miguel, and family, have moved
Is Ia Mesa, Dona Ana county, where
he has opened a store and bought out
she entire stock of Charles Worthing-
tom. MIR. Orr will take charge of the
business 10 San Miguel.
.Tohn r. KeIley, the old pioneer Of
G,llen, who owns some of the best
wells and mining machinery that ever
came pc New Mexico. has leased the
.Cartwrssht" property and has sew
eral miners at work extracting some
ore whici will be treated at his plant.
r. ;. Ewirg, attorney for the claim
ants in a large rumber of Indian depre-
da,ion claims against the government,
has beer in Ssnta Fe during the past
ten days, presenting final proof In q
number Of these cases before Dabney
N. Scales, assistant attorney general
for the Indian bureau.
z. II. Hall has received kilograms
at syn Pedro from Boston, that the
money needed to put mp a fve-stamp
mill at Golden, to treat ores from the
..Candelaria" mine, Is on Its way
there, aud M. Hal! is getting every
thing in shape to start building as
soon as the mill arrives.
The governor has granted full and
complete pardon to Jose A. Ulibarri
and Lonjuio Ulibarri, his son, indicted
ia Dona Ana county for the crime Of
murder. IN connection with Joseph
Campbell. twenty-one years ago.
This pardon Is based upon the fict
that grave doubts have arisen as to the
gujlt Of the Ulibarris and the adj