Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-03-12
THE DAILY OPTIC.
East Las Vegas, New Mexico,
4 SAN MIGUEL COUNTY.
TERRITORIAL TOPICS.

iErtracta from Our rrxcnaness.

Cristobal Sanchez was over at Tao
from Ocate.
Frank Conklin, Of Santa Fe, has re.
moved to Taos.
Juan Santistevan and family OF Taos
are visiting in Trinidad, Colo.
Geo. Berry, jr., guards the gatewa,
to Taos, at Wamsley's bridge.
Mrs. .. R. Smyth received q tele.
gram at Lordsburg, announcing ths
death Of her brother-in-law, DIR. M. A
Dunlap, at Centertown, Mo. (
Buck Gulse. after spending a month
at the hot springs in Rosali, Mexico,
arrived In San Antonio, en- route to bis
home in Picacho, Lincoln county.
Gov. Thornton has appointed Gull
lermo Trujillo collector Of taxes for
Taos county, to succeed Bonifacio Bar
ron, removed because he was 81, zoo
short in his accounts. "a
Judge L. B. Prince, of Santa Fe, re-
ceived q notification of his election as
a member Of the Society OF Maylower
Descendants, the headquarters of
VhA~A ~ AZ ANOV AoAhs a
George Hilton, OF Hagerman, is hav.
ing the remainder OF his ten-acre tract
planted to fruit trees. This orchard
will, doubtless, in a few years, bring
him a comfortable income.
The moot court held at the school
house, in Hagerman, by the literary
society, was well conducted and afford
ed much amusement to the audience,
as well as to the pa%rtlcipators.
Sergeant Edward Griffin and wife
and his wife's mother, Mrs. Dickinson,
passed through San Antonio for Silver
City. where the sergeant will take
charge Of the U. S. signal station.
Carl jerks and E. Nj. Reid are at
work with their teams blowing Pine
street, down at San Antonio, which
will be graded and several hundred
shade trees will be Immediately set
out.
During the spring and summer
months of this year, the San Marcial
band will give open air concerts in the
park, Sunday afternoons, as often as
the weather and circumstances will
permit.
Oldham Brothers, Of Ration, have just
received a novel apparatus in the way
of q DEMONSTRATING machine. 1t shears
a horse in a few minutes much more
perfectly than by several hours Of work
by hand.
The remains OF G. A. Murphy, of
Wilmington, ILL.,, were shipped east
from Santa Fe, accompanied by the
brother of the deceased. The depart
ed was twenty-five years of age and
died of consumption at the hospital.
Receiver S. B. Shelby at Santa Fe
sold at auction the effects Of Mr.. Claus
sen at the Palace hotel. The piano
went to John Dendall at $3.50; Mr..
Staab paid $3.50 for the two billiard
tables and Chef Vaughn bid in the
stoves.
Jas. Connors, Fred Weckerle and
Chas. Warrington, of San Marcial, closed
the hunting season for quail with q trip
to Rincon. They returned with $50
quail and a goodly number Of ducks,
and distributed them among their
friends.
w. W. Jones has completed the
survey of all the orchards 10 the new
town of San Antonio and is now busy
making out the deeds to the different
purchasers. He also spent two days
surveying at Carthage for the Carthage
Coal company.
Ramon Montoya, Of San Antonio,
spent several days at his sheep ranch
10 the Magdalena mountains. The
outlook for prosperous Landing has
never been better than this spring.
Landing and shearing will begin there
about April 10th.
Samuel Clark, who was found a few
days ago sick with pneumonia, in the
old tannery building, Albuquerque, by
Marshal Fornoff, and taken to the city
hospital, where he received good treat
ment, was sent to Santa Fe. Clark is
rapidly conyalescing.
Albert Lawson, an ex-policeman OF
Chicago, who has been stopping in the
Pecos valley since last November, was
sent home by friends at Eddy. lie is
a consumptive and has but a short
time to live. He was far gone on his
arrival and confined himself too closely
while at Eddy.
The $500 piano purchased by Miss
Dora Conroy, Of San MarcIal, was not
retained, because there were some
features about the instrument that
would not harmonize with the estab-
lisbed ability Of Miss Conroy as a
pianist. A more expensive piano has
been ordered from the same house.
Miss Mamie Randol, Of Albuquerque,
has gained permission Of the school
board to conduct q private school In
the school building, down at San Mar
cial, the public school term having
closed for lack Of funds. The tuition
fees will be-: Higher grade, 80 per
month intermediate, S1.50; primary,
81.
Hon. Jose Pablo Gallegos, of Rio
Arriba, sends the Historical society at
Santa Fe $40 toward the purchase OF
the pottery collection, in q letter in
which he speaks of his age, over eighty
years, but is glad TO help on the good
work. There are 800 more needed be-
fore the boxes can be opened. 4
J. NJ. Reid has completed the fence
around his new orchard at San AN
tonic and the land is beautifully laid
out so as to irrlgate the entire tract.
He will immediately act out 500 Mis-
sion and 300 Muscat Of Alexandria
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