Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-08-26
TERRITORIAL TOPICS,

n. IL. DOW, OF Euuys mas D6en noml
mated for sheriff by the democrats OF
that county.
Cecil Hostetter is expected to return
to Las Cruces from Denver with j
H. Riley, shortly.
Mrs Z. l. Hall and Miss Hem'ng
way left Santa Fe for Ojo Caliente over
the narrow gauge.
The public schools of Santa Fe, with
q kindergarten annex, will open on
Monday, September 7th.
Mrs. Oscar Lohman, Of Las Cruces,
while out at Dripping Springs, fell and
sustained a painful sprain.
MIR. and Mrs. w. P. Martin, Of Deca-
tur, ILL.,, are at Santa Fe for a visit.
They are domiciled with Mrs. Bush.
Mrs. Schultz, mother Of Mrs. Catron,
has arrived in Santa Fe frSm Los Ange-
les ard will spend the fall and winter
there.
Mrs. G. E. Chase and daughter,
Mable, left Les Cruces for New
York. They will be absent about three
months.
On motion OF Mr.. Catron, attorney
for the claimant, the Geronimo Matin
ct al grant case was dismissed in the
land court.
w. S. Hopewell, of Hillsboro, is the
proud father of a bouncing boy, but
the mother is said to be in a very criti-
cal condition.
George Cook, Of Socorro, is the
proud possessor of a Columbia wheel,
purchased through G. 7. Brown, agent
in. that place.
Professor and Mrs. Arthur Goss and
little son, who have been spending their
vacation in the Ruidoso, returned home
to Mesilla Park.
V v. Clark came down to Socorro
from Kelly and continued on to Cali
fornia, where he goes to attend the
Stanford university.
Mrs. E H. Alton, who for the last
TWO months has been visiting her moth
er at Las Cruces, left for Lerdo, Next
co, to join-her husband.
Mrs. j. D. Perkins will leave Hills
boro for California in about six weeks,
to undergo treatment for her sickness
with the aid of an x ray.
A large number of the Mexican
children of Mrs. Granger's mission
school went to the train at Las Cruces
to welcome her and her daughter
home.
Miss Millicent Barker, of Las Cruces,
is contemplating accepting a position
IN the ladies' college at Chihuahua,
and may leave for that purpose
shortly.
E~ighty-nine telephones are now In
use in Santa Fe. This is the full
capacity Of the present switch board
An additional switchboard will be put
in shortly.
A judgment was entered up in the
district cour at Santa Fe for $725.65
against the county of Santa Fe and in
favor of Arthur Seligman. Certificates
of Indebtedness.
Mrs. j. M. Woodwork expects tt
leave Las Cruces. shortly. for Chihua'
hua, Mexico, where she Will spend tht
mex three months visiting her son
John Woodwork.
Dionicio Monies, of Morence, Ariz
was married to Miss Josefita Acosta, .
Mesilla. Rev. j. Granger, pastor Q
the Catholic church at Mesilla, per
formed tho ceremony.
Vincent May, of Las Cruces. whil'
ont at the gold camp, helped to eat
ffty.flve pound watermelon that wa
raised at the Alamo Springs ranch
east of the mountains.
movement is on foot at Alouquer
oue to close the dry goods. clothing
and boot and shoe houses every nigh
AZ & O'Clock excepting Saturday, am
DAYS upon which the railroads pa
their employees.
The quarterly meeting OF the M: =
church, announced to be held last y
day. at Las Cruces. was postponed TO
several weeks, as Rev. @. L. Bovar'
found he was unable to be present Q
the appointed time.
In The United States court OF privat
land claims at Santa Fe, q fuli Denc
heing present, on motion of the Unite
states. an order was made allowing
correction Of the original decree M ?
Ignacio Chaves grant.
The clerk of the town council
Gallup wss recently instructed Dy tna
,hodv to correspond with Chief hupP
81 A~,bnoreroue, 70 ascertain what
SECOND hand hook and ladder outn
could pe purchased for.
The trial of tha San Jose del Eucina
tract case begun Ia the land cour'
The case involves from 1000 ! 0 3o'ou
acres Of land in Valencia county. =
s. Rodev represents the claimants an
W. H. Pope, the government.
Rev. T. S. Young handed in his REL
ignatlon on Sunday last, as pastor {
tRe First Baptist church, IN Albnquel
oue. This climate does not agree VII
Mrs. Young and her physician . ao
yised moving to a lower altitude.
The soliciting committee OF the Te'
ritoriai fair, at Albuquerque, Messrs
Ilfeld, Myers and Washburn, VINO nav
been uut:ring ia their efforts, have rt
ceived Ia subscriptions the snug sum {
~. 500. With many firms and Indivle
uaIs yet to heal from.
w Fl Hubbard, assignee for Il. N
Hosick, Chicago, teIegraphed w. =
skinner. manager of the local hou;
at Albuquerque, that settlement wou'
be made IN a day or two, when tue a
tacbments issued by the receiver OF u