Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-07-24
TERRITORIAL TOPICS.
IR.tracts from our E.cnansss.l

A. W. Hobbs, OF Mt. Vernon, Illinois,
arrived at Ration on a visit to his BROTH
or, A. l.. Hobbs.
Word was received at Rincon OF the
about twelve miles from that place.
II d. Gage, an attorney Of Pecos,
Texas, was in Lincoln. He has been
employed to defend r. A. Casey ct al.
Quite a number of Ration people are
frustrating in the mountains OF New
Mexico, enjoying excellent fishing and
hunting.
A dance is booked to take place at
St. Francis hall, Santa Fe, on Saturday
night, for the benefit of St. Francis
brass band.
Brother Botulph, the enterprising
chief at st. Michael's college. left San
ia Fe for a business trip to Bernalillo
and Las Vegas.
Mortimer kaufman, travelling for
A. Staab, returned to Santa Fe from a
highly successful business trip through
northern New Mexico.
Miss Mary Everitt, general delivery
clerk at the p~ostofice in Albuquerque,
will soon leave for an outing at Camp
Whitcomb, accompanied by her moth.
er.
DR.. Jack and wife, of Philadelphia,
parents of Mrs. @. C. Shoemaker, are
visiting in Silver City. They will ex-
tend their trip to Alaska before re-
turning.
The Virginia club, which has been
in existence about six months, and was
operated as a gentlemen's mess and
reading room, in Silver City, was DIS
banded.
Judge Balue says the Cerrillos smell
ter goes, whether a cent is Subscribed
by the citizens of Cerrillos or not.
There is abundant capital behind the
enterprise.
Parties have about completed ar
rangements for the erection of a
smelter at Elizabethtown. This will
do more than anything else to develop
the new gold fields.
Photographer I. j. Culran, OF Santa
Fe, is turning out some very attractive
pictures of the Mexican woman ssheal-
err" Santa Teresa, now creating such
a furore at FL Paso.
The irrigation company at Eddy has
placed an order with a Los Angeles
firm for a car load of baskets and
crates to be used in handling the
grape crop now maturing.
L. G. Spaulding has resigned the
position of bookkeeper for the Helen
mining company at Graham, Grant
county. He is now visiting friends at
Pinos Altos and will probably locate
there.
DR.. G. N. Wood, Of Silver City, has
gone to California to visit his aged
parents. During his absence, DR..
Kennon will have charge of his prac-
tice, and can be found at the Office of
DIR. Wood.
The total valuation of taxable prop
erty in Grant county, as shown by the
assessors returns, is $3, 769, 900. The
raises made by the assessor amounted
to $379,440, or 10 per cent. of the total
valuation.
B. F. Houts received a letter. at
Ration. from JAS. THEY, from New
Whatcom, Washington, in which Jim
states that his wife presented him with
a daughter and that they named her
Columbia.
Senior Herrera, OF Socorro county,
father Of Cairo, who is in Jail at LIN
coin, visited him there. An order from
Judge Hamilton for the release of the
prisoner, is confidently expected by the
father in every mail.
Prof. M. r. Gaines, formerly of the
New Mexico university, has accepted
the presidency Of Tlllilson college at
Austin, Texas. He will enter upon his
duties September S0lh. This college
has 175 pupils enrolled.
Joaquin Alire has been elected leader
OF st. Francis brass band at Santa Fe,
and under his direction the members OF
the same expect to make better pro-
gress than heretofore; also, three new
members have been admitted.
J.. d. Lathrope, a capitalist of Glou-
cester, Mass, and president Of the CON-
pany controlling the Blackington
mines in the San Andreas district, or
rived in Socorro and went across the
river to look at the properties Of his
company.
John Greenwald, of the Golden
Crown mills, at Socorro, reports the
wheat crop larger this year than ever
before in the history Of the country, and
it is better and cleaner wheat than
ever before, owing to the introduction
of good seed.
The governor has commissioned DR..
David Knapp. of Santa Fe, as captain
and assistant surgeon, First regiment,
New Mexico militia, and Louis II
Chamberlain, Of Albuquerque. as Sec
ond lieutenant of company G, in the
same regiment.
The Albuquerque fire department
will hold their regular monthly meet
ing, next Tuesday night, at which time
the tournament committee will make a
All persons indebted to the
tournament or dance committee Will
please pay up before that time.
Cards have been received in Albu-
announcing the marriage OF
Edward Buxton Cristy and Miss Estelle
Gillespy, on Monday, July goth. at
Denver. Mr.. and Mrs. Cristy will be
at home, in Albuquerque, after Sep
LIST, at 615 East Iron avenue.
The services at the Presbyterian
ohrroh IN Ration. next Sabbath morn