Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-04-17
TERRITORIAL TOPICS,

h'ecuuu'NS Will SiNou JUL, ~ hiuuuutr
que shortly.
Dan Fisher, OF Florence, Eidy coun
~, left for an extended visit In New
Paiis, Indiana.
DR.. Mcleod, Of Albuquerque, has
been at the hospital for some days pas
us a private patient.
A piano tuner from Denver stopped
In Clayton long enough to tune about
all the pianos in town.
This week is the beginning of the
third and last term of =. X. Wendell's
dancing academy, in Albuquerque.
Julius Eisemann arrived In Albuquer-
que on the flyer from Boston, after a
few months absence at headquarters.
John Flouruoy, father of M. w. and
j. @. Flournoy, returned to A~lbuquer-
que from an extended trip to the coast.
Allen & Heron are fencing in new
land and otherwise improving their
fine stock ranch, over in Union county.
Ed Robinson returned to Eddy from
his visit to Greenville, Texas, and will
remain 10 Eddy with Joyce, Pruit &
Co.
Melville Thorpe and William Burke
left Clayton for work in the southern
part of the county on the spring
roundup.
Chief Miller, of the Eddy fire depart
ment, is anxious the town be repre-
scented at Albuquerque in the coming
tournament.
G.. Wigelesworth, of Wichita, Kan
sas, has been at Roswell | oking over
the situation with a view Of engaging
in the sheep business.
The county commissioners met 10
Albuquerque and transacted routine
business. A number of bills were paid
by warrant. Next meeting on May 4th.
Special sgent r w. Newton, of the
United States land off Sc, returned to |
Roswell from an official trip to White
Oaks and other Lincoln county points.
Charles II. Owen, OF Denver, arrived
in A%lbuquerq lie and il already in
charge OF the office of the Santa Fe
coal agency there, rice j. e.. Butler,
deceased.
M. Balue, who made the proposition
relative to the erection OF a sixty-five
ton smelter in Albuquerque, states that
the cost of the plant In condition to be
operated will bs fully $25. 900.
Mrs. Paz valverde, of Clayton, re-
ceived a new piano. That town now
has fourteen pianos, five organs. a
string band, a cornet band and many
stripged instruments and q thousand
harps.
A business meeting of the Epworth
League was called at Eddy, after
prayer meeting. and Mrs. Robb, Miss
Berta Laverty, w. Fl. Woods and Rev.
Huggett were elected to membership
in the league.
The Epworth League at Eddy have
shown their appreciation of their pas
tor by presenting him with a purse CT
of $3.50 and a vacation of ten days to
attend the league conference at San
Antonio.
The meeting at the court house in
Eddy to discuss the sugar beet indus
try, proved that the people are very
much interested in the project of the
establishment Of a factory and in the
growth of beets.
Wesley Langford, of the firm of
Stanley & Lqngford, of Hagerman, was
taken suddenly i'll while IN Eddy, since
which time he has steadily grown
worse, and at present is suffering from
a ell-developed case of pneumonia.
Ben Owen is in Clayton from Fol-
som for the purpose of doing what he
car NJ, he say 8. to help the people obtain
free water and land for cattle and
sheep and upon which free shearing
theds and dipping pens may be
erected.
.s.Paint'' and "Pedro," DIR. Skip
with's Kell-known team, got tired
waiting for the doctor to get ready to
ONE back to Roswell, SO they came
their own responsibility. The buck
hoard driver took them back to Fl.
Sumner.
Or. r. W.. McGinnis, of Clayton, {
was summoned to the bedside Of j Sc
Montana, on Ute creek, about fifty
five miles distant, but the man was
before the doctor arrived. The
deceased had pneumo mia and neglected
medical assistance until toe 5fte
At Rito Blanco, Texas. Re3ici-
ano C. de Baca, one of thS
ierprising and wealthy
Union county, was married.
handsome and accomplished MISC
della Tafoya, at the residence OF athelS|
father, by Father ualterman- I
II. NJ. Foster, of Union county, one
of The most practical and most success
tul stock farmers in New Mexico, says
hat when a reservoir is built upon al
stream IN this country, the land far be-
low is rendered more moist and put
into a much better condition IN con
sequence.
In adjusting salaries Cor town Of
fcials for the coming year, at Eddy.
he retiring board Of trustees set the
salary Of marshal at $65 per month,
treasurer $50 per year, recorder 81 per
year, made no appropriation for at I.
and allows 5000 for scavenger !
work during the year.. s
Several head of calves were taken in ,
at Eddy by Inspector Dow, OF /,
he cattle sanitary board, for alleged /
violations Of the brand law. The ,
calves are claimed by the v v N, ,