Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-11-03
TERRITORIAL TOPICS.
lnztracts from our Exonanass.I

his parehts.
Assayer McKinlay has returned to
La Belle from a business trip OF a few
weeks at Denver.
j. B. Newman returned to Hermosa
from California, where he has been for
the past three months.
Harry Wood was in Bland from the
Peralta and reported mining in that
canyon as progressive.
& Herbert Woodbury., of Gloucester,
Mass, srrived at Las Cruces, expect
ing to remain some time.
The Whitney company at Albuquer-
que are having their new passenger
elevator put into the building.
Brick burning at the Chloride smelt-
err is completed. Other work about
the plant is progressing favorably.
Mrs. M. J Bascom is quite i'll at her
Mrs. E. H. Alton, IS expected to arrive
o
Ebe, the three-year-old daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Oreste Bachechi, after
an illness of several weeks, died at
Albuquerque.
Walter f. Evans, son of Mrs. Neil
Evans, who resided In Albuquerque, a
few years ago. died in Santa Barbara,
Cal, on Oct. 9th.
III. G. Crawford, who has been keep
ing books for the Roberts q Leahy
mercantile company, left Lordsburg
for his home at Topeka, Kansas.
Will Sloan, who has been in Bland
for a period bordering on two years,
went to the hospital at Santa Fe, owing
to the failing condition of his health.
Little Archie Dalglish fell into the
creek at Hillsboro, but was pulled out
by a good samaritan, who happened
along before the fish could get a nibble
at him.
Thomas Hobson suffered the dislo-
cation of an elbow. at Eddy, caused by
q horse rearing and striking him. DR..
Whicher attended and reduced the
fracture.
DR.. and Mrs. Given, of Hillsboro,
have both beer sick with diphtheria,
but are in a fair way to recovery
Their little son, Guy, has entirely re-
covered from the disease.
Judge Hamilton has announced that
he will arrive in Eddy, November 8tb,
and hear such chancery cases as may
be presented. No regular term of
court will be held next spring.
Major E. G. Ross, secretary Of the
R1.u aHa-;a1 Hn~na, Of i'm V1Inrafynn
will visit Eddy and Roswell in the in
terest of his forthcoming immigration
bureau pamphlet on irrigation.
Married, at Maxwell City, Siria M.
Dawson and Miss Lucy A. Mexican, at
the residence of the BRIDES sister, Mrs.
Gus Dawson. The ceremony was per-
formed by Rev. w. A. Phelps, M. e.
pastor of Springer.
VIM. Shaw, who served nearly a year
in the Colfax county Jail, being impli-
Gated with Broyles in the killing OF
Salaz,r at Ration, has again come to
grief in Kansas, as one of the party In
Jail for robbing a restaurant.
Z j. Westervelt, station agent at
Engle, arrived at Chloride from Her
mosa. Mr.. Westervelt has just returned
from a hunting trip over the range with
Dolph Reed and HI. A. MACEDONIAN.
They killed seven deer on the trip.
John Granger, of H. M. Pcrter's
store, at Springer, returned there, Fri
day of last week, from a ten-days' visit
in Denver, having been called there by
the serious illness of his aged mother,
who now fingers between life and
death.
Barney McNauley, florist and gar
6enerssat the Dorsey ranch, as we'll al
postmaster, brought into Springer
some celery, the stalks of which were
some two feet and a half long anc
bleached out to q perect yellow, leaves
and all.
Terry Mullen was at Bland from
the Peralta and reports mining in tina
canyon to be lively. He says Ina
Thos. Shields is pushing work on tn
81. S. H., upon which he recently
discovered an ore chimney of import
ant value.
Miss Jennie Lille is the name OF
young lady in Albuquerque who claim
to be- q niece of s'Billy the Kid (Johl
Lillie), and she is looking up the fact
leading to his killing, some fourteen
wears ago, over in Lincoln county b.
Pat Garrett.
Jacob Loebs informed the Albuquer
cue Citizen that one of his childre1
the little four-year-old, on last Satur
day. picked up a bottle cOntainln!
ammonia, and drank some of the con
tents. The mouth and tongue wer
badly burned.
Thos. Fl. Benson has brought owe
to Bland some fine specimens OF gol'
quartz from the aPuzzle" mine Il
Cola v They we're taken from
a fourteen foot streak which is highl.
mineralizad and carries values amount
ing to 500 to the ton.
c. II. Laidlaw, Of Hillsboro, took
trip out along the volcanic rock bel
between that place and Kingston
Hooking for game stones. He foun'
several pretty crystals. Mineral valley
howevar, Is the most likely spot in thi
camp TO find gem stones.
Inc case OF the leIEltoiy 70. ouo
Miguel de la Cerda will come up TO
trial on Thursday next at the, distric
court in Albuquerque. He is the al
legged Brazilian count who forced hl
attentions upon Merchant Dow
daughter at Tejique with dire results
F. M. Anderson arrived at La Bell
md left for Denver via his home 6
WaTsNAhaYg: Wine at La Belle, h
arranged for the annual assessment