Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-10-13
TERRITORIAL TOPICS.
lrxtracts from our Ercnanrss.I

City yia the "Conidence" mine, has
been completed.
Mr.. and Mrs. frank X. Wyman. Of
Deming, are rejoicing over the birth
Of a bouncing baby boy.
A very pleasant and interesting So
cial was given by the lady members OF
Helen Rebekah degree lodge Nc. z l.
o. o. F., down at Silver City.
The funeral of q little Arab took
place at Las Cruces and excited con-
siderable interest to outlookers, unac-
customed to the ways Of Arabia.
Zelnora Grove No. 1 of the Wood
men circle expect to give a leap year
ball, Thanksgiving evening at the Har-
vey house, down at San Marcial.
At the adjourned republican district
convention held at Las Cruces, Don: H
Kedzie, Of Lordsburg, was nominated
for the legislature from the fourteenth
district.
Three of the thieves who assisted in
relieving Henry Nordhaus of $1,000
worth of goods at Deming, we're cap
tured in Lordsburg by Deputy Sheriff
Hardin.
On the farm of E. D. Faulkner in
the Roswell country are six acres OF
celery, which without exaggeration
can be said to be as fine as any in
America.
George Anderson, of Chicago, a
registered pharmacist and telegraph
operator, is q recent addition to Spring
er, he being employed by Kremis Bros,
up there.
Two cars OF hcgs we're shipped from
Malaga, Eddy county, billed for the
Fort Worth market. They were SEM
out by Manager Thomas Stokes, OF the
Young ranch.
Mrs. w. H. Howard was called to
Water Canon from San Marcial by o
telegram that her daughter, Mrs. Ed.
LeBreton. who is enjoying an outing,
was I%ndisposed.
Mrs. Nudge and Miss Nudge. mother
and sister respectively, of F. F. Nudge,
who have been stopping at Deming fol
the past few weeks, started for theiI
home in St. Joseph, Mo.
A Mexican named Cosmo Galvan,
who has been employed by Thomas
Lyons on the ella farm, Grant county,
was drowned while attempting to cross
Bear creek during a food.
Col. Dick Hudson, chairman of the
Grant county republican central COM
mittee, has established republican
headquarters in room 1, Rosenberg
Block, down at Silver City.
The failure of the First national bank
of Eddy, N. M is announced. The
bank had a capital of $4,000. Its
last report showed an Indebtedness to
depositors of about $4,000.
Nine. A. Petin expects to leave Las
Cruces. for Ell Paso, where
abe will spend a week visiting friends
prior to her departure for her future
home in Vera Cruz, Mexico.
Rev. B. B. Scoggins returned to la
Cruces from Roswell, where he hat
gone to attend the M. K. south confer
ence. He was r~e.appointed to the La
Cruces charge for another year.
The Sp .inger schools begin on tn
18th of October, with two teachers
Miss Kriberg and Mr.. Lieb. On tn
18TH OF November, a third teacher
dilario Baca, will be employed.
Rev. J. E. Sawders, who succeed
Rev. L. L Gladney at San Marciai Il
a couple of weeks, practiced dentistr,
in San Marcial, some five years age
He from Pecos City, Texas.
The Colonial mining company, 9
Grant county, demonstrated its genei
Gus aud progressive spirit by putin
M 5000, spot cash, to aid in bnlldin
the new road from Mogollon to Silve
City.
In a horse race at Deming betwee
the bav mare, owned by Waite
Weatherwax, and John Doran's SORE
the bay won BY about four feet, CIV
ing the sorrel twenty feet at the GU
come.
E. Peuniweil's t~wo-year-old daugf
ter is a genuine Silver City goid-bue
She swallowed three gold buttons, u
gether with a gold chain, four incht
in length, upon which the buttons wei
fastened.
The enrolled pupils in the san Al
tonic school now number seventy an
will probably increase fifteen Driven
more. A new 16x3o IS peiu
fitted up for the accommodation OF 10
unusually large attendance.
The Springer water works compaf
has been engaged in moving their pun
house to the lower reservoir 70 pun
water to the upper reservoir. Int
have promised the people better wat
and the people only hope they Will ~
fill their promise.
J. P. Hansen, who lives on u
Henry Nelson place. one mile ana
half east of Springer, had hls o
entered by thieves and nearly all .
personal effects taken, includii
clothing, private papers, gun, dishe
eatables and q number Of other ar
Giles.
The residence OIL A. j. Clossin
Deming was entered by burglars al
about $50 worth of property stolen
pair of eyeglasses that were tax
were recovered, found in possessl'
of one OF the hobos who was implicat'
in the Nordhaus robbery, at tn
place.
The report of Prof. Hughes, prin'
pal of the schools Of Silver City, to !
board of education, for the first soho
month ending October 2nd, shows
enrolment Of 161 males and i
females, e total Of 304 The avera
daily attendance was 244, the percer