Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-04-23
THE DAILY OPTIC.
Fast Las Vegas, New Mexico,
san MIGUEL COUNTY.
THE NEW MEXICO news.
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Clayton Enterprise.
Union county was visited by q soak
ing rain, Monday night.
Benton Stewart is building a fence
around his home at Clayton.
Dr.. McKesson is building a railing
around his residence at Clayton.
M. Newman has purchased four lots
in north Ration and will build a hand
some new residence, this summer.
Miss Bessie Hood is among the un-
fortunate at Silver City, the grip being
the cause.
The little son OF L. A. Sicily, Of Sill
yer City, has q severe attack OF the
measles.
There are q large number CT strangers
In Silver City, presumably looking over
the grounds with q view to locating.
Public improvements seem to be the
order of the day at Clayton, particular
ly the erection of fences.
w. p. Stebbins. of Maxwell City,
has purchased the Springer house, and
is now a resident of that place.
Thos. II. Hobbs, OF Mt. Vernon, H.
inois, father of A. L. Hobbs, OF Ration,
died at his home, of paralysis.
w. &. Hughes, of Springer, has
disposed OF his interest In the hotel
there. He will make Ration his home.
Chris Otto has let a contract for
building him a nice residence In Clay
ton, near the Schleter residence.
A family OF colored people are oc-
cupying the house vacated by the dead
Cinnamon, over at Clayton.
The U. L. d. club was entertained
very pleasantly at Ration by Miss Alice
Twltty.
Col. Love has planted quite a mum
Der of shade trees in his front yard at
Clayton.
DIR. Kittrell, of Socorro, has been
practicing dentistry in Lincoln for q
few days.
Mrs. S. T. Gray of Lincoln, stuck a
needle in her foot, breaking o part Of it
off in the member.
Ranchmen from all sections of Union
county reportthat the range is in ex-
celIent condition.
Action on the re-opening Of the
Palace hotel at Santa Fe cannot be
taken any too soon.
Mrs. Lackey, of Clayton, is doing a
thorough cleaning, painting and re-
pairing at her home.
VIM. SearIs has moved his watch re-
pairing establishment to Thompson's
drug store at Clayton.
Dad Wolford, of Clayton, has had
two large tanks built on the Tramperos
for storing surplus water.
Charlie Smith is building a new
house on his claim near the Thorp
ranch, three miles from Clayton.
Luis Abram Z.mora. q young man
of Old Albuquerque, was accidentally
killed by the discharge Of a rifle.
Rev. s. A. Dyson, Of Clayton, is
building a porch to his residence and
enclosing the premises with a nice
fence.
The members of the u. T. d. club
met at the home of Miss Bice Young,
up at Ration, aud prizes were awarded
to members.
Henry Holman, of Ration, and Miss
Emma Libring, of Hiawatha, Kansas,
were united in marriage by Rev. 9. l.
Mills at Ration.
Collector John L. Burnside left Sill
yer City for Los Angeles. He will be
gone two weeks, and will combine BUSH
ness with pleasure,
Don Emiterio Gallcgos went to Clay
ton from his ranch and has filed bis
bond as collector and sent it to Judge
Smith for approval.
On account Of the appointment of s..
F. Mathews to be district attorney, the
law firm of Jewett & Mathews at Lin.
coin has been dissolved.
George A. Herman, agent for the
Montelius piano company, of Denver,
skipped from Albuquerque, leaving
q bad record behind him.
B. 4. Davis, who was deposed as the
and superintendent of A. A
Grants several enterprises, left Albu-
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