Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-04-15
THE DAILY OPTIC.
Fast Las Vegas, New Mexico,
SAN MIGUEL COUNTY.
NEW MEXICO news.

have grown wonderfully fast Of late.
Under the new jury law, there are
1882 qualified jurors 10 Grant county
Frank Campbell, who has been in
Arizona, mining, returned TO Kingston.
According to the Bateman law, q
county can have no preferred credit
ors.
Captain Tom Murphy, Of Hills.
boro, is wrestling with the rheuma-
tism.
The "~Calamity" leasers at Kingston
have a carload Of ore ready for ship
ment.
Judge Robt. West is at home In
Kingston and he is able to be around
again.
The Deming minstrels have COM
menced rehearsing for their second at
tempt.
A large vein OF splendid iron ore has
been opened up within a few miles OF
Socorro.
The baby born to Frank Durham at
S%ocorro was a girl, not a boy, as an
nounced.
The "Brush Heap mine at Kingston
is producing a large quantity Of high
grade ore.
Dona Ana county's indebtedness is
already about SO, 900 in excess of the 4
per cent. limit.
Tracy & Hannigan's Cabinet saloon
building at Deming is undergoing ex-
t~ensive repairs.
The railroad scales at Deming are
now completed and Col. q. r. Krum
is in full charge.
"Handy Andy" to be rendered on
the evening of April 10Th next, is the
talk of Hillsboro.
Peter Gales has painted a very at
tractivs store sign for Aragon & Alert,
down at Hillsboro.
b. Ruppe was reelected chief OF the
Albuquerque fire department; A. G..
Stockett, assistant.
Work on the actual foundation OF the
new cell house at the Territorial prison
began at Santa te.
The delinquent tax list for Socorro
county will appear in the next issue Of
the San Marcial Bee.
A daughter was born to Alderm an
}. Il. Smith and wife, at Ration, but
died within an hour.
Mrs. George Baxter, of Midland,
Texas. is at Kingston, visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. w. j. johnson.
G. II. Sweet, of San Marcial, has
received a new wagon for the delivery
OF ice and soda water.
Isaac Siggins, who was reported
dead. returned to Silver City from ICa-
ifornia as large as life.
Jim Mitchell has just built o back
porch and a store room at his pretty |
residence in HillsborU.
w. H. Kremis received q number of
Ajax wheels, at San Marcial, ranging
In price from $40 down.
Charles G. Bell left Silver City for
California. He win probably locate at
San Pedro in that state.
Geo. Bailey, Of Deming, is slowly
recovering from an operation performed
by Drs. Hagen and Swope.
Severa. parcels of stock in the
Hillsboro smelling and refining COM
pany were sold in Hillsboro.
Edwina Dawson returned to Ration
from the east, where she has been at
tending school the past year.
H. j. Wright, accompanied by Rev.
LszEre, the local preacher OF the SILVER
City circuit, visited Kingston.
Miss Sarah Palmer is seriously Ill,
at the residence OF her nephew,
James Carter, down in Silver City.
d. G. Mcmillan who was confined
to the Sisters hospital at Silver City
for several weeks, with q severe case OF
la grippe. is again able to be about.
John N. Bracket, OF Ration, has
rented his farm on the Vermejo to j..
J. Heringa and Peter Van Bruggen,
White & Crews, HilIsboro livery.
men, have put their rigs and stable in
excellent shape for the coming boom.
1t is reported around the streets OF
Santa Fe that o. F. Perry, the old-time
Golden miner, has at last struck it
rich.
William Fl. Hudson has been assist
ing J.. II. Gillett in obtaining the prop
erty returns from the pemiDg pre-
cinct.
Col. Eaton returned to Aocorro from
the Gran Quivira country, where he
went to examine certain mining prop
critics.
A number OF copies of the new irri-
CATION pamphlet have been sent to the
Of Minnesota by DR.. Crosson, Of
Santa Fe. I,
1t is said Geo. Fortune, A. 4. Chat
lee and Prof. III. Metcalfe are appli-
for register Of the Las Cruces
land Office, II
Harry Armstrong IL erecting o res
eryoir at his residence, In San Marcial, (
10 more successfully irrigate his garden !
and orchard.
Miguel Vigil closed his school term
Luis Lopez, Socorro county. and
has accepted a position with II. Cham
bon at Socorro. 4
MarceIina Tafoya de Rivera, wife Of !
Leandro Rivera, died at her home in !
Fe, aged forty-fve years. She !
caves no children. J
William BELLS house was moved !
West Main street 20 Happy !
Flat, down al Hillsboro. John Dawson
lid the job and did It we'll. !
Major Gus Duvall has given the !
Hiiisboro Aduocafe q specimen Of ore !
rom bis "%sheeney'' mine, which he /