Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-01-22
TERRITORIAL TOPICS.

gone to Mexico to look after his cattle
interests.
Ration claims moro clubs composed
Of ladies than any other town in the
southwest.
Camilo BAcs was elected Justice Of
the peace at Socorro, and Alfredo Gal
lsgos, constable.
The Woman's improvement associa.
tion met, ut Las Cruces, to lot contracts
for work on the park.
Miss Bertha Crowell, OF Springfield,
ILL.,, is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Il. l..
Young, at Las Cruces.
The Messrs. Mandy Bros. gave an
enjoyable dance at their home son the
Sugarite, Colfax county.
The evangelistic meetings are still
in progress at the NJ. e. church in
Santa 70 and are well attended.
Albert Lawrence, of Catskill, was
elected director OF the First national
bank of Ration, pice A. K. Lstton, re-
signed.
The fraternal orders at Blossburg
had quite an enjoyable entertainment,
the other evening, at tho opening OF
their hall.
w. T. Jones was elected justice Of
the peace from the Chisum precinct,
Chaves county, and j. A. McCutchen,
constable.
Messrs. H. T. Brown and Thos. Rob-
erts nave received authority to organize
a cavalry troop in the Golden San
Pedro district.
Sheriff Hubbell, Of Albuquerque, ar
rested Melquiades Martin at Ranches
de Atrisco, charged with the murder
OF Miss Felicita Barela.
The San Juan Times claims to shave
It straight" that Judge E. G. Foster,
OF Pennington, has been slated by Nc
Kinley for the g%overnorship OF New
Mexico.
1t is announced from the lower
Pecos country that Nathan Jaffa, OF
Roswell, is a candidate for appoint
ment to the Office of secretary OF the
Territory.
The Christian Endeavor society OF
Ration Fl s. Presbyterian church. will
give a social, on Monday evening,
January 25th, at the residence OF Z. N.
Blackwell.
Elder G. M. Fetter, in sinking o well
on his lots in north Ration, struck a
large flow of water at a depth of TWEEN
ty.fve feet.
Posters are out for a grand German.
Dutch masquerade ball, to be gwen at
the X. & X. hall, Gallup, on Saturday
evening, January 30th.
At the election of officers for the
Methodist Sunday school, in Ration,
Sidney E. Clark was elected superip-
tenden. for this year, aud Miss Clara
Ball, treasurer.
Rev. Chas. L. Bovard, superintend-
emit of the New Mexico Eoglish mission
of the M. E. church, will hold ''quarter-
ly meeting" in the Methodist church,
at Ration, mex. Sunday.
The Catholic young ladies forming
the Sodality Of the Church OF Immacu-
late Conception at Albuquerque, will
give their annual hop at Armory hall
on Friday, Feb. 18th.
Mrs. E. l.. Dent, we'll known in Ra-
ton. while ON her way from church In
A~shtabula, Ohio, where she is visiting
her daughter, fell on the ICY sidewalk
and fractured her right wrist.
There is a change in the firm OF Ora
ham & Ragsdale, Of Roswell. w. z.
Rapsdale has retired and B. F. Graham
: and w. A. Rogers have formed q co
partnership under the firm name OF b
f. Graham & Co.
A. C. Emery, wife and six children,
are in Albuquerque from Bradford
Pa. Mr.. Emery is one OF the promi-
uent oil men Of western Pennsylvania.
The family will shortly begin house
keeping and will remain indefinitely
The c-pitol re. building committee
held an informal meeting at the board
Of trade rooms In Santa Fe. There
were present Messrs. F. A.ManzaDares,
Sol Luna, w. H Pope, A. Stsab and
Secretary G. w. Knaebel.
Will Dav, of Roswell, had an arte'
alan well dug and gave up in disgust,
after getting q small stream. Ihe
other night, the water broke through
of its own accord and is now flowing
over 100 gallons per minute.
The entire building occupied by The
bro wholesale grocery house OF Gross
blackwell & Co., in Albuquerque, will
soon be transformed into almost a new
structure-that IS, as far as paint aut
repairing can accomplish the desired
end.
The Young men Of the literary an1
debating society, of Santa Fe, held
meeting at the office of L. G. Read
over there, for the purpose OF making
arrangements to give a ball on Janu
arv 23rd. 1897, for the benefit Of thu
society,
In precinct 81 at Gallup, Theo. Max
well and j w Green tied for the offc'
Of Justice OF the peace, and L V. Roo
was elected constable. 10 precinct 80
w r. Ku~chenbecker was elected jus
s;ce OF tbs peace and E. Wilmunder
constable.
The residence OF H. w. Bishop OF
,he upper San Juan, was destroyed b,
Gre while he aud his family were ab
sent attending a literary. No insur
ance: robbery supposed to be tn
motive. while others think it was &C
+. cideutaI. A subscription paper wa
circulated for Mr.. Bishops benefit ant
ssvrral men have offered to dona.
zork il be re-builds.