Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-07-12
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Mrs. w. j.. Gosset, purchased Judge
Chambers residence a. II d River.
1t Is now an assured fact that the
smelter at Red River win blow-in with
In thirty days.
p. III. Peterson has q contract TO run
d 200 foot tunnel on the s'Black Cop
per" mine at Red River.
Mrs. w. e Baker, OF Ration, pleas
antly entertained a number Of ner lady
friends with a tea party.
Andrea Casna Is no longer connected
with the firm Of Charley Baggio & Co.,
of Gallup, New Mexico.
Prof. Pereigo, OF Aaayyille, N. D.,
has been chosen principal Of the CITY
schools at Albuquerque.
jeff Holcomb, q former RStou must
clan, was badly injured In a street car
accident at Fort Worth, Texas.
Mrs. t. b. Catron and youngest son,
of Santa Fe, are ut the S%ulphur's 10
Bernalillo county, for the boys health
Roy Fugate came down to Ration
from Eiizabethtowu, where he has
been mining the past several months.
Frank Dunlavy, OF Hematite, was in
Rid River and reported much develop
ment work being done 10 that district.
Mr.. and Mrs. b. P. Schuster tf AL
buquerqus, have gone TO Europe "a
visit relatives They will be absent
several months.
Ed Farr has resigned his position
with the Farr meat market at Albu-
querque and is going TO the Manzanos
and dig up gold.
Mrs. Gus Peterson and daughter,
Mrs. X. Eugate, returned to Rator
from Keitbsburg, ILL.,, VIII are they have
been visiting the past elk weeks.
L. A. Sicily, OF Silver City, received
the sad news that his brother, George
Sktly =, had been n 'dered ouWednes-
day night, in the city of Durango.
Mateo Luj4n, one of the leading
citiz ms of Union county, Is a native o.
Santa Fe, but has lived in Union and
Morascounties for about twenty years
Professors Hodgin, Perigo, Matthews
Hickey and Spring were the five ctndi-
dates for the position Of superintsnd-
emit of public schools of Albuquerque.
MISS Mildred, Miss Julia and Master
Will Leland, OF Troy, Kas.. have
taken rooms at Mrs. Bush's at SAINTS
Fe, and will spend the summer oveI
there.
Miss M. c. Dissette, principal OF the
Zuni Indian school, is at Albuquerque
visiting, the guest OF Prot. Alien aad
family, of the government Indian
school.
George H. Wallace, the new secre-
tary of the Territory, arrived at Santa
Fe and was sworn in by Robt. G. Gort-
ner, a notary public, and assumed tae
duties of the office.
Allen Ii. Carey returned to Ration
from a two-monLhs visit to his parents
in England. While 10 Europe, Mr..
Carey took 10 the most of the import
ant cities of the old world.
Professor aud Mrs. EHuett and Pro-
lessor Butcher, of the Colorado State
Normal school at Greeley, are making
a wagon trip through the territory, n
will reach Santa Fe on Monday or
Tuesday.
Colonel John Brady. the wa!s-known
philanthropist, proposes TO give Siv.S
600 toward The erection of a ssnita'
rum on the mesa east Of Albuquerque,
provided nine ether generous c'tizsns
will do the same.
Before Justice Romero at Santa re,
ON a charge Of Illegally taxing water
from the city acequlas, Nestor 'dri'
guez was fined $25 and costs. kodri-
euez took an appeal 10 the distrlc'
court, thinking water at that rate Toe
high In price.
The New Mexico colony 10 Washing
ton is becoming quite numerous sgain'
AZ present the following we'll known
New Mexico citizens are at the nationa
capital; Messrs. Solomon Luna, j. X
McFie. T. B. Catron, Frank w. Parker
Quinby Vance add E. A. fiske ane
Judge A. A. Freeman.
Thursday afternoon, OF last week. !
cloud burst on the Mesa Negra,in Taos
couoty, almost completely destroyed
the wagon road from Embudo to lao
in Rio Grande canon. Besides numer
Gus washouts. huge boulders were ron
ed down the side Cf the canon wnic'
completely block the roadway.