Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-13
THE DAILY OPTIC.
East Las Vegas, New Mexico,
SAN MIGUEL COUNTY.
THE TERRITORIAL PRESS.

steam laundry at Ration.
John Ryrne, Of Eddy county. SOLE
his wool clip at seven cents.
Roy Norman, publisher of the Lin.
coin News, has been on the sick list.
Chris Schneider has bought the A.
kins house in the northern part OF Sill
yer City.
j. d. Walker, the ex-sheriff at Eddy,
has engaged in the live stock com mis-
sion business.
Mrs. g. w. Cru,cher and children
left Roswell for Dallas and Fl. Worth
to visit friends.
j. A. Haley, editor of the Lincoln
NeVs, and Miss Jennie Lesnet, were
married at Line DIN.
A meeting of the capitol re- building
board has been called for Thursday
morning, May 20lh.
Julian Smith, the Black river sheep
man, sold his wool In Eddy at eight and
a half cents per pound.
Mrs. H. N. Walker ably entertained
the woman's parsonage and home mis-
sion society, down at Eddy.
j. s. Crozier and Lawrence Ryan
have a fine lot Of bicycles at Eddy and
are about to put in a tandem.
Jacob Shower, of the Elk canyon,
Lincoln county, was at Roswell for
several days on cattle business.
DR.. A. A. Bearup reached Roswell
from Lincoln and he will be there sew
eral days before going to Eddy.
d. w. Lucas returned to Eddy from
the G. b. Willingham ranch near Ros-
well, where he delivered his steers.
Louis Abraham has purch ssd the
J. .. Biggs residence at Silver City
and moved his family into the same.
Cam Dow, of Eddy county. sold his
entire brand of cattle, range delivery,
to c. B. Will CHAM at s15 per head.
The revival meetings which have
been in GOTTEN plation at the Metho-
dis church for ONE time, opened al
Eddy.
Mrs. j. M. Bucx did, at Ely. Her
death was very su iden, she bling In
perfect health up 10 the minute Of her
death.
A. H. Gibson, who was principal of
the Genital schools, Grant county. last
season, LETT fer his home in Staivale, |
Kansas.
Sheriff Haynes, of Chaves county.
took a demented sheep herder to Pecos
and started him on his road to his rel
atives in Texas.
County Surveyor Mark Howell and a
corps of assistants, of Roswell, have
gone to the Captain mountain country
TO do a lot of Surveying or a contract
for the U. S. government.
James NJ. Hill, of Socorro, went out
to Six Mile canon to look after his
mines there, whefe he has development
work going on al the time.
Roswell had a ,isitation Of hail that
came to the assistance OF the farmers
by knocking offabout half OF the fruit
on the over~-buTdened trees.
The sheep men of Eddy county are
looking quite serene with wool selling
from six and a halt to ten cents, and
muttons from $1.75 to $500.
Geo. A. White and son are shearing
about 1000 sheep near Hagerman,
Chaves county. They will have about
10000 pounds of wool, this clip.
Contractor Grade, of Silver City, has
received the handsome new front for
the Uhl block which will be adjusted as
soon as the brick work Is completed.
Ed. Brown, representing Colonel
BIothersill, has been at Roswell and
has purchased o number Of small
brands of cattle from parties On the
Penasco.
All taxes paid before July LIST will
have no interest or penalty, but on all
not paid on or before that date the col
lector is compelled by law to collect
the interest and costs.
Mrs. Rev. C L. Bovard, Of Albu
querque, is exploited to be in Silver
City to assist ii holding two weeks
special service, to begin IN the Metho-
dist church, May 2Srd.
Il. L. Powell, who his been absent
on surveying matters Spr about two
months near the Arizona line, return
ed to Silver City, and wet out to the
Mogollons on important hsiness. 7s
The sale Of Hotel Windpr at Eddy
to II. w. Tansill was not cptirmed by
the court and Mr.. Tansill, MT wishing
to test the legality Of the sail further,
threw up the property and received his
money back.
The native residents OF the Mexican
village adjoining Eddy and known as
the town Of San Jose. gathered ut the
public plaza, the other evening, to
voice their sentiments on the delitery
of Mexico from the yoke Of kingly PILE.
The authorities al Silver City Aye
published a notice demanding thdre-
moval OF all sources OF ilth, D .
sanitary measure, from within the civ
also, demanding that no waste paFer
or other refuse matter shall be thrown
upon the streets
Applications were made, and Up
same ~unfavorably considered, for tn
pardon Of Abram Miller, OF ChaveN
county, sentenced November 26thd
1894, to ten years. Imprisonment iu
the penitentiary on the ground that bel
was induced by another person to conf
init larceny of o COW.
Acting Governor Miller at Santa Fe
made the following appointments;
Thomas T.. james, Of Uuion county 70
be county comnlissioner Of The first
district. UaIon county, vice o.. WI
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