Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-02-08
.PRRRITORIAL TOPICS,

IExracts from Our ExcnanEes.I
Mrs. Jacob King, during the abssnc
Of her husband in Denver, IL sol ,urnin
with her sister, Mrs. A. T. Qaigg I
Elizabethtown.
Mrs. James d. Hughes, OF Santa Fe
who has been quite seriously III, ~ on
time pnenmonia being feared, has On
tirely recovered.
! Capt. Thos. Webb, OF Pinos Altos,
Grant county, is . candidate for th,
appointment TO be inspector Of miner
for New Mexico.
Mrs. Carrie McBurney. Of La Huerta,
will conduct subscriptlon school Al
Eddy in the room recently occupied BY
Miss Matte Rein. a =.
Rev G. Martinez was again chosen
for justice Of the peace, at Martinez,
Cclfax county, there being no opposl.
tion to his reelection.
An eagle, measuring six feet from
tip to tip, was shot, recently, in Rocky
Arroyo, Eddy county. Captain KIM
der is mounting the bird.
This seems TO be a season OF rich
strikes IN the Elizabethtown district
The s'Red Bandana" has opened up .
rich lead Of high grsde ore.
Gov. Thornton attached his signature
to house bill No. IL. and now county
seats may be removed, provided the
requirements Of the new law are full
filled. III
The marrisge certificates OF the
couples who "played At msrriage," /" in
Seven Rivers, q short time ago, we're
recorded by Probate Clerk Owen At
Eddy.
Capt. Pedrick states that he intends
starting up soon the hydraulic cement
works at Springer, up the coun ry.
This mill has been idle for several
years.
John Singleton will move his bees
from near Francis to La Huerta, Eddy
county, within few days. There will
be about 120 hives, and they will just
fill car.
Large bands Of antelope can be seen
almost daily from the car windows of
The Pecos Valley trains. Tie Hagcr-
man district seems to be their favorite
feeding ground.
L. Bradford Prince is busily en-
gagged in preparing lecture on Coron-
ado's march, to be delivered before
The Colorado Society of colonial wars,
next Wednesday evening.
P. j. Stone, of the Athens mining
and milling company, Hematite, has
been in Springer for several days past,
and will make that place his head
quarters for the remainder OF the
winter.
The Kermess, by the ladies Of Eddy,
Tor the benefit of St. Edwards church,
will open Tuesday evening. the 2Srd
nst., continuing three days. Many
aovel plans Of entertainment have been
prepared.
The city council at its regular month
y meeting, IN Eddy, Influenced, no
doubt, by the petitions of the business
men of Eddy protesting against gamb-
ling, very effectually squelched the
agitation.
Last Friday being the twelfth ami
versary OF the marriage Of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. G. Taylor, Of Colfax county,
some citizens spent the day with the
family, at their Cross-Seven
ranch, southeast Of Springer.
In / the insurance case Of w. A.
1ivens against j. w. veeder, in which
he Albuquerque court entered judg-
nent against Veeder in favor OF Givens,
in appeal was granted Veeder to the
supreme court Of the Territory.
Grant county. by District Attorney
H. Harllee, has brought SUIT against
4 B. Laird for the sum of S2,74I for
moneys withheld from the county
reasurer and diverted to the payment
# his own claims against the county.
MISS Maggie Robipson, well known
10 residenis of Eddy. she having been !