Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-02-11

East Las Vegas, New Mexico,
SAN MIGUEL COUNTY.
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Wheat planting Is now In order il
the Rio Grande valley.
Hart Crouch, OF Lincoln, Is contem
plating a trip to Arizona.
The RathboEe Sisters will give I
dance aud social combined at Socorro
Richard Stackpole became the happy
father OF another girl, down at Socor,
70.
A movement Is on foot at Ration to
organize an opera company with home
talent. ft Ai .s.
A carload OF mules passed through
Albuquerque from the east for Fort
Bayard.
w. W.. Corn was down at Lincoln
recently, disposing Of some of the pro-
ductions Of his ranch. ns-F
Solomon Baca is circulating q petit
ton asking fer his appointment as
postmaster at Socorro.
Hose Company No. 1 at Socorro
will give q grand benefit ball, on the
evening of the 22nd inst. iksa
The Christian Endeavor in Socorro
gave a "ribbon s~ocial''at the residence
Of DR.. and Mrs. Alternately.
A surprise party was given on Mr..
and Mrs. M. Newman, by the Fort
nightly whist club, up At Ration.
Gov. Thornton has appointed A. B.
Fall, of Las Cruces, . delegate to the
Tennessee centennial exposition.
The SUIT of John s. Cain vs Neill B.
Field, was finished at Santa Fs and a
judgment rendered against Field.
The band at Ration, was recognized
a few nights ago, with eighteen men,
bers, and J. J. Murphy as leader.
Rev. j. A. Mussell, Of Denver, Colo,
Is in Albuquerque, introducing q work
Of art-a panorama OF sacred story.
Michael Clark, of Lincoln, has Just
received his pension, dra " SIP per
month, with a nice little sum as back
pay.
The infant son of Mr.. and Mrs. A.
d. Coon was taken to ito Maker, at
Socorro, aged two months and thirteen
days.
1t is claimed by those who know,
that the fruit in Socorro county has
suffered some damage from the cold
spell.
Mesa Rose, daughter OF Mrs. Booker
NJ. Rose, recently fell from her bicycle
at Albuquerque and sprained her
ankle.
Ell Captain land and cattle company,
of Lincoln county, will not be re-
sponsible for the debts of anyone In its
employ.
w. P. Allen brought a big lot of
honey to Albuquerque from his ranch
above town and disposed Of it to local
merchants.
The bill reducing the number of
members of the bureau of immigration
to five, passed the council unanimously
st Santa Fe.
Parties ~favoring a herd law for Lin
coin county have made up their petit
tions and forwarded them to the soloDs
ut Santa Fe.
DIR. McCrory exhumed the body of
ID. Valdez at Cimarron, alleged to
have been poisoned by his wife and
Ramon Cordova.
Telesfora Lopez, Of Lincoln, is look
ing every day for papers to come from
Washington showing that his pension :
has been allowed.
Mrs. j. M. Kendrick. wife Of Bishop
Kendrick, of the Episcopal church.,
was a passenger into Albuquerque from !
Pl1nix, Arizona.
The members Of the legislature and
tanned by the young men at the social s
club rooms, with an informal party {
and dance. /
John F. Rigney, who died at the
Soldiers home, Los Angeles, on Friday /,
last, was sixty years of age. He Was , /,
s~zaaxly stationed al Santa Fe and :
Fort Wingate. !,
DR.. G. w. Harrison has returned to r
Albuquerque from a business trip to +
Colorado. The doctor has extensive 7
mining interests in the Cripple Greek r
mining district. a
The Past-time whist club was organ
lied, up at Ration, with the following g
officers: o. d. Jewett, president. Mrs. Q
E f. shear, secretary aud Mrs. j. F..
Wilson, treasurer. ]
Some sneak-tbief broke into the :
Harvey house at Ration and appropriate e
ed a coat and two pair of pants belong !
ing to yelling Barnes. the porter. No Q
clew to the culprit. 9
One OF the most pleasant juvenile :
occasions of the season was a birthday !.
party given at Ration by mrs. Cyrus :
O'Toole in honor of her son, Charley's, :
fourteenth birthday. :
Charles Tinguely, a well known I
and highly respected young man OF |
Mapdaleua, was united in marriage :
last Sunday to Mrs. Reynolds, of Water I
Canon, Socorro county. n
The yield Of ranch eggs in the vicin a
ity of Albuquerque is showing up bet i
ter than ever before. III the good work d
goes on, the local product will soon i,
supply the home market. u,
VIM. Hightower, who fatally shot 8
James Meiggs. was released at Lincoln .
bond 10 the sum Of $4,000. His Q
commitment was on the charge OF an P
assault with intent to kill. G.
1t is rumored that a mining deal OF .
very large proportions is on foot. upon !
the consummation of which many gold =
properties within twenty five miles OF {
Socorro will change hands. f.