Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-10
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VeA o'taN 1ubotutOW0.
The six months. old son of Mr.. an,
Mrs. j. A Reedy died at Ration.
The public school at Silver City
after a most successful year, will clos
for a summer vacation on next Friday
June 18th.
The people OF Roswell. 1t seems, ar,
inclined TO believe the railroad exten
sion will be made soon.
FIR. Lambert OF Springer, has been a
Ra'op, assisting FIR. Cooney In the ser
vice OF the forty -hours' devotion.
1t Is understood that several new
saloons will be thrown open to the public
at Albuquerque during this month.
II looks as IL the turquoise product
next season would be considerably en-.
larged in the region north of Cerrillos.
A. j. McCallum was arrested at
Eddy at the instance OF DR.. A. r.
Smith, for 8 sault with deadly weap.
on.
A. s.. Goetz returned to Eddy from q
trip through the east, where he went
on business connected with the sugar
factory.
Married, Ethel M. Craig to David H.
Tnllock, at the home Of the BRIDES
parents at Lone mountain, Grant
county.
Chas. Remsberg returned to Ration
from Red River and Elizabethtown,
where he sold ten wagon loads Of
groceries.
B~orenstein Bros. have decided to 90
out OF business at Silver City and are
selling their large stock of goods at
actual cost.
A meeting of citizens was held at
Silver City for the purpose of making
arrangements for q Fourth of July
celebration.
IL is reported at Eddy that Tom VIII.
Hanson died recently zeal Midland.
Report also has it that Mann Satter-
white died at Lordsburg.
A petition is now being circulated
and numerously signed by patrons of
the Eddy public school, protesting
against the employment OF a lady prin-
cipal.
S. 7. Biting, Eddy, and e. A. Ca
boon, Roswell, have been appointed to
represent the Pecos valley in the gold
mining convention at Denver, July 9TH
to 9th.
j. F. Hutchison, the founder Of the
Neao Merican Miner. Published at Eliz-
aoethtowD, has sold bis interest in the
paper to w. c.. Burnett, who becomes
editor and manager.
The normal institute, for Grant
county will be held in Silver City, COM
mencing June 18th, 1897, and closing
June 26ih, 1897. Attendance duringI
the entire term IS ~compulsive. F..
The slick s%coundrel, Richard Booth,
who was at Albuquer que representing l
the Toniine loan and security company +
of Dallas, Texas, and who raked in a :
few suckers, is reported to have been !
seen in Ration. 7
Antonio Dockweiler came into Santa !
Fe from the head of the Pecos with a !
fine bunch of cattle for the local market.
He reports the ranges in fine condition, :
and a good many tourists and health
seekers In camp on the river. =
r. M. Carley and Pablo Amanda, ,
owners of the "Gold Standard mine ,
at Golden, were in Albuquerque. hav- 1
Ing with them a bar OF pure gold ,
weighing So ounces and wosth $1,000, !
which they sold at the First national !
bank. :
Uriah Stephens, one Of Aibu4uer- !
que's old pioneers and respected citi- j
zsns, died on his ranch, down there, &
after an illness OF nearly two years a
from cancer of the stomach, and his /
many friends sympathize with his wife &
and daughter in their loss. Ii
The Eddy base ball club has received 8
a challenge for the Roswell team for q
game July 4th, when, it is understood 9
the Midland team will also be in J
Roswell to cross bats with q picked !
nine from the Eddy and Roswell o
teams. 9
The sixth annual commencement of =.
the albuquerque high school. will be :
held at Perkins, hall, Friday evening, I
June 18th. The class of 1897 Is as
follows: Maude Mabel Hill, Helen
Elizabeth Pratt, Agnes Virginia Quin-
)iven and Betty Webster Wiley.
P. E. Harroun, of Santa Fe. spent a
day in San Marcial measuring the flow
of water in the Rio Grande at that
place. He says the water passing at
San Marcial is 8 100 feet per second as
compared with i, 100 cubic feet during :
a corresponding period last year. !
The executive committee Of the fair !
association had a very interesting and
animated meeting in Albuquerque, all
on account of the racing committee
making a report and asking for "a, 800 J
to make a race program instead OF the \
1900 appropriated BY the finance !
committee at q previous meeting. !
"Bronco BILL who was acquitted Of i
trying to kill officers John Phillips and q
Frank Peters. at Deming, 10 March I
1896, and afterwards arrested upon ?
charge OF perjury, has been discharge
from custody upon the understanding
that be quit the Territory OF New
Mexico. From all accounts ne has
followed instructions. y
The Chauiauqua circle held its final :
meeting for the season ct the residence .
Of Mrs. Hurt, over at Santa Fe, The P
lessons for the past year pertaining to =
French and Greek history, art, aEd 5
civiliz atom have proved most Interest .
ing aud the members are looking for- =
ward with much interest to The course 4
which will begin next September. Il
4 mee,ino Of The standinn commitsee z