Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-03-13
THE DAILY OPTIC.
East Las Vegas, New Mexico,
SAN MIGUEL COUNTY.
THE NEW MEXICO news.

NAttucbh AAom 0uA AA~cuunEputl
j. M. Vigil. OF Ration, was reported
critically III.
Frank Deacy, Of Ration, has gone TO
Springer TO stay.
The new mandolin club held It's 6rst
meeting at Ration.
John Jelfs returned to Ration from
chihuahua, Mexico.
The Territorial Legislature win adj
journ next Thursday.
Rev. +. T. Bennett is quite Ill al his
home in Albuquerque.
Charles Anshutz, of White Oaks, has
gone to Bisbee, Arizona. .
James Lee, OF Ration, is convalescent
after q siege Of sickness.
The old folk of Socorro have organ
lied a concert company.
The prospects in New Mexico are
brighter than n year ago.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. H. johnson, up at Ration.
Ration is to have a wagon road to
the mining camps in Colfax county.
The people in and about Socorro are
now very busy planting their gardens.
Grant county is 10 have three hos
pitfalls, kept up at Territorial expense.
Work is going on rapidly in the con-
struction of the coke ovens nea Bloss-
burg.
The BATON Woman's club held q de-
lightful meeting with Mrs. Black
we'll.
A. D. Coon has purchased q thousand
more fruit trees for bis orchard at
Socorro.
Several outfits from Colorado passed
through Ration on their way to Red
River City.
Miss Ayers, of Paris, Kentucky, has
been successful in organizing a choral
class 10 Ration.
Mrs. James Brydon gave q party at
Cerrillos for her daughters, the Misses
Cora and Hazel.
Mrs. w. B. Hanna, of Ration, has
gone to- Chicago, where she will make
an extended visit.
Geo. r. Bailey has moved on to The
Dave Miller place, west Of Cerrillos,
and will start a dairy.
Judge Hamilton left Socorro for
Roswell, TO hold the spring term Of
court for Chaves county.
J. s.. Langston, proprietor, and A..
r.. Quinly, manager. will open the
Mint saloon at Cerrillos.
w. A. Davis, a former resident Of
Ration, returned there and will make
that city his home again.
Miss Lizzie McIntire, one of the ef-
ficient teachers Of the Blossburg
schools is on the sick list.
Mrs. T. M. Pierson, Of Ration. was
called to Mcpherson, Kansas, by the
critical illness OF her mother.
Frank Huntin gton, the genial mar-
chant and cattleman Of Ute Greek,
transacted business in Ration.
The city schools ut Santa Fe will
close on next Friday, on account Of
lack OF funds to continue longer.
The young ladies OF Socorro are now
preparing to give the opera OF s'the
Mikado,i' at some date in the near
future.
Rich Oldham and G. d. Stevens left
Ration on a several days visit to the
different mining camps in Colfax
county.
One OF the best bills that could pass
the New Mexico legislature, would be
one preventing the attendance OF lob
byists.
The Right Rev. Dr.. Maclaren, bishop
OF the Episcopal church in the diocese
of Chicago, is a patient at the sanitari-
nm in Santa Fe.
The officers of the local militia COM
panies at Santa Fe gave . bean bake in
honor of the members OF the Legislature
at their quarters.
Hereafter, saloon men can pay their
licenses quarterly instead Of yearly, 1t
Gov. Thornton signs the bill which has
passed the legislature.
Some miscreant set fire to the mar
row-gauge railroad bridge across the
Santa Fe river zeal the Guadalupe
church, over at Santa Fe.
Ben F~rankenbcrg returned TO Ration
from a visit to the several mining
camps 10 the western part OF Coitax
county and northeastern Taos county.
Mrs. Thomas f. Keleher, Of Albu-
oueraue, who was suddenly summoned
TO California owing to the serious Ill
ness OF her sister, has returned home.
The board OF education at Santa Fe
is economizing wisely, so that the
school debt can be paid off and then
the school warrants will be paid 10
cash.
Joseph barnett and George Blunt
left Albuquerque for Carson to witness
the big ight. Barnett will enter IS
contestant Ia the bird shooting tourna-
ment.
The sale of she ssHelen Rae'' group
OF mines near Nogal, Lincoln county,
has been contaminated and develop
ment work on the property will begin
at once.
Senator Hughes introduced a bill to
create the county Of Carbon, with
Gallup as the county seat, and will Wy
70 secure its passage through inc
council.
some ilI-disposed person at Ration
threw q rock. breaking the large glass
Mate window In G. w. Sinnock's hard
ware store and injuring other valuable
articles.