Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-04-07
THE DAILY OPTIC,
East Las Vegas, New Mexico,
SAN MIGUEL COUNTY.
THE new MEXICO NEWS.


Bicycles and kodaks are multiplying
In Eddy with great rapidly.
The wind carried a great deal Of
Demlng soil through San Marcial.
II. B. Reed received q carload OF COW
ponies at San Marcial from Deming.
A steam laundry is needed in
Deming.
James Dalglish and family moved
into the Perkins house at Hillsboro.
Little Mabel Chas. of Las Cruces,
who was ILLS able to be up and about.
Mrs. j. d. Perkins left Hillsboro for
California IN a visit to her son, Will
liam Sharon.
A. Lyle's stable was entered at San
Marcial and q new set Of double
harness, saddle and three brides stol-
en-.
A general store operated by q firm
styled Mehan g. CO., is a late business
venture IN Eddy.
Roswell will soon vie with Brooklyn
for the distinction OF being known as
the city of churches.
Major Gus Duvall, Of Hillsboro, IS
the proud possessor OF another bull dog
which is a regular xxx In his way.
Judge Niokle made q large shipment
OF Hillsboro "Standardn smelling Stag
ore 10 oliver City.
John Lemon is moving his family
into his home at Las Cruces, opposite
the public school,
Mrs. Mary Lowe removed her DIRE S.
making establishment to her new home,
down ut Las Cruces.
The family of Prof. G. II. T. Town-
send will occupy the w. r. Fall cot
tage at Las Cruces, this summer.
The Hillsboro home talent company
will render the side-splitting comedy,
"Handy Andy" at the court house on
April 10Th.
The demand for investigation into
the killing OF Sheriff Dow made the
lack of a court term more deplorable
at Eddy.
w. S. Knowles, employed by the ir-
rigation company, at Eddy, will soon
resign his position and go to points in
Colorado.
One of the things which citizens Of
Roswell rejoice in, and of which they
are very proud, IS the fine club rooms
Of the town.
Mrs. j. r. Fusselman left Eddy for
Meridian, Mississippi, called there by
the serious illness of her sister, Mrs.
Stanford.
Charles j. Dorrance, of Chicago,
maker of the famous Dorrance CRATES
for boilers, etc., has been visiting
Eddy.
The park grading at San Marcial Is
nearly completed and the fountain Is
in position, q stonemason from Ell Paso
doing the work.
William H. Hays died of consump-
ton in Albuquerque. 1t Is seven
months since he and his wife left
Cleveland, OHIO, in search of renewed
health for him. y
Gov. Thornton at Santa Fe appoint
ed Col. E. ii. Bergman superintend-
ent of the penitentiary for o term Of
Two years, beginning May 1st, 1897.
Colonel Mob. Timoney, one of the
stalwarts Of the republican ranks OF
Chaves county, is an applicant for ap-
pointment to a consulshIP in Mexico.
Flows are going in every portion of
the Pecos valley and beet-planting is
in active progress. Brown soil will
soon give place to fields of rich green
beets.
Lille Spencer has brought suit in
the district court at Eddy against w.
H. Spencer, praying for absolute d.
vorce and care and custody Of minor
child.
The settlement OF the controversy
over the disposition of the school
funds, down there. is hailed with con-
siderable delight BY the people Of Eddy
generally.
Constable Dick Brown, of San Mar
cial, o~verhauled Francisco Gonzales
and Octaviano Chavez, who had in
their posse ssion the property stolen
from A. Lyle.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Lowles, of San
will long remember March
30th, 1897, for on that date . little
laughter arrived to further bless their
welded life.
j. s. Miller received a letter at San
from a sister whose actual res
mas been unknown TO him for
years. The lady wrote from
Fontenelle, Wyoming.
A prominent Roswell attorney sports
! black eye, which he would not have
had had there been no court and he re-
'rained from certain remarks which :
lied a worthy citizen sufficiently 10
batter him. 9
F. G. Tracy completed the planting
Il q twelve and one-half acre tract to
,eets, in Eddy county. Planting was {
made on ground farmed last year BY /
". H. Holabird. Fifteen pounds of
eed { 0 the acre were used.
I. W. Rogers, Of Eddy, r~ejoices in :
he possession Of two handsome rugs. .
)ne Is the skin OF q black bear; the J
'ther, a mountain lion. They were :
AIMED by q New York firm. This y
YORK ought to be done at home. =
The New Mexico agricultural college I
las English Berkshire pigs, both sexes, 4
o sell to the farmers OF the Territory at &
cry reasonable prices. Those In need a
i young stock Of this breed should |
to Prof. George Yestal, Mesilla /
ark, New Mexico.
The city Of Santa Fe owes about
|iS. 600 on outstanding warrants and !