Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-20

The Lincoln county Jail Is empty
there not being a prisoner within III
walls.
Simon Sanders, the travelling maj
from Trinidad, spent several days IL
Taos. Z
Judge Berry left Taos for his hom
at Tres Piedras, after a weeks stay i
Taos.
j. o. Karrick, jr., rode the ssHrs
goat" Of the local X. OF P. lodge q
Gallup.
The class OF '97 of the Gallup schoo
are preparing for the commencemen
exercises.
w. T. Pittinger Is building a res
Idence IN the Preston addition at Elk
abethtown.
Forest Mckinney is down at Roswell
from the mountains visiting his sister
Mrs. F. p. Lea.
ID. ID. Graham, who has charge o
tbs Gusdorf orchards at Ranches, spec
Sunday in Taos.
Major Bateman lectured on the tenn
perance question at the Congregations
church in Gallup.
N. j. Reid. OF Gallup, was called t.
Lucas, Iowa, on account of the serious
illness OF his mother.
Mrs. W. II. Dudley left Gallup fol
the home of her parents in Old Mexico
for IN extended visit.
The Gallup photographer, Dell Chand'
Ter, is very busy these days and he IL
doing excellent work in his line.
DIR. L. P. Martin and Capt. Simpson,
of Taos, drove over to the Wamsley
springs, oil the Tres Piedras road.
The Gallup jsweler, CASTOR Craw.
ford, accompanied by his brother. A.
b. Crawford, left for Telluride, Colo.
Rsdderson & Deckert, of the U. s.
meat market at Roswell, have placed o
first-class refrigerator in their establish
ment.
In anticipation of q rolsing Fourth
of July celebration, the boys ct Roswell
are agitatlDg the organization of a base
ball team.
lit l1ldub BUu VI m0ICtiluO NIOur
dragon died in Taos. The mother
preceded her babe in death q little
over q week.
The junior league of the Methodist
church gave an ice cream and straw
berry lawn party in the court house
yard at Roswell.
The building of the military institute
ut Roswell will be the indirect cause of
at least a dozen good residences being
built down there this year.
Jesus Salazar went over to the Black
Lakes in Colfax county, from Taos.
He will probably be absent until after
the lambing season is over.
Mrs. Joseph Reitz left Gallup for
Peach Springs, Arizona, where she will
visit for some time with her friends,
Mr.. and Mrs. E. M. Sanjule.
r. L. Maddux has sold his interest
in the Legal Tender at Roswell, to
James Simpson, and the firm will
hereafter be Amonette & Simpson.
DR.. E. j. Pring, of Cimarron, per-
formed a successful operation. The
patient has made speedy recovery, and
is better than he has been for years
past.
Deputy Superintendent Merrill. OF
the penitentiary at Santa Fe, IL still on
the trail and pursuit OF the two con-
vlcts who escaped from the stone
quarries.
Miss Lucy Lea, who has spent the
winter and spring at Roswell visiting
her aunt, Mrs. M. i. Pierce, and other
relatives, left for her home at Inde-
pendence, Mo.
Mrs. j. j. Keegan and daughter,
Hazel left Gallup for Albuquerque
where they will visit among friends for
a couple Of weeks.
Application has been made to Acting
Governor Miller at SANTA Fe for the
pardon Of Apolonio Sedillo, convicted
at the recent term OF court in Lincoln
county of stealing sheep.
Some miscreants entered the corral
of j. B. Campbell at Gallup, and killed
two calves, cutting off their heads and
disemboweling them. and carrying away
the balance of the animals.
Charlie Mitchell, the Navajo Indian
who was taken to the Albuquerque jail,
from Gallup. 10 await the action Of the
court on tho charge OF train-wrecking,
escaped by scaling the wall.
Itinerant merchants, commonly call
ed paddlers, are focking into the
Elizabethtown country. hawking their
goods, which are usually the remnants
or refuse of some bankrupt stock.
Henry Hart, Of Gallup, IL now at
ESzahethtown, near the Red River
mi~ing district. He writes that there
is a great deal OF .~promise'' to that
much advertised section ofthe country.
Lincoln has been blessed with Il
number Of refreshing showers recently,
and hrs so fsr escaped any damage
from hail. though haiistorms have
struck uucomicrtably ear the town.
Captain Fritz Muller has charge of
II. s.. Kaune's business 1t Santa Fe
during the Iatter's abaence In ST.
Lauis, 70 which city hs was called BY
the sad news OF the death OF his aged
mother.