Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-14

East Las Vegas, New Mexico,
san MIGUEL COUNTY.
THE TERRITORIAL PRESS,
IErtracta from our Hxchaueeg. /

a grand ball at Silver City.
Cattle shipments from Deming las
week aggregated $4,000 head.
Evangelisto Garcia and Miss josef.
Telles, of Mesilla, were married.
Rincon has a new business enterprise
in the way OF a photograph gallery.
Tho prospects for q fine fruit prop in
the Santa Fe valley we're neve better,
c. E. Stivers and family moved ia
their orchard homo east Of Farming.
ton.
Felipe Lucero, Of Rincon, recently
sold a bunch of cattle TO Col. Mother
sill.
The sophomores and junior classes
gave a rhetorial at the college 10 Las
Cruces.
DIR. Wrightman, OF Harrington, and
Req. Mcintyre, Of Aztec, exchanged
pulpits.
10. F. Sheridan. of Silver City, de-
MES being a candidate for mine in-
spector.
Born. to Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. Goodwin,
of Flora Vista, San Juan county, a
daughter.
x.Governor l.. Bradford Prince Is
in Espanola looking after his fine or.
chard, etc.
Mrs. T. f. B~ourbonia, of Rincon,
went to FL Paso to secure medical at
tention for the baby.
C. Fleury and daughter, Miss Mag
gle, of Rincon, were down at Las Cru
ces on land business.
A fine ten-pound boy was born to
Mr.. and Mrs. +. X. Hill at Farming
ton, San Juan county.
A baby daughter now enlivens the
household of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Nor
ris, over at Pennington.
The handkerchief case rallied off at
the convent in Las Cruces was won by
Willie Terrell, number III.
1. A. Sawin has purchased a lot in
the Hays addition a Pennington, on
which he will build athome.
VIM. Braham, of the City of Mexico,
Is in Santa Fe on a visit 10 his chill
dren, who are at school there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank F. Schunke, of
Monte Vista, Colo, intend to make
Harrington their permanent home.
The High Five club at Rincon de-
bated the question: "kesolued, That
cool beer is the staff of life in summer. i"
The "Flower Queen" or the "Coro-
nation of the Rose," at the court house
in Santa Fe on May goth and 21st next.
A. Staab was given judgment at
Santa Fe against Jose Rivera for
1888 70 on a promissory note. by Judge
Laughlin.
County Surveyor Salyer, of Farm
ington, is kept pretty busy in survey
ing placer locations along the San
Juan river.
Only one sick man in Rincon last
week. He went to Las Cruces for
medical aid. No doctor at Rincon,
you know.
Harrington has a burning gas well
which is but 800 feet in depth, and
evidences of petroleum are numerous
in that vicinity.
Some unknown friend in the east has
sent Mrs. DR.. Given, Of Rincon, a
beautiful bicycle lamp, of which the
lady is very proud.
A Rincon young lady says the young
men Whereabouts have such q horrible
dread of bacllli that kissing bees have
become things of the past.
A large force of men is employed in
the brick yard of McJunkins & Miller,
at Pennington, and the kiln will be
ready to fire at an early day.
The "Iilac tea." to be given by the
womanss board of trade at Santa Fe,
on Saturday. will be the first of a
series of afternoon entertainments.
At the regular meeting OF the w. I.
A., held at Mrs. E. e. Days in Las
Cruces, it was reported that the sum
of S55. Is was cleared at the phantom
party.
Martin Skinner came down to Rim
con from Iona Parda and went over
to Lake Valley to attend q case in
court in which some cattle are in
volved.
The ladies OF the M. e, church, Of
Pennington, are raising money by sub
scriptiont to purchase a new bell for
that church, and are meeting with good
success.
The will of the late Robert Harvey
was presented for probate and admit
ted, at Santa Fe, and Mrs. Leah A.
Harvey was appointed executrix with
out bond
The improvements on r.. q. Bark
er's commission house at Las Cruces
have been completed, and be is pre-.
pairing to occupy it In a few days with
his family.
1t is NOT generally known that lands
containing petroleum and other mineral
oils can be entered and patented nm
der the placer mining laws Of the
United States.
G. w. Greene has been appointed Q
special agent Of the general land Office
and assigned to duty at the Santa Re
land office. 1t is believed the new
agent halls from Kansas.
The Cod liver club met at Las Cru
ces 10 their palatial hall. The prin-
cipal feature OF the meeting was the
address of President Thomas as be
rendered his resignation.
Prof. Davidson, a former teacher in
the agricultural college at Las Cruces,
was recently elected by the board OF
regents Of the Nehrsska agricultural
college, headmaster OF the school OF