Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-18
THE DAILY OPTIC.
East Las Vegas, New Mexico,
SAN MIGUEL COUNTY.
THH TERRITORIAL PRESS.

70 t'PoAsot thut u clhcub Will buO'
in Socorro, tho latter part Of th
mouth.
Mrs. Rice, of Socorro. is the happ
possessor of a handsome sIdeal
bicycle.
The railroad officials at Socorro OK
poet more high water before the middl
,of next month.
Isaac Holloway has been 1uite a sic
man but he is now on the gain, dow
at San Marcial.
DR.. Lane went up to Rincon fron
Las Cruces to attend the little child o
Mr.. ~Bourbonie.
Richard Brown has rendered hi
resignation as constable OF the Sal
Marcial precinct.
A. Mayer returned to Socorro fron
Illinois, where he went to attend tn,
funeral Of his father.
The Golden Crown mill at Socorre
has beed pushed this year to meet al
demand for its product.
The carpenters. painters and plaster.
ers OF San Marcial have bad, and are
still having, a busy season
Joe Bennett won the alIround medal
at the field day exercises at the agri-
cultural college in Las Cruces.
Several young men were arrested at
Las Cruces and chefged with the
promiscuous shooting hl night.
Mrs. Santa Rosa Rico was thrown
from a buggy while driving north of
Las Cruces and quite badly hurt.
The Coon orchard south of Socorro
is being thoroughly sprayed and now
promises an immense crop Of apples.
This year, Saturday, May 31st,
has been designated for the services
incident TO Memorial day In New Mex
leo.
A committee to arrange for q M. E
South Sunday school aud church
pic1ic, met ut the churcn in Las
Cruces.
Martin Lehman telegraphed from
Las Crucesto Kansas tor $4,000 pounds
of wheat The local supply is ex-
hausted.
The friends OF l.. Ensminger are
pleased to see him on the streets Of
Socorro again and rapidly gaining
strength.
j. j. Jones, OF Las Cruces, won the
pole vault contest, breaking the record
for New Mexico by vaulting eight feet
and eight inches.
Someone has stolen two burros from
the Socorro miner, barber and tailor,
Chas. NJ. Fink, who offers q large re-
ward for theis return.
The best possible evidence that the
people Of San Marclal are a sober lot
Is the fact of their not having observed
an airship in the clouds.
II ia very likely that before the end
OF the present year the San Marcial
postofice will be raised from q fourth
class to a presidential Office.
No teachers have yet been employed
for the next school year down at So
zorro, and there will probably be MOTH
ing decided upon before June.
Phil Mann, a su%b-contractor on the
Selden dam, Yves arrested at Las Cru
ces for selling property belonging to
Mrs. Leslie Dow, of Eddy county.
Locke & Merrill's "wigwam" was
opened at San Marcial. Many of their
friends dropped in to view the
neat fittings and secure q cooling
draught.
w. w. BOX and Oliver Lee have
~purchasedth the mortgages held by Numa
raymond Sn the Coghlan properties
and cattle 10 and around T~ularosa for
$4,000.
On Saturday evening May 22nd, the
Bed Men of san Marcial will give an
entertainmentAn their new lodge rooms,
to which a goosly number OF nice peo-
ole will be invited.
Mrs. w. o. thompson, wife of the
editor Of the BIak Range, came over
land from Chloride to San Marcial. and
took the train forCowansville, Cana
da, to visit her mother.
The board of REGENTS of the New
Mexico military institute at Roswell
advertise for bids foAthe erection OF
O building for the schoA. Bids will be
opened on June LIST, neN.
Or. Cruickshank' g twdbrood mares,
s,Pschin'' and LADY Amont," have
given birth to two male Nplts. at San
MarciaI, sired by candy M. F. .
Blood's thoroughbred stalliSn.
MIS-. Fl. II. Hansbro, a fashionable
dressmaker and manager of the
Moody dress cutting parlorsA in Kan
sas City, is IN Ration and will spend
the summer there for the benefit OF her
health.
Ed Brown, representing Col. Mother
sill, recently returned to San Mar
cial from the Pecos country, where
ne purchased a number OF small
brands Of cattle from parties on the
Penasco.
A very good.sized audience gather
ed at the opera house in sccofFo to
witness the presentation. BY local
talent, OF an old colonial CONCERT.
Some OF the best musical ability q the
city assisted.
G.. F Graves, Of the i-nr Of Cieigh-
ton & Graves, at Magdalena, WAS 10
Socorro, and during the week Visited
other points 10 the Territory on busi-
ness. MIR. Graves cells confidentthatl
the firm will come out all right. /,
Sheriff emil Fritz, of Lincoln cdr.
ty, accompanied by tho following
guards, Charles Fri q, John Ovens. h,
Perea and 80 Burieson, arrived 70
Santa Fe from Lincoln county, having
ia charge six prisoners, tried ,~conyicte !
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