Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-01-06
THE DAILY OPTIC.
East Las Vegas, New Mexico,
SAN MIGUEL COUNTY.
TERRITORIAL TOPICS.
,Exsracss from our Excnansss.I

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The Gallup hook and ladder COM
pany is an enthusiss site organization.
The Las Cruces Republican is now
comfortably settled In its new quarters
Rev. s. E. Snyder, of Fort Defiance,
made another one Of his pleasant calls
on Gallup.
The New Mexico board Of immigra-
ton will meet at Santa Fe, on next
Monday.
Capt. w. A. Scott died Of pneumo-
MIA, at Camp Whitcomb, out from AL
buquerque.
Mrs. A. Jacoby is reported as still
quite i'll at her home in Colorado ona
Ana county.
Captain Smith has been on the sick
list, down at Las Cruces, but Is now
reported better.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Parker, nee
Smith, returned to Las Cruces from
their bridal trip,
James Bowie, of Gallup, is IN re-
ceipt Of a silver dinner set, from one OF
his college friends.
r. S. Philpot, who had been on q
prolonged business trip to Los Angeles,
returned to Bland.
D. M. Sutherland, of Thornton, died
at that place. Deceased was formerly
postmaster of Bland.
4 Miss Dee Peak has opened an oyster
parlor 10 connection with her fathers
store, down at Las Cruces.
The Gallup Cleaner says there are
over 100 applicants for the Office Of
Territorial mine inspector.
MIR. and Mrs. T. M. Wingo, Of Albu.
querque, are rejoicing over the arrival
at their home of a fine girl baby.
A thimble party took place at the
home of Mrs. c. F. Jordan and Mrs.
r L Young, down at Las Cruces.
Family troubles caused the wife of
j. w. Beck, jr., to leave Gallup, for
the home of her father, in Kentucky. +.
The sugar factory, at Eddy, shipped
. car load of sugar every day last
week, most of the product going to
Texas points.
Collector Jacob Schaublin, who has
been confined to his bed at Las Cruces,
with an attack of rheumatism, is now
reported better.
Miss Frank Bletcber departed from
Bland for a visit to her brother, Will
liam, IN Victor, whence she goes to her
home in Kansas.
The people of Gallup are unitedly In
favor of q new county to be created out
OF the western portion Of Bernalillo and
Valencia counties.
Mrs. Morris Prudential, who has
been spending the past nine months in
Berlin, Germany. visiting relatives, re-
to Las Cruces.
Some mischievous boys have beer
stringing wire across the sidewalks or
several nights, at Las Cruces to trip up
unsuspectipg passers-by.
George Marsh, of the New Mexican,
accompanied by his brother-in-law,
Elmer A. Wixon. of Denver, went over
to Bland from Santa Fe.
The Baptist church at Albuquerque
extended a call to Rev. u. Y. Bagley,
d. D., of Leadville, to become pastor,
and expect his acceptance.
A. G Anderson, of Colorado City,
Texas, has been. at Eddy, buying sheep
to ship into Texas for fattening, and
thence to eastern markets.
A. G. Wingfeld has returned to
White Oaks, from Dry Gulch, where he
has been engaged on the "American"
mine for some weeks past.
Acting Governor Miller has appoin'-
ed Vincent B. May, of Las Cruces, ard
Rafael Gomez, Of San Antonio, Socor-
70 county, as notaries public.
There was a social dance and supper
at the residence of Newt Eldredge, in
Roswell, at which every one present
had "bushels of fun" and pie to boot.
James Egans, Of Detroit, Michigan,
is al Roswell for his health, and sc
favorably impressed with the Pecos
valley that he may locate permanently.
G E Watford, a former employee of
the Eddy Argus. has just been elected
assistant clerk of the local order OF the
Woodmen of the World, at Marlin,
Texas.
The stockholders of the Bank OF
Commerce held their animal election at
Albuquerque, and thu old board of di.
rectors and the old officers were all re.
elected.
William Hawkins returned to Bland
from the upper Pecos, where he had
been hauling lumber during the sum-
mer and fall from Cooper's mill to
Glorieta.
1t is reported that work on the
stRackford" mine, In Nogal canon, by
MIR. McCrosky, has developed a BODY Of
fine ore, and that the force Is being,
increased
The flock of sheep belonging to
Messrs Hamilton. Campbell and Atkin-
son have been undergoing the dipping
process, on the place of the former,
south of Eddy.
Miss Della Miller, one of the popular
young lady clerks at the Golden Rule
Dry Goods company store, left Albu-
querque for 0 visit to her old home at
Ingalls,, Oklahoma. n
j. E. WiDslow, hitherto foreman OF
the Florence and Malaga system, is
now acting as general foreman Of the
entire southern canal system, with
headquarters at Eddy.
It was sad Christmas news that came
to w. L. Pringle, at Gallup, He re-
ceived a telegram from his brother at
Darlington, Mo-, stating that his father
W as dying, at that place.