Las Vegas daily optic., 1900-05-01

rilla placer grounds at once.
H. A. Funke has received the ap-
pointment of census enumerator for
districts No. 1 tElizabethtown), No.
(Baldy) and No. IL (PoniI.
J. c. Gillen and c. A. Schuerich
have united their mercantile interests
at Bland, under the style and firm
name of the Bland Supply Co.
Mrs. John B. Jacquot had erected
over the grave of her husband, in the
Springer cemetery last week, a hand
some monument to his memory.
Benz. Leggett, who has been at the
Windsor, at Socorro quite sick for
two weeks, returned to his home in
Magdalena, but little improved.
Miss Jennie Brengle arrived in San
ia Fe from Oklahoma to visit her sis
ter, Miss Nettie Brengle, who is a
teacher at the Presbyterian mission
school.
Geo. Oldham, Ed Westoby and AL
Hedges, all of Red River mining dis
trict, report everything looking goou
in the district and development work
active.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. H. French will
leave Elizabethtown in few days
for Trinidad. Mrs. B. NJ Blackwell
will have charge of the Maxwell house
during their absence.
j. w. Jones G Co., of Frisco, Socor-
70 county. have sold their valuable bus
fness to company that will carry on
the business under the firm name of
Hood Brothers & Hudson.
Following the suggestions of the
Elizabethtown Miner" of few weeks
ago, the business men are putting up
the money developing some of the well
known mines of the camp.
BY legal conveyance the large bust
ness building at Springer, belonging
to DIR. L. Hines, became the property
of ]. F. Hutchison and the future home
of the Springer "Stockman."
Simon Penasco, of Gallup, has ar
rived at st. Vincent hospital at San
ia Fe in such a seriously paralyzed
condition that he is absolutely help
less. His ftmily is in Austria.
John Kissee and Mrs. Magdalene
Jones were married at the Methodist
parsonage in Ration and left the same
day for Elkton, Colorado, where Mr.
Kissee is engaged in mining.
The school board at Elizabethtown
has purchased nice lot Of new sup
plies for the school, including an
eight day clock, two call bells, die
tionary holder and large school bell.
D. A. Clouthier, for Springer school
district, received an invoice of hand
some large trees for the school yard
and some for himself which he will
use in his new park in the east side of
that place.
There will be an abundance Of all
kinds of fruit. except apricots, in the
vicinity of San Marcial, this season.
In fact, it will be necessary to do a
good deal of thinning, so heavily are
the trees loaded.
w. C. Burnett, the former publisher
of the Miner" at Elizabethtown
now has position as private secre-
tary for the general superintendent
of the Mexican Central railroad, with
headquarters at El Paso.
C. Loughridge, an attorney from
Chicago, has been in Elizabethtowr
for several days. He has bought The
Gerhardi interest in the Lexington
mine and has interested himself il
several other propositions.
Two men purporting to be Cripple
Greek miners. who have been loafni
around the Elizabethtown camp, do
ing very little work, took Frencl
leave. jumping their board bill, an'
taking a couple of saddles.
Tranauilino vaIerde Of Albert P. o.
Union county, N. NJ, is at large AM
somewhat demented- All merchant
are advised not to sell him any spirit
nous liquors, drugs, firearms or an
munftion to endanger himself.
James Howe. years ago a resident .
Springer. since in business at Wat
rous and Wagon Mound, his family a
the latter point, is again conductin
business at Springer, expecting to r.
move his family up there soon.
Tne members Of the local Gatlin
gun squad at Santa Fe, have receive
their new uniforms and are manifes
ing IFash interest in the success {
their organization. They are arranl
ing 81 a gymnasium at their armory.
CAPT Henry sturges, Of Syringe
has received his commission from Te
ritoaIa1 Census Supervisor Sanchez,
one zf the enumerators OF colfax c0ul
=, sid commission assigning him pr
einef s. including all Of the town
Iaton.