The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-04-27
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There's some snow on the San Juan
mountains, new.
Otto Benning intends to start for Sill
verton in a day or two.
W. H. Williams hes just received an
invoice Of nice dress goods.
Mrs. NJ. A. Sullivan Of Bloomfield was
visiting in Aztec yesterday.
DR.. E. G. Condit made a flying trip 70
Durango the first Of the week.
Mrs. A. f. Brown has been very Ill
this week. Dr.. West is in attendance.
Judge Granville Pendleton started
for Durango yesterday for a brief visit.
Miss Myrtle Mccoy, who has been
seriously i'll, is reported to be improving
slowly.
Clint Bowman, the Silvorton livery
man, was in town yesterday, en- route to
Pennington. -
Rev. j. R. Cooper services
in the church at Flora Vista next Sun
day morning.
AJ.J Spiller, Joe Martin and Frank
Townsend are among the San Juaners in
town this week.
Mrs. A. D, Coolidge. Of Fruitland, and
her sister, Miss Hyde, we're Aztec visit
ors last Saturday.
y George Blancett started to the noun
tains this week with a herd Of cattle for
the Rathjen boys.
Mrs. Mildred j. Ebbs this week made
a homestead filing on land in the vicin-
ity Of Harrington.
HJohn Austin was a Durango sight
seer Saturday and Sunday. He made
the journey awhsel.
The last will and testament Of Annie
L. Woodward was fled in the probate
clerks Office yesterday.
Elder Henry will preach at Center
Point next Sunday at IL a. m. and at
Flora Vista at 8 p, N.
Mrs. w. H. Williams has just received
her second invoice of ladies' hats from
Hill Bros. Of New York.
Mrs. Frank Baker, Byron and Harvey
Baker and Barnett Knickerbocker left
last Saturday for Silverton.
Will Rice, after an absence from the
county Of several years, is in Aztec today
renewing old acquaintances.
James Kimmel of Aztec was granted
an original pension this week and J. T.
Faulkner received an increase Of pen
sion.
The crowd in attendance at this court
is estimated to have been larger than at
any previous term in the history Of the
county.
Henry r. Noel, one Of the e~nterprising
ranGhmen of the lower San Juan valley,
visited in Aztec last week and made The
INDEX office a pleasant call.
Fred Bunker, Price Walters, G, W.
Mccoy, DR.. Condit and A. D. Mcintosh
attended the obsequieS over the remains
of II. r. Skinner at FaTmingtoD yester-
day.
The hearing OF the La Plata ditch
cases before Referee Stafford will be re-
sumed next Monday. Attorney Miller
Of Durango will be in attendance as
counsel.
d Five placer claims on the San Juan
we're filed for record in the probate
clerks Office last week. Messrs. Walker,
Hardie, McCorkle and Miller were the
parties Ming.
A. e. Brown is new in full charge of
the Aztec Livery and Feed Stable. Note
the change 10 lad" Good teams, easy
running buggies and, above all, honest,
fair treatment, are what you may expp I
at Nj. Browns hands.
Jas. W. McDermott, Beecher Wag-
goner and L. @. Grove have been ap.
pointed census enumerators for San
Juan county. The work Of enumeration
will commence June l and must be con
pleted within thirty days.
Died, at Bayfield,, Colorado, April %
Of acute Bright's disease, Miss Ethel v
Quincy, daughter Of ID. M. Quincy, for
merly OF this vicinity. Deceased was &
bright. winsome girl Of Is years Of age
The sympathy Of the community goel
out to the bereaved parents.
A colony under the management o.
W. J. Miller, Of Pslo Alto, Calf, Il
seeking a location in New Mexico, anC
the secretary Of u board Of immigra
ton is in correspondence with them
presenting the advantages Of San Juar
county as a field for investment.
Sheriff Dodson and Deputy Shsril
Stewart left yesterday morning overland
for Santa Fe, having in custody Fred
Dean, whom they will deliver TO the war
den Of the p%enitentiaFy They will MAKE
the journey in a spring wagon. They
expect to be gone upwards Of two weeke
Many social events marked the visit o.
the coart officials to Pennington Sstur
day and Sunday. A musicale was given
at the residence Of Mr.. and Mrs. W. A
Hunter Saturday evening. attended b.
a number OF the FafmingtoH people
Dainty refreshments we're served. Sur.
day The snniais we're entertained at din.
nvr yy Mr. aud Mrs.. O. AZ McHeury q
tue Harwood house.