Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-04-09
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New Mexico News SeIssored 1odII,
From the Newspapers.

c. E. Derbyshire, who is working
the properties of the Pinos Altos Gold
Mining company, under lease, is treat
ing the ore from the dumps in the
Stanley mill with satisfactory
He has sub-leased the Minnie Grande
mine to George Robbins and the Gill
lett dump to Pablo Torres, both Of
whom are at work
Miss Bette Sparta and Mr.. Rob-
ert r.. Boone were united in marriage
at the residence of Mrs. Martin
Dwyer, at Dwyer, on the lower Min
bres, last Tuesday, Rev. H. w. RUIZ
net, rector of the Church of the
Good Shepherd. of that place, Of
floating. Only a few intimate friends
of the contracting parties were pres
emf.
w. c.. Chandler expects soon to
have a force of men at work on the
well known as Mountain Key proper
ty in Pinos Altos. At present he is
keeping the water from the mine and
getting everything into shape for ac-
tive operations. A number of Me>l-
can miners are making good money
out OF leases on the rich leads with
which the Key abounds, taking out
free milling ore.
The Rio Grande Valley Tobacco
company has been in corpOrated. 1t is
authorized to plant, raise and manu-
facture products from tobacco. The
capital stock is $4,000 divided into
$500 shares o fthe par value of SO
each. The term of existence is so
year sand the principal .2ce of bust
ness is Albuquerque, Be alillo u
ty. The directors are j. S. Reynolds,
M. w. Tourney and T. ]. Curran, all
of albuquerque.
A. p. Davis, Of Washington, ID. c.,
engineer on the geological survey. ar
rived in Roswell last evening, and is
registered at the Grand Central. r.
Davis will be in this vicinity for sew
eral days. He is ordered here by the
department at Washington to con-
tinue the work on the Hondo re5er-
tNoir. Mr.. Davis kno =, something
about the county, as l. was in
Roswell eight years ago.. IL came di-
rect from Washington to this city
Roswell Record.
b. G. Wakefield Of Springer. who
is in the employ of ]. Appel & Co.,
Wednesday shortly after dinner drank
sulphuric acid from a bottle standing
on a dresser in the back of the store,
presumably thinking it was mineral
water. A physician was at once
called and he was removed to his
home. 1t was not supposed he could
live long. He suffered great internal
agony for several hours but, toward
night, began to improve and has
since been resting easy. but not con-
sidered entirely out Of danger last
evening.
BY direction of the solicitor gen.
eral of the territory the prosecuting
of Sandoval county filed in
formation in the nature of a writ of
quo warranto against Alfredo M.
Sandoval. alleging that he has usurp-
ed the office of sheriff of the county
of Sandoval. without authority o.
law, and upon further ground that
said Sandoval was o qualified to
hold said Office. because he was not
of real estate in the value
not less thar $500. The sheriff of
Bernalillo county vas directed 20
serve the writ, by reason Of the dis
qualification of the acting sheriff of
Sandoval county.
DR.. A. w. Lynch, a prominent res
ident of Hopewell. a mining camp
thirty miles vest of Tres Piedras.
has been missing since last Friday.
and it is feared he has either been
drowned or lost. He left there Fri
day for Hopewell, bringing a team
and driver. On arrival at Las Tusas
creek the driver refused to cross the
stream on account of it's swollen and
condition, INK tried to in
duce the doctor to return to a neigh
boring ranch until morning, which he
refused to do. and started out alone
40 find a place to cross. A binding
snow storm was blowing at the time.
A large searching party was organ
lied in Tres Predras, who are max
ing efforts to locate the missing man.
He was lately married, and had about
81. 900 on his person when leaving
Tres Piedras.
A special dispatch from Cheyenne,
Wyoming. to the Denver Times, says:
Word was received here last even
ing that "Bill' Mccoy. the desperate,
was killed last week at Chaperito.
N. NJ. by being thrown from his
horse. His neck was broken and
death was instantaneous. Mccoy has
been wanted by the authorities of
Laramie county since 1887, having
escaped that year from the county
Jail in that city while under SEN
sence of death for the murder OF
Deputy Charles Gum at Lusk in jan
w. 1887. McCoy's record as a bandit
was 1t one time known all over the