Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-11-15
CORONA NOTES

The second meeting Of the school lit
erary society was successful In every
way. The programme was varied and
well given. A diverting feature being
local newspaper edited by George
Simpson. II hit IN local events and
persons In style that caused much
merriment. The meeting next week
will Introduce q debate that promises y
to be more entertaining than any.
thing this ambitious society has yet
attempted.
Three days of rain and snow have
saturated the soil aud will doubtless
provide abundant water for herds and
fiocks for some, time TO come.
J. G. Hewes, the Texas sheep buyer
who operated largely hereabouts this
fall, departed homeward yesterday
across country.
Ten passengers for FL Paso took
the train from this place last night.
among them b. J. Cross and wife, who
90 there to make their winter home.
8. X. Sydes Is heard from at Tu.
cumcari where ne has been induced to
aid the Goldenberg Company for a few
months In the rearrangement OF their
large store and stock, Nobody could
do that better than 8. X. 8.
s. Kahn. recently an employe Of the
Holman Mercantile Co., returned to-
day to his former place Of business
at Bernalillo.
The grading outfit Of Caples. Pow
ers & O'ConnOr. the III Paso c0ntrac-
tors, have moved In and encamped
preparatory to commencing work on
track extensions In the Corona yard.
Two thousand feet Of additional track.
age will be laid here at once, and q
considerable more later when the de-
pot buildings have been moved across
the right Of way.
There was a disastrous wreck near
Ancho. twenty miles south Of this
place, November s. Passenger train
20. running just ahead Of the CalifOr-
MIA limited last Monday morning was
making rapid headway over piece Of
newly repaired track when the trucks
Of the tender left the rails, throwing
three following coaches down a twen-
ty foot embankment. The engine re-
mained ON the track hut the rear
coaches ran on the ties some distance
though they did not topple over. The
ierailed cars were completely over
turned, their trucks flying In different
directions, yet, strange to say, Il Is
reported that nobody was injured suf-
ficiently to require assistance. SO bad
~ was the track torn up and the EN-
bankment displaced that more than
twenty-four hours were passed In maxi
Ing repairs that would permit the
passing Of trains.
Chief Engineer G. r. HeLning, OF
the Dawson cutoff survey, passed
through CoranO last week On his old
white horse. maps under his arm, his
eye fixed upon the most direct and
practicable route by which to connect
Las Vegas and Corona. Corona wants
the junction to be here; 30 does Tor
rance, and SO Duran, as well as every
other station between here and Santa
Rosa. Mr.. Henning says q satisfac-
tory survey has been completed to Q
siding known as Helena, some four
miles north Of Torrance, but at Tor.
rance the people are confident they
will bring the two lines together in
the limits OF their townsite.
Roman Lopez. one time delivery
man for Hartman & Well, now sue
cessful painter. has done some excel
lent sign work here on the livery sta
BILE OF r. L. Atkinson and on the store
front Of Holman Mercantile Co,
It Is current report thaat Mrs. J.
A. Corn will soon erect $4,000 hotel
with modern equipment at this place.
Ben Orr will set up a confectionery
and lunch stand opposite the new Az
kinson amusement hall AZ soon as his
building can be completed.
J. H. Hicks, president OF the First
National Bank at Santa Rosa. stopped
on his way to the southern metropolis,
He has his eye upon the fat cattle
that roam the wide pastures OF Coro-
ma.
On Saturday night. 4th inst, there
passed away at the house Of Elisha
Orr, B. r. Barton of Roswell, known
TO all old timers Of that locality as
Uncle Scott Barton. He was a visi-
tor in the home of his old friend, Mr.
Orr. when attacked by the sickness
which was to be his last. The kindest
ministrations Of the family softened
his last hours. and with sympathetic
hearts and tender hands they laid
away the aged sleeper in his last
home beneath grove of cedars ON
the farm
Oyama to report.