Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1891-10-03
rAaH VAN rArsELL.
The Meniieu OF his Sas.c HersiIs the
Pate ot Zoe l.nu renee

Wv 's'"'s"b ~ Wis Nhtuf Neruhls tNe
fa'e ef doe Lawrence.
F"fk Van Iatscll, Who IL vel know q
~ thus chy, where lie formerly conducted
a saiuon aud brutAly treated lis " Re
and on two u,raslOns ~ years past, made
HslRDal failure ~ his balloon asccns,ons,
utterly disgusting the crowd. has had
many adventures since leaving thus city,
rs It. nitl, described N the following nc
count from San Francisco;
No novelist ever iuasiued more AL
Nthtn,re than have bciallru AerOnaui
Van lhteeil ~ hIa three years IN the
orient. lie was reported dead three
. n1, tut lcitrf received from him by
nn old friend ,a,a hc IN nov on his way
10 Bpmbhy, where he Will nakea balloon
nsrrhsiun Tor tue l. Indun Graphic Van
Ih-s"il LETT this rity iees than thr,1 years
ago un tour around the world, carry
tng Win D. N n balloon ~ Jn,un cubic
f",, ea- capacity lyon arriving n, liza
Nhu ic mhdc hn bsUpnslun, which re-.
suited IN h,S being thtusn into the a.a
with lbs ns'istnui, hail brother Van
'a'aprd almost 10y "a miracle from the
sharks that swarm IA those waters, but
hir companion NuH dcNuured. The re-.
port came hero that he Was dead aud
tie MI" brought huIt frr n divorce.
Nuihnig Na~ heard from tho neruunut
/ uuut ahu"tn year ago, when cable ~
/ I"i'"i that hc Was Killed by fall from
u PARACHUTE" ~ SumHtra. Ito Lulled the
. Ella. i'i"d fragments ~ his form To.
g"th"r hni went To CHlcuita, where Tor
/ W" lhitd I'm" ha met u shocking death
/ lie ~ very nGCh alive, however, and IN
u letter gtNtS an entertaining account ~
I hls ir,Nr's lie made many As,cusious
ard para hut" jump, IN New Zealand,
Australia, Java, China, Mania, japan
"ud luulh In Japan he made all nscsn
-iuu Tor III" mkadu aud his court, and
uu uu" ucCHslun the mikadu and h,s
/ irlm" minister went up AZ feet IN the
/ nhl,"'i, to which tu!c was fastened
v" WiNHdu VAS - overcome hy the
novel "Ni "ttcu.o that he made Van IhR
sell "iI"rs tn remain IL Japan and make
w"rkN ascenEluus Tor eight rtIaha 10
l'utnHh ~ ludIa Travelling with him
at tins time acre two pretty female para
chute !umpers Their charna eutnAred
$50 llihdouE ~ high degrees, and both
""u~u accepted offers ~ marriage Van
~ under contract To travel by balloon
from Bombay to Calcutta, 800 miles.
IT," hHlf brother alluded 10 and who
AHs deVuur,d 10y sharks ~ tn. waters ~
IA" hay Il Honolulu was no hali brother
ut al, but rosy checked Joe Lawrence
Vito cnm" Ia the CIiy from Las Vegas,
aud ntl"rdrd bar Tor Charles BonaAll
when lac ran the Mon,szumn saloon n
lew Ieh's HRo Van never went up IN
,hnt balloon he vas afraid, from all &C.
G. UNITS received and poor Joe Lawrence
met the dreadful tate The balloon be.
cHm" uumannreab,e from the hugh winds
prevailing nj the time and when the air
ship struck the water u thousand man.
'altug shurks surrounded n, aud soon
Ju" Lawrence, with otc gulp. daap.
rrar,d down the throat ~ one u the
large, huugr! sharks.
r"m the DAILY, Oct. 81
Duck hunting IL good along he Rio
Gfauie
Il y Piper, u Santa Fc insurance
man, ~ N the city,
B 7. Schustrr, the Bcrnnlllo mer
chant, Id IN Getty to-day.
Snm Drdrlck aud +. j. Wright came
up from SorDrru last night.
Chas. Ic,g-r spent las, week at 81.
johns, Apache county, Arizona.
Mrs, Felix Mandell aud two children
arrived from New York last night.
Chas. +, Hunt, tire popular clerk %
this district, visited Santa 70 yesterday.
&, ID. ilan"y, who kept books for Chas.
Flint, Winslow, Arizona, merchant, is
in the clty.
r.. NusbHum, father Of Mfs. Alfred
Gtunsteld. viii arrive this evening from
Chicago, and remnln several days.
John Arnizen aud Dave Rudolph will
leave to day Tor Los LunHs, where they
viii hunt and hSh FOR iew days.
The Highland Methodist church has
bought u lot aud will build brick house
toe month, TO he used FOR II parsonag
Solomon Luna will ship this month
from his LuRres ranch IN Socorro coun.
y Nix thousand sheep to eastern mar.
ke;s.
j. &, Delaney, the post trader at Fort
Stanton, still fingers in our city. and is
busy these days sending away important
letters.
Judge H. l. Warren, the senior mem.
Der Of the law firm OF Warren & Fer.
gusson, IL expected home from the east
next Monday.
Mira. NJ. W. Chollar, wife of Major
Chollsr, n friend Of Major Dounslly,
joined her husband here last night, ar.
irving FROM the north.
County Surveyor KilDourne will at
once begin surveys and plans for the
two FREQ bridges to bc constructed at
Albuquerque and Corrale'.
Hon, W. =. Williams, 10 Socorro, and
Tom Catron, Of Santa Fe, came up from
the south last night. Law aud politics
keep these gentlemen busy.
Hon. r. Is. Catror, oi Santa Fe, and
Col. W. y. Williams, Of Socorro, have
made application Tor membership Of
the Albuquerque Commercial club.
The Rio Puerco, which usually hides
itself beneath several ieot Of sand, 10
still booming. and ranchmen are unable
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