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Las Vegas free press. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1891-1???, 1892-01-30
PERSONAL.

Ben Bruhn is down from the
Springs.
Mrs. Chas. II. Sporleder will re-
turn tonight.
w. B. Brunton, of Shoemaker, is
in town today.
Mrs. Tom Beckhln left for Trini-
dad this morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell left for
Liberty this morning.
A. M. Blackwell arrived from the
south this forenoon.
Rev. Jas. A. Manaul arrived from
Albuquerque this morning.
Col. Prichard leaves for Los An
geles tonight, on legal business.
Major A. J. Mckinney, of Santa
Ec, left for Springer this morning.
w. p. Metcalf, of Antelope
Springs, was in town this morning.
c. r. Williams, of Denver and O..
G. Williams of Cincinnati, arrived
last night.
j. Minum, in the curiosity bust
ness, would like to hear from parties
in Arizona.
Mr.. Fisher. and son, and Miss
Danzingor, were down from the
Springs today.
Ex-senator Dorsey, w. q. Porter
and j. c. Hill are visiting friends
here for few days.
Alex Brisaiher, butcher of Albu-
querque, stopped in town this
morning on his way to Springer.
r. X. Goodwin and p. J. Huff
man, of the Southwestern Portrait
company, left for Trinidad this
morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. L. Cove, of Chat
field, Mimi, and Miss Ella Foote, of
Cleveland, o., leave for Southern
California tonight.
L. w. Johnson, of La Enslnoso,
east of Watrous, leaves with his
family tonight for California. We
are sorry to lose them.
Eva Manning, the youngest sister
of William Manning, is dead. She
died in Whitley, Ontario, and was
buried at Exeter, Ontario, Canada.
Editor Fey, of the Clinton County,
Iowa, Advertiser, spent this forenoon
with J. Ii. Teltlebaum, of the Can
tina Imperial. He is on his way to
California.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Martinez and
Mrs. Demetria Silva left last night
for Sau Miguel on a visit to their
children who are at school, they will
then proceed to Anton Chico to
spend a few days.
Las Vegas free press. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1891-1???, 1892-01-30
JUST LIKE A WOMAN.

When a woman wants anything
done she wants it done her own way,
as the following will illustrate:
"Mr. D., do you reckon that er lea
Their will stay onP"
eyes, madam"
"Now, / do not think it will"
eyes, madam; / assure you it will"
"Now, / wanted you to cover the
surface over with nails, putting as
many nails in it as you possibly
could"
"The more nails you have in it the
more liable you are to fall"
"This isn't fixed according to my
notion"
at is fixed the best way, madam"
allow much is it?"
twenty-five cents"
"Well, I'll pay you; but if I slip 1
shall come back and have it fixed on
my plan" And ten to one she'll
slip"
Las Vegas free press. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1891-1???, 1892-01-30
T. j. MILLS,
General Broker,
REAL ESTATE,
Live Stock, Improved Ranches, City Property,
MINES MUNICIPAL BONDS AND OTHER LOCAL
SECURITIES.

Special inducements parties desiring County, School District
porae Bonds
prepared negotiate purchase and sell the upon the
- advantageous
The undersigned having been engaged dealing this class
territories
which period he has examined the validity of issue amounting millions
peparedo capitalists and others special privileges
that bond recommended legally issued and valid
stng debt against the municipality and that the
municipality that it is abundany able obligation
have the
Las Vegas free press. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1891-1???, 1892-01-30

The drim.us company will give a
concert at the Lopez hall tonight,
which will be followed by dancing
the rest Of the evening.
Major Arthur Morrison, succeeded
in getting twelve months back pay
and a pension for Jesus NJ. Tafoya.
The money came today.
A petition for cemetery for East
las Vegas WIS circulated around
town lhis afternoon and 200 sigma
lures were added to il in half an
hour,
The hotel committee have now be-
tween 5000 and $4,000 Of stock
subscribed for. They are still work
ing aud il viii only bea short time till
the required amount will! be raised.
Las Vegas free press. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1891-1???, 1892-01-30

o9 n ca"i chcots and cur,s.
ben love TO take walk
And The sweet n Ne girs,
They talk about the boys
0f,s2,.l.ys. i,ys, j1ys
r. -. ,...s;o
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A"o1He' oe""'''"' summer Jay
'o"'y
'ol' A'''NS Will ''''' Ut '''' '''P'N
Ian 'o'I7""
NA'"t th1t WHISKY rather SiIong
'h H'''.'H'
NJ. 3 AMI N5.l on time. a spec
IL. viii arrive "t $50.
Corn fed beef from 81 cents up at
Green Brothers q Cos.
Las Vegas free press. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1891-1???, 1892-01-30

The following named gentlemen
are officers of the Business Mems
association: Chas. H. Sporleder,
president; Trad Cochran, vice presi-
dent; Byron I. Mills, secretary; Leo
Manca, treasurer. Executive commit
tee, Ike Davis, L. H. Hofmeister, j..
II. Stearns, Chas. II. Sporleder and
B. Il. Mills, ex-officio.
Las Vegas free press. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1891-1???, 1892-01-30

A thief broke into /. Cochran's
slaughter house and drove three hogs
away over the plains, the night be-
fore last. The hogs were found and
brought back today.
Las Vegas free press. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1891-1???, 1892-01-30

After three days of warm, damp
weather, in which it was hard to de-
eide whether Foster or New Mexico
would come out ahead, it has cleared
up, and to all appearances we shall
have some weather like we used to
before Foster tried to run that bust
ness.
Las Vegas free press. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1891-1???, 1892-01-30
AssIaNEE'S NOTICE.

To the creditors and all parties interested in
or having any claim or demand against the es-
tate, property, effects and things of Charles II 4.
Sporeder, assigned to me in trust for benefit OF
creditors by the deed of assignment of the said
Charles II Sporleder, dated the Goth day OF
October, 1891: Take notice, that on Monday,
the 25th day of January, A. ID. 1892, and for
three consecutive days Immediately thereaf-
ter, l. Thomas W. Hayward, said assignee,
will be present in person from O'Clock a. m
to o'clock p m. on each of said days, at the
place recently occupied as a store and place
of business by said Charles II Sporleder, situ-
ated on the west side of Sixth street, south or
Douglas avenue, in the town Of East Las We
gas, in the county of San Miguel and territory
of New Mexico, and l will then and there re-
ceiVe and proceed publicly to adjust and al
low all accounts, claims and demands against
said estate, effects and property OF said as
signor, assigned to me as aforesaid; and you
and each of you are hereby notified to then and
there present to me, as such assignee as atore-
said, for adjustment and allowance, all claims
and demands with the nature and there
of. which you or any of you then have, against
the estate, property and effects OF said assign
or, ms otherwise you may be precluded from
any benefit from said estate, property and et-
fects. THOMAS W. HAYWARD, Assignee.
Dated Las Vegas, N. NJ, Dec IL, 1891.
Las Vegas free press. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1891-1???, 1892-01-30

Hot and cold baths at Tony
CajaPs, Bridge street
Las Vegas free press. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1891-1???, 1892-01-30
SOMETHING New.

One t hous and dozen
fresh eggs.
Fl We car ! o ads choi &C
gre en- al f al f a..
Ten c ar s choi &c gr Q n
nat We hay.
One car al Il var o tt es
Mi s ssour j apples.
200, 900 unds ex-
ira CT Q an native
oats.
One car CIR Q Ell ey pot a
The che ape st pl ace n
town and t he best
goods and t he l ow-
est pri ces at
HARTMAN & WELLS
Bridge Street, Las Vegas.
Las Vegas free press. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1891-1???, 1892-01-30

fyou have only one pair of boots
or shoes to wear, and they need repair
ing, go to F. Thones, and they will
be done well in a hurry. Douglas
avenue, between Sixth and Seventh.
Las Vegas free press. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1891-1???, 1892-01-30

WANTED-A house with four
rooms and stable; lease for one
year with privilege for another. Ad-
dress, L, this Office.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-07-30
QUEER EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS.
e Muihattonesque story or the Recent
Tremor In California.

An old sheepherder who dwells in a
secluded spot in the Suffer county but
ties made his annual visit to this city.
and from him we learn of some phen-
omenal and interesting circumstances
as . result Of the earthquake.
The lonely camp of the old shepherd
Is far up in the buttes, and Is sur
rounded with cliffs densely covered
with massive rocks and boulders, which
have withstood the storms of ares ami
furnished mills for the aborigines to
grind their acOrns and manzanita ber-
ries into Hour from the remotest an
tiquity.
The old herder had just emerged
from his cabin on this memorable
morning, and was gathering kindling
with which TO prepare his morning
meal before turning his flock on to the
range for their days forage. and the
wonderful sight he witnessed will
never be forgotten. When the trem-
bling began. numerous sparks Of a
bright blue color began issuing from
the rocks, caused by the friction as
they were tossed 10 and fro by the
surging earth. AZ the tremors in
creased the number Of sparks did like
wise, until ut one time the hillsides
appeared rs one sheet of tira with mill
lions of sparks darting here and there
as if dancing for JOY. As the trembling
subsidized the sparks gradually disap-
peared, and in a all was total
darkness.
Shortly after the sun had started on
its journey in the eastern horizon the
attention Of the old shepherd WAS at
tracted by the great branches of trees
which had fallen TO the ground, and
! those which remained intact seemed
TO horrify the wild birds, as they would
attempt to alight, and then, with a
frightened scream. would pass rapidly
on, only to repeat the caper at the
next tree. An investigation proved
that millions of lizards and snakes had
taken refuge in the trees during their
fright and had become so numerous
on the projecting branches that they
were forced 10 sUccumb 10 the i'm
mense weight and fell to the ground.
This is the only instance Of damage re-
ported in Yuba or suffer Countrywide
rySriNe (Cdt.) Democrat.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-07-30
An Alaskan Glacier.

As we assembled the Newton glacier.
and gained the summit OF one i~ce-fall
after another, the panorama Of mighty
snOw-cOyered peaks and broad. crew
assed glaciers became more and more
unfolded, and more aud more mag
n%iiicent. The view eastward down the
glacier is one Of the most impressive
pictures that even Alaskan mountains
a furnish. The ellis of the ~. Elias
range on the south and Of the Augusta
range on the north, rise near at hand
to great heights, and are as rugged
and angular n it is possible for noun
tains To be. The snow-cOyercd slopes
are utterly bare Of vegetation; not
even a lichen tintS the isolated out
crops of rock.
Looking eastward between the two
lines of precipiceS towering over q
mile in height, and rising above into
p~innacles and creSts, the eye follows
the descending slope of the glacier.
which expands as new ice-streams
pour in flood after flood of ice. The
surface OF the glacier appears rugged
i'm the foreground, but j. sUftened i'm
the distance until only the broadcast Of
the blue gashes that break its surface
are visible. Five or six miles away is
a heavily snow-coyerel group Of hills,
a spur of the Augusta range, which
defects the glacier To the south and
causes it TO disappear beyond a rugged
headline of rocks and snow. Rising
above the foothills that turn the
frozen currents are magnificent peaks,
the like of which are seldom seen, and
are utterly unknown TO all who have
not ventured into the frozen solitudes
of lofty mountains. Mount Maiaspina
and Mount Augusta, cathedrals more
sublime than eve human architect
dreamed of, limit the view on the
northeast. To the right of these, and
forming the background Of the picture,
rise the clustered domes and pinnacles
of Mount Cook and Mount Irving, two
sister peaks of equal grandeur. Be-
yond these, glimpses may be had at
certain stations of Mount Vancouver,
and of still other shining SUBMITS
which are not named. and perhaps
were never before seen by human eyes.
The view down the glacier is a
winter landscape. In the full noon
tide the scene is of dazzling Wilderness,
except where cliffs cast their shadows
or clouds screen the sunlight. The
snow-iields and the snow-curtained
precipices, when in shadow, have a
delicate blue tint that seems almost
n phosphorescence. Except on rare
occasions, the colors are white and
many shades of blue. with dark relief
here and there where the cliffs are too
precipitous to retain a covering. Some
times the sunlight, shining through
delicate clouds of ice-spicules, spreads
a halo of beautiful colors around some
shining summit, Or, striking the SUR
face Of a snow-tield at the proper an
gle, spreads over it a web of rainbow
tints as delicate and changeable as the
pearly lining of a sea-shell. The
sheen on the surface of the frosted
snow suggests the fancy that there the
spirits of the Alpine flowers have their
paradise .-ISracL c. RHSSei, ia The Cen
turU.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-07-30

Here is a club story-not very new,
but very good. An Episcopal clergy
nan is addicted TO sports. His parishion
ers bear it all without complaint. unit
finally he gets TO driving his horses
tandem; then they demonstrate. and thu
concilIating offices Of the Bishop arc in
voked. The Bishop. a kindly, sensible
old man, advises the rector TO ylelG Il
the wishes Of his flock. but the rector
protests that he has a right to drive hi.
horses as he pleases.
What is the difference" he demand
ed, whether q man drives his team
abreast or one horse ahead Of the otherf'
There may be a difference" sug
gested tue aged Bishop. softly. LEI
us take a parallel case. When you pray
you dispose your hands reverently. so
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-07-30
A Natural Pca-shootcr.

Jacks botanical friend. Mr.. Ernest
Ingersoll. sends him a bit of news
about one of the wistarias--those large
leaved, climbing shrubs hat in June
hang their purplish-blue blossoms in
great clusters upon frames or over
doorways, or high up ON the front OF
houses aud cottages. He SAYS il is a
natural pea-shooter. lie found IL out
in this way: Wishing To keep some
seeds of the Chinese wistaria, he picked
a few of the pois that follow the fal!
of flowers in autumn, and laid them
upon q mantl.piece in his warm study.
Midwinter came, and one day the gem
tleman was astonished to hear a sharp
crack, like n tiny pistol-shot, and 80
see n of the seeds fly clear across the
room, from its bursting pod on the
mantle. 1t struck agains' the wall as
if trying to pass throu, it. He laid
the other pods away in paper, and a
day or two later hear. the sharp little
reports made by their swapping open.
This vine. then, is not content that its
seeds shall simply fall to the ground at
its root, and there spring up into
growth, but the pods wait until they
have become SO tense, with drying and
shrinking, that they can hold their
edges together at the seam.no longer.
Then they fly away with a spring that
hurls the seeds many yards, so that
the new vines may spring up far from
the old one. As this goes on year after
year, you can easily see how rapidly
these wistarias, ii allowed TO grow,
would spread themselves over almost
any extent of country.-Jack-ia-the-
Pulpit department, So. Nicholas.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-07-30

This eventful day was some seven
years ago. when rs the shades of night
were falling fast he entered the city OF
Durango. Col, barefooted, hungry, un.
kempt and sorely disheartened and with
only a few boarded dollars In his
clothes. He hunted up n bakery and
was promptly given employment. Al
the end OF the tenth day his boss TOOK
the silver fever and sold u to Harry,
and he found himself in the possession
of an oven, a loug-handled peel, half .
dozen pans, two sacks OF -four, and
enough yeast TO set one batch. In q
month he was fairly prospecting. aud al
the end of a year he was looking around
for something 10 invest his surplus
capital in. This materialized In the
shape OF a tract of nfiy-fvc acres oil
land just outside the then city limits,
and was not considered particularly
valuable. He bought ii and waited.
Silver mining became a great pursuit 10
the surrounding mountains. DURANGO
grew and became the seat of supplies
for the thousands of prospectors hunting
for silver lodes. The growth of the
town was phenomenal, and grew over
Harry's fifty-flve acres. and the chaparral
farm increased in value. He built q
half-doZen brick houses and n fine three.
story brick for his bakery business and
for q wife he took about the time of
the boom. He now controls the entire
bakery trade of the city. and handles
vast quantities. of flour and mercantile
hardware. Fifty thousand dollars would
not induce him 10 part with his posses
sions to-day, and the barcfooted tramp
who entered Durango seven years ago Is
now recognized as one OF the city's most
substantial aud progressive cltizens.-
Indiana pa MESSENGER.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-07-30
MRS. HOME.

woven SO many faucies and plots and
made a fortune out Of her brain, re-
moving TO another charming home ut
Yonkers, n. y. There, last December.
she passed her 72I birthday. aud there
she still lives and labors. She loves this
home, too; and who would notf
Mrs. Mary j. Holmes as a novelist
has been compared to the late Rev. T.
p. Roe. Her works never offend; their
obvious aim Is TO teach a good lesson,
Snd they reach an enormous number OF
readers. In fact, since the death OF Mr..
Roe there has been no writer In America
whose novels have sold as well as Mrs.
Holmes. 1t is said that already consid.
erably more than |, 900, 90 copies OF her
works have been put upon the market.
From childhood the novelist was u
dreamer. and sensitive. She says of the
Brookfield Mass farm house in which
,le was born: There was n well sweep
In the rear. and q great poplar tree shad-
Ing the windows from which my young
ewes first looked out upon the world,
which, from my earliest recollectiOnS.
has TO me been filed with shadowy
people" Since then, her blue eyes and
yellow hair have both deepened and
darkened, but she is still the same sensi-
tive, imaginative being. of an older
growth, much Of whose life is spent in
another world.
Some steps in her outward life: AT .
she commenced school; at O studied
grammar; at - taught; at 10 had her
first production published; married n
lawyer OF Richmond, N. Y; removed TO
Versailles, KY. where her first novel.
Tempest and Sunshine" was issued.
Afterwards the stories came On apace,
until now they number about thirty.
But although Mrs. Holmes Is rich, has
been with ell her labors OF love) almost
O universal traveller, and has lived for
many years in an elegant homo at
Brockport, N. Y, she is still modest.
aud n friend and q delightful entertainer
to all the girls whom she draws TO her
self in the flesh.
All biographical notices Of herself. she
say s, seem to her like ''fUncral sermon
To be written up" makes her very
nervous" Which are some OF the pains
accident to fame.
In person Mrs. Holmes is tall, slender,
and graceful. has large. blue eyes and
brown hair. She Is fond Of children,
although her large. quiet home shelters
none OF her own. She aud her husband.
as stated. are great travellers. and when
they return from some foreign land
nothing gives the popular author SO
much pleasure as TO gather around her q
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-07-30
A Safe Investment.

This is one of several good stories
told of an eccentric Scotch ovcrseer in
the employ Of the late William Henry
Smith: 1t was at the time when agri.
cultural prospects were very low in
deed, and Mr.. Smith was seeing very
small returns from his broad acres. AS
the two walked together across the
fields. with uplands all around. all OF
which belonged to Smith, the worthy
Scot sought to reassure their posses.
sol. "Dinna We be feared, Mr.. Smith.
for your money said he. Its like the
cooks kettle; a things no lost when We
ken where 1t is. Your sillcr is lying
safe amang a. thac hills. And ye ken
the hills are everlasting"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-07-30
REDFeRN


New YORK, July, 1862 For some
time wo seem to have been living in an
atmosphere of Christian Endeayor,"
actually stepped in it. So satiated have
we been with the sound OF ~reyiyalist
hymns and burning addresses, with
the surrounding atmosphere Of relig-
tous push, and unsophisticated sight
seeing that we began TO think that we
really might have too much of n good
thing. New York has seldom exper-
fenced such a prodigal outbreak of
goodness. IL is as though a band OF
fresh" and o~stentationsly feryent an.
gels had been let loose in Sodom or
~Gomorrah, angels that had been but
recently put in possession of new
pairs Of wings and also brand new
harps, which they made rather a big
display Of Giddy Gotham feels an aI-
most Gomorrah-like distaste for good.
ness when 1t is overrun with these
raw, f%ervent, excited creatures who,
by their appearance and manners, pub.
llsh that inevitable truth that good
ness Is not always attractive. There
has been n warm and irresistible flood
OF enthusiasm, however, which, in
spite OF the mass of greenncss and un-
cultivated material from whence il
~emanates, could not fail TO make
its way into the metropolitan heart in
n manner that enthusiasm that sign Of
q young and pure heart never fails
TO when it gets fair chance. II got
the chance this time. New York may
be depraved. but it is depraved will
| the natural hnaA1nnr tax~,ft,, -
buoyant youth, and is not too iniquit
Gus TO recognize in n coarse nut the
kernel of real worth. 1t recognized
that there was some good strong ma,
terial among these modern ~revivalists
many a John Wesley and Gerge Her
bert Some OF the speeches contained
pithy epigramInatic passages which
EN- bodied thoughts only thought bj
earnest, rapid thinkers. New Yorl
listened to the burning words and fell
no inclination to jeer. IL contenteC
itself with casting an amused eye a
the motley appearance Of the crowd
and decided that although somewha'
lacking in style its badges covered
yerdant and true hearts
And what about style? Well, jus.
now this, that gowns arc being mad,
long enough to touch the ground Tn,
train has been found quite incompat
ible with sports Ribbons and lace.
are the two favorite materials for til,
hour; they are on every gown Lace
is wonderfully becoming 1t casts
softening shade over angles and has
generous way of hiding embOnpoint
Long cloalSs are made with a pictur
I nGnna lOOSRnRSC and have lnr0f,
sleeves of a different material Thos,
of crepe de chine studded with jet ar,
the most fashionable The sleeves ar,
of velvet as n rule, Linen dresses bea
off the palm in the matter of washing
gowns Those made with Sleeveless
jackets and plain skirts worn over col
ored blouses-say white linen over
yellow silk skirt-arc the prettiest.