Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-08-20
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Thos. Stewart, section foreman at Dillon.
has resigned.
Brakeman Thos. O'Brien has COMO to
Manitou Springs, Colo.
Fred Wade entered upon his apprentice
ship asa machInIst, In the San Marciai
shops.
Brakeman ]. Owens has taken a thirty
days furlough and win spend the same 10
Chicago.
MIR. williams. OF the bridge and build
Ing department, went up the road, this
morning.
Conductor w. H. DAVIS and wife, left
R.ton on a visit to friends In Port
land, Oregon.
D. Hardy, of the Iron Mountain railroad,
and wife, wero en- route to Fulton on last
evenings train.
Milk for the Harvey eating houses at
Lamy and Albuquerque is shipped daily
from Las Vegas.
J. N. Meade, the Atchison civil engineer,
departed for Pueblo, Colo, on this morn
ing's early train.
The two sections OF No. 2~passenger train
from the south did not arrive till nearly Q
o'clock, this morning.
Edward Wilder, treasurer of the Atchi.
son, went over to Santa Fe, last evening,
accompanied by his son.
Engine 900 is being fitted up with new
driving boxes, and Nos. 700, 425 and 300
are also receiving repairs.
Switchman Robinson left for Trinidad
on No. 2, this morning, where he will take
. position on the D. & r. G. railroad.
Trainmaster George Saunders and wife,o
Emporia, Kas., were passengers for the
City OF Mexico on Ne. 1, last evening.
J.. L. Bay, formerly In the employ Of the
Atchison company at Las Vegas, Wallace
and Watrous, went east. this morning.
4 r. C. Fox, the we'll known ~trainmaster
on the Rio Grande division, who was
called east on account OF the death of a
brother, passe l through for his post Of
duty at San Marcial,
A brother of J. +. Hawley, the brakeman
who was killed in ~Starkville, a few days
ago, has arrived at that place and will
convey the remains of the unfortunate
man back to Pennsy lvania for burial.
Mrs. Thos. Saunders, of Florida, arrived
here, Sunday, to visit her brother, v. ].
Thomas. In the early eighties, Mrs.
Saunders husband was trainmaster Of the
New Mexico division, with headquarters
In this city.-Raton Reporter.
w. c. Nixon, formerly superintendent Of
terminals Of the Atchison system, in Chi
cago, and recently promoted to be general
agent of the compauy's interests in that
valuable token, Sunday, in the shape of q
diamond ring, by his former associates.
Operator Herman and wife, of Lamy,
have returned from their trip in the moun
tains. Mr.. Herman resumed his duties,
yesterday, relieving Operator Schrum,
who comes to Las Vegas as night operator,
filing the position made vacant by J. E.
Mcmahon, transferred to the western di-
vision.
The contract for the addition of ten
stalls to the Atchison round-house at
Cbauute, Kan, has been let to o. Swan
son, of Topeka. The addition will be q
frame building with a composition roof.
Work will be commenced within the next
two weeks, and it is expected that the
building will be completed early in the
fall.
The Rock Island road has taken inde-
pendent action in reference to the limit for
the sale OF tickets to st. Paul for the an
nual encampment Of the q. A. R. West
ern lines refused to extend the limit, and
the Rock Island now announces tina II
will sell tickets west OF the Missouri river
on August S0th. The frat authorized date
was September 1st. This action will pro-
baby cause all other western lines to do
likewise.
Judge Caldwell, of the United States
circuit court, has made an order upon ap-
company, whose line is the connecting link
between the Colorado Midland railroad
and Cripple Greek, directing Receiver
Ristine OF the Colorado Midland to resume
traffic relations with the terminal at once
on the basis that obtained before the rupture
occurred. With the assistance Of a rail-
way expert, Judge Caldwell proposes to
investigate the matter in dispute, and as
the terminal is willing to accept arbitra-
tion it is probable that traffic over this line
will not be again Interrupted.
J. C. R~agsdale, baggageman, and J.. b..
Thomas, colored porter, Of the NJ, K. & T.
road, have entered suit in the circuit court
at Parsons, Kan, against j.. w. Carey, a
railway contractor, for false arrest and
imprisonment. Ragsdale and Thomas
were charged by Carey with having stolen
vaiuabIes valued at $500 while be was
sleeping on the train which the two were
running on the night Of July orb last. The
men were given a preliminary hearing at
Parson on July 10th, and acquitted, the
stones having been found in the meantime
In the car in which Carey had been riding. |
Ragsdale and Thomas zach ask IS, 00e dam
ages.
Good tor In igestion.
l had been suffering with indigestion for
years, and had tried almost all the rem
edies that I saw advertised, but was not
benefited. Macbeth mineral water has benz
Gifted me more than anything else, and l |
would notabe without it at any price, and