The Lamar register., 1898-08-24


Fine laundry at popular prices.
Mems clothing cleaned pressed, col
ored and repaired by Lamar Laundry.
Leave bundles at Cross's grocery.
Two homestead filings were made
in the Lamar land Office Monday, one
by August II. Reyei for land in range
40 in Bent county. and one by George
II. Fredericks for land under the Am-
ity ditch near the state line northeast
of Holly.
Lewis Brooks, the genial postmas-
ter OF Minneapolis, Baca county, Col
orado, came up from his home ON
Friday night, and attended the legis
latiye committee meeting ON Satnr-
day. And also he visited many
friends he has here.
Miss Eva Goodale is bone from
Edith, Colorado, where she has been
holding position as stenographer
for some time She was recently
thrown from bicycle and sustained
some severe injuries which necessi-
tated her taking vacation.
E d. Adler, of Fort Worth, Texas,
and who represents Wilder Bros, Of
Lawrence, Kansas, WAS here on
Thursday last, and endeayored to put
new shirts on some OK our citizens.
He also took occasion to pay his
taxes on some valuable lots he owns
in Lamar.
]. I. Bradshaw has been putting
in some of his spare time in expert
ments in photography and has sue
ceeded in producing what is said to
be very rare-an excellent half tone
of the sun. That is his photograph
of scene shows the sun in a very
fine shape.
Sheriff Cole, Of Baca county, came
up Friday bringing with him Rev.
". n Mitchell and wife and their
household goods. Rev. Mitchell has
been the pastor OF the Methodists Of
Baoa county for three years past aud
is on his way to the annual confer
ence where he will receive an ap.
pointment to new fields
S. w Winn, secretary OF the syn
dicate Lands and Irrigation Corpora
ton, a company which owns large
amounts of land in this county, was
in Lamar last Thursday and Friday
checking up their property. Mr.,
Winn was on his first trip 10 this
part OF the country, and was et,usiiSii-
erably impressed with what he saw.
His headquarters are in Chicago.
The cirsus struck Lamar to day.
1t came with very little previous an
nouncement aud made such small
parade that it only drew q moderate
sized crowd. As our shell game "art-
lists" only had a few days to practice
up in, they refrsined from showing
the visiting con- men how the game
is played The receipts Of the snow
were therefore light but everything
was quiet IN town
A warrant was sworn out on Mon
day charging airs. L. A. Smeltz and
VIM. Waters with stealing a horse
belonging to Charles Carrico. Sheriff
Mckenzie and Deputy Downing I'M
dertook to serve the warrant. but met
with considerable resistance, the wo-
man brandishing knife in very nm
comfortable proximity to the sheriff S
iugular. Seotty's well known per-
suasive eloquence, however, finally
persuaded them to accompany him
before Justice Deeter, where they
gave bonds to appear for preliminary
trial on Friday.
Rev. Serlis will deliver a lecture
at the Q. p. Church Thursday night
and at the Sunday morning service.
and Sunday afternoon at the May
Valley school house. His subject will
be Manners, Customs aud Politics
of Armenia, describing the late hor.
rible massacre of the Armenians by
the Turks, and will appear in his ma
tive costume Raw Sart,a ba. L.