Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-02-15
COLORADO CORRESPONDENT.
y. ID. Takes His Pen in Hand and
Writes in His Usual Amusing
and Sarcastic Way.
10 the Editor Of the optic.

and Sarcastic Way.
TO the Editor of the Optic.
PUEBLO, Colorado, Feb. IL, 1885,
A colonial reception ais to be given at
the rooms Of tile Y. IA. 9. A. on Febru- !
any 22nd: Everyone who participates
In this affair is supposed to appear in
colonial costume; and the event will, OF
course. be Of more than passing inter-
est on that account. But we fancy the
ghost OF the immortal G. w. VIII get
on the rampage II he happens TO drop
III aC the YIN. q. A. rooms ON that
night and fluids a young 'nn de- steele"
dude, with his hair parted IN the middle
and a wide flattened bang pasted low
on his forehead, trying to impersouate
the original Father of his Country as
lie used TO look when Martha "struck
him" for the pr.ce of a new Easter bon
net or q season ticket TO a 'Chamber
Concert" #
VIM. III. Smith, who O few weeks
since shot and killed William Burnham,
claiming that The shooting was simply
another case of "did't know il wal
loaded after having his case examined
by, a %coroner's Jury, has had n formal
charge of murder booked against him.
His bond was fixed at 5000. AS he
could not furnish bail he now admires
Pueblo scenery from the barred win
dows of Sheriff Beaman's hosiery.
Among the recent up-to.date machin-
cry that has been added to the Besse-
mer steel works 10 this city are some
immense hosting cranes. for moving
heavy bodies of iron and machin-
cry. These cranes are operated
by electricity, and are under
the perfect control of the operator.
These cranes move on tracks, and they
can pick up an object and move 1t in
any direction with remarkable ease.
One OF these cranes has q lifting
capacity of $4,000 pounds, two other
cranes in nse have lifting power of &c.
000and20,O0O pounds, respectively These
electric francs are the only ones in use
in the state, and it is a very interesting
thing, to see them handle and move
about such immense machinery, and
blocks of iron.
Among the involutary boarders at
Sheriff Beaman's place on the hill, is a
bona, Tide minister of the gospel, the
Rev. Rocks, of Nebraska, who was
recently sentenced to four months con-
linement in the county jill, for uniaw-
fully living with a young girl, whom he
brought here from Denver, passing her
off as his wife, The reverend scalawag
deserted his wife and children for this
| girl, but since he is in the affectionate
embrace Of the law, he wishes he had
remained at home with the wife and
kids. When he gets out Of Jail, he is
going to hunt up the man who wrote
variety is the Spice of Life" and
when he finds him, he will kick the
basement of his best pants into tatters.
The Funeral Directors" Of this state
met in annual convention, in this city,
during the past week. The funny
part of all, is. that the funeral associa-
ton has a grievance committee. Or
dinarily n would think there was
enough to grieve about a funeral, and
its belongings, without necessitating a
committee to hunt up more;-bNt
such is life, In the midst of
death the grievance committee hobs up
serenely to argue the case from the
other standpoint.
The central labor union of this city Is
entitled TO a leather medal for the
sublime egotism 1t displayed at its last
meeting, when it passed a resolution
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