Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1902-07-08
ARRESTED. FOR
HORSE STEALING
Julian Perea Only Recently Released from
the Penitentiary is in the Tolls of the
Law Again and is Lingering in
the San Miguel County Jail,
A FINE TRUCK GARDEN THAT is BEING
MAINTAINED NEAR LAS VEGAS
joys Special Daily Service.

Las Vegas, n. NJ, July Z.
Julian Perea, who was just released
from the pententiary last March, is
again under the ban of the law on a
charge of horse stealing and is now in
the county Jail awaiting the action OF
the grand jury, he having been bound
over by Justice Baca of precinct No.
last Saturday, and failed to raise his
$500 bond.
Raymundo Romero5 son Of Eugenic
Romero came in yesterday with his
son, Eugenio, from his home in Arkan-
sas. Mr.. Romero has been away five
years. and is locomotive engineer. He
will make lengthy visit here
The county commissioners and the
probate court are in session today.
John Ellsworth returned yesterday
from Denver with his family and has
resumed his duties at Ilfeld's.
Ralph Halloran came in from the
east last evening and stopped over be-
fore proceeding to his home at Albu-
querque.
Near Las Vegas is developing one of
| the finest truck gardens in the terri
| tory, and next year Las Vegas will
have fresh vegetables in abundance,
although even this year the market has
been fairly we'll supplied from the same
source. I refer to the big gardens of
| Mr.. Comstock. the gentleman who is
making an Eden out of the old Lewis
| ranch about 1-2 miles southwest of
| town. Mr.. Comstock has 40 acres
| there, and has 10000 heads of celery
| 900 heads of lettuce and 10000 heads
| of cabbages, besides much other truck
green as a weed in q swamp. Mr.. Com
stock has about % acres under perfect
| irrigation; getting the water from a
| ditch, the rights of which he has Sc
cured, and the vegetables are remarka-
bly, fine; really a curiosity for this arid
region.
The lecture delivered last night by
Rev. A NJ. Lumpkin on Rome and
Other Cities at the Methodist church,
was real treat, and a large crowd at
, tended, Rev. Lumpkin has been all ov-
| er the ground he lectures about and
displays a keen perception in the way
| he handles his subject. His style and
delivery is good, and the lectures are
most enjoyable.
! n Jny
| have got the fever-ping- pong-I refer
| to. Several of the younger enthusiasts
at the Montezuma club are figuring on
RELOCATING the writing table to the rear
and using it for ping-pong court. The
disease was contracted back east by
some of the young men who have
been visiting there, and it bids fair to
become epidemic.
Mrs. Mary Sellman has instituted suit
| for divorce against her husband. Chris
| tian Sellman. She names one Stella
| Fox as correspondent and alleges cruel
treatment and threatening use Of pis-
tol toward her, in her papers.
Juanita Trujillo de Abeyta has filed
suit for divorce against her husband,
| Atilano Abeyta. She states that they
We're married in 1879, and that they
lived together as man and wife only
| three years, he leaving and abandoning
| her. she claims, on account of his fear
of arrest for some crime he had COM
| mitted. She says she has been faith
| full all these 20 years and now asks the
court to release her from her bonds of
matrimony, as it is most probable her
| husband is dead, for she has heard
| from him only once, and that soon af-
| ter he left.
A suit to replevin some horses that
were stolen from A. j. Jones has been
| filed in Union county against Jesse
| Gleason.
| There will be a joint installation of
officers of the Odd Fellows and Rebecca
lodges next Thursday night at Odd
Fellows hail. A big spread and good
| time will be the program.
| Constable Antonio Delgado arrested a
man named Garcia at Los Alamos Sat
urday night for getting too promis-
cuous with a knife and cutting another
fellow in the head. Both were drunR
and Garcia will be brought here fol
trial this week.
Miss Carrie Schmidt returned yester-
day afternoon from school in the
east that she has been attending
George Bunker went down to Santa
Rosa this morning to look after some
legal business for Charles A. Spiess.
Rosita Bruno daughter of Trinidad
V. de Romero, died Saturday of fever
at the age of IA years. The deceased
was left blind by smallpox few years
ago. She was buried today
Miss Annie Smith expects her sister
Mrs. Marshall, in from California this
evening.
Hon. Charles A. Spiess returned TINS
afternoon from Silver City where he
was on legal business.
!. Miss Marion Winters will entertain a
number of lady and gentlemen friends
! tonight at cards in honor of Mr.. and
Mrs. Theodore Hockmeyer.
Fred Logan and Wilbert Dunlap have
been complained against by the owner
of Green's lake for unlawfully fishing
, there, and the case was heard before
. Judge Wooster this afternoon. The Law
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