Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-08-11

Las Vegas. n. NJ, Aug. S.-The
sQuien Sabe" club from Arizona and
Albuquerque arrived here today re-
splendent In their Mexican uniforms
and sombreros. They were met at the
station by the arrangenent. and en-
fertainment committee, Messrsk Ben
jamin, Pittinger and Lauback and,
with the Las Vegas military band, es-
corted them to the Castaneda dining
room, where they flied up ON good
things with a fine claret punch for
toasts. They remained here twenty
i've minutes and the band kept up the
music and escorted them back to their
hammered coaches to the tune of a
sHot Time There we're twenty-three
members from albuquerque. and two
ladies. From the southwest there were
nineteen other members. and a jolly
hot and dry" crowd it a The local
committee took dinner with the visit.
ers. covers being laid for fifty-ivc. B.
Ruppe. of Albuquerque, opened up with
q short toaet. which was replied to by
w. b. Bunker. George Odgen, OF e.
Paso, then proposed the health o.
lodge fOS, the local one.
The postof1ce on the west side is to
be rcmodeled and fixed up c~onsidera-
bly,. A fine oak delivery window is to
he put in. all the boxes are to be paint,
ed and the offices generally rearranged
for the better.
Marcelino Martinez is sick at home
He had a narrow escape from blood
poisoning, after running a nail in his
foot. EGa
Hon. Eugenio Romero left last night
for Santa Fe on a short business trip
Sheriff Romero. returned last even
ing from a trip to La Cienta canyon
where he was looking after the sale
of a number Of cattle on the Parker
Wells ranch. Mr.. Romero is today 9
bit under the weather, not being able
to attend to business.
Frank Roy and Francis Coyote have
returned from their bear hunt up neal
Taos. They say they saw plenty o.
bear. but theysdid not get any. Mr.
Roy reports the game thick up in tina
country. The bear are plentiful ant
the deer also quite NUMEROUS.
j. M. and w. r.. Woods are herr
from Tombstone, Arizona" having
made. the trip overlandS They are Ell
route to Clayton to locate some land.
Charles Dougherty and family re
turned last night from their trip up OF
the Rio Pueblo, where. they campe'
reyeral weeks. Mr.. Dougherty say
the fish and game are plenteous there
as It is so far from civilization it
not overrun with sportsmen.
Mrs. A. r. Quinley had a narrow es
cape from a serious accident Will
out dove hunting yesterday evenin
with her husband. Her gun, which 1
a fine Parker. exploded at the breecl
tearing both barrels entirely open q
TIE lock. Mrs. Quinley was badly pow
der burned and the right ear was S
badly hurt from the terrific explosio
il may cause a slight deafness. Til
cause of the explosion was an ovel
loaded shell with a new nitro-glycerin
powder. The firing OF n she'll e.
ploded the other. ,a-
The washout on the Santa Fe is b'
tween Lamar and Robinson, and Their
is considerable track washed ou'
which will not allow No. l to &c
through until very late today, If at al
There is a sort Of water shed at thi
portion of the road and there hav
been a number OF bad washouts there
No. 3 yesterday made her passenger
walk over the track for fear the trai
might go down while crossing. Th
water later rose again and took tn
track out. There was a special throug
though this morning with the belate
passengers, they being transferre
ever the break.
Thomas Mulhurn, formerly trair
master here, but now Of he Choctav
is here renewing aequaintanceship an
greeting old friends.
Levi Hughes, a wool buyer OF SAINT
Fe, is in the city on business.
II. w. Kelly, c. c. Robbins and .
Gross returned yesterday evenin
from their business tripto Springer.
There was a regular man huptto
II lONtI emu u hdllIOdu anu pie
avenues shortly after 1 o'clock this a
trenoon. The hunt was for blood, toe
Frank G. Schmidt. who has been rur
ming the Santa Fe house. and who
a shoemaker for C. II. Sporleder, ha
been of several days on account O
sickness, and today he became craze
and attired in a flowing bath robe h
started on the war path with a A cal
bre Colts's six shooter in each. hapS
1t was not long until he had a bi
crowd on the run. lodging betwee
telegraph poles and behind trees an
in general getting a determined Va
moose on themselves. Policeman Cur
right came along on Railroad avenu
about the time the battle started an
Nj. Schmidt, on seeing him, turned o
the Gattling and put three bullets sin
ing around his head. Policeman u
right returned the yolley and for a fe'
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