Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-05-03
LAS VEGAS.

Froni the Optic
Mrs. Charles llfeld gave n party in
honor of Miss Beta Liebstadtcr
}. 4. Murray. who had been confined
| to his room .or more than week,
was able to get out yesterday
Thomas Hull. an old time Las Negan.
| has moved back from CcrrilloS and
will occupy the Sellman house on the
corner OF seventh and Main streets
The remains of Miss Bessie Parrott
We're shipped for Raymond. Ill. being
accompanied by her father and moth
er The deceased was but l. years OF
age. and arrived in this city last sat.
urday. seeking relief from consump.
| ton.
There was practice run of the hose
wagon last night. The start was made
| from the engine house The wagon
dashed down to Stearns' corner. where
the hose was connected with the fire
plug. Continuing down the street the
hose was broken In front OF Pitten.
gers an da nozzle was attached. The
wagon then went to Rosenthal'S cor
ner, attached the hose to the fire plug
there. returned to Pittenger's again
and put on coupler. The whole time
occupied from the instant the horses
were harnessed till everything was
ready to turn the second stream on
pittengers = was two minutes and iii
teen seconds. This certainly was very
rapid and satisfactory action.
w. A. Givens is laid up with an at
tack of tonsilts.
Bernard Sleyster. a popular and sue
cessful real estate dealer and insur-
anc. agent OF Albuquerque, is in the
city on visit TO his sister, Mrs Davis.
An ejectment suit has been filed by
Felipe Bustamcnte against Fernando
}aca, over land at PenasCo Iizo, on
the Pecos In San Miguel county $500
IS the sum asked for in damages.
The forest fires are still raging in
the surrounding mountains. The ticrC.
est fires are in the Mineral Hin dis.
trict where thousands of feet of lum-
bcr are being ruineG by the undis.
turhod flames There seems to be no
effort to stop the course OF the flames.
| Ii A. Thornly has sold his COWS tnd
dairy apparatus to Travis Jones. of
Los Alamcs. and Billy Adlon has been
at the latter place putting in the nee
essary machinery for Mr. Jones. The
IThorny dairy was where the old Vie.
.and ranch used to be. just beyond
kearney's gap
Simon Bitterman. one of Las Vegas
bright young business men has receiv-
ed a call to III Paso in n business way
and viii sever his connections with
this city and accept the tlattoring OPP
portunities offered him in the Pass
City. For the past two years he has
been connected with the firm of Bach
araCh Bros. holding responsible posi-
ton. He has made a host of friends
i'm this city who will regret his depart
ure He will accept IA position with
lcsinsky wholesale house there.
Elwin Blake is able 90 be about the
room.
Mrs Barker has been SO i'll for the
last ten days that her husband has
been called in from Beulah
lgnacio Lorenzo. son OF Pasquel Lo
rcn2o died at the home ot his rather
of diphtheria, at the age OF ten years
Pugh left on the stage for Santa
Rosa He received a telegram AZ Ger
rillos that Tom Healey, engaged in the
manutactur, of pop waters at Santa
Rosa had been killed.
| Senator Casimiro Barela, of Trini
dad. Colo, fatherin-law of T.. Chacon
arrived Saturday and with the attor
} ney left for trip To Mora.
Nothing was heard of the report of
the body found AT the crestone by the
hcrders Saturday. Chief of Police vi
barri went out hut found nothing hut
some homes of cattle.
Miss Frances Reeves Mettlcr of Chi
cago, who visited in this city last sum
mer. stopping at the home of J. VI
Reid. will graduate from the Anna
Morgan dramatic school In Chicago
: May 10. and is contemplating tour
with Mansfield this fall.
Joe Merritt. of Oklahoma city, OKLA
known as the Oklahoma poet, who's,
business is to sell washing machines
but whose poetry is like one OF his owl
machines. dry for grease. was in the
city yesterday IN route to California
lie left some OF his soCalled poetiCa
compositions.
E Las Vegas needs an Elk building
The order Is abundantly able 10 pm
IL up
w. A. Givens Is able to be out agar
after continued Illness of severa
weeks.
Mrs. Petra Chavez de Padilla is IN,
, newest addition to the asylum for the
insane. She comes from Dona Ana
county.
Postmaster Blood has received Toe
packages of seed from Delegate Rodey
to distribute In Las Vegas First come
will be first served. as Mr.. Blood VII
give out his packages regardless o
aEv previous condition Of politics ol
! servitude.
George II. Edwards. who for the pas
!. eight years had been employed a.