Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-07-23
LAS VEGAS
VIII Have a Plaza Fountain-Suit
for Deed to Certain Lands.
DEATH ON TRAIN.
Special Correspondence.

Special Correspondence.
Las Vegas. N. NJ, July 22-The plans
for the fine fountain in the plaza have
been accepted by the committee and
the bronze work ordered cast. The
fountain is to be situated in the center
OF the plaza in a stone aad cement ba-
sin sixteen feet in diameter. The four-
tain is to be made of bronze and will
cost about 81, 200. l. H. and w. II.
Rapp are tn architects and have the
order for the bronze design which will
be made in New York. The base of
the fountain is four feet across, square
and will have twenty-seven watet jets.
A Grecian futed column extends thir-
teen and a half feet high and will be
surmounted with a sixteen inch glass
globe. in which will be six electric
lights. The design is a special n
by the architects and the plan may be
seen at Davis & Sydes'. 1t will take
about sixty days for the making of tho
bronze work and the fountain cannot
be completed before the latter part Of
autumn.
Ransom & Thomas have brought suit
against James L. Wells to acquire a
deed to certain land situated in this
county that the plaintiff had given an
order for to the defendant. The
plaintiff gave Mr.. Wells 800, he al.
leges. with which to make an advance
payment on certain land that Mr..
Wells was to purchase for him. When
the land was purchased Mr.. Wells de-.
clined to turn the deed W. to plain.
tiff, and he now brings action to com.
pei him to release the deed to him.
There is a continuous round of so,
cial gayety billed for this week. Mrs.
John Robbins entertains tonight, Mrs.
F. H. Pierce tomorrow night. Mrs. Jas.
A. Dick entertains at cards Thursday
afternoon, Mrs. William ]. Mills gives
a luncheon on Friday ana Mrs. W. b.
Bunker finishes up the week with a
trolley euchre Saturday afternoon.
o. l.. Houghton took H. A. Jones.
the general freight agent for the
Southern Pacific, and his wife to Ell
Porvenir for a %sojourn.
E. l.. Brownies baby has been quite
sick, but is much better today.
Grand Chancellor Fitzpatrick, of the
Knights of Pythias, returned home to
Madrid today from a trip to Blossburg,
where he organized a e Knights of
Pythias lodge.
J. w. Sligar returned to I~ndianapo,
lis today after a visit here with his
wife. Oliver Heath, of the same city,
accompanied him.
John Shreck has resigned his posi-.
ton as machinist and has gone to Den
yer.
AS train No. s was nearing Thornton
last night the spark of life fled from
r. G. Thacara, of Conover, Ohio. The
deceased, in company with his young
wife, and Mrs. Edgar G. Brecourt, her
mother, were returning home from a
trip to Flagstaff. Arizona, where they
went for the health of Mr.. Thackara.
They went through only a week ago.
and the sick man grew so much worse
that the young wife decided to return
and let him die among friends at home.
The remains were taken off the train
here last night and prepared for burial
by Undertaken Dearth and were ship
ped to Conoyer on train No. 2. .
Considerable wool is coming in to
market today. Some of it "a caught
in the rain en- route and soaked. 1t
means a big job of drying here and de-
lay for the ~freighters.
The old ties from the old street rail
way here are being picked out of the
old road bed and the street gotten in
shape for the new trolley line.
The business men along Sixth street
in the n~eighborhood of Fox & Harris
yesterday evening had considerable
excitement. A lady living in the south
part of the city went into one of the
butcher shops and accused the man OF
making sausage of her pet dog. She
was badly intoxicated and was driving
a team of ponies. The butcher tried to
put her out. couldn't and called Mar.
shall Outright. When he came up to