Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-03-28
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

"
There was not a single cas- in police
court this morning. City politics arc
getting interesting.
Ernest Meyers, of the firm of Meyers
Abel company. wholesale liquor deal
ers, returned this morning from a short
business trip to southern Arizona.
Mrs. e. w. Spencer, who has been
spending several months visiting at
different places in Kansas and is now
at Wichita, is expected home Sunday
evening.
The other afternoon, Martin, the lit.
tie son of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Ii. McCut-
chen, while playing on the front porch
of his home. fell off and in consequence
had his collar bone broken.
Will and Frank Springer were at the
depot this morning to meet their moth
err. Mrs. c. A. Berry, who arrived from
Los Angeles. Mrs. Berry will make
her future home in Albuquerque.
Last night the Eagles initiated Don
Rankin. ]. H. Mason. w. e. Grimmer
and Frank A. Hubbell. After the close
of the session the lodge enjoyed a
farce trial of one of the members for
alleged misdemeanors.
T. ]. Helm, the ~well-known and eff
cient general agent of the Denver &
Rio Grande at Santa Fe, Is in the city
today on business. Sir Thomas is all
right as a railroad official, and he is
well acquainted with the railroad map
of the southwest.
o. Bombini, who has been seriously
i'll with pneumonia the past week, is
still dangerously ill, and fears are en-
tertained that he VIII not survive his
present illness. This is the third at
tack of the pneumonia, and DR.. Pearce
is doing all in his power to save his
patient. being up with him~the past
few nights.
With the coming of spring a general
cleaning UP of the streets and alleys
should e All should unite in
this work, so as to keep out the deadly
small pox, typhoid fever and other dis
eases. All garbage n dirt on the
streets, and in alleys and yards, should
be removed as soon as possible. Clean
liness is health. Street Commissioner
Tierney is doing his work nicely, but
property owners ought to render him
assistance.
M. ]. McAtee has the contract for
the handsome residence to be erected
by H. H. Tilton on West Tijeras ave-
nue., and will begin construction at
once. The building will he equipped
with all the modern ~conveniences and
has been leased by Judge Baker. Mr..
McAtee has just completed an eight
room brick building on South Second
street for P. Masetti. and is rushing
work on the two-story residence of n.
E. Stevens on West Coal avenue.
General Funston avoided the vel
come which Albuquerque wanted to ex.
tend to him and quietly slipped
through here on the California limited
at II o'clock yesterday morning. No
one knew anything about it except
Conductor ID. r. Snyder, who brought
' the train down from Las Vegas and
he kept quiet about it. 1t looks as
though Albuquerque will only be able
to entertain General Funston by first
securing the consent of the enter
tainee."
F. C. Matthews, one of the best rail
readers that bisits this section and
representing one of the very best rail
way companies in the world-the Bur
: lington-is here today and made
: pleasant call at The Citizen office. Mr.
Matthews is the travelling passenger
and freight agent of the Burlington
, and he stated today that since the Bur
lington commenced bidding for passen
ger and freight business from this sec
ton, via Denver, the traffic has mater
, tally increased and his trips to the
southwest will be oftener in the future
The B%urlington's efficient representa-
tive at Denver is G. w. Vallery.