Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-04-17
Territorial Topics

A case of smallpox has been report.
ed at Carrizozo, in Lincoln county
George e. Berleth, the veteran Santa
Fe timer, who has been i'll for some
time. is able to be about again.
The First National bank of Santa
Rosa is erecting a fine two-story stone
building for its banking quarters.
N. s. Belden, c. C. Gise and A. s.
Moye, jury commissioners selected the
grand and petit jurors for the May
term of the United States district
court at Las Vegas.
Since the advent of the new city ad-
ministration of Santa Fe the sprinkler
is making regular rounds much to the
satisfaction of business men of the
ancient capital.
The Aztec public schools closed on
March 2S, for the year.. The total en-
rollment was 100 and three pupils grad
uated this year, Grace Dalton, Elsie
MUIR and Lily Blancett.
l.. i. Smith. a traveller, was arrested
at La Vegas on the charge of vagran-
cy and as a burglar suspect, but was
released when he proved that he was
not a vagrant and displayed money.
One of the Santa Fe Indian school
teams took a notion to run away and
as a result a carriage was badly dam
aged. All the pieces of the wreck
were secured except the dash BOARD.
The body of Francisco Salmaron, the
penitentiary convict accidentally killed
at the clay banks east of Santa Fe by
rocks falling upon him, was taken to
Rowe, San Miguel county, by his rela-
tives for burial.
Chris Wiegand, of Las Vegas, has an
old ink horn. This relic cannot be un-
der 200 years of age and may be a
thousand. 1t was made of a cows horn
and is of the character of those carried
by the scribes of the middle ages.
At a meeting held at Loretto Acade-
my. Santa Fe, in which many ladies OF
the capital city participated, it was
decided to give a fair and bazaar on
April 20, 81 and %. Mrs. Solomon
Luna called the meeting to rider. Mrs.
Cross was chosen chairman.
state Secretary Danner, ofaDenver,
has sent to Las Vegas the constitution
and by laws necessary for the organi-
zation of a local Y. M. c. A. and writes
that he will be down the first part of
next month to look over the field and
give Las Vegas organizers pointers.
A large number of the boys from the
Las Vegas cavalry troop have signifed
their intention of accompanying Major
r. G. Rankin, Sunday, up the canyon
to Ell Porvenir, where the company
will drill. Twenty-seven boys will
surely go and others are expected to
fall in line when the time comes.
Calletana Bustos and wife have
transferred to Sadie Hall Smith.
Charles Erby and Robert Friedlander
ten acres of real estate in township 10,
near Las Vegas. Consideration, 800.
The two latter named parties are part
ners in the Rociada & New Mexico
Mining &Milling company, of Chicago.
The Roswell Building & Loan asso-
citation elected the following directors:
N. Jaffa, e. A. Cahoon, l.. X. McGaffey,
w. T. Jones, F. z. Brooks. Ed. Calfee,
George F. Bixby and l.. w. Martin.
The officers are: N. Jaffa, president;
w. T. Jones. vice president; l.. X. Nc
Gaffey. treasurer; James M. Hervey,
secretary.
The sad news reached Santa Fe of
the death of Mrs. Flora Howells Coffin,
wife of Charles Henry Coffin, at one
time president of the Santa Fe Water
& Light company. Her death occurred
at Pass Christian, Miss. She was aged
so years and a woman much beloved
for her amiable qualities of heart and
mind. With her husband she visited
Santa Fe upon several occasions. The
deceased woman was a half sister OF
Mrs. S. H. Day, formerly of Santa Fe,
but now of southern California.
A hive of the Ladies of the Macca-
bees was organized at Aztec, San Juan
county, last Thursday evening, Mrs.
Sarah E. Barnes, of Durango, Colo, be-
ing the installing officer. The officers
installed are: Past commander, Mrs.
Agnes Cotton; lady commander, Mrs.
Matte l.. Prewitt; senior commander,
Mrs. Annie Williams; record keeper,
Miss Maud Waring; finance keeper,
Miss Pearl Pendleton; chaplain, Mrs.
Susan Hil%debrandt; sergeant, Miss
Stella S%togsdill; mistress at arms,
Miss Minnie Knickerbocker; sentinel,
Mrs. Myrtle Ravell; picket, Mrs. Ella
Hubbard; captain of the guard, Miss
Lulu Rathjen.