Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-02-21
LAS VEGAS.
rom the Record.

suit against same \. Summerlin ct al.
to quiet title to certain real estate sit
uated in East Las Vegas.
Chief Justice w. J. Mills has appoint
ed r. c. Hunt as United States court
commissioner at TeXico. N. NJ. in the
Fourth judicial district.
William Sells. the old circus man, ar
rived at the C%astaneda hotel from To-
peka. with his wife, and went out to
the hot springs this morning.
The twenty@third day OF March has
been set by the honorable probate
court as the day on which to probate
the last will and testament of Mrs.
Sophia Hamilton.
j. Mack Smith has been appointed
United States court commissioner at
Artesia, Eddy county. In the Fifth ju-
dicial district, by Chief Justice w. J.
Mills.
A decree has been rendered in Union
county, granting Carlos Cornaye an alb
solute divorce from his spouse. Maria
de Sandoval Cornaye, on the grounds
OF desertion and abandonment.
In the divorce case of Sarah A.
Wheatley, a decree has been entered
granting her a divorce on the grounds
of cruel treatment, n%on-support and
abandonment, three good counts.
Last evening, Lawrence Clark. the
little son of ]. S. Clark, while out
sleigh riding. attempted to hitch on to
the delivery wagon of Friedman Bros,
when the driver, an Arabian, turned
around and struck him in the eye with
his whip, %inficting a very painful
wound.
In the case of John V. Hinde against
John H. Culley, administrator of the
estate of Telesfor Paiz ct al, judg-
ment has been rendered in favor of the
plaintiff for s345.25, and in default of
the payment of said Judgment, the real
estate mentioned in the mortgages
sued on in this action IS to be sold by
F. w. Brooks, of Wagon Mound, to sat
isfy the judgment.
Gregorio Varela, who was appointed
timber inspector of the Las Vegas
grant by the trustees recently, arrived
in the city from a tour of inspection.
During his absence Mr.. Varela appre-
hended Pedro Padilla, Seferino San
doval, Eulogio Sandoval and Juan
Blea, cutting ties about one mile above
the springs in the G~allinas canyon
and reported them to the trustees, who
will nc doubt deal with them sum
marily. This is the first step towards
preventing the willful destruction of
timber on the Las Vegas grant and
should be followed up. Mr.. Varela is
undoubtedly the right man in the right
place.
From the Optic.
Benigno Martinez is numbered
among the sick.
Pablo Lesperence lost a 7-year-old
daughter out at his Mineral Hill home
last week, and a baby is reported very
sick in the same family. Pneumonia
is the illness.
JEFF Keen and sister, Mrs. Charles
Dunn, returned to the city this after
noon from a short trip to Kennedy,
where their father, T. N. Steele, was
reported to be very sick. They found
the old gentleman much improved and
hope he will be as hale as ever in a
few days.
Florence E. Spate was 9 years old
and celebrated the event at the home
of her parents on Main street by giving
a party to eighteen of her little
friends. Games were played and a
magic lantern added to the pleasure
of the little folks, after which nice
refreshments were served. A very en-.
joyable evening being spent.
Mrs. w. S. Hill, of Winona, Miss, a
sister of George P, Money, of this city,
died at the Hotel Dieu, New Orleans,
February II. of consumption. The lady
visited here last summer on her way
from Monterey, Old Mexico, where she
had been for her health. She was sur
rounded by her own and her fathers
family at the time Of dissolution.