Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-04-04
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New Mexico News Scissored Bodily
From h Newspapers.

DIR. Stewart Culin, of the Brooklyn
institute museum, has gone to the
Navajo Indian reservation, wher he
will spend the next few weeks in re-
search work.
Mrs. George F. Albright, wife of As
SCISSOR Albright, of Bernalillo county,
has gone to Los Angeles, where she
will visit her daughter, Miss lone, who
is suffering a severe illness.
A delightful surprise vas given the
gentlemen of the Woodmen Circle
of Ration Saturday night when the la
dies varied the usual program by
the serving of elegant refreshments.
Mrs. Margaret Hickman of Cripple
Creek, and Miss Myrtle Fisher of
Pueblo, arrived in Ration Sunday.
Miss Fisher will remain for a week
and Mrs. Hickman-w will make an ex-
tended visit. 2a
Mrs. Mamie Tanning of Newton,
Kansas, is in Ration on a visit to her
mother, Mrs. Joe Taylor. She was &C
~companied by Mrs. Beers, who, after
a few days visit in Ration went on 10
Albuquerque.
On Monday evening at s O'Clock
at the hospitable home of Mr.. James
Cook near the Gate City, his daugh-
ter, Miss Nellie, was united in mar
riage to Frank Palmer of Ration,
Rev. j. o. Willett officiating.
Mrs. Ed Erickson has gone to Ros-
well where her husband has located
and where they will in the future
make their home. They are good peo-
pie and have the best wishes of their
many Ration friends.
Additional testimony was taken to-
day before Referee E. r. Shields in
the partition suit of Manuel Sanchez
against q. N. Fletcher and others, in
yolying the title to the Ramon Vigil
Ian grant in the western part of
Santa Fe county.
Last Friday even ag about twenty
five young people, siembers of Mrs.
Armstrong; Sunda. school class in
Ration gathered at the SOL in
response to an invitation from their
teacher and were very uoleasanly en-
tertained until a late hour.
territory against John Hickey, a tel
egarph operator, charged with forg-
ing the name of SuperintedS ut Nc
Nally to a teiegraphic pass wa up for
trial in Albuquerque. While the pros
ecuting attorney was presenting his
evidence TO the court Hickey pleaded
guilty.
The following left last evening 70
San Francisco, the. having enlisted
from Santa Fe for IT years service
in the United State. navy Esterino
l.. Napoleon, Charles Aiiller Charles
A. Gildersleeve n Jose Cienfugos.
The latter enlisted as a mess attend
ant, Miller as a landsman for training
and tire other two as third class ap-
prentices. .G5Ss.
Mr.. and Mrs. Madison Scobv of Chi
cago. who have been spending the
winter in California. stopped off at
Ration on their way back. for a few
days visit to Mr.. and Mrs. A.. Full
ghum and their son e. AS they
ived next door neighbors in Chicago
for nearly a quarter of a century, it
was quite a pleasure to the Fulghums
to entertain them and talk over old
"reminiscences.
Mrs Elizabeth r.. Miller, who has
been sick at S.. Vincent's Sanitarium
in Santa Fe since Sunday March &c,
died at ass O'Clock yesterday after
noon at the age of 45 years. Mrs. Null
Ter was suffering form nervous pros
tration complicated with pneumonia.
With her two children she came to
Santa Fe two years ago last October,
to live. The remains will be taken to
her former home at Philadelphia FOR
interment-
@. III. Briggs, for the past several
months proprietor Of the Highland
hotel of Albuquerque, owned by j.. S.
Reynolds of this city. has given up
his lease on accoun of poor health
N gone back to his home in Kanka-
See. Ill. Frank J.. Nogle. formerly
clerk for Mr.. Briggs. succeeds as pro-
prietor. The dining room of the hotel
will be closed until next September.
The Albuquerque Retail Clerks In
ion elected the following officers:
President. Henry Myers; vice pres
idcnt. r.. r. Steen; secretary, Miss
Bell Yancey; guardian, Miss Lea
Queer: treasurer. Hugh Trotter; fl
anncial secretary. l.. l.. Lyon. The
clerks &Ie confident that they will
have Il membership of 100 before the
end of the month.
John Wilson pleaded guilty in Albu-
querque TO the charge Of stealing a
purse containing seven dollars n a
hall from Mrs. Lorenz in a store on
First street. The thief fled after grab
bling the wallet, was pursued by two
citizens. In his haste Wilson ran
boldly into the arms of the u~nsuspect-
ing city marshal. who Rugged the cul-
prit affectionately and took him to the
lookup.
RISE OF A LAS vEGAN.
The contract for the largest pipe
organ in the world, one to cost $67,-
600. has been let 10 Murray S. Harris,