Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-02-23
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City visitor.
at the Ladies' hospital in Silver City.
Mrs. Anna Howell having resigned the
first of the month.
John f. Kious and James w. Gil
lette and families left Silver City for
San Jose, California. where they will
go into the fruit drying business.
Miss Addie bearing is having an
addition built to her home on New
York avenue at Albuquerque. Scott
& VIM have the contract.
The marriage of Andres Gutierrez
and Miss Adela Martinez has been an
nounced. The contracting parties
reside at rintada whe e the cercmons
will take place.
The ladies of the ladies aid society
entertained the lords and masters at
the home Of the president, Mrs.
Morse, in Santa Rosa. Coffee, cake
and ice cream were served.
Scott. Ward owner of a large goat
ranch near Graham passed through
Silver City on his way TO Newark. N.
j., where he was called by the dan
gerous illness of his mother.
The masquerade ball at Santa Rita
was what might be termed a huge
success. Over thirty people from
that place attended while all the sur
rounding camps sent good sized dele
cations.
Thos. Hall, a Grant county boy hold
ing a good position at Nacozari. Mex
leo. with the Phelps-Dodge people. is
in Silver City, having been called
home on the account of the death of
his sister
John Cruise a colored man breathed
his last in his room on Copper avenue
in Albuquerque. He came here a year
and a half ago from Austin Tex, sui
fering with consumption. His people
still live in the Texas city.
The Catholic church of Lordsburg
is about completed, and the members
expect the bishop 10 be there on the
first Sunday in March and dedicate
the building. 1t is expected that high
class mass will be celebrated on that
day.
Deputy Sheriff burnside was IN
Lofdsburg and summoned o. r.
Smyth and James McCabe to serve
on the grand jury, and w. II. Small
petit jury at the coming term Of
court.
A. j. Loomis, deputy internal eve
nue. collector. was in Lordsburg, es-
corting George II. Wheelock, internal
revenue inspector. who has charge
of some ten states and territories.
They made a trip up to Clifton and
Morenci.
Jack Steele and Mrs. Sallie Bell
were united in marriage at the home
of the bride OF the ella, the Rev. J.
q. Harshaw officiating. A large num-
Der of guests were present and after
the ceremony an enjoyable time was
had in dancing.
C. r. Mclaughlin. the mining man,
is expecting his wife. three daughters
and two sons to arrive in Silver City
from st. Louis. He has rented the
residence lately occupied by Mrs.Artie
Galloway. and with his family expects
t o make Silver City his home.
The ball given under h auspices
of the Italian band in Albuquerque,
turned out to De a decidedly pleasant
affair. The dance was we'll attended.
Prof. DiMauro's orchestra furnished
the music and during the evening the
band played several selections.
The welcome news has arrived at
Fort Bayard in the form of a Wash
ington dispatch that the hospital at
that place is to be greatly enlarged
and the institution is to be thrown
open to tubercular patients of the
United States navy as well as the
army.
The guests of the Alvarado in Al
b~uquerque as well as the larger pub
lie will be pleased to hear that Man.
ager Cheatham has made permanent
arrav yements with the Alvarado trio
to command their services Sunday,
Tuesday and Friday evenings of each
week
Negotiations for the sale of the
smeIter in Silver City are progressing
satisfactorily and it is thought the
deal will be closed in a few days. Col.
j. w. Fleming. who is interested in
pushing The matter through, is in
Denver and is expected home in a
few days.
News reached Silver City that
Henry Brands, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Brands of that city, had both
legs broken by the premature dis
charge of a blast in a mine at Bis
bee, where he is working. He re-
ceived other wounds not of a serious
nature. however.
Professor Williams, of the firm of
Williams a Bake, successful ope-tors
of a teaching plant at Stafford, A. #.
arrived in Silver City last week and
in company with Judge L. p. Deming
of the Alessandro Copper Mining com-
pany left Immediately for the Burros.
He will remain as the guest of Judge
Deming for some time, investigating
with regard TO the modus operandi
of a teaching plant for the Alessandro
company.
A new kind of house breaking
occurred in Lordsburg, when the
Methodist parsonage was found to
be in possession of a large and merry