Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-07-14

Fireman Williams. who is seldom
marked up on the lay-off board, has
his rame decorating that portion Ct
the %roundhouse at present.
Engineer Lee Wright, the mar who
is rining away to a mere shadow, has
lost all of the oil out of his a and
has been marked up for a rest.
Fireman J.. Nelson. the man who
enjoys himself when he has a scoop
in his hand, has marked himself up as
being unable for duty for q short Pc
Rod.
Fireman Graham, that young man
With a penchant for playing ball and
Who seems to be i'll considerably
lately, is marked up on the sick list
again.
Fireman Mckenzie is another one
who has become tired of performing
the regular scoop duties and has an
nonnced himself as ready to take a
short vacation.
Engineer Kirk, the inventive gem
JUS and sometimes doctor. has in
duced the call boy to place the sick
plug after his name and is rusticat-
ing for a short period.
Engineer Bowman. the society lead
er, has tired of telling funny stories
to the circle. and has announced him
self as ready to again resume charge
on the right side, where business is
alvays good.
Boilermaker Edmonds is now an ap'
plicant Il begin laboring for a living
in the house of too much trouble.
Machinist Salzman has handed in
his resignation and win search for o
more congenial job.
Fred Hammer, the gentlemanly en-
gineer who has been doing duty down
on the mountain for several weeks
past. has marked himself UP as about
due for a lay-off, and the call boy has
agreed with him.
Fireman Geo. Nelson, who formerly
operated on the great American dos
ert out of Needles, has come in con
tact with that tired feeling and has
been marked up as sick. He will rus
ticate for several days yet.
The passenger train which lei
Tombstone Thursday afternoon a
1870 o'clock to make connections will
the Bisbee train at Fairbanks, narrow
" escaped being ditched. While tn
train was running at a rate Of abou
forty miles an hour the engine ran In
to a bunch of five steers. killing fou
of them instantly.
An unusual death took place TIL
week in the town of Las Candelaria
near Albuquerque. Maria L. Lopez,
we'll known woman resident of tn
village, disappeared m~ysteriousl
from her home on Monday last and d.
spite efforts made to find her, sh
could not be located. No trace Of he
was discovered until Friday, when
native accidentally discovered he
body lying in a pool or pond of waite
just south Of the town.
The railroad commission of Il
state OF Texas, the Rosenbaum Ora
company and the Chicago Rock Islar
& Texas railroad are nov engaged
a complicated fight over certain ruiz
and regulations to apply between u
railroad company and the grain col
pany at Fort Worth. in which the S
preme court recently Issued an injun
ton against the railway commissio
The Injunction proceedings are so
to come up for hearing.
Maria A. B. Martinez, wife OF .
cuel Antonio Martinez, died last eve
ing about 6 o'clock, at her home
the west side. She was sixty-'
years old and was married to the h
band who survives her fifty years a.
She leaves also two sons and 7
daughters married and an unmarri
daughter. She was taken suddei
Ill and died before medical aid Co
reach her. The funeral will occur
morrow morning, from the West S
Catholic church. and mass will
said.
The Santa Fe company has
cars OF merchandise damaged In
recent food at Florence, Kans
which 1t is engaged In cleani