Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-03-03
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To-, lmmeulateiy IN tue rear
Of their store and tin shop.
C. F. Lugwig. from Santa Rosa,
died at Corona while on his way home,
in Iowa. He was a wealthy stockman
and accompanied by his wife and
child.
The junior baseball boys held a
meeting in Carlsbad and organized in
regular form, under the management
Of J. s. Crozier, and captaincy Of The
odore Kerr.
Page and Tom Lawrence of Santa
Rosa have gone to California where
their mother resides. Page was depu>
ty postmaster there and his brother
worked at the depot.
Cashier G. M. Cook. Of Carlsbad. has
entirely recovered from his recent
spell of grip and is now at his desk at
the First National bank, which has
been temporarily filed by A. A. Bee
man.
G. w. Smith, from Henry county,
Indiana. purchased through McLena-
then & Tracy, in Carlsbad, the three
small cottages just north of the Pres
byterian church, facinng on Shaw
street.
The Pecos Valley system will run a
special train to Ell Paso March 9th,
to accommodate stockmen along its
line wishing to attend the annual n
vention of the Texas Cattle Raisers'
association.
Mrs. Lucy Hendee. in Carlsbad
from Pueblo, Colorado, for relief from
tuberculosis, died at the county hos
pital down there Wednesday night.
Her body was embalmed and shipped
to Pueblo for barial.
w. M. Borrowdale, of Magdalena,
]. w. Cox, of Datil, and NJ. H. Sabin,
Of Albuquerque, were visiting members
of the Masonic fraternity who took
part in the Masonic services in mem
ory of A E. Howell. at Socoro.
A social dance was given at the
school house in Santa Rosa. The
descendants of the old Castilian
crown were largely in the majority
but what the Americans lacked in
numbers was more than made up in
enthusiasm. Everyone had a good
time.
Last Thursday at II m. Edward A.
McCollum. Oldest child and son of
Mr.. and Mrs. j. C. McCollum, died at
their home in Red River, at the age
og IS years, 10 months and 20 days.
He was born on the Pecos river, about
twenty miles from Santa Fee, April 4,
1884.
A meeting Of the sheep owners of
Eddy county has been called for March
18th in Carlsbad, to arrange for the
lambing season. The promised
shortage of labor is to be met by the
importation of a sufficient number of
men for the different camps from
Texas.
A wire from G III. Webster to I. s.
Osborne, at Carlsbad, from Kansas
City. says: MY lambs topped every
thing on the market Hogs brought
nearly SIG each-$6.S5 per cwt. Your
sheep weight 80 pounds average; ewes
brought $3.50, wethers. $685." Great
figures. these.
Postofice Inspector C. l.. Doran
came down to Carlsbad from the north
and checked over the losses of mail
in the recen depot fire with Post
master Fullen. There was, so far as
learned. but little valuable matter
destroyed, the loss including only
seven registered letters.
George H. Webster, j.. OF Carlsbad.
shipped his first consignment of fat
lambs to market. 1t consisted of eight
d~ouble-deck cars. part of the mutton
going from the Vineyard Sock Farm
and part from his feed-pens at Hag-
erman. He was also Joined in the ship
ment by 1. s. Osborne. who sent two
cars of fat mutton to market.
VIM. Linwood, ST., who was recently
brought home from California hope
lessly i'll. died at his home near Ration
Tuesday afternoon a, $50. O'Clock.
His wife, son William, and three
daughters, Mrs. Bennett, ari Ms.
Hugh Mckee, Of Ration and Mrs. Ell
mer Winter, of Denver, were with hirr.
and while death va. not unexpe led.
it porves a sad blow to them.
Last Monday night, to one of the
biggest audiences ever in the Tansill
oper house, in Carlsbad, the Peach
City Minstrels,' composed Of local tai
ent under the leadership Of H. c. West,
proved c~onclusively that they were en-
titled to the peach" part of their
organizations name. From start to
finish the entertainment went with a
vim and inherent merit that kept the
auditors thoroughly interested.
The announcement was made in
Carlsbad that Owner John F. Matheson
intended shortly to remove his wool
securing plant to Roswell NJ. Mathe-
son and manager Polsgrove spent
most OF last week in Roswell. arrang-
in for the move. They secured the site
of the old company Offices. nea the
depot at Roswell and will erect a
suitable building thereon, probably
tearing down and using the lumber of
the local building.
A mob of young people took the
pretty new home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
H. F. Christian by storm at Carlsbad
disguised and masked in very original
domino costumes. 1t was o~stensibly
to have been a surprise. but the host
and hostess turned the table or the
snrnrisera. and. mingling with the