Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-05-03

Ut local q having SOFA MS ILn'
coin venue residence to Conductor
Claude Raney. yesterday moved his
household effects to 90a National
street.
Delegate W. II. Andrews telegraphs
the New Mexican at Santa Fe from
Pittsburg, Pa, under date Of May LIST,
denying that the Santa Fe Central
railroad had been sold to the Rock
Island people.
Manager Cheatham, of the AlvaradO
at Albuquerque, has returned TO his
custom OF having music In the hotel
lobby on Sunday evenings. AS a re.
suit a large number OF Albuquerque
people are going to the hotel for the
Sunday evening dinner.
A dastardly attempt was made TO
wreck a Rock Island passenger train
south of Santa Rosa, N. NJ. Ties were
| placed upon the track and the rails
| spread for quite a distance. The rail
road officials are investigating the
matter.
Harry Strong has returned to La
Junta, Colo, from Ration, where he
has been holding down the job Of
ltime-keeper in the Santa Fe shops, He
has accepted a position as chief clerk
to General Foreman John Cook In the
Santa Fe shops at La Junta.
c. a. Cole, round house foreman at
| Alamogordo, in company with his
| wife, left on a thirty days leave of
| absence on a visit to st. Louis with
| relatives. Thos. Fielden, master me-
| chanic with his family will occupy the
Cole residence during the absence of
| Mr.. and Mrs. Cole.
J. l.. Vaughan, Mexican Central
| agent at Moctezuma, has been granted
a patent for a device which when at
tached to a car will display a signal
upon the opening of the car. 1t is IN
tended as a means of informing train
men whenever an attempt is made TO
| burglarize box cars on their train.
L. w. Clapp has secured a vacation
from his duties as agent for the South
ern Pacific at Lordsburg and will visit
each of the Knights of Pythias lodges
in the territory. Mr.. Clapp is grand
chancellor, which is the highest office
in the order, in the territory, and it is
part of his duty 10 visit every lodge in
the territory during the year he holds
the office.
T. J. Whisemand has been made the
new agent for the Santa Fe in Ell
| paso. Texas, succeeding ID. A. Cream.
| er. who went TO this city from Dem
ing a couple of months ago. On &C
count of the i'll health OF his wife, Mr..
| Dreamer desired to return TO Demlng,
and an exchange was arranged with
| Mr.. Whisemand who took Mr.. Cream
i er's place at Deming.
Thursday morning about ] O'Clock,
| Ed. H. Kehoe, and a Jap, known as
George, through a slight misunder-
| standing, engaged in a little scrap
| which resulted in Kehoe cutting the
| Jan across the back and right side,
saws the Winslow Mail. At present
the Jap is in a critical condition. Both
are employees at the Harvey house In
the capacities of waiter and COOK, ana
the affray took place in the kitchen
| adjoining the lunch counter.
The Santa Fe company IS putting In
a demonstration garden of two n
| one.half acres at Gainesville, Texas.
| This is similar to gardens which VIII
| be established at many points along
| the lines in Texas. The gardens VIII
| contain a variety of garden products
In addition to a large assortment Oh
flowers and shrubs. 1t is intended
that the gardens shall prove a source
of ioy and an attraction 10 passengers