A Reminiscence
source date: 1890
availability: public-domain

only succeeding in putting a ball through Nelson’s wrist. Lehigh then attempted to arrest Thomas, but the latter resisted, and the officer shot him in the leg. The limb will probably have to be amputated. So far as heard from, this ended the day’s bloody work. A Reminiscence An Albuquerque sporting man told a story the other day regarding a two pair poker player that is amusing. It seems that the old gentle- man got into a social game a few years ago with a party who is well known in this city and, one time a prominent figure in business and politics. During the game he run in a cold deck on the player who backed two pairs very heavily, and won about $700 from him. Since that time the old gentleman never turns his eyes from the center of a game, and if it be- comes necessary for him to expectorate during a game he spits into the center of the table. WANTED: — Some miners to work at Shakespeare, Grant County, N. M., wages $3 per day; board $25 per month. From Ihe August 22, 1890, Issue of The Enterprise