Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-04-27
ROUND ABOUT TOWN.

ROUND ABOUT TOWN.
The Fischer Brewing company is max
ing preparations for big output OF "bock
bier" on May |.
A reception and serenade will be ten
dered ex-Gov. Ross at the executive
palace this evening"
Chas. Haf'ner is overhauling and re-
building his residence on Manhattan
avenue south of Carriers.
Still the Improvements go forward. 1t
don't take Berardinelli long to knock day
light into the old adobe walls.
Capt Henry NJ. Davis, now OF the Ex-
change hotel office, is in the field as
candidate for the Pueblo Indian agency.
Hon. J. Frank Chavez writes from
Washington under date OF the 10th inst.
that he expected to leave for home to-day
or tomorrow.
Mr.. Hartman is engaged to-day in max
ing out deed for land and drawing plans
for new brick residence for certain
Santa Fe man.
4 game of base ball will be played to-
morrow afternoon on the league grounds
between n picked nine and team OF
soldiers boys from Fort Marcy.
Regular meeting OF Aztlan lodge No. 3,
l. 0. 0. F., this evening at 8 o'clock, in
their hall, situate in building occupied by
Wagner & Hotfner. Work in first and
second degrees. Full attendance re-
quested. S. T. Reed, Secretary.
Judge Bail has q private letter from
Silver City stating that the drug house Of
Bailey & Cobb WAS wholly destroyed by
fire on Wednesday morning. There was
no insurance the fame is supposed to
have been oil incendiary origin.
! John Digneo, than whom there is no
better mechanic in the land to-day, began
tearing away that unsightly old railing
that surmounts the Exchange hotel, and
instead will erect handsome brick
cornice and otherwise improve the ap-
/ pearance of this building.
( The secretary Of war has ordered the
commanding officers at all the military
posts to fire a national salute OF thirty
eight guns on Tuesday, the centenary Of
the inauguration of Washington, and an
official circular announces that the post.
Office will have holiday hours on this
date also.
What with the sousing the plaza grass
has had, driving the seed to the surface
and floating itin heaps to the lower places
and what with the failure to soak the
newly set out trees. the prospects do not
seem very propitious for making a howl
ing success OF those much discussed i'm
proyements?
Chase has turned out set of handsome
views for the Santa Fe Southern road
showing many attractive scenes along its
line, including the picturesque DEVILS ant
White rock canon, with cliff dwellings in
the distance These views are TO be grouped
and framed by Supt. Johnson for adver.
Using purposes.
Register Walker is in receipt OF bunch
of grass that was grown ON a mans
desert land entry" up in Colfax county
1t is fifteen inches in length and seems tc
be sort OF wild millet with the real
scent of new mown hay about it. II
must be n pretty fine piece of desert
land that produces such fodder without
cultivation.
DR.. II. W. Parsons, OF Wamego, Kas.,
writes Gov Prince that he has 500 copies
of pamphlet relating to the question Of
drought and how to cultivate western
lands, which he will be glad to mail free
to parties who are interested in the sub.
ject. Everything Of this sort is eagerly
sought for by New Mexico people usually
and it may be that this pamphlet contains
some valuable SUGGESTIONS.
Gen. Bartlett and wife and Mr.. J. A.
Spradling returned at noon to-day from
their extended eastern jaunt, all looking
well and feeling in first class trim. They
say that OF the eighteen or twenty New
Mexico citizens who have visited Wash
ington since the Inauguration all have
now left for home save Col. Dick Hudson,
OF Grant, who is banking on the U. s.
marshalship, and Judge Sloan, who seems
to be after anything he can get, just so it
is an office, but who would specially like
TO be Z. S. district attorney.
The Lighthall medicine concert troupe
came in from the south last night end put
up at the Exchange. The company con-
ssts of Mrs. j. A. Lighthall, the manager
and proprietor, DR.. and Mrs. Wilkey, DR..
Montgomery, W. J. Betterton, Guy But
ton, +. w. Smith, Frank Lewis, J. A.
Cannon, Alfredo Flores, Augustin Gu
tierres, Domingo Ferrara, D. Button, Jas.
Reeder and Sam Cohen. The latter was
formerly a resident of Santa Fe, and is
known as one Of the most versatile song
and dance men and all around good com
edian. The troupe has pitched its tents
for stay of several weeks here and will
make their first appearance on the plaza
at dusk this evening