Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-04-08
ROUND ABOUT TOWN.


ROUND ABOUT TOWN.
Open new streets.
Chip in on the blue grass improvement
for the plaza.
"Tosca, the latest psrasol, at Grunsfeld
Lindheim & Cos.
Fast driving about the streets ought tc
be stopped. Where are the city 'plice?
Ireland tapped his soda fountain yester,
day and gave the public the first treat OF
+ the season.
! Surahs, in all the latest shades, 20
yards in pattern, for SIG, at Grunsfeld,
Lindheim x Cos.
Pete Powers, the Glorieta hotel man, is
improving his place with view to giving
tOOlsts who visit the Pecos this year a
hospitable greeting.
1t is much better to sod the plaza than
seed it down to blue grass. Every citizen
can afford to give his mite toward furnish
idg teams to haul the sod.
/ w. w. Jones, county commissioner OF
Socorro, and agent for the Armendares
grant, is up from San Marcialsto-day on
business connected with land surveys.
Mr.. Ashdown's bay driver ran off yes
terday afternoon and capsized the vehicle
near the army headquarters, and more or
less skining up Mr.. Ashdown's face.
1t will keep the contractors hustling to
get their bids for Santa FEES government
Indian school to Washington on time.
They must be in the hands of the Indian
commissioner this day week.
Manager HUM of the Cash Entry is up
from Cerrillos on business to-day. He
has just placed big order for lumber
among the Pecos river mills and is pre-
pairing to increase the working force at the
mine.
The regular monthly convocation OF
Santa Fe Chapter No. ], r. A. NJ, will be
held this evening at Masonic hall at 8 p.
M Important business is to be transacted.
Visiting companions are cordially invited
to attend.
The young fellow who was caught in
the act OF making away with pair pan
falcons at Gerdes WIS given fine of $40
and sentenced to three months in the
county Jail by Justice Ortiz. This justice
is making good start toward suppressing
petty crimes in Santa Fe.
'The Philharmonic orchestra OF Santa
Fe writes that the company will give two
entertainments in Albuquerque on the
10Th and Goth OF this month. The orches-
ira can not be beat for musical talent this
side OF the Missouri, and The Citizen be-
speaks for them crowded house."
L. A. Kimball who is canvassing the
territory for Appleton s cyclopedia publica-
tons was asked to pay license Of $l3
for the privilege OF Albuquerque. He de-
clined and announces in the local papers
that he can be addressed at Santa Fe, he
having decided to make this city his head
quarters.
Hon. Bernard Seligman returned home
yesterday after an extended trip to the
chief cities at the east. While absent he
laid in large stock of dry goods, includ
, ing many new fixings that will charm the
J local patrons OF Seligman Bros. Mrs
Seligman remained among friends in Phil
adelphia.
1t is estimated by those who have made
, observations and calculations that vino
: mill, suitably located to catch the ordinary
breezes of this section will raise enough
water to irrigate five acres of land. Thil
much New Mexico valley land will pro
duce more than eighty acres of unirrigatee
land in Kansas, Nebraska or Iowa.
An excellent game OF base ball tool
place yesterday afternoon between thu
town boys and St. Michael's college mines
The score stood to in favor OF the col
lege team. Ramon Garcia and G. Wyn
koop make an excellent battery. Ramon
struck out seven men in the first thre'
innings, which Charlie never failed Il
catch.
Newspaper men are often forced by tn
, very nature OF their business to 90 on tn
supposition that the people with whom
they are talking professionally are tellin
, them untruths. The public wants fact
and not assertions. 1t is frequently yer
, difficult to secure the former, while tn
, latter are thicker than hair on yello,