Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-05-24
ROUND ABOUT TOWN.

Mr., Derwcm II. Smith yesterday pur-
chased IRON Vim. T. Guyer, the latter's
homestead on upper Palace avenue, and
the former will remodel the dwelling and
make it his private residence,
Luscious home grown Strawberries are
in the market. The price will be higher
than usual this year, as the dry weather
and high winds throughout the entire
west have somewhat damaged the crop.
A deed was recorded in the clerks office
to-day setting forth that Carl Schneider, OF
Woodberry county, Iowa, had sold to
Jacob Schneider two lots on the south side
OF the city near the depot for the sum of
$500.
Harry Iadd, well and iavorably known
in Santa Fe as the son OF Mr.. II. 0. Ladd,
has completed his course at the Massa-
chusetts School Of Technology and has
taken Il pleasant position in the office OF
the great New York publishing house of
Dodd, Mead < Co Success to the young
man.
Major j. 7. Walker and II, N. Savage,
OF the geological survey, returned from
the eastern part Of the county yesterday.
There are now some six or eight Of Major
PoweIl's force in this city and vicinity,
and the people are glad to see them
around, for they know that their presence
means additional information for the gov
eminent on the subject of reservoir sites,
water flow, irrigation, etc.
Mr.. Geo. D. Potter, general purchasing
agent Tor the Kansas City Smelling & Re-
filming company, with headquarters at FL
PaSo, is in the city to-day. He has been
looking about Cerrillos, and says that
some mighty fine ore is being shipped
from that point, Mr.. Potter is one OF
the men who has helped to advance the
mining industry OF the southwest very
materially in the past ten years. 1t is
good to have such men looking over our
mining resources.
The Fort Marcy team and the st. Mich
aol college boys will again cross bats on
Sunday. The former had in their kid
battery the last time and were defeated,
this being their first defeat out of eight
games played. Apicked city nine is short
ly TO meet the Fort Marcy boys, at which
time an exciting contest is looked for
This game will probably take place on the
morning Of the 30th, as that is lega'
holiday and players can then be had who
would otherwise be detained at then
places OF business.
Messrs. Nelson. Knaebel and Lane got
home this morning from their trip to the
Mines They went to inspect the Benton
gold mine at Cerrill0s, little hole in the
ground that yielded $65, 900 in few
months and was then closed down by
bad management and litigation. The
latter has.now happily been adjusted anC
the prospects for the resumption OF work
are good. Work progresses on the Fisk
mill at Dolores and in ten days more the
plant will be in operation. The visitors
report great industrial activity at Cerrillos
and vicinity.
/ The Fulton market has vegetable
novelty on sale to-day in the shape o
spinach, known as the "blue Dutch
variety, and introduced in this country b,
Don Samuel Eldodt of San Juan. Thi!
is the first lot to come into the local mar
/ ket, and it is delicious In few year.
this variety is expected to succeed al
others because of its rapid and prolific
growth, its superior quality, and thu
! further fact that it flourishes on the dry
est, poorest OF soils, requiring no sort o
care or attention. Indeed it may not BIZ
/ long before it can be found growing wilc
all over this region, as one man has taker
the pains to scatter quantity Of It's seec
along the principal irrigating bitches ex
pecting the flowing water to distribute it
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