Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-03-06
ROUND ABOUT TOWN.

Carleton post g. 4. r. meets tonight.
Regular meeting Santa Fe Lodge No. 2,
X. OF F., tonight.
Beginning to-day the 10th infantry
bands plaza concert hour is changed from
2 to o'clock.
The Masonic fraternity Is moving again
in the matter of securing new hall.
The prospects are good.
The first thing somebody knows there's
going to be an opium joint scandal here
abouts. The authorities should keep
their eyes upon these pipe shops.
A train Of twenty-eiyht new stock
palace cars for the Atlantic g. Pacific
passed through Lamy yesterday. That
road is preparing for heavy cattle ship
ments.
The new board Of penitentiary man
agers-Solicitor General Twitchell,
Auditor Alarid and Treasurer Ortiz-held
meeting yesterday and after attending
to some routine business OF minor
moment, adjourned to meet again on
Friday.
The days are frightening. Days and
nights will be the same length on the 2lst
inst. By the way, an exchange remarks:
To ascertain the length Of day or night
multiply the hour ut which the sun rises
by two; the result will be the length OF
the night. Try it.
Annual meeting OF the Building & Loan
assoc iation one week from to-day, on
the evening of the 18th inst. The past
year has been very prosperous for the as
ISOLATION, the money invested by share
holders bringing them more than u per
cent per annum, while at the same time
stimulating local improvements.
That unique log cabin quilt which the
colored people have been soliciting church
funds for will be disposed off at Rte
chapel on Friday evening, the one having
raised the largest amount of money for
the church to receive the quilt. A social
time and ample refreshments will be the
features Of the evening. The public is
invited to be present.
Judge Downs, department commander
OF the q. A. r., has issued orders calling
the territorial encampment at Albuquer-
que on Tuesday, March Is. Among
other suggestions made by him is one to
the effect that an auxiliary relief corps
and sons Of veteran organizations should
be made in connection with each of the
several posts in New Mexico.
For her population, Santa Fe has more
well-to-do homeless people than any other
city of her size in the land. These home
less people could we'll afford to erect them
selves dwellings and help build up and
help beautify the city. This spring will
be good time to begin, for all classes OF
building material is remarkably cheap.
The capitol commission meets tonight,
and among other things will audit the
long pending claims for two years inter
est on the furniture, gas fixtures, ETC.,
and for coal and other necessaries which
had to be purchased, but for the payment
Of which there was no appropriation.
The legislature dill the right thing by
these claimants.
The Albuquerque papers acknowledge
the corn. 1t wasa business man OF that
city who drove the Mennonite colony
away from the Manzano and Galisteo
valleys. He is dealer in Kansas butter
and eggs, and he was afraid these thrifty
people would bring home grown products
into competition with his Kansas article,
hence his interest in keeping them out of
New Mexico. Give the people his name
VIM. E. Dame, wide awake young
Cerrillian, was in the city on business
last night. In anticipation Of the early
coming Of new railroad, Mr.. Dame
has just located very valuable coal prop
perty not thousand miles from the little
Pittsburg. In one Of the openings the
vein shows nearly twelve feet of coal.
The claim is too far from the railroad line
for present extensive work, but within
two years no doubt but new road will
run right over the property. 1t is big
find.
Daily Plaza Concert.