Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-05-11
The health seeker shows up smiling

ROUND ABOUT TOWN.
The health seeker shows up smiling
again,
Hose company's benefit at the court
house tonight.
All night mails, both east and west,
commencing May -, will close at 7:30
p. III.
The arguments in the case of W. n.
COler vs.. the Santa Fe county board are
in progress before Judge Whiteman this
afternoon.
Santa Fe. is very wide awake just now,
and something is liable to drop shortly
that will rebound to the commercial and
industrial growth of the capital city.
The new Grand Army post at Las
Cruces will be mustered in in few days
1t starts off with over thirty members and
promises to-be one of the best in the ter
ritory.
An eastern excursion party travelling
in two special trains will reach Santa Fe
tonight and spend the day here to-
morrow. 1t requires thirteen coaches to
transport the party.
Late this afternoon Judge Whiteman
made an order directing Commissioners
Wyllys and Martinez to recognize DR..
Sloan as chairman OF the county board at
the meeting Monday next.
In response to an inquiry it may be
stated that there is no new law on the
subject OF licensing marriages. At the
last legislative session such measure was
| introduced, but it never got through.
Mrs. Carmen Romero de Vale, a woman
well known and esteemed as one of the
early settlers on the Pecos, died on Mon
day last and was buried with unusually
solemn ceremonies on Tuesday. She had
great many friends in Santa Fe,
Mr., James Phillips, the aifable young
man who represents so successfully in
this county Devore & Sons, Chicago, is
to-day rounding up his whole lot OF friends
hereabouts. He reports Santa Fe as
being the best town in the territory at the
present writing.
President Strong and the directors of
the A., T. & S. f. company will reach
Santa Fe by special train tomorrow
evening, and on Monday will hold annual
meetings at Solicitor Waldo's Office for q
member of their subzcorporations in New
Mexico.
That was right spirited meeting which
the Board of Trade held yesterday after
noon, and q considerable amount OF bust
ness was transacted, the importance of
which will come out in detail after while.
1t won't do to go hunting with brass
band always, you know.
Gov. Slower, of Albuquerque, largely
interested in the Gallup coal mines,
passed down the road yesterday morning
in charge of 3 car load Of negro coal
miners, brought from Kansas, who will
60 out to Gallup to take the place of the
striking miners there.
Hon. A. L. Morrison returned to-day
from business trip to Arizona. He finds
southern New Mexico improving rapidly
In the Florida mountain district large
irrigation canal is being taken out of the
hy. ifol n
thereabouts will soon be dotted with new
homes.
The wool season is now on in dead earn
est and buyers are plentiful. According tc
grades, the prices obtained are from IA tc
IS cents per pound. With northwes
New Mexico, the Navajo country anc
southern Colorado to draw from, what {
bonanza awaits the man who will utilize
, Santa Fes pure water in securing works
here.
BY change of time to take effect or
tie Santa Fe tomorrow the through run
will be shortened up several hours. The
east bound train now leaving here at 9 :3(
p. m. will not leave till PISS; the 10:1i
train will hereafter leave at 8 ;25. Tht
noon mail from the east is not changed
but there are several other changes which
will be given in detail on Monday.
, At the Methodist Episcopal church to
morrow there will be services as follows
Sunday school at 10 a. m. regular morn
ing service at II a. m. class meeting
after the morning sermon young people,
meeting at 7 p. m. the usual evening
service at 8 p. M. All are cordially invit
ed. Young people are especially invited
to attend the young peoples meeting ant
, the evening service.
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AUCTION!
Look out for sale of carpets, hanging
lamps, pair turkoman curtains pole, etc
! wild cat mat, fox mat ETC., ETC., on ives
side of plaza, at 10 o'clock on Monday
morning, 18th inst.
CHAs. WAGNER, Auctioneer