Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-05-01
ROUND ABOUT TOWN.

ever follow its use.
ROUND ABOUT TOWN.
Rev. Mr. Wiltsee and Rev. o. j. Moore
have been in Chama for the past weel
holding religious services and Arranging
for the erection OF u new church there.
Those people who are always thinking
that the newspapers are hitting at them
are advised to look through the Bible
They will find many filings at them in that
good book.
The work OF remodeing and making
ready the new store room in the I'd
National bank block for the occupancy OF
Seligman Bros dry goods emporium be-
gan this morning
The regular meeting OF Carleton post,
&. A, R., takes place at o'clock this
evening. There will be muster and
other business OF importance. The de-
partment commander, John II. Mills, of
SocOrro, will be in attendance and large
meeting of comrades is desired.
Mr.. S. B. Glenn, an artesian we'll ex-
pert from Pennsylvania, went out to ex-
anime the machinery of the local artesian
we'll company yesterday in company with
DR.. Sloan, and he speaks SO encouraging
ly that another effort to resuscitate this
enterprise may follow at an early day.
The members of the Hook & Ladder
team desire to extend their thanks to the
citizens who so generously contributed
toward the purchase of their new uniforms,
and also to those who aided them in
making their social hop of last night so
highly successful
Mr.. Henry Woodruff, of Tesuque, was
in the city yesterday laying in supplies.
He has rented the old Townsend place
and intends raising fruit for the Santa Fe
market. He reports all early fruits look
| ing extremely well and expects to have a
prosperous year in his line.
Rev. E. W. Meany delivered q most
eloquent and appropriate sermon at the
church of the Holy Faith, Episcopal, yes
terday. 1t was of historical character
and will no doubt make entertaining read
ing for the patrons of the New MEXICAN,
who may expect to find it in tomorrow s
paper
Trout fishing in New Mexico begins
June l, then only for ones own use.
Santa Fe nimrods are said to have been
seen violating this law of late. There are
about dozen fish wardens around town
whose duty it is to see to it that this law
is enforced. Let them get move on
themselves and protect the trout in the
Rio Santa re. If this is done now it will
be but few years before as good fishing
as can be found anywhere may be had
within three miles of the city.
And now the melancholy days OF
house cleaning ere at hand, when the
woman that presideth over the household,
! pinneth a napkin about her head, and
smiteth the bed bug hip and thigh, even
unto the last OF his tribe, and she putteth
things into strange places and doth revile
the "head of the family" when he ap-
proaches his domicil so that he would fain
abide in the corall with the young calves
and sleep on perch with the setting
hen.
Hon. ]. Frank Chavez and Major J. D.
woodward got in from Washington at
noon to-day. Col. Chavez is laid up with
neuralgia, as the result of the national
capitals beastly weather. Major Wood
yard says man doesn't appreciate the
genial sunshine of this region till he takes
IN the east and experiences the sort Of
weather that prevails there as a rule.
Both gentlemen are looking well, how.
ever, and are receiving warm welcome
this afternoon at the hands of their hosts
of friends hereabouts.
S. +. Van Noorden, of Topeka, repre-
senting the City and Form Record news
paper, is in Santa Fe to-day soliciting
orders for big write up of the town. He
did very we'll at Albuquerque, twenty mer
of that town subscribing $40 each for
full page write up and standing adver
tisement to run six months in the Cit,
and Form Record. This papers manage
ment ran q series of land hunters ex
cursions into Colorado last summer which
did much to help the immigration move
ment, audit is the intention to ruin similar
excursions this year into New Mexico
after the resources of the country are
made known by these write ups.
Hon. Melvin Edwards, ex-secretary O.
state of Colorado, is in the city on bust
ness before the U. s. land office. He is
largely interested in land and water en-.
terprises in San Juan county, and states
that settlers are pouring into southern
Colorado and northern New Mexico at 6
very gratifying rate. Mr.. Edwards is
himself practical ditch and storage reser
voir builder. He is delighted with SAINTS
Fe, her climate, fruit and farming inter.
ests, and thinks the day is not far distant
when the millions Of gallons of water now
going to waste down the Rio Santa Fe
will be caught and stored for distribution
on these rich valley lands.
Not q California Bear.
Anybody can catch cold this kind OF
weather. The trouble is to let go, like the
man who caught the bear. We advise
our readers to purchase Of G. NJ. Creame,
a bottle of Santa Able, the California king
of consumption, asthma, bronchitis,