Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-03-05
ROUND ABOUT TOWN.

Superb spring weather.
Lent begins tomorrow.
Read the meat inspection law printed
elsewhere.
Santa Fe Southern Railway"-How
does that strike you?
There will be no meeting Of st. Cecilia
society tomorrow, Wednesday.
Attention is called to the bank state
ments published elsewhere in this issue.
Lieut.. Van Nliet, II. r. Pettis and Mr..
Houck left this morning Oh duck hunt
at San Juan.
Wels-Fargo and the uptown office OF
the A., T. 4 S. +. will remove to new
quarters in the LIST National bank block
on the 18th inst.
The federal building will be completed
in about three weeks. The steam filters
are pushing their work now under the
direction of Mr.. Pope, of Chicago.
Henry c. Starr, esq, OF Richmond,
Ind, son-in-law of John F. Miller, OF the
Panhandle railroad, writes that he will
probably locate in Santa Fe this summer
n. Mondragon & Brother, manufactur-
ing jewelers., is new firm Just opened for
business on Frisco street, and they ask
fair share of the public's favors. They
are experienced filigree workmen, and
guarantee prices as reasonable as good
business policy will permit.
1t is stated that the bottom has COM
pletely fallen ont OF the wagon roads
between Cerrilos, San PEDRO, Dolores and
other points in the mining districts. This
state of affairs has served to delay many
mining enterprises. At best the roads
can not become good before April /.
If Santa Fe had pushed that artesian
we'll to completion the Harms colony Of
Mennonite farmers would have settled
here instead Of going to eastern Colorado,
where water is plentiful on the Lamar
canal. The lesson simply teaches that
until some local water enterprise is de-
veloped the wealth producing element il
this valley will be limited to its present
proportions.
Don Felipe Ortiz, who has served for
the past three years, was again reelected
mayordomo OF bitches for the north side
OF the river yesterday. The successful
candidate on the south side was Don Jose
NJ. Martinez. The latter has Il splendid
reputation as q fair minded, liberal man,
and having had long experience in this
position during former years, he will no
doubt serve the people impartially and
with view to aflorling the greatest good
to the largest number.
Tomorrow being the first day Of Lent,
called Ash Wednesday, the services in the
church of the Holy Faith will be as fol-
lows: Mathis, litany, and holy euchar-
list with sermon at II Il. m. The priest
in charge urges all church people, and in
vites all others to join i'll the devout OBJ
servance of this solemn season, when the
Catholic church, whether English, Greek
or Roman, bids her children to practice
the duties of prayer, fasting, and aims
giving. The fast is forty days, Sundays
being excluded.
Col Breeden's valuable colt, a blooded
animal, met death last night under Pc
cuiar circumstances. Last evening he
was as usual placed in the stable and fed
for the night. In the yard and near at
hand is the childrens swing, This morn.
ing the colt was found dead with the
swingrope wrapped several times about
his neck. 1t doesn't seem possible that
the animal could thus have entangled its
head in the rope, nor yet does it appear
probable that some enemy should have
placed the rope about the colts neck.
The animal was two years cid and
counted one of the most promising in the
!