Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-03-15
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W. j.. Jones has purchased fine lot Of
Don Gaspar avenue, near Manhattan
street, and will erect there neat dwelling
A neat and attractive design lor u DROP
curtain at Gray's opera house has beef
drawn and Quin,e vail soon be at work Oh
1t.
W. W. Follett, of the U. S. geological
survey, returned from the east to-day
His associate, Mr.. Wilson, will join hin
! here tomorrow.
A good audience greeted the Hyers
sisters at Gray's opera house last nigh
and the entertainment proveda very ell
joyable one, The music being excellent.
Joseph Conklln's friends Will be please
to know that he has passed Ills junlol
course at the st. Louis college OF Phaf
macy most successfully.
The building X Loan association ought
to have the united support ol the people
1t is On Il sound basis and lis manage
ment is Ill good hands. Keep our money
al home.
RumOrs has it that the Santa Fe viii
build to San Pedro, whether the little road
comes down or not, but such rumor can
scarcely he credited, thinks the Cerrllios
Hustler.
Both the local railway ticket offices are
now to-day selling tickets to Missouri
pected that rates will he restored early
next week.
Tony W4udsor las secured the contract
Tor putting in the stone foundation Oh
which Is to rest the handsome new orphan
asylum erected Dy the Sisters Of st. Vim
cents hospital. The structure will be OF
brick, three stories III height main build
ing, ZJxl04 feet, with an "L' 2oxS4 ieel
long.
Among to.day's arrivals at the Elk
Change: ii. n. Adams, Louisville, Ky. ;
Z. X. Short, San Francisco; J. A. Carruth,
Las Vegas; M. b. Bowman, Buffalo
Springs; ii. Il. Hurst, Denver; "A. G..
Weuthaus er, SiIverton, Coo, ; III. u. Ilder-
ton, b. j Jones, Cerrillos 5. A. Moore,
Denver.
Bids for supplying the penitentiary with
merchandise tor the next Six months
were opened by the board this noon.
The lowest bidders were Browne, Man
zanales y Co., Las Vegas, A. Staab, K.
d. Franz, Santa te. AT 3 O'Clock the
board was still examining samples and
had not finally let the contracts.
There is decided interest developing
here in the proposition to organize
throughout the territory a base ball league
composed only of home players, all pro-
iessionals TO be barred. Several parties
will shortly take steps to organize such Il
club for Santa Fe. An effort will be made
10 secure the college grounds and fence
them for giving exhibition games during
the summer.
Gov. Prince has been buying some fruit
lands in Espanola valley, and among
other pieces ran across one that is twelve
feet wide 200 feet long, Will the day
ever come when acres and not varas will
form the basis of land measurement III
this county. Surveyor General Hobart
says yes, and that much sooner than most
people imagine. There's hen on in re-
gard to land surveys in New Mexico.
A man whose face was partly concealed
bv mask walked into the Lincoln-Lucky
store at San Pedro night before last and,
pulling a gun, demanded money. Mr..
Tennebaum, the manager, instead OF
throwing up his hands, began calling
loudly for help, when the robber shot
him. A man has been arrested whom Ten
nebaum thinks was the party that assault
ted him. The storekeeper's wound is not