Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-01-29

Governor ....... L. BRADFORD PRIMO
secretary b. NJ. lnoNa
soI,citor General 49,. EDWARD L. lsAKTLEA
| auditor .. . ..,. .IRlNiDhD ALhEL
Treasurer ANTONIO ORTIZ Y SALAzAt
Adjutant General. .,......... E. W. NYSkooi
JUDICIARY.
ASsoriate justice lst district W. H. WHrEna \
Assuciatc Justice ID district. ....,.,. D. LEY
Associate Justice 30 district. j. X. MCF II
Presiding Justice 4th district ..-....:E V. LONG
u , District Attorney 49,, H. a. fish v
| {. s. Marshal .., ..-.. TRlNID tD RpMEH"
clerk Supreme Court -. SUMMERS BURKHART
LAMB DEPARTMENT.
e. s, surveyor General see. EDWARD F. HoBAET
| q. s. Land Regster...- .. A. l.. M0kRlSoH
Receiver Public Moneys $3.50. VIM NJ BERGER
U. >. ARMY.
Commander at Fl Marcy, Col. HENRY DOUGLASS
! Adjutant ....,..... LIEUT.. 5. \. SEiBI RN
I Qn,rtrrmastcr. g.. ...... ......: LIEUT.. PLuMMER
| Discussing q, NJ capt. J, W. Summerhayes.
/ see! urea" ., .Lnlnl-raliuh .'. N * FR.,S
| Z. 5. Int. Rev. Collector .J.P. MCGRoRTY
HISTORICAL.
Santa Fe, the city of the Holy Faith of
st. Francis, is the capital Of New Mexico.
trade center, sanitary. archepiscopal
see, and also the military headquarters.
Ii is the oldest seat of civil and religious
government on American soil. When
r,hay, 10 R..a napptrated the valley Of
tho P;o ~ lira"de in IAN he fond Santa
Eo a it tlorr,shins puehlo viIlaye The his.
Tow, 81 ;ts Grs, Errone,n saftlamant wos
In'.i y,;ti, ,nnet ~ tha eorl, rernrdo of tho
territory, by the destruction of all the
ti ,n,'I IS = shows II then to have hean tho
.,oH VI ~ ond the renter Of commorno
,,,fhnr;tv and ;nfnenre In 1s,l4 CANA
the 6rst venturesoma American tradarN
the fnrer,,nnar ri the yreat line Of mer-
chants Who have male traffic over tho
Santa te Worldwide III Its celebrity.
THE CLIMATE
,f Now Nexico is considered the finest on
tha ront;nant The hiyh altitude in.
s,,rae drvness and mritv fesneriaIlv
.Janted to Inc nermanent cure of mi. |
nnnarv ,.omnIaints as hundreds wifi hp
witness. and bv travelling from point TO
point almost any desired temperature
may be enjoyed, The altitude OF some OF
the principal points III the territory Is
as follows: Santa re, IO4'; Costllla,
7,U4; TERRA Amarllla, 7,4oo; Glorleta,
1887; Taos, 6,9oO; Las vegas, 6,422
CInarron, 6,4S9, Bernallllo, o,'O4; A!bu-
querque, 4,9lo; Socorro, 1000; Las
Cruces, 1914; Silver City, 5,946; TT.
Stanton, $500. The mean temperature
at the government station al santa re,
tor the years named was as lollo"S; 1914,
1879 degrees; $50, 400 degrees; 1916,
4S.l; 1877, 40; 1913, 400. 1879, 5O.6;
1850, 400; which SHOWS an extraordinary
uniformity: For tuberculaf diseases the
death rate IN Ne" Mexico Is tile lowest In
S,'o wv, i' y. NI;.t, Cn
arn states 4. and New Mexico 2
DISTANCES.
Santa Fe is distant from Kansas City
3b9 miles; from Denver, 1913 miles;
rom Trsinidad, PIG miles from Albu-
lueruue, So miles; from Deming, 3l6
miles from Fl Paso, $40 miles; from Los
Angeles. l,O32 miles: from San Fran
.iscO, PSI miles.
ELEVATIONS
M, ,ao Il 49, ,,a,,,,,on+ IN ,ho
,m1 nase 10 81 occnr,iny to latest o,rect.
5rai'u plaza ID M'ol'n5 W coy aa ,hoUa ~
"a li'eas. .t p ,'Ii'.o t.;n tousrd
w. y ". , 'm" onj .t tha evtrane north
ne hort''east al'o d. s'T e. eNv'o,t to 'oi VII
'rh eno VI VIC 'oaliI 10y I,'4a pnnI' 70
-,ooi ieot az No n Io" go 49,. Ea ornol 'I hos
70 s0 sn,,r.o\ is - Az loot hiob the divide
Us source, IL i@,o12 'ee; .si .in0 en htu
i iesuque roaHl aih a. Qua Tni"' p o;a9H'
Iienesuiila N"eoI, w., Ia DaJa a.
' ;s' p n,oi.i' vi .,,". SnnJ;o ,nnnntons
ei.a ,,l"ii.a o., o'-1 ~ ene. Nd pla"orS
i,,gi'e'I Pol,uai 1870, ,,+o;n iso,,thS'
''ooi 10? GeiiL lily. ihoon'ai''' >'o''i'|'
1904 left III "eis''''
POINTS OF INTEREST.
There are some forty various points of
more or less historic interest in and about
he ancient city:
The Adobe Palace, north side of the
,laza, has been occu pied as an executive
mansion since 1850, the first governor and
aptain general so far as the data at
land reveals being Juan de Otermin
The Plaza-Onate and De Vargas made
marches over this beautiful
,ass, the one in 1891, the other in 1893. ,
Church of San Miguel in the 7
9th century destroyed during the Pueblo
evolution of 1850; rebuilt by order OF
The MARQUES de la Penuela, in the !
,ear l7lO,
The oldest dwelling house in the l
United States is located near San Miguel
1t was built before the Spanish
conquest.
The ancient cathedral's walls are grad
,ally crumbling and instead a grand mod {
,rn stone structure is building. The old
was erected in 1851.
Old Fort Marcy was first recognized
md used as a strategic military point by {
he Pueblo Indians when they revoltcd
Lgainst Spanish rule in 1850 and drove out $
he enemy after besieging the city for {
line DAYS. The American army under
[earney constructed old Fort Marcy in
S46.
Fort Marcy Of the present day is gar