Santa Fe daily New Mexican., 1890-07-21
ROUND ABOUT TOWN.


Another nice shower at S o'clock last
evening.
The old soldiers call to mind that the
first battle of Bull Run was fought on
July q, 1861. 1t was on Sunday.
The local militia organization the gov
ernor's rifles, will give ther first social
hop at Gray's opera house on Friday
evening next.
Henry Becker has resigned as one OF
the enumerstors appointed to ma Ike new
census count OF tie 4th precinct and Jose
D. Sena, jr, has been appointed in his
stead.
The fruit orchards and gardens Of
Santa Fs are "a sight to behold these
days. The trees and vines and shrubs
are literally breaking to the ground un-
der their luscious weight.
Mr.. Rivenburg has the thanks of this
office for samples of gooseberries that are
simply mammoth. His orchard is en-
titled to first prize for producing the
Houghton and Downing varieties.
+. G. Smith, the travelling piano tuner
was last evening married to Miss frankie
Lott, daughter Of G.. T. Lott, of Albu
querque, Rev. Torres tying the knot
They leave to-day for Cerrillos and AL
buquerque to spend the honeymoon.
Moses Ray, a sick miner from sierra
county, who has been charge on the
mining men there for some time, was
brought up from Hillsboro this morning
by A. V. Paige and turned over to the care
of St. Nincent's hospital. The sick mai
is brother Of Joseph Ray, the author o.
"Ray's Arithmetic.
Water street and College avenue are be-
ing filed in with the earth that comes
out of the excavations for the Catron
block, but as dumped out by the teams
ters it leaves the thoroughfare in an al
most impossible condition. The county
authorities should supply several men tc
attend to the levelling and proper grading
OF the streets while the earth is yet lose
and easily handled.
Nicholas Yanni and party OF friends
returned Saturday night from weeks
camp at the headwaters OF the Rio Sants
Fe, on Lake Peak. They describe th'
lake which feeds the Santa Fe river as
beautiful body of water, clear as crysta
and having rocky boundaries. According
to rough estimates the main lake is l6(
yards in length, l22 yards in width anc
now contains water to the depth of twen
ty-three feet.
Mr.. 0. II. Kraeger, of Kansas City
has been looking over Santa Fe for sew
eral days past, and called at this offic,
to-day to secure quantity of advertising
matter which he proposes sending t.
several Kansas City real estate investors
He says that so delightful summer re
sort as this city can not 60 long un
noticed by western capitalists, and h
wants to post his friends as to the pric
OF real estate here.
There is no trouble as to solution o
the water problem for Santa Fe. Plent.
of water actually in sight, and the pures
and best water in the world; but the wa
to solve the problem is to solve it. Th
New MEXICAN called the attention Q
citizens to this matter one year ago, an
if it had been attended to then $50 90
would have been planked down for locs
real estate during the past few days
This is the idea held out by the represen
tative of Denver real estate syndicat
who was here during the past week.
Thirty men and ten teams are enage
in excavating for Mr.. Catron's handsom
improvement. The work oftearing dow
the adjacent adobe store houses begin
tomorrow. Mr.. Berardnelli will have
large force of stone and brick mason
employed there In few days, even be
, fore the excavations are one-quarter fin
ished. He has telegraphed for ston
masons and has seven coming from Trim
dad, two from Pueblo and three fror
Denver. Most OF these are Italians VIII
have families to come with them, as the
t are assured of steady work at least till th
lst Of January.