Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-12-12
ROUND ABOUT TOWN.


The native people celebrated the feast
of Guadalupe last evening and to-day.
A private dance is booked to come OIL
at Gonzalez hall on Wednesday evening
next.
Rabbits at two for quarter are plenti-
full in the local market. AS sweet as
chicken, too,
John Gray received a telegram from
Charlie Fisher to-day announcing the
safe arrival Of Mrs. Gray at Spokane
Falls.
The plaza grove presented q rare pic
ture Of wintry beauty this morning, yet
it lacks great deal of being cold, and the
ice men are beginning to feel anxious
about their harvest.
Gen" James Wyndham, a typical
Irish Jester and altogether pleasant in
dividual, is domiciled at the Exchange.
He wears plug hat and is 1.-TWO weeks
and nine days out of Dublin"
Meager reports reached here to-day OF a
murder at Mountain Springs between
| Americans contending for possession OF
land, yet no names could be learned.
Mountain Springs is about sixty miles
southeast OF Socorro.
John Ritter, forage master at Fort
Stanton, leaves in few days for the
Santa Rosalie, chihuahua springs, for a
course OF treatment for severe rheuma-
tism, contracted while serving in the I'd
Dragons, in 1850. He will JON there
Jim Harris, another old timer in Santa
Fe, in former years, who is also there for
the rheumatic"
\. Monier, the Santa Fe building rock
expert, was at his marble quarries near
Hillsborough, n. NJ, Saturday. lie and
the Rev. Bro. Amian, OF Santa Fe, are
preparing to commence the immediate
exploration OF this property. They have
constant and profitable market for their
product. Ell Paso Bullion.
Thomas G.. Putnam, esq, u well known
Denver attorney and general agent in
| Colorado for the Santa Fe Southern
company, came in last night, and is re-
ceiying cordial greeting at the hands OF
Santa Fe friends. Mr.. Putnam is pleased
to note the progress Santa Fe is making
in the building line, and says the feeling
! in real estate circles in Denver is very
| favorable toward Santa Ee.
Rev. G. W. Cue, of Rock Island, ILL.,,
appointed superintendent OF the MethO-
dist New Mexican missions, vice Rev. t.
L. Wiltsee, resigned and now doing
special work among the Navajoes at Fort
Defiance, A. T., has declined the appint-
ment and a card from Rev. Fry informs
the New MEXICAN that Bishop Goodsell
writes him that Rev. Thomas Harwood
has been placed in charge of the English
as well as the Spanish missions.
Ex-County Commissioner WHY'S ar
rived in town this morning. He had
started for general tour OF the east, but
scarcely had time to pay his respects to
the future Mrs. WHY'S before telegram
summoned him to return. There is q
report abroad that Chairman Sloan has
called meeting of the county board for
Monday next, and that ex-Commission-
ers WHY'S and Martinez will be on hand
to try and participate in the same.
Hon. j. B. Mayo, representative elect,
is in from San Pedro to-day. He reports
good progress on his 14xl4 foot water
shalt, and says the San Lazarus company
has commenced drilling from the surface
in search of water. They at first thought
to sink shaft to bed rock before COM
mencing to drill, and began such shaft
but to encountered twenty-three-foot
vein of gold ore which was rather hap
Ply surprise, so the well location was
moved to another place.
Mr.. w. S. Williams, editor OF the So
zorro Chieftain, is visiting the capital city
to-day. He has just returned from visit
to the Black Hawk mining district, Grant
county, where he looked into the Alham-
bra mine, recently sold by Hon. II. l..
Pickett to Chicago people. The double
compartment shaft on this property is
down 125 feet, and at one point in sinking
it nine feet the ore taken out was sold for
$2,17O. Mr.. Williams also brings word
that several men representing the build
ers of the fourteen-story Masonic temple
in Chicago, are now in Grant county ex-
aiming Mrs. Caldwells Ricolite quarries,
the stone from which will pro badly be
used for decorating the entire interior of
this grand structure