Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-01-25
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Free chilli con carue at parker's tonight
Several parties are booked for a yisl
to the artesian we'll camp tomorrow lore
noon.
Clarence Allan, Charlie Brosier, Chas
Thayer, jr., and Hartman Wynkoop vii
contest for tie 7u.u uIeua al the skatlI,!
rink tonight
The appointment Of Jose +. Segura, .
Santa fe, as Pueblo Indian agent for New
Mexico is q most excellent ami worthy
selection Ration Range.
Mr.. II. Champion, q former we'll know
business man of Santa te, is again on tht
road, representing the Regnier < ShouE
Crockery Co., OF s.. Joseph.
Donoghue is tearing away old adobe
buildings in the rear OF st. Nincent's hos
pltal and will erect thereon a territoria
orphan asylum building for the sisters o
charity, to cost about $4,000.
The nidNinter examinations of the
Santa Fe academy, intermediate depart
ment took place this week. They gave
,nple evlde.lce vi the splrlt With VIII.
ne pupils have been imhued, and WEI
cry creditable to the Jealous and etficien
teachers OF this school.
Prof. Ladd, the enterprising and az.
olnpllshed travelling Corr, sponuent 10
he Santa Fe New MEXICAN has receive,
he appointment OF commissioner OF tn
census for New Mexico. No one is bet
,er qualified to faithfully discharge til,
duties OF the position. Albuquerque Cit.
zen.
Tomorrow, the Sd Sunday after Epiph
my, the services in the church OF til,
Holy Faith will be as follows: Mathis
ltany and exhortatiOn at II a. III. Tn,
eats in this church are not appropriate
md to all persons is gladly extended thu
privilege OF attendance at public worship
therein.
At the Presbyterian church on January
e, Sunday school at 9 :45 Il. m. ;mornin,
and evening services at ii and 7 80 re
,pectiyely. The meeting OF the Young
Peoples Society of Christian Endeavol
will be held In the church at & 80 p. m.
All persons who do not regularly worship
Elsewhere in Santa Fe are cordially in
vited TO the services of the Presbyterian
church.
Complaint is heard that many wells on
the south side OF town are short of water.
No water has flowed through the acequia
madre four nearly four months, the en-
tire supply going down the river, and it
is thought if the water were turned into
the mother ditch frequently it would help
to supply the wells. The mayordomo ON
the south side is requested to heed this
In the supreme court yesterday an
opinion WAS handed down in the case OF
the Exchange bank of Dallas, Texas, VS..
W. W. Tuttle. The question was on the
taxing of attorneys fees, whether or not
the insertion of a clause providing for at
torney's fees in case of enforced collection
is against public policy. The court de-
cided that the signers of such notes must
stand by the contract unless it could he
clearly shown that the attorneys per cent
for collection was excessive, and the 10
per cent in this case WAS not regarded as
excessive.
An Indian from Cochiti pueblo is in the
city to-day interviewing the Indian agency
officials about the operations Of the Rio
Grande Irrigation & Colonization COM
pany. He says work was resumed few
lays ago on the canal but the Indians
again put stop to it, The Indian states
hat his people want first some sort
If business understanding before
his work is resumed. they want to
know if they have TO give rght-of-way
rec, and at the same time he compelled
o pay for the water they use. At any
ate they insist on attention to these
title details before and not after the
itch goes through their lands. Long
headed Indians they.