Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-02-18
ROUND ABOUT TOW N,

Lent begins tomorrow.
The days are lengthening.
The merry chirp of the blue birds is
head in the city orchards.
Judge Whiteman resumed his duties on
the bench OF the district court this after
neon.
As matters now look that half completed
bridge will be fixed during the coming ten
days. It's time.
Brother Amian is to-day engaged in
making tests as to the durability of the
volcanic sand cement, substitute for stone
and brick, just invented by Mr.. Monier.
No news is scarcely good news on the
subject of the artesian well these days.
No report has come in from the camp
since the drill reached 700 feet and was
working in solid red rock.
Mr.. McCarty, better known as "Fitz-
Mac" OF the Colorado Press, is in the city
to day, taking notes on mining matters
for several letters in the Rocky Mountain
News, He is a forcible and graceful writer
and most colnpanionable gentleman.
August Kirchner is doing business
under difficulties at present, but he does
it just the same, and says if his meat
market patrons will bear with the
present Accommodations while he will
soon serve them in the best market
house in the territory.
To make forest trees grow in dry
region pillow the land from twelve to tif-
teen inches deep in the fall or early spring
and plant your trees in March, cultivate
every two weeks until the middle OF Au-
gus and success is generally assured. This
deep blowing makes an underground
reservoir that holds all the rain that fall,
While constant cultivation prevents the
escape OF moisture by evaporation.
Abe Gold is still wrestling with the fire
insurance adjusters, Mr.. Boughton, OF
California, and u New York man named
Whitley, now being here to readjust his
claims. Soon after the fire, Messrs. Gray
and Berger adjusted and placed the dam
age at $4,000, off OF which Mr.. Gould
agreed to shave the usual per cent for
prompt pa! ment, but it seems this was
not satisfactory and a second overhauling
is now going on.
Some sixty couples tripped it merrily at
tile freman's ball last night, and the affair
was in every respect success, the re-
ceipts being in the neighborhood OF 500.
The hose team officers took special pains
to see that everybody received courteous
attention. 1t is something to feel gratified
over that Santa Fe can furnish two such
gatherings as those which took place last
night with full complement of patronage
on the same evening.
Mr.. K. A. Dawson, who recently pur-
chased several lots on Don Gaspar avenue,
beyond Manhattan road, is to-day en-
gagged ia fencing the same and will set
them out in shade trees this spring. The
opening of this new thoroughfare has
raised values all along its length and
opened up fine section Of resident prop
erty. 1t is particularly desirable from the
fact that water can be had in abundance
anywhere at twenty feet down.
The work of improving Manhattan
street goes on nicely, only one or two
property holders being so narrow minded
as to not grant foot or so of ground 80
that the street may be widened. 1t is
understood the work will cease after it
crosses the head Of College street, but the
residents on upper Manhattan street are
anxious to have it kept up, and say they
will unite in supplying the teams neces-
sary to filling in and grading up the low
places IN the thoroughfars.