Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-12-26
JUDICIARY.

Iec'v Rurean Of immigration MAX FRos
| q. 0. Int Rev. Collector Il. A. HUGHES
JUDICIARY.
| Chief Justice supreme Court. JAS. O'RRIEt
| Associate Justice LIST district ...... K. T. SEEDS
| associate Justice I'd district ". ID. LEI
| associate Justice Sd district. J. K. MCFIF
| Presiding Justice 4th district JAS. OBRIEN
Associate Jus ic 9th district. "A. A Freeman
y. s. District Attorney. 4. A. FIsKE
q. 8. Marshal TRINIDAD ROMERO
erk Supreme Court SUMMERS BURKHAa1
LAND DEPARTMENT.
U. 8. Surveyor General. .... EDWARD F. HOBART
o. s. Land Register. A. L. MORRISON
Receiver Public Moneys. ......WM. NJ. BERGER
US. ARMY.
Commander at Fl. Marcy. :. COL SIMON SNYDER
Adjutant .......... LIEUT. $. ! .SEYBrRN
Quartermaster.. ,........... LIEUT.. PLUMMER
HISTORICAL.
santa te, the city Of the Holy FAITH VI
It. Francis, is the capital of New Mexico,
trade center, SANITARY. archepls opal
SEE AMI also the militar, Headquarters.
An Indian pueblo had existed on the
site previous to the 10th century. Its
name WAS 'ho-ge, bnl it had been
abandoned long before CoronadU's time.
The Spanish town OF Santa Re WAS found
I'd in l6U5, it is therefore the second old
est European settlement still extant in
the United States. In 1894 came the
first venturesome American trader -
the forerunner OF the great line of mer-
chants who nave made traffic over the
Santa Fe worldwide in it's celebrity.
THE CLIMATE
of New Mexico is considered the finest on
The continent. The high altitude in
sures dryness and purity Especially
adapted to the permanent cure OF pull
monary complaints, as hundreds will be
Sitness,) and by travelling from point to
point almost any desired temperature
may be enjoyed The altitude of some of
the principal points in the territory is
as follows. Santa Fe, 7,047; Costilla,
7,774; TERRA Amarillo, 1855; Glorieta,
1857; Taos, $3.50, Las Vegas, 6,452
Cimarron, 6,4S9, Bernalillo, 5,7O4; Albu-
querque, 4,9lo; Socorro, 1855; Las
Cruces, 1874; Silver City, 5,946; TT.
Stanton, $500. The mean temperature
at the government station at Santa Fe,
for the years named was rs follows; 1874,
4S.y degrees; 1875, 1915 degrees; 1875,
4S.l; 1877, 4S.3; 1878. 47.6. 1879, 500;
1880, 46.6; which shows an extraordinary
uniformity. For tubercular diseases the
death rate in New Mexico is the lowest in
the union, the ratio being as follows.
New England, rs; Minnesota, IA; South
ern States, T.; and New Mexico, 8.
DISTANCES.
anita Fe is distant from Kansas City
Lilies; from Denver, 1888 miles;
lrsinidad, 2l6 miles, from Albu-
= Ut, Oh miles, from Deming, 3l6
~ from FL Paso, $40 miles; from Los
,Jes, / ,U3z miles. from San Fran
1921 miles.
ELEVATIONS.
base OF the MONUMENT III vhe
No plaza lis, according 70 latest Col rect
measuremeIts, ,Ul9.o teet above" the
vel Of the sea Bald mountain, toward
II { northeast and at the extreme north
.rn emf vi the santa IL mountains,
IL ,obl feet above sea level axe Peak, To
the right \wh ,re the Santa Fe creek has
It's source, LIS l2,U45 feet high the divide
(Tesuque road 7,l7l; Aqua Fra, o,4oO;
Cieneguilla west, 6,U25, La Balada,
s ,5l4; mouth oil Santa Fe creek north of
Pena Blanca, 5,225; Sandla mountains
(highest point, l0,6Oo; Old Placers,
6,oO1; Los Ctrrillos mountains (south),
s 1874 feet in height.
POINTS OF INTEREST.
There are some forty various points OF
more or less historic interest in and about
the ancient city:
The adobe palace stands on the spot
where the old Spanish palace had been
erected shortly after 1915. That ancient
structure was destroyed in 1880 and the
present one was. constructed between
1857 and l7l6.
The chapel OF San Miguel was built be-
tween 1886 and 1850. In the latter years
the indians destroyed it. Fully restored
in I'LL, 1t had previously, and after 1893,
been the on,y spanish chapel in Santa
Fe. IL sui REMAINS the Oldest church III
USE III New Mexico.
lie " alis vi Tie uld cathedral date III
parl from l62z but tile e,ilhce proper is
from the past CeuLury.
Ulu Fort Marcy was nrsl fecosnlae''
ami useu as u STRATEGY, MILITARY point "
Tile l'uellu lnulans When they reVolIe"
agalnst spanish rule LII looU ami drove out
the enemy after Desieglng Tile Gil! lof
nlne days. The American army under
kearney constructed old Fort Marcy LII
1876.
Fort Marcy Of the present day ls gar
risoned by two companies OF the loth
U. 5. infantry, under command OF Col.
SNYDER, and here at y q. m. daily occurs
guard mounting, feature OF military
maneuverlng ever of interest to the tourist.
Other points OF interest to the tourist
are: The historical Soclety's rooms; she
''Garlta, the military quarter chapel AMI
cemetery OF Our Lady OF the Rosary Tile
church museum vt the new cathedral, tile
archblsnOp's gardens; church Of our Our
Lady OF uuAualupe With lts rare old WORKS
OF art; the soldiers monument, monu-
ment to the Pioneer Path-t lnder, Alt
LarsoL, erected by the u. A. II. OF New
Mexico, 81. Vincent hospital, conducted
by sisters OF Charity, and tie Orphans
industrial school, the Indian training
sclluul; LureJo Acauemy ami the chapel
OF Uur Lady Of Light. ~
The slguJ-seei here may aiso tAKe
yelucle ala ENJOY days ouuns Will
both pleasure AMI prOnL. LIE VARIOUS
s,pts OF interest TO be visited are Iesuque
pueblo, AKlng Ia the DIVIDE On route
monument rock, up In picturesque oauta
10 canon, the Aztec mineral springs /,