Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-08-08
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Sabbath school at the Presbyterian
church tomorrow, August 8, at 9:45 a.
m. Worship at II a. m. and p. m.
Rev. VIM. P. Alcott, preaching. All who
do not worship elsewhere are cordially in
vited to attend.
Tuesday next the great and glorious
city council meets for the purpose Of
adopting more ordinances, having made
such all enviable or unenviable beginning
with ordinance No. l. The great and
glorious may do some business and may
not.
Mayor Thornton has received most ex-
cellent news from the Stephenson mine
in the Organ mountains at Las Cruces,
in which mine the mayor has large in
terests. He smiles a goodly smile and
thinks rich mine is better than the
mayors Office.
An extraordinarily mineral strike has
been made in the Santa Fe Copper COM
pany's San Pedro mine. At a depth OF
$50 feet vein, belived to be true fs-
sure, and twenty-one feet in width has
been opened. 1t is said the assays show
it to average $l2 in silver, $14 in gold and
20 per cent copper.
Sensible note in the Cerrillos Rustler
The merchants who advertise and try to
push their business, will get there when
others are left. An advertisement in a
live local newspaper is just as necessary
as sign. 1t isn't donation, either. The
merchant is benefited more than the
newspaper.
Ell NUEvo MExICANo, ISSUED to-day is
daisy and in every respect is the best
Spanish paper published in the southwest
1t is becoming very valuable advertis,
ing medium. Its circulation is weekly
on the increase. 1t is exerting great in
fluence for good.
At the Palace: w. E. Gortner, Las
Vegas; Francis Clutton and wife, Cmar-
ron; DR.. J. D. Banter, Chicago; ]. w.
Cooper, M. NJ. Cooper, Robert Wooten,
Pecos; A. M. Clark, Kansas City w. T..
Radcliffe, Detroit; M. S. Otero, Berna-
lilo.
Col. J. Frank Chaves, the efficient and
plucky warden of the territorial prison, is
in Albuquerque on legal business. Says
the Albuquerque Citizen concerning him :
"Give Warden Chaves the right sort of
assistance and there will be no more
escapes from the territorial prison."
The funeral of the late Roy Cooper, of
the Pecos valley, took place at O'Clock
this morning from Mr.. Harvey residence,
Rev. w. P. Olcott officiating, and was
largely attended by sympathlzing friends
of Mr.. J. w. Cooper and his family. The
sorrowing household desire to extend
their heartfelt thanks to the people of
Santa Fe for timely courtesles.
Morton's commission house is doing a
bigger business daily in the matter Of
shipping fruits and vegetables from Santa
Fe north and south, east and west. The
superiority of the fruit and vegetables
raised in Santa Fe is becoming we'll es-
tablished and widely appreciated. A
dozen more men of the stamp Of John
Morton would be blessing to this city.
Services at the Methodist Episcopal
church, lower San Francisco street, to-
morrow, August 9, will be as follows
Sabbath school at 10 a. m.; preaching
services at II a. m. and Sp. m. Topic
for evening service the fifth command
ments, "Honor thy father and mother, "
ETC., this being the fifth in series Of
sermons on the Ten Commandments.
The Young Peoples Epworth league will
hold prayer meeting at 7 o'clock. Topic,
"The Requisite of Fruit Tree" Visitors
and travellers are welcome to any and all
the services. Seats free. G. I. Mills,
pastor.