Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-06-25
ROUND ABOUT TOWN.

Bids for the contract to erect the Spieg-
elberg store house will be opened on Sat-
urday.
1t is understood that G. NJ. Dreamer
has resigned as the chairman of the
Democratic county central committee.
There will be special meeting of the
Gould" tomorrow at 2:30 O'Clock at
Mrs. Harroun's. A full attendance is re-
quested.
The San Francisco band has been en-
gagged to go to Las Vegas on July 4 and
supply music for the Meadow city's cele-
bration of Independence day.
An extraordinary rain for the usually
dry month of June fell in the city to-day.
1t was a regular back east soaker and did
whole lot of good for the farmers and
fruit growers.
The commencement exercises at Loret.
to convent this forenoon were witnessed
by large gathering of people and passed
off very pleasantly. The exercises at ST.
Michael's college are in progress this
afternoon.
The transfer Of the county clerkship
took place this forenoon, 1gnacio Lopez
taking charge and Pedro Delgado step.
ing down and out. Ex-County Clerk
Atanasio Romero, very efficient officer
in his time, will be the chief deputy.
st. Johns day was celebrated by about
800 people at Aqua Fria yesterday. There
we're at least $50 horsemen in the "chick.
en-pulling" contest. Miguel Ortiz proved
the victor thrice in succession. He rode
HiIario Ortiz sprighty bay mare MARY
r. r. Larkin and j. w. Hole, of Chi
cago, are health-seekers here for the
summer who propose to get the most out
of Santa FEES pure air and sunshine, 30
beneficial to all sufferers from lung dis
ease. They have pitched their tent near
Monument rock and will camp out there
until fall.
Messrs. L. A. Hughes and E. J. Col.
lingwood, accompanied by Mr.. Bernard,
of Denver, returned last night from two
days fishing trip to the Pecos, stopping at
Dalton's. They landed 200 trout, many
of them weighing one and half pounds
each.
There will be a meeting at the
hose house of the base ball players
who are going to participate in the
game at Las Vegas on the Fourth Of
July, this evening at 80 O'Clock sharp.
All lovers Of the national sport are re.
quested to be present.
A pamphlet descriptive of the resources
and advantages of Santa Fe should be
issued at once if the attention OF capital
from the outside Is to be this fall directed
toward Santa Fe. There is abundant
material at hand for getting out rousinp
descriptive work of this kind. Business
men generally say they stand ready to
join in contributing toward issuing it.
The capitol board of commissioners has
ordered sufficient paint to give the roof
and dome of the capitol three coats. The
domes are to be painted slate color and
the roof mineral red. The commission.
ers have also very wisely purchased a
twenty-four-inch lawn mower, by the
liberal use of which the same amount OF
water will serve to keep the blue grass
looking very much better that it ever has.
The "disgruntled" have finally mater
ialzed and will try and work up sufficient
strength to nominate a city ticket to
oppose the ticket named by the citizens
in mass convention on Saturday last.
The "disgruntled" will meet in their re-
spective wards tonight and name dele
gates to peoples convention" which
hey allege is to take place at the court
house at p. m. on Saturday, and the
object of which, it is claimed, is TO try
and name an entirely new city ticket.
For Rent.
The Olinger building, corner OF Don
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