Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-03-14
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The incorporation movement goes on
swimmingly. IT'S well.
Special meeting of Germania lodge No.
5, X. of P, on Thursday evening next.
And still tho subscriptions roll in ior
GEL NUEvo MExIcANo."
Fifteen mechanics are at work on the
Cstron block.
Annie Abbott, the magnetic marvel,
at the court house on Monday and Tues.
day nights.
To morrow, the 9Th Sunday in Lent,
there will be service at the Episcopal
church of tho Holy Faith at II O'Clock a.
m. Everyone welcome.
At the Presbyterian church tomorrow,
Sunday, March Is: Sunday school at 8 AS
preaching services at IL a. m. and 7 80
p. m. The pastor, Rev Geo. G. Smith,
will preach Seats free; all invited.
The new club bids fair to be very
popular institution, through which much
good may be accom- plished for the capital
city.
Oh, for some sort of an opera house OF
amusement nall where frst-class attrac'
tions could be played without the fear Of
having them 90 away cursing the town.
w. u. McGrew, of Denver, an old
Iowa acquaintance Of John Gray, is here
looking over the town to-day. He says
the fact that Santa Fe is about to become
an Incorporated city is favorably received
and commented on by many in Denver
who have their eyes turned this way for
investments.
Hon. Trinidad Alarid has a splendid
young orchard and alfalfa farm down the
creek, q few hundred yards below his
home place. Here he has just finished a
we'll which is six feet in diameter, sixty
four feet deep, and contains twenty-one
feet of water. Pretty good showing for
"a dry country" Mr.. Alarid thinks of
putting on one of the celebrated Greeley
pumps, with which to hoist this water for
irrigation purposes.
The continued cool weather makes it
probable that Santa Fe will reap the
largest fruit crop in her history this sea-
son. Ordinarily the late frosts have served
beneficial purpose and nipped the fruit
baas Just enough to tighten the crop and
render the remaining buds more perfect,
but this will scarcely be the case this
Iyear. AS result the orchardis;s will
have to thin out the fruit while it is yet
green, else great damage will be done the
trees.
One hundred years ago this month
John Wesley, the founder of Methodism,
died, and there will be appropriate SER
vices on the OCCASION tomorrow, Sunday,
evening. in the Methodist Episcopal
church in this city, when the pastor will
take as his subject, "John Wesley and
Methodism." The subject in the fore
noon will be "Lent and temptation u
Sabbath school at 10 a. m. Strangers and
visitors are always welcome; seats free.
Plans are being drawn for several new
! dwelling houses on the south side, but
the architects and builders say all build
ing operations are greatly hindered by
the scarcity of brick. This class OF build
| ing material can not now be had at any
price, but several parties are preparing to
establish brick yards as soon as the
weather permits, 80 that the famine will
not last much longer.
Judge Delgado and wife have been
called upon to mourn the death of their
promising son, Jose I. Delgado, aged %
wears. After brief illness, a complica-
ton of la grippe and malarial fever, the
Young life went out at 4 O'Clock this
morning. The deceased was known to
almost everybody about Santa Fe, and
much regret is expressed over his un'