Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-08-03

improvements. IL Will ItqulIo VO'SoN
brick to complete the job.
The great queen corn feast of the Santo !
Domingo Indians occurs tomorrow. Sew
eral Santa Feans are planning to be on
hand.
The streets should be cleaned, Messrs.
Councilmen, and the weeds should be cut
down. Get to work and make this
clean place.
The monthly meeting of the ladies OF
the W. G. T. U. will take place in the
Presbyterian church on Tuesday after
noon at 4 O'Clock.
A new time card will be issued Sunday
next by the A., 7. & S. F. The most
important changes occur on the eastern
divisions, having little or no effect on the
schedule in New Mexico.
The regular monthly communication OF
Montezuma lodge No. /, A. f. and A. NJ,
takes place at Masonic hall this evening.
Visiting brethren are cordially invited to
attend.
Morton's commission business in ship
ping Santa Fe fruit is constantly growing.
Santa Fe fruit takes the cake and brings
good prices on account of its superior
freshness and flavor.
Alfred Hinojos orchard is picture of
beauty just now, those superb apricots,
for which bis place is famous, being just
on the turn from green to yellow and red.
Superb fruit that.
The plaza concert was sadly missed last
evening. The citizens say they are will
ing to pay for the continuance of these
distinctive Santa Fe pleasantries. Who
will see to it for next Sunday evening?
No opinions were handed down in the
supreme court to-day. Several cases were
argued and submitted, among them the
case of the territory vs. the unknown own
ers of the Las Vegas grant.
The brick laying force on the Weber
block was laid off on Saturday night. AS
soon as the stone trimmings are in place
another force of brick layers will be put
on.
The New MEXICAN is pleased to learn
that there is now good prospect OF re-
organizing the Santa Fe militia company
The young men ought to take hold and
make it success plenty Of material here
for first-class company.
The Santa Fe railroad will carry free all
exhibits of fruits and vegetables, and all
other exhibits at the fair will pay one rate
to Albuquerque and be returned free.
Wells, Fargo & Co g express will carry
all exhibits for half the usual rate
Hon, Uutimeo Montoya, of San An
tonic, was on Friday last presented with
a daughter by his good wife. The lady is
the daughter of Territorial Auditor Perez.
The New MEXICAN extends congratula-
tons to all, including the happy grand
father.
A. w. Clelland, of Albuquerque, well
known merchant there and president of
the Electric Street railroad, is in Santa
Fe to-day and is pleased to see the capital
city making strides toward modern prog
ress. MrCleland is an extensive handler
of Santa Fe fruits and his mission here is
to look over the orchards and gardens
and see what the fall yield is likely to be.
Mr.. Morton has him out this afternoon
taking in the orchards.
The work of improving the canon road
began this morning with some fifteen or
twenty men engaged. T. P Gable and
Capt. John Gray have their plans laid for
rushing the work right forward. 1t will
probably require four days to finish the
job, and those who have not contributed
} have yet plenty of time to do the right
thing. Either send your name and 81 to
A. T. Grigg & Co.'S store, or have your
hired man on hand with shovel at Pat
terson & Co.'s livery barn at o'clock to-
morrow morning.
Chas. Dyer, superintendent of the New
Mexico division of the Santa Fe railroad,
is in the capital from Las Vegas. Mr..
Dyer was heard to remark that, according
to information from headquarters, the
New Mexico division OF tie A., T.
& S. +. has earned more during the
past year for the company than
any other division OF the road. When
the vast magnitude of this system is con-
sidered, covering as it does the most
prosperous states in the west, this is a
highly significant statement as tending to
show New Mexico's advancement.
Harry Schultz, the Delgado block bar
Der, has closed three years lease on the
basement of the Webber block and pro-
poses to fit it up as the finest tonsorial
resort in the southwest. He will intro
duce new departure that has been all
too long in coming to Santa Fe, in that
he will charge but Is cents for shaving,
25 cents for baths and cents for boot
black. Thus Santa Fe continues to make
real substantial progress.