Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-09-19
ROUND ABOUT TOWN.

the evening Tor the regular meeting 10
take place.
A merry-go-round struck the town this
morning and will tomorrow be raking in
the small boys spare nickles.
Tickets for the Benevolent society's
concert are on sale at Weltmer's book
store at rs cents; no extra charge for re-
served seats.
Much concern was felt here yesterday
over a report that Hon. S. B. Elkins had
died suddenly at his home in West Vir-
ginia. The report proved to be wholly
untounded, however
CerriIos citizens in town to-day feel
pretty good over the fact that Santa Fe
county carried off the first prizes at the
Albuquerque fair for the best anthracite
and bituminous coal.
Donohue & Monier, contractors and
builders, say their pay roll amounts to
nearly $500 a week-"Arned at hum and
spint here, begad" says the senior mem
Der of the firm.
German Lutheran services will be held
at the hall OF Paradise Lodge, l. 0. o. F.,
Wednesday evening at 7 o'clock. All Ger
mans peaking people are cordially invited.
Chas. F. Pistor, pastor.
The Santa Fe Juniors put up splendid
game of base ball at the college grounds
Yesterday afternoon, defeating the senior
team of St. Michael's college by score OF
5 to 3. This is great ball, surely.
Santa Fe must produce more fruit If
she hopes to keep pace with the popular
demand for her products" says Shipper
John Morton, 81 could fill forty orders
where l now fill one, i'll had the fruit. !"
Truly the Santa Fe valley is the cream
of the fruit growing southwest. Here we
have had the dryest season in twenty
years and yet Santa Fe walks off with the
best prizes at the territorial fair.
A irrigation ditch culvert in front OF the
New Loretto building and another at the
intersection of College street and Man
haitian avenue, require immediate atten-
ton, otherwise the city may have dis
abed horse to pay for.
L. B. Seward, who has been superln'
tendent of the old water company fol
some five years past, is to-day making the
final transfer OF all property under his
charge to President L. A. Hughes, OF the
new company. 1t involves no small
amount of labor.
For seven years in succession the prin
cipal fruit premiums offered at the terri
torial fair have come to Santa Fe. This Ii
record to be proud Of. Look out fo
Santa Fe henceforth, all We competitors
for scant water supply will never AGAR
. interfere with her products as it has 10
several years past.
The new bake house at Fort Marcy wa
brought into use to-day for the first time
The building is an excellent one for thu
money, $4,000, and the oven, which cos
. 81 900 more, is all that it should be. Th'
interior arrangement is complete in every
detail The oven has capacity for bak
ing l 200 rations daily.
The city ticket office of the A, T. & S
t f. company and j. W. Schofeld & Co.
4 insurance agency will shortly be remove
: into the First National bank block, occu
v plying part of the spacious room now use
Q by Wells Fargo & Co.'S express, and tn
}, room they vacate will be used by j. W
:, Akers to enlarge his popular Arcade clu
II rooms.
/. Some fifteen or more letters have bee
II received at the water company's ottiC
=, from contractors in every part OF the wei
|. inquiring as to wheL the bids for col
Is struction of the reservoir would
IS opened. Supt. Harroun answered theG
~ ~ to day saying copies OF specifications f'
r the work would be mailed each apphcal
early next week.
Visitors at Colds museum: Geo.
~ Hamblin, New York City; Jas. FL. Da
W Washington, D. c.; D. Lascalett, Was
~ ington, D. c.; Geo. G. Heller, st Loui
~ Mo-; M. D. Morgan, Denver, Colo
o. Billie Banning, Denver Colo; Hen
if Mcfarland, Deadwood, S. D.; Miss
10 Schultz, Juarez, Mexico.
DR.. J. B. Sawyer, OF Gallup, is in Il
- city looking after his real estate interes
here. The doctor is gratiied to reali
,h that an abundance Of water, which is Il
e, basis of all values in this county, is
u, last assured to Santa Fe, and he thin
10 real estate will feel the effects OF tt
id from the day the first shovel full OF ear
be is thrown on the new water system.
et Every lover OF music should bear
ty mind that genuine treat is in store
q, him or her at the court house on THU
ne day night next. That concert whi
ne local musicians have consented to ia
ba part in for the benefit of the Ladit
an Benevolent society will be the me
On recherche affair of the sort that Santa
Is Is has enjoyed in years. Put it on your !
" OF appointments and remember the da
The members Of the 10th infantry bal
~ returned on Saturday night from Alb
he querque, having been there all We
providing music for the fair. TIL
earned all they got out of the trip and q
90 glad to get back. That the citizens q
ia glad to have them here again was amI