San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-12-23
SCENES IN WONDERLAND.


Days Miners and
Mines-Ihe Fies-
tSs-Pers0naI.
MONTEREY, Dec. 20, 1892.
To the LIGHT.
There arrived on the 10th, the following
physicians, who were delegates to the
medical convention that recently met in
the City of Mexico: Doctors D. NJ. Shell
ton and wife, w. p. Baum, Pittsburg, Pa;
w. Z. Carett, Cleveland, Ohio; E. f. Y.
Cleveland, Dundee, Mich; Hugh Mccall,
Lapier, Mich; c. Z. Slocum, Defiance,
Ohio, and c. 7. Dahlin. Dundee, Ill. We
met them at Major Jules A. Randle's of
flee at a. m where he had a special car
ready to take them to the Topo Chico Hot
Springs. By invitation we Joined them.
While on the way out they told us what a
pleasant time they had while in the City
OF Mexico, and how royalty they were en-
tertained by the citizens of that city.
While there they visited every place of
interest in and about that romantic city.
They enjoyed the scenery, the manners
and customs of the people. and were re-
ceived kindly and courteously by President
Diaz. As many of them had their k o.
oaks along, they carry back with them
some handsome sketches of that Wonder
land. As soon as we arrived at the
Springs the party made a thorough Xa
mination of them, and then took bath
in their warn waters. AS soon as they
came out of the baths they informed us
that it was the best bath they ever
had; that they never felt better after
taking bath. Some of them informed
us that they had been to the Hot Springs,
Arkansas and at Las Vegas, New
Mexico, but that they did not strike
them as favorable as those springs did.
uisi SnIn nh
Springs WHICH are close by, drank some
of their waters and pronounced them
good. They then went little higher up
so as to get view of black Washer quar-
ries, and Bfrom which they obtained a
picturesque view of the mountain scenery
| that surrounds the Springs and the city
of Monterey. After looking at them for
few moments they exclaimed as by one
| accord that they had not seen anything in
Mexico to compare with the picturesque
scenery that surrounded them. After they
got through viewing the scenery they re-
| turned to the car which we came out in
and drove back to the city. As we reached
the ZGragoza plaza, Mayor Randle in
vited the, party to inspect the Casino
which they did. He showed them
through the grounds, the rooms
aud halls and ordered refreshments,
after which the party went to
the Hotel de la Plaza for dinner. After
dinner they started out to look at the city.
They visited the churches, markets, oio
de aqua, state capitol. While DR.. d. NJ
Shelton, w. p. Baum and your CORES
pondent boarded the belt line street car
and went to the Sierra OhiSpadO, inspect
ed the Bishops palace aud took some
photographs of it. As they went higher
up the mountain we got a fine view of
Monterey and the towns of LeOna and
Santa Catarina. After they got through
~ nuip No n hn
city, and then visited the state library for
the purpose of inspecting fac smile of
the Worlds hC rticutul a building in fill
gree silver work, that was manufactured
by Mexican silversmiths in this city. The
dimensions of the building are: length II
feet 2 inches, width 3 feet "a inches,
heighth of dome feet 81 icheS, heighth
of end wings l foot, proportion to main
building Is of an inch TO the foot, weight
of silver used in its construction ITO lbs,
length OF TIM in maxi lg IL. ] thirteen
months. The following are the names OF
the men that did the work, all residents
of Monterey: Tomas Quisada, Vicenti
Mantalvo, Tomas Niminez, Manuel M.
Cardenas, Manuel Lopez, Atanacio Nino.
Pablo Nino and Marcial Gonzales. As
| work of art it is doubtful if there will be
any piece of work that will surpaSS it, or
attract as much attention.
Mr.. Charles Carroll. architect, of Mon
terey, made the drawings from the origin
al plans 10 have 1t made from. The main
dome is Surmounted by the Mexican flag
in red white and green in tiligree, while all
the towers are decorated with the colorS
of the nation. The Mexican and Ameri-
can eagles are worked together in hligree
on the main dome.
After taking a look at that DR. d. M.
Shelton and wife, and DR.. w. p. Baum,
and your correspondent boarded a street
trin (rnOunnhplm
Smelter for the purpose OF examining the
process of smelling ores. As 1t was late
in the evening wheb we arrived we only
had few minutes to inspect the works.
But what they witnessed there surpassed
anything of the kind that they ever saw.
All regretted that they did not have more
time TO inspect the works. 1t was away
after dark when we reached the motel de
la Plaza. After supper they left for home
via Laredo over the Mexican National
railway. Before leaving they Informed
us that they were more than pleased with
their visit to Monterey, for they were
miSinformed about the size of the city
and it's scenery. The guide books that
| they purchased when they entered MeM-
co gave the population from ten thouS-
and to twenty thousand and that there
was not much to be seen here, but
since they came here they found it TO be
| city of over $4,000 inhabitants, full OF
| factories, SmelterS, historic "reminiscences,
hot springs and the grandest scenery on
the continent.
SHIPMENT OF CORN.
We met this week Col. Galbraith,
superintendent of the Northern Division
of the Mexican National railway, who in
formed us that from the first of July TO
the first of December they shipped from
Laredo over their line into Mexico, $500
| car loads of corn. There was GOO bushels
of corn to the car VIII CHI made a total OF
| SO. COO bushels. in addition TO that, they
did an enormous business in the ship ment
of ores, merchandise, machinery, live
stock and passenger business.
SCENES DURING THE HOLIDAYS.
The scenery during the holidays were