Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-01-14
ROUND ABOUT TOWN.

to night.
The health ordinance has been passed;
let it be enforced.
It's only he who never felt its grip can
scolf at influenza.
The steam heater plant in the Weber
block has been fred up and works to
perfection.
The Mendelssohn Quintette Club will
be greeted at the court house tonight by
large audience.
The adjourned annual meeting Of the
Santa Fe Southern railroad company takes
place to morrow.
| The ice cutters are now at work on the
second crop, and it is of an extra fine
quality, ten inches thick.
What's the matter with the police look
ing after the matter of keeping sidewalks
clean and free from distractions?
Acting Mayor Geo. W. Knaebel is do
ing his duty; the council ought to support
him fully and unequivocally.
Some sneak thief entered J. D. Allan's
stable night before last and got away with
a new set of double harness. No clew to
the thief.
The portals must go; if this city council
does not order them taken down, another
one will. It's only question of short
time now.
Sylvester Davis, OF Galisteo, was yes.
terday appointed administrator OF the es-
tate of the late John Johnson, the Chama
valley miner.
The street commissioner attention is
called to the inexcusable condition of Col
lege street from San Miguel college to the
| Improvement row.
The New MEXICAN book bindery is the
best the most extensive and the most re-
liable in the territory; pstronize it and
get first class work at reasonable prices
A. I. Grigg has gone east to confer
with parties who have offered him big
price for a half interest in a newly
patented steam engine. Success to him.
J. B. Lamy has let contract to John
Digneo to lay fagstone pavement in
/ front of his property on the east side of
the plaza. The city will lay similar
walk in front OF the Carter property and
tax its cost against the property.
I Major A. S. Towar, paymaster U. S.
army. aid his clerk, A. w. Butler, are in
the city to-day, and this forenoon they
gladdened the heart of the Fort Marcy
garrison by distributing some $4,000
among the officers and men.
There is common complaint about town
of the quality of kerosene now supplied
consumers. The merchants order and
pay for the best safety oils, but the Cont
mental company's product OF to-day seems
to be much inferior to what it was for
merly.
Wednesday has been designated as
ladies day at the Athletic club rooms.
The new arrangement went into effect
, yesterday and eight or ten ladies dropped
in upon the reception committee during
the afternoon.
Decent sidewalks along the principal
streets and around the plaza must be Fro
vided before the session of the Legislative
assembly next winter. The town mus
be made more attractive and more com
Portable; if not, those who have real prop
erty here will rue it and rue it bitterly.
', John McNaughton, young Chicagoar
here for his health, is an off hand sketch
artist of fine ability. In about two min
utes he to-day dashed off perfect like
ness of Mr.. R. N. Piper sitting at hii
insurance Office desk.
I The elder brother of Mrs. A. G. IRELAND
S died suddenly at Kenwood, Iowa, a few
nights since. He was in fair health, but
had taken cold, and his death came as &
great shock to the family. Mrs. IRELAND
2 is still there attending the bedside Of hel
aged mother.
A resident of Powersville, Houston
county, Ca, writes Governor Prince tha
: a colony OF half dozen families is form
! ing there to locate near Santa Fe. HI
adds that there are some timid onel
= among them, and he wants to know i
y the people out here "are so very rough al
they are reported to be-"
Specimen copies of the New MExIcAi
and copies of the pamphlet "Santa Fe al
Sanitarium" are being sent out daily t.
i inquirers from the New MEXICAN office
J, No day passes but at least dozen o
= these are being sent to portions of thu
United States; that's the good work th
journal is doing daily for this city, and |
is beginning to tell in the right direc
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