Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-12-26

Somebody sent Abe Spiegelberg live
'possum for Christmas gift.
The A. M. E. church people did well at
their festival in Adams hall last night.
The 10th infantry band presented Lieut..
Littell with handsome remembrance
yesterday in the shape of a gold headed
cane.
Hard times have no terrors for the
children at Christmas-tide. Santa Fe
merchants all express themselves as
more than gratifed over their holiday
patronage.
j. W. Akers has an eye for the beauti-
full. His Arcade resort was artistically
decorated yesterday with evergreens and
many colored chrysanthemums.
If some enterprising man were to start
poultry farm here thousands of dollars
that now go abroad would be saved
here to increase the circulating medium
of the community.
The hotels and restaurants did thirty
ing trade yesterday. Ordinarily people
don't travel much during the Christmas
holidays, but yesterday seems to have
been an exception to this rule.
Centennial Encampment No. 3, I. O. O.
F., meets tonight at 1880 in Paradise hall.
Eight candidates will be initiated. A
supper will be served. Visiting patriarchs
will receive hearty welcome.
The express companies report highly
interesting rush of holiday business. The
agents say there have been many more
packages sent out and received this year
than last, but that in weight the bulk is
this season scarcely as great as last.
Valentine Schick came up from Ago
dones yesterday and spent the day. He
is engaged there in shipping the pipes
for the Santa Fe Water & Improvement
company. He has forty teams employed
and seven miles of mains are yet to be
taken up at San Pedro and transported
across to Algodones station.
Col. e. H. Bergman, superintendent of
the territorial penitentiary, was the re-
cipient of a handsome gift yesterday, sent
with the best wishes of the officers of the
penitentlary. 1t is heavy ebony walk
ing stick surmounted by a massive gold
head appropriately inscribed.
According to the amendment of the
United States statutes, relating to miners
claims, it is absolutely necessary that
those wishing to avail themselves of the
opportunity offered to suspend assess
ment work for the year 1893 must file
their notice in the Office of the probate
clerk on or before the 31st day of Decem-
Der, 1898. The necessary blanks for this
purpose may be had at the New MEXICAN
Office at cents each or three for dime
Tomorrow morning Rev. G. G.. Smith,
Hon. E. P. Seeds and others leave for
Las Vegas to attend as delegates the
annual convention of the Territorial
Union of Christian Endeavor societies.
There will be delegates present from the
various towns of the territory. An inter-
esting program has been prepared bear
ing on the work of these societies, and
much interest is being aroused in con-
nection with this meeting. The conven-
ton meets in the first Presbyterian
church, Las Vegas, on Wednesday even
ing, and will continue its sitting through
out Thursday. ......,
The remains of Mrs. S. S. Beatty were
buried on Sunday afternoon. The fun
eral services at the M. e. church were
conducted by Rev. G. I. Mills and were
largely attended. The casket rested
under mass of flowers. The members
of the Aztlan lodge sent cross of white
roses and everlasting flowers. There was
also a hugh cross of Bride roses and
white chrysanthemums, and the Woman's
Board of Trade sent wreath of pale
blush flowers inscribed 'to beloved
member"