Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-12-24
ROUND ABOUT TOWN.

No paper will be issued from the NEW
| MEXICAN Office tomorrow.
Mr.. Ed. Andrews is in from San Pedro
to spend Christmas with his family.
| What's that about green Christmas?
However, as all signs fail at this altitude,
it don't go!
By order of the executive committee, the
Social club hop has been postponed from
tomorrow until Friday evening.
The Odd Fellows encampment holds a
meeting tomorrow night at which officers
will be elected for the coming year.
The funeral of Matiana Silva de Perea
occurred this morning from the cathedral.
Quite number Of the friends of the de-
ceased were present.
The various territorial and federal
offices will be closed tomorrow on &C.
count of Christmas. The postoffice will
observe Sunday hours.
The Santa Fe Tigers and the U. s. In
dian school team will engage in lively
foot ball contest at the federal building
grounds at 2 p. m. tomorrow.
Owing to the death of Mr.. Proudfit the
W. B. T. ladies, many of whom were his
personal friends, have decided to post
pone their art exhibit until some later
date.
Mr.. H. B. Cartwright has had a number
of the opals obtained from his mine at
Cochiti cut and the results attained show
that the quality of the stones obtained
there is as fine as is found anywhere.
At Guadalupe church tonight high
mass will be celebrated at midnight, and
a sermon in English will be preached,
followed by the alteration of the infant
Jesus. At 10 a. m. and 6 p. N. tomorrow
services will also be held.
At the term of court just finished at
Socorro, large number of minor cases
were disposed of. Among the prisoners
convicted was Tranquilino Bolasquez for
violating the Edmund's law. He was
given sentence of a year and will be
brought up to the penitentiary during the
next day or two.
Judge Abeytia Saturday declined to ap.
prove the will of Vicente Romero, of
Tesuque, his three disinherited sons hav-
ing fled contest. The Judge ordered
the probate clerk to transmit all the pa
pers to the district court, where the
matter will be finally decided. Mr..
Spiess represents the estate, and Mr.. Or
tiz, the contestant.
Rev. George G. Smith and Mrs. Charles
Haynes will represent the local Christian
Endeavor Society at the territorial con-
vention to be held at Las Cruces Wednes-
day and Thursday. The session beginH
Wednesday evening and will be attend.
ed by number from various points in
the territory.
Judge Laughlin was this morning hear.
ing sheep case, the parties being Sheriff
and Councilman-elect Cesarlo Garcia, oil
Taos county, and Henry A. lager and
others, of Union county. short time
back Mr.. Garcia instituted replevin pro
ce edings for 1900 head of sheep; the de.
PENDANTS gave bond, but this not being
considered ample the court is asked to
make an order for the retaking of the
sheep into custody. ]. Fl. Sutherlin rep.
resents Garcia and Mr.. B. M. Reed the
defendants.
The many friends of Mr.. Walter vir6en
we'll known in this city, will regret to
learn of the failure of the business firm
of which he was a member at jackson
Miss. Papers with accounts of the fail
ure received by Judge Laughlin and
others indicate disposition on the part
of the creditors to extend every accom-.
mediation to the members of the firm and
are quite complimentary to them.
John James, who was arrested some
weeks ago as reported in the New MEx1.
CAN, for violating the Edmund's law, was
released on $500 bond Saturday after.
noon. At the time of his arrest his wife
and family, whom it was alleged he had
deserted at Gallup, we're in Colorado. AS
soon as the former heard Of his trouble
she came to Santa Fe to aid him in sscur.
ing bond and it was the mitigating cir.
cumstances involved in her story OF the
matter that caused the officers to arrange
a comparatively light bond. The reunited
family will now 60 south to spend Christ
mas happily together The Dizzy Albu-
querque blonde, with whom James was
caught at Cerrillos, still languishes in
dnrance vile.
Much interest was taken by citizens
generally in the poultry exhibit made at
Mr.. Bishops store on Saturday afternoon
on the occasion of the visit of Mr.. Snyder.
editor of the Poultry Record, Of Kildare,
0. T. The exhibit was ccmmepd able,
considering the short time allowed for
getting it together. Mrs. Lorion Miller
sent pen Of beautiful White Pekin ducks
and trio of Silver Spangled Hamburgs;
Mr.. II. B. Hersey showed q coop of Ans
Houdsns; Willie Schneppls trio of mag
niHcent white Brahmas, and Prof. Chase
had on hand splendid lot Of Barred
Plymouth Rocks and a trio of Guinea
J hens.