Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-04-23
ROUND ABOUT TOWN
A nice little shower last night.

The strawberry beds show heavy
bloom this year.
Max's Meat Market received to-day
two carloads of fine Kansas City beef for
the Santa Fe people.
One good tree carefully planted and
tended is worth 1000 essays and poems
on the subject. Plant trees now.
The plaza presented a gay picture dur
ing the concert hour yesterday. Santa
Fe's population is certainly growing.
Photographer Curren took view of
the Claire hotel block to-day from which
cut will be made to appear in the d. &
R. G. guide book.
Daring his absence from the city DR..
Francis Crosson, city physician, has the
care of Dr.. Sloan's patients. DR.. Cros-
sons Office is in the Catron block.
Justice of the Peace Nemecio5 Armijo
Saturday afternoon sentenced VIM. Nor
gan to serve ten days in the county jail
for assault and battery upon his wife.
Henry Krick has assumed entire con-
troll of the Lemp brewing interests here,
John Krick combining his time to the
business at Cerrillos. They are both
business hustlers.
Justice of the Peace Jose Ma. Garcia
placed Juan j. Venabides under $500
bond this morning for assault and battery
committed upon his wife at their home in
Tesuque. Venabides was lodged in the
county Jail in default of the bond.
The A., T. & S. F. railroad will make a
rate of one and one-third fare for the
ronnd trip from Santa Fe to Las Vegas
on account of the 18th anniversary of the
l. O. O. Il. to be held at Las Vegas, April
26, proriding ten or more passengers are
guaranteed.
A good game of base ball was played
on the grounds east of the narrow gauge
depot yesterday afternoon between the
Athletics and Santa Fes. Nine innings
were played at the end of which the
score stood - to 10 in favor of the Ath-
letics.
A sheep buyer from Omaha named
Reynolds has lately purchased $4,000
head of sheep in Santa Fe, Bernalillo and
Valencia counties. Of these about one
half are to be driven to this city and
shipped to Nebraska over the narrow
gauge and the others will be driven across
the country.
The Board of Trade is holding an i'm
portant special meeting this afternoon to
listen to communication from the D. &
R. G. railroad and to also hear the report
of Messrs. Spiegelberg and Monier, the
committee appointed to inspect the new
road between this city and the Cochiti
camps.
Mrs. John Symington left last evening
for Albuquerque, having been extremely
fortunate in leasing her home for year
to Mrs. Hicks and daughter, of Albion,
Mich. Mrs. Symington and the doctor will
leave Albuquerque in a few days for
Baltimore, and will probably 60 to Carls-
bad, Germany, for the summer.
Jack Blanchard, formerly engineer on
the narrow gauge, has returned from San
Diego, where he has bee. employed on q
coast steamer for some months. He
comes back nursing broken arm, which
befell him in an accident while on duty
Mr.. Blanchard says California is suffering
from fearful drought and that New Mex
leans may expect extraordinary prices for
their fresh fruit this year.
Some forty gentlemen were entertained
at the rooms of Mr.. Robert c. Gortner on
Saturday evening, the occasion being a
farewell party in honor of Mr.. A. W. But
Ter, soon to leave for New York. A set
musical program of ten selections was
rendered by an orchestra composed of
two guitars, two mandolins and flute, and
happy addresses were made by Messrs.
H. S. Clancy, Clarence Key, &C. Gortner
and others. A toothsome lunch was served
at II, and the guests dispersed, unani-
mously voting Mr.. Gortner a prince Of
good fellows ana host without peer.
Before Justice Armijo AL. Perry, who
shot James Cheeves at San Pedro, waived
examination and was sent back to jail in