Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-09-04
ROUND ABOUT TOWN.

club.
Loretto academy aud the Christian
Brothers college reopened for the fall
term yesterday, each having full COM
plement of pupils
A soaking rain came up the Rio Grande
valley this morning and spread out all
over the valley of the Rio Santa Fe and
the djacent mountain ranges.
The current issue of the Irrigation Age
has very excellent likeness of +. H
Brigham, formerly of Santa Fe, now OF
Oregon and member of the national ex-
ecutive committee on irrigation from
that state.
Continued urgent inquiry for habitable
dwellings, continues to be heard. There
are very few vacant houses of any sort in
town now and If somebody would erect
a dozen or so brick cottages they could
be rented at profitable figures.
Judge Francis Downs left last night
for his old Wisconsin home to visit his
mother and sister and will go from there
to Pittsburg later in the week. He ex-
poets Col. George W. Knaebel and Mr.. s.
S. Beatty to join him as the Santa Fe
delegation to the 2Sth annual encamp-
ment G. A. r.
Gov. Thornton, as chairman of the
board of trustees of the Ramona school,
has received information from the Indian
bureau that the government appropria-
ton for that institution will be continued
on condition that the frame building is
thoroughly repaired; that a suitable pro-
vision is made for a laundry, and that
fresh bedding is provided for the scholars.
The matter will be laid before the
trustees at their next meeting.
Mr.. George B. Spratt, of Kansas City,
has arrived in the city with his wife and
two children, and has taken apartments
with Mr.. A. P. Hogle. Mr.. Spratt was
formerly superintendent of schools for
Gunnison county, Colo, and has more re-
Gently been in the real estate business in
Kansas City, where he has taken quite
part in politics as worker for Democ-
racy. He comes to this city for the
health of his family and for business
reasons and will probably locate among
US.
Mr.. L. T. Weber, who has made it his
particular business to look after the in
terests of the Colorado claimants of the
Lincoln-Eucky and Lee mines, has been
out to San Pedro and made amended
locations of all this valuable property
under the recent ruling of the general
land office officially approving the new
survey of the Canon del Aqua grant and
which survey and approval clears up the
title to SO much valuable mineral prop
erty in south Santa Fe county.
| The Santa Fe valley lands are surely
destined to become famously profitable
now that the water problem has been 40
successfully solved. Take, for instance,
the wonderfully beautiful plums of many
choice varieties now seen in the local
markets. Yesterday reporter was
shown sample of Goes golden drop
| plums from Mrs. Prices garden that
was simply perfect in size, color and
richness of flavor, and to-day the peddlers
are selling from Mr.. Franz orchard
Ponds seeding plums the like of which
even California could not produce. Citl-
zens should engage more extensively in
fruit growing and rich profits will be
theirs.
The remains of Gen. G. A. Smith, who
died December II, 1885, have been re-
moved from Fairview to the National
cemetery. The general was brave SOL
der during the war. He was a depart
ment commander of the Grand Army of
the Republic in New Mexico under the
old organization and was charter men,
Der of Carleton post under the new
regime. The remains of his son-in-law,
Capt. Warning, have also been removed
to the National cemetery. 7e
Lieut.. M. B. Stokes came down from
Ration last night and will remain in Santa
Fe until Sunday, when he leaves for Fort
Wingate to of1iciate as range officer at the
cavalry competition to be held at that
point. He will probably be there most
of tho month. He reports everything
quiet at Ration and says the men in his
command are all we'll and happy. Lieut..
Stokes is one of the most popular men
connected with this post and his Santa Fe
friends are delighted to haze him with
them again, if only for a few DAYS,