Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-04-17
ROUND ABOUT TOWN.
Our lives are like the weather.
No matter what men say;
And tho our fears we tether,
And pray with palms together,
And every doubt allay-

Our lives are like the weather.
No matter what men say;
And tho our fears we tether,
And pray with palms together,
And every doubt allay
Our lives are like the weather
That changes every day.
Big storms east and south delayed all
trains to-day.
Miss Mugler has just received another
nice lot of spring and summer millinery.
The weather clerk seems to be looking
after the plaza grass plats all right
enough.
The barometer at the weather Office is
slowly rising, thus giving indication of
continuation of the storm of this morn
ing.
H. B. Cartwright's place is going
through thorough overhauling, both
inside and out, and when completed will
make model looking store.
There will be an important meeting of
the Gun club at the Arcade at 8 O'Clock
this evening. 1t is very necessary that
all members be present as business of i'm
portance is to be acted upon.
The shrubs, trees and gra So in the capt.
toll grounds are showing the care and at
tention they are receiving from Col.
Bergman. q He is keeping convict con-
stantly employed about the grounds.
Quite a. delegation of army veterans
depart this evening to attend the G. A. R.
eucampment at Albuquerque. Among
them are Gen. Lucius Fairchild, Judge
Francis Downs, Major Smith H. Simpson
and Capt. s. H. Day. Others will follow
tomorrow.
Don Luis Haffner is much put out at
the statement of j. W. Conway that he,
Haffner, threw stones at Conway's dog.
He wears too big hat to do anything of
this kind. The dog did bite him, but he
didn't invite the attack by throwing at
the brute.
Some sleet fell this morning but little
or no damage was done the fruit crop.
Indeed, it was benefit, as at present the
fruit buds are SO plentiful that should the
frost fail to thin them out the trees will
be unable to bear their burden.
Subscriptions for stock in the third
series of the Mutual Building and Loan
association are now being received.
Those wishing to take stock should apply
to any member of the board of directors
or to the secretary at his Office in the
Griffin building on Palace avenue.
The Woman's Board of Trade yesterday
opened bids for furnishing hose for use
in the plaza. The following were the
bids received: E. D. Franz, A-inch cotton,
9H cents per foot, s4-inch wire-wound
seamless, Is cents per foot; W. H. Goebel,
A-inch cotton, 10 cents per foot, A-inch,
iron-clad, wire-wound, Is cents per foot;
W. A. Mckenzie, A-inch cotton, 10 cents
per foot, -inch rubber, four-ply, high
pressure, 10 cents per foot. Mr.. Franz
bid being the lowest it was accepted. Mr..
Franz last year donated 100 feet Of hose
to the ladies. :. Is
After the council meeting last night
DR.. Sloan took team, drove to Psna
Blanca, where he attended Hon. Luciano
Ortiz, and returned to the city at this
morning. Mr.. Ortiz is quite ill and to.
morrow he will be brought to Santa Fe
for medical treatment. He is chairman
of the Bernalillo county board of COM
missioners.
Mr.. Thos. O'Donnell, who was in town
from Cerrillos last night, says that fully
1900 men are now employed in the A, T.
s. F. coal and coke and railroad con-
struotion work at Waldo station. The
men have just been paid of for the last
month and some $36, 600 has thereby been
set free IN south Santa Fe county. By
Nav l about 200 more men will be at
work in the Waldo and anthracite coal
pits.
An exchange pertinently remarks that
the men who advertise in their home
paper are the men who transact the bust
ness of the town. You may pick up any
local paper and in Ave minutes tell who
does the buying and the selling and keeps
alive the interests Of the place. A news
paper reflects the worth, enterprise and
INTEL gsnce OF the community in which II
10 located.
The water company put on an addi-
tional force Of thirty men to-day and will
soon have the pipes throughout the city
covered.