Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-05-05

Have you contributed potted plant to
the ornamentation of the plaza monu-
ment flower bed? If not why not?
Prof. Landrum opens his dancing
academy at Adams hall on Monday even
ing. He has forty pupils, children and
adults.
Paul Coffee, the expert in pottery
making, who has been instructing the
convicts at the penitentiary for the past
year, leaves tonight for Eddy where he
will engage in business.
Evansto Duran's wife gave birth to
girl twins few days ago. They were
christened at the cathedral this afternoon
Frank Ortiz and wife and Candida Duran
and wife standing as god-parents.
Simon Gonzales was arrested by Con-
stable Manuel Lobato last night on war
rant sworn out by his wife charging him
with assault and battery. He will have a
trial before Justice Armij this afternoon.
Messrs. c. G. Sholes, assistant superin-
tendent of telegraph for the A., Z. q S. F.
railroad, and G. B. Horton, assistant
superintendent of the Western Union
Telegraph company, are in the city on
business.
A. Hrsh and wife and E. O. Pierce and
wife, of Hudson, Mich, are guests at the
Palace, and after seeing sights here go to
the Grand Canon of the Colorado and for
a trip to the coast. Mr.. Pierce is the
prospective Democratic postmaster of
his town.
Messrs. W. G. Rogers, Jas. Lucas, Austin
Goodall, P. Portigliati and Eugene Lanoy,
business men at Cerrillos, are visiting the
city to-day. Mr.. Goodall is the enterpris-
ing mayor of Cerrillos and hustling
citizen.
At the request of Mr.. j. D. Proud6t'
secretary, the accounts of the local Build
ing and Loan association were thorough
ly inspected last night by Major Palen
and DR.. Marley. They were found in ex-
cellent order, and show the association
to be in a very fourishing condition.
Citizens will find first-cass Sunday
dinner awaiting their good digestion at
the Palace hotel tomorrow. Manager
Claussen is making speciality of Sun
day dinners and invites the dear people
to drop household cares for day and
dine with him.
The sheritf's Office will be kept busy for
a few days collecting the semi-annual
licenses of wholesale and retail merchants,
a majority of which expired April 30
The license for a wholesale merchant, in
Guiding both territorial and county, is
$3.50 year; for retail merchant 500 a
year, and for a pawnbroker $50a year.
The licenses are made out by the county
clerk who turns them over to the sheriff
for collection. Quite large sum will be
realized this year from the tax.
Councilman j. W. Conway was arrested
last night on warrant sworn out by Ma
nuel Chavez Tello charging him with as
sault and battery. Tello was working for
Conway and was discharged for alleged
theft. The councilman is said to have
handled his ex-employee rather roughly,
hence the arrest. He will be tried before
Justice Armijo this afternoon.
For tomorrow afternoons plaza con-
cert by the 10th infantry band the follow
ing is the program:
March-American Excelsior ........... Brooke
Oyerture-Raymond ................. Thomas
Naturalization. ........... ............W Weber
Serenade-Titl. ..:..... Arg. Meyrelles
Selection-Fr. Ofenbach' Operas ........
Observation-Disclosures Arg. Meyrelles
National Anthem. ............. .... Willard