Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-03-12
ROUND ABOUT TOWN.

Buy ticket from the w. B. 7. for the
benefit of the victims of the White Ash
disaster.
A Raymond & Whitcomb excursion
party is booked to arrive from the east
tomorrow night.
There will be meeting of Centennial
Encampment No. 8 this evening at 7:3O
at Paradise hall. Work in the degrees.
Those French pattern hats and bon
nets have just arrived and are ready for
inspection at Miss Mugler's, Griffin
block.
The force employed at the capitol
grounds is doing good work toward
clearing away the debris. Already the
place presents an improved appearance.
The Standard Oil monopoly has pushed
up the price of kerosene 2 cents a gallon
in order to play even on the new inspec-
tion law. Thus the trusts continue to
make the consumers pay the freight.
Mr.. Joseph B. Geiger, of Pueblo, repre-
senting Adam Geiger, deputy great Inco-
houn for New Mexico of the Improved
Order of Red Men, is daily expected to
arrive in Santa Fe for the purpose of in
stituting local lodge of that order.
Frank Conklin left last night for To-
peka where he goes to join his family
and locate, taking position in jewelry
store there. For some time Frank and
his family have been estranged, and their
friends will be pleased to learn of their
again coming together.
According to telegraphic reports
blizzard is raging over western Kansas,
Nebraska and Colorado to-day, and New
Mexico's northern tier of counties are
also in it, Judging from the appearance of
the storm clouds about Badly mountain
this afternoon.
At the joint meeting of the committees
appointed by the fire department, city
council and Board of Trade to arrange
for the coming firemen's tournament in
this city, held at Firemen's hall last night,
the following gentlemen we're designated
to solicit Subscriptions Messrs. W. P.
Cunningham, E. 7. Webber, e. L. Bartlett
and A. P. Hill.
At the United States land office this
Demetrio Medena, of Mora coun-
ty, and Luis Herrera, of Colfax county,
made homestead applications. Carlos
Sanchez, of Santa Fe county, Jose de la
Cruz Munez, of San Juan county, and
William R. Lott, of Guadalupe county,
also made final proof on their homesteads.
Judge N. B. Laughlin, chairman of the
city Democratic committee, is expected
home from Los Angeles in few days,
when, doubtless, meeting of that organ
ization will be called. The other men,
bers of the committee are Messrs. Arthur
seligman, Pedro De]gado, Marcelino Gar
ola and J. s. Candelario. Us
Mr.. R. E. Twitchell returned last night
from Espanola valley and says the far
mers there are making extensive plans
for spring work. Three more Mormon
families have just arrived from Arizona
and purchased homes in the valley. 1t
won't be long, thinks Mr.. Twitchell, be-
fore the bulk of the farm and dairy pro-
ducts consumed in Santa Fe will be
shipped in from that section of the coun-
".
Celso Baca, of Eden, Guadalupe county,
The narrow gauge Republican whom the
employees of the late assembly hold chiefly
for most of their woes, came
o town last night. To-day about noon
Don Celso happened to encounter Fl. L.
Ortiz and made some general remarks
which that gentleman so emphatically
'esented as to make the angel from Eden
eel rather small for man of his size.