Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-10-17
ROUND ABOUT TOWN.

In response to the mayors proclama-
tion, business generally was suspended
to-day.
Many citizens who had choice seats re-
served at the cathedral this morning gave
them up to strangers.
Aud the weather clerk wore his usual
October smile. 1t was glorious day for
the church festivities.
There will be meeting of the guild to-
morrow, Friday, afternoon at 2 O'Clock at
the residence of the president, Mrs. W. 7.
Thornton.
Messrs. Cluxton, Cavanaugh, Van Aus
dale and Benedict form jolly quartette
from Las Vegas, who are taking in the
big church event this week.
The visitors began hustling for break
fast at daylight this morning. The hotels
and restaurants were crowded till after
10, but all were accommodated.
Crowds of strangers came last night.
The A., T. & S. F. brought twenty coach
loads and the narrow gauge did its full
share, despite the counter attraction at
Denver.
The work preliminary to rebuilding
the territorial capitol is going forward
briskly. The A., T. & 8. +. spur into the
capitol grounds will be finished to.mor-
row night.
Sheriff Ascarate, Deputy John Casey,
and John May and Phillip Fall, deputy
clerk of Judge Bantz' district, are here
from Las Cruces. They brought four
convicts to the territorial penitentiary.
Through the considerate courtesy Of
Mr.. W. F. White, passenger traffic man
ager for the A., T. & s. F., hundreds of
visitors who came in on last nights trains
were allowed to occupy their berths until
this morning.
Mrs. w. II. Manderfeld and daughters
this morning sent out large number of
invitations for reception at their home
tomorrow evening from to 10, to meet
Cardinal Gibbons and the visiting pre-
lates.
The 1st regiment, N. NJ. N. g. band,
from Albuquerque rendered a superb
program in the plaza pagoda at O'Clock
this afternoon. "King Cotton" and the
"Frolic of the Imps" were new selections
here, and they caught the crowd.
The Diocesan committee has done good
service toward caring for the comfort of
strangers. Hundreds of private beds
were supplied the visitors last night who
we're unable to get accommodations at
the hotels and boarding houses.
Mr.. J. P. Dermody, of Pecos City,
Texas, of the firm of Dermody 4 Bowen,
general merchants, is in the city In search
of business location. He is doing fine
business at Pecos City but must seek a
change of climate on account of his
wife's health. Come to Santa Fe Mr..
Dermody.
Both the u. 8. court of private land
claims and the territorial supreme court
adjourned early in order that the officials
could witness the events at the cathedral,
and participate in the royal dinner
which Archbishop Chapelle gave this
afternoon in honor of the visiting pre-.
lates.
Col. Brady is energetically pushing
work on Santa Fe's big water storage
reservoir, two blocks north of the Palace
hotel. When finished this reservoir will
be one of the largest in the west, covering
an area 1888 acres with eighty feet of
water. It means much for Santa Fs's
rich adjacent valley lands.
Attached to the regular train last night
was the Pullman coach, Esoambia, in which
we're the bishops of Ogdenburg, N. Y,
Springfield, Mass, Dallas, Texas, and
Tucson, A. T., who were accompanied by
their secretaries. They came from the
City OF Mexico where they have been at