Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-08-20
ALBUQUERQUE NOTES.

A girl baby arrived Wednesday evening
to brighten the home of Mr.. and Mrs. f
A. Hubbell at Paiarita.
Several railroad employees have beer
discharged recently for visiting liquol
saloons while on duty. The Santa Fe ii
very strict IN this matter.
P. Morino and wife recently married il
Las Cruces, came in from the south Wed
nesdBy evening and were met at the depot
by their friends, Mrs. Jesus s. Garcia and
Mrs. AL Coleman. The young couple con
tinued on their wedding trip and will
visit the big cities of the east.
President Herrick of the University, of.
fers the services of number of students
who have been unable to accum ulate
money enough to pay their school ex
penses. Those who can employ handy
young men after school hours are request
ed to address the president at once.
The board of education transacted but
little business at its meeting on Thursday
night. S. e. Newcomer was awarded the
contract for supplies, he being the lowest
bidder. No action was taken as to a prin'
cipal tor the high school. Professor
Matthews of Rock Springs, WYo., had been
telegraphed and asked if he would accept
but no word had as yet been received
from him.
Secretary Saint, OF the Territorial Fair
association has received telegram from
Topeka announcing one rate for the
round trip for all race horses coming to
the territorial fair. This applies to the
entire system of the Santa Fe. The for
mer rate applied only to New Mexico.
Tie ASSOCIATION then made request that
the rate be extended to apply to the en-
tire system and it was 80 ordered.
Colonel Donavan has a mine 12 miles
from Albuquerque in which $50 feet of
development work has been done. and for
which he has been offered $4,000. He
now proposes to give any one half in
terest in the property who will buy the
Sandis smelter and set it up at Albuuuer-
que. The smeter will be knocked down
to the highest bidder today, and is expect.
cd to 20 at very low figure.
The examination for teachers certfi-
Gates closed Wednesday. Forty mine ap-
plicants presented themselves for examl-
nation, of this number ~ were awarded
fret grade certificates, IA second grade and
eight third grade. The examination
studies we're reading, orthography, arith
metic, penmanship, United States history,
English grammar, geograph, physiology
and hygene, and theory and practice in
teaching. The required percentage in
these studies is rs to 100 per cent, out of
which one applicant obtained 996 per
cent.
At the meeting Thursday of citizens in
terested in the construction of the Duran
GO railroad, Chairman FERGUSON ap-
pointed the following committee of seven
to look after the correspondence, and to
take preliminary steps in the matter: M.
P. Stamm, W. P. Metalf, @. F. Myers, W.
s. Strckler, j. E. Saint, T. H. Kent and
F. j. Otero. Mr.. Ferguson turned all
field notes over to the committee and an
adjournment was then taken. The COM
mittee then organized by electing M p.
Stamm chairman, and W. P. Metcalf SEQ.
retary. Mr.. FERGUSON said that New
York capitalists we're interested with the
enterprise since 1892, until they learned
that the Santa Fe road demanded 81 per
cent of the stock In return for making fre-
quent rates for the company from this
place. The committee authorized its sec
retary to write to W. W. Borst of Denver,
informing him of the willingness of the
citizens here to cooperate with him.