Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-08-23

David M. White, civil engineer, has been
employed as superintendent of construc-
ton of the smelter at Cerrllos by the
Mary Mining q Smelling company, and
is in Cerrillos looking after the work now
in progress.
The annual retreat of the priests of the
arch diocese of New Mexico will begin to-
day and continue until Friday next. The
religious exercises of the retreat will be
conducted by Rev. Father Mandelari, s.
j., of Albuquerque.
A move is on foot to organize the New
Mexico Sporting club, for the purpose of
stocking the streams with fish and for the
protection of fish and game. The project
has not yet taken definite shape, but such
an organization will no doubt result from
the present agitation of the subject.
Deputy United States Marshal Loomis
returned from Socorro, where he had been
or business connected with the Black
Jack troubles, on Saturday night. He
failed to learn anything more definite re-
garding the outlaws and their acts than
has already been published.
Mr.. L. o. FulIen, editor of the Pecos
Valley Argus, has written to Mr.. L. j.
Curran, secretary of the horticultural So
ciety, asking that large space be re.
served for the exhibit that will be made
at the horticultural fair in this city, by
the people of Eddy and vicinity. The
display will consist of fruits of various
kinds, sugar beets and beet sugar, and
will be of much interest to all visitors.
On Saturday night Mr.. Paul Wunsch-
mann entertained at his rooms a few
friends in honor of Mr.. and Mrs. Jetton,
who are about to go visiting in Tennes-
see. Their many friends will impatiently
look forward for an early return. Those
present were Mr.. and Mrs. Jetton, Mr..
and Mrs. Money, Mr.. and Mrs. Spiess,
Mrs. Beverly Read, Miss Bessie Drew,
Miss Helen Drew, the Messrs. Wood, Gort-
ner, Livings, Black, Frank Hudson, and
Pope. The party is spoken of as one to
be remembered for many day with much
pleasure.
A letter has been received by gentle
man in this city from Mrs. Moreley.
mother of the boy who was found hang
ing to the limb of tree, at small set
Element several miles south of Albuquer-
que week or 80 since. Mrs. Moreley
says that no suspicion whatever attaches
to the ranch foreman. The murder is
supposed to have been the work of
tramps, who committed the foul deed
with the hope of getting money. Cews
now in possession of the authorities, says
Mrs. Moreley in the letter above referred
to, are convincing that this theory of the
crime is correct one.
Hon. Loriou Miller, secretary of the
bureau of immigration, returned from
Chicago and other eastern cities last
night. The arrangements for shipping
fruit made by him have already been an
nounced in the NEW MEXICAN. As to
rates Mr.. Miller, acting for the board,
succeeded in getting the same as those
given California shippers.
Hon. Amado Chaves is now harvesting,
among other choice fruit from his Palace
avenue gsrden, some of the most superb
plums ever seen in Santa Fe. Among
these are Japanese variety, that for
beauty and flavor cannot be beat.
Mr.. VIM. M. Berger is still in Denver,
organiz,nga general state company to
control the automatic telephone in Colo
RADIO; and local company in Denver to
introduce the system. He has interested
a number Of leading citizens in the en-
terprise.
Last week the contract for kalsomin-
ing the interior of the government Indian
school building was awarded to Louis
Digneo.