Santa Fe daily New Mexican., 1897-10-08
CITY NEWS ITEMS.

Me4ico' LlgnO LOCAL showers IolloWeu oy
fair Saturday; cooler tonight.
A ball will be given at the Armory hall
tomorrow night for the benefit of the
Young Mems Literary and Debating So
ciety. Tickets, SO cents; ladies free.
Mr.. j. j. Sullivan of Bland, was in the
city last evening, stopping at the Ex-
change. This morning he took big load
of merchandise out to the gold camp for
the dealers there.
Large quantities of wool are being re-
ceived by Mclean & Go. and other deal
ers in Santa Fe now. The prices paid
range from IL to IA cents per pound, &C.
cording to quality.
The new bathtubs recently placed in
the Claire barbershop by W. H. Kerr are
porcelain.lined and large enough CON-
fortably to accommodate a man seven
feet long and three feet wide.
Work on the new smelter of the Mary
Mining & Smelling company, at Cerrillos,
is being pushed with much energy and no
effort is being spared to make the plant
perfect in all respects.
The NEW MExroAN's capable corps of
printers, proof readers and pressmen are
now busily engaged upon the somewhat
formidable work of getting out the new
compilation of New Mexico's laws.
A private telegram conveys to the New
MEXICAN the pleasing intelligence that
company B, New Mexico National Guard
of Santa Fe, Captain Matthews command
ing, made most creditable appearance
in the grand Mountain and Plain parade
at Denver.
1t is now conjectured that, although the
official term of Chief Justice Smith has
expired, the president will make no
changes in the territorial judiciary until
after the meeting of the Supreme court
on October 30. At that time the court
will doubtless be able to hand down opin-
ions in the handful of cases that have
heea- argued, hut not vet passed npon.
Mr.. Patterson reports that the open
sewer has not again been turned back on
his pasture doubtless because he has
personally guarded against repetition
of the outrage. Consequently the sick
ing and poisonous fluid is now crawling
down lower Palace avenue like Shiny
serpent. Unless the present city au-
thorities can Immediately correct this
fragrant evil they are respectfully recon-
mended to resign.
This has been a phenomenally dark
and dismal day in Santa Fe, with
the sun hidden most of the time be-
hind ugly and forbidding clouds,
with fluid commonly called rain
water dripping almost constantly through
the murky mist, and news items as scarce
as sunshine and gold dollars of the vim
tage of 1897. The NEW MEXICAN rarely
has occasion to register kick against
the climate of Santa Fe, but feels justi-
fed in making mild complaint today.
OF course, Assistant Weather Director
Black is doing the very best he can, but,
in the absence of Chief Hersey in Denver,
does not feel authorized to issue any
radical orders. Colonel Hersey, hurry
home.
Of all the great equestrian perform
ances of the circus world is none more
strange or attractive than the perfectly
trained equestrian lion to be seen with
the Walter l.. Main enormous railroad
shows, three-ring circus, five.continent
menagerie, Roman hippodrome and
trained wild beast shows. This remarka
ble animal, which few years ago roamed,
king of an African forest, is now seen at
every performance of the Walter L. Main
shows, riding bareback horse with all
the ease, grace and agility Of a champion
human equestrian. There is no act or
part of any act, performed by our cham
pion bareback biped artists which this
intelligent quadruped does not duplicate,
and many things in which he excels the
gentlemanly artists of the big show. The
big show exhibits here on Tuesday, Octo-
Der IL, and every one should see the only
horse-riding lion performer.
Neither Santa Fe nor Albuq nerque was
decorated with shining stars of glory and
red, white and blue bunting by the
achievements of the alleged First regi-