Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-08-01
MINOR CITY TOPICS.

L. S. weather bureau forecast for New
Mexico: Threatening weather tonight:
probably fair Tuesday.
A regular communication of Monte
yuma lodge, A. +. and A. M, will be held
this evening at s O'Clock.
A pleasant dance was given by the
Club de Senoritas at the home of Be.
nigno Muniz on Saturday evening.
A bicycle club in this city is being
talked of. Louis Lowitzki and Ray
Rivenburg are promoting the scheme.
The circus coming to town is the cause
of the small boy wanting to do almost
anything for a nickel. Halls shows will
exhibit in Santa Fe Thursday next.
w. Fl. Goebel has the key to his
advertisement, which appears on this
page, at his hardware store, and those
who desire may have the use of it in
deciphering the peculiar wording by
applying direct to him.
The annual meeting of the stockhold-
ers of the Cerrillos Coal & Iron Com
bank today. Present, r. j. Palen, G.
NJ. Higginson and r. f. T%witchell. The
old board of directors was reelected.
Yesterday the thermometer. at the
local weather bureau registered as fol-
lows: Maximum temperature, 70 de-
grees at LOO p. m; minimum, So degrees
at 1890 p. M. The mean temperature
for the "a hours was 6s degrees.
Saturday the thermometer at the local
weather bureau registered as follows
Maximum temperature, "a degrees al
200 p. M; minimum, SO degrees at 300
a. m. The mean temperature for the
"a hours was " degrees.
Quong Hing, who keeps a laundry on
San Francisco street, opposite the Elk
change hotel, was arrested at the insti,
cation of City Clerk Ortiz for refusing
to take out a license to the business,
He was tried before Justice Garcia this
morning who fined Quong SIS and costs.
The Monaghan refused to pay and he
now languishes in Marshal Gallegos' re.
frigerator.
An interesting game of baseball was
played or the college grounds yesterday
afternoon between two mines, known as
Thayer's Giants and McArthur's Colts.
McArthur's nine won by a score of II to
10. The features of the game we're the
all around good playing by Griego, Ala.
rid, Macarthur, Thayer, Baca and
Campanoli. Tony Valdez knocked q
home run George Connors oficiated as
umpire.
Rev. John G. Dunlap, a Presbyterian
missionary who has been working in the
interests Of Christianity for the past II
years in Japan, appeared at the local
Presbyterian church at both the morn
ing and evening services yesterday. He
delivered interesting lectures on life in
the Orient and spoke Of the advance
ment and civilization of the Japanese.
He depicted also the struggles and sue
cesses of the missionaries in the interior
of Japan.
The Water street open W is in q
very bad condition. The month Of Aug
ust is known as the hottest month In
the year, outside reports bring tidings
of the prevalence of small poX, hence
should the city be so unfortunate as to
become infected with a contagious dis
ease, the warm weather and standing
filth will make Water street Q hot bed
of contagion. 1t is the duty of the
board of health to see about this matter,
and it is to be hoped they will not neg
lect 1t until it IL too late.
Yesterday at the hospital a very diff
cult and successful operation was per-
formed ON an Italian from Cerrillos who
was suffering with oil injured eye. The
operation necessitated the removal of
the eye and was very painful; however,
he is resting easy today.
A force of men under Foreman Clark,
of the bridge and construction depart
ment of the Santa Fe railway, Is at
work repairing the roadbed and track
between this city and Lamy. New
stone %culverts and iron bridges will re-
place the wooden structures used In the
past, the track leveled up and ballasted.
The company will spend o large sum OF
money on Its track and other property
In Santa Fe county this summer.