Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-08-24
MINOR CITY TOPICS.

Rafael Romero brought a load of cab
bage from ~Pojoaque and registered at
the Bon-Ton.
us. weather bureau forecast for New
Mexico: Threatening weather and
showers tonight and Thursday.
The Bon-Ton restaurant has received
an addition in the shape of o new
cash register which is a little beauty.
Don't forget the grand Dewey concert
tomorrow night at the A. M. E. church,
August 25. See program in tomorrow.s
paper.
Antonio Ortega, of the 4th ward, is
acting as policeman in place of Apollo
MO Martinez, who was shot Saturday
night.
Mayor Clancy, of Albuquerque, had
the sidewalk repaired along lis prop
erty in this city. The Sena sidewalk is
being patched in a more or less crude
an
Apolonio Martinez, the city police
man shot in Saturday nights row, is
reported as resting easily today, and
not being badly wounded, he will be
back on the force in a couple OF weeks.
The prospect now seems to be that the
litigation troubles of the Cerrillos Smelt-
ing company will soon be disposed OF
and that the fine plant at the Little
Pittsburg will speedily be blown in for a
long run
The energetic rustlers under the firm
name of Geiger & Son, city scavengers,
with a complete outfit for doing that
work who have been reaping a harvest in
Santa Fe for the past three weeks,
pulled up stakes and started for Albu-
querque yesterday.
Mayor Hudson informs the New
| MEXICAN that he knows nothing what
ever about the proposed removal OF the
headquarters of the city council from
Firemen's hall to the basement of the
Catron building. His impression is that
the talked Of change will not be made.
The boom over in the Golden Cochiti
mining district, temporarily postponed
by the late war, is certain to bloom and
bear quantities of yellow fruit during the
coming autumn and winter. The mer
chants of Santa Fe will make a serious
mistake if they fail to cultivate the trade
of this most promising district.
The Woman's Board of Trade takes
great pleasure in acknowledging the re
ceipt of $27. 80, half the net proceeds Of
the cake walk. This organization also
wishes to most heartily thank Mrs
Gaines-Smith, the promoter, and al
those who so kindly took at active part
thereby giving Santa Feans the most
laughable entertainment possible.
Corporal Hartman Wynkoop, Of the
New Mexico Trough Riders" who wa
wounded at San Juan hill and removed
to the general hospital at Fortress Mon
roe, has now been transferred in com
pany with rs other wounded soldiers tC
Washington barracks, on the Potomac,
at Washington City. He reports his
condition as improving and expects t(
soon receive his discharge from thai
! point. AS to the condition of Sergeant
Tim Breen, the outlook is not so bright
He has lost all use of his crippled arm
and it is feared that it will sooner OF
later be amputated.
Since the injurious litigation over thu
Washington mine, located in the Colder
Cochiti, has been finally disposed of by
the Territorial Supreme court, Presiden
Childers and his associates in Tho
Washington Mining Company will
doubtless soon largely increase the force
Of miners employed On the big bonanza
named. The Washington mine car
easily be made to yield a cool million o.
net profits during the next three years
So .respectfully take off your hat ant
bow very politely the next time you
meet Mr.. Childers or Colonel Dobson OF
any of the other fortunate wner OF
Washington stock.
Considerable interest is being taken
in the coming contest between the two
Santa Fe crack teams, that will take
place at the college grounds next Friday
afternoon. The game is to decide which
club is entitled to the name Of Santa FL
Baseball Club. A large attendance il
expected as the admission is free.
The open sewer nuisance on Water
street will soon be abated and there
after Mayor Hudson and his associates
on the city council will %jauntily @ It
well-merited crown OF glory, with
boutoniere attachments, as a smild ties
timonial from Merchant Beatty anc
other property owners on the street
aforesaid.
Yesterday the thermometer at the
local weather bureau registered as fol
lows: Maximum temperature, 80 de
grees at 1:15 p. M; minimum, So de
grees at 5:45 a.. m. The mean tempera
ture for the "a hours was SO degrees.
There are about 1000 dogs in town
but not more than 80 dog licenses have
been taken out. The proud spirit o
the average dog owner will not brool
oppression in the shape of a tax.
Mayor Hudson will deserve the thanks
of the citizens and will get them, if hi
will keep on the good work of cleaning
the city. The health of the city de-
mands clean streets, sidewalks, allies
and yards.
Too many tramps in the city. A few
arrests and hard labor on the city