Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-08-09
MINOR CITY TOPICS.

Another good soaking rain last night.
1t is reported that Lamy has IS cases
of smallpox.
The infant daughter of Isidro Macs
died this morning.
Report has it that a laundry will soon
be opened in this city by eastern par
ties.
William Evans, who runs the section
house at Espanola, is in town on a bust
ness mission.
The knowing ones assert that the
cake walk Thursday will carry off the
entire bakery.
Claire Beatty leaves tomorrow for the
Jemez Springs, where he will take his
annual bath.
U. S. weather bureau forecast for
New Mexico: Generally fair tonight
and Wednesday.
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PaySup your poll tax. The money is
badly needed by the school board to run
the schools the coming school year.
The italian, Adelman, who came up
from Socorro to have an operation per-
formed on his eye, left for his home in
Socorro today
Regular meeting of Santa Fe lodge
No. 2, X. of p, this evening at 8 o'clock.
Work in the degrees. Visiting knights
given a cordial welcome.
The best and most complete reference
book published, for preparing forms of
pleading is Patterson's Missouri Form
Book. The New MEXICAN sells them
Citizens owning pet CANNES had best
see that they stay around home. Some
one is setting out poison, and a number
of valuable dogs have lately been poi
soned.
"Soldiers of the Cross" is the title of
a book which has appeared in this city.
1t is by Most Rev. j. B. Salpointe and is
the most complete history Of the trials
of early missionaries in this territory yet
published.
There was a very heavy rain in the
Espanola valley last night which brought
down floods of water in the arroyos and
did damage in some places. However,
the water is useful enough to pay for
any damage it does.
No one in Santa Fe is worried by
warm weather these days. Santa Fe is
the ideal summer resort Of the United
States, and it is not a disagreeable place
to spend the winter, either.
Yesterday the thermometer at the
local weather bureau registered as fol-
lows: Maximum temperature, 70 de-
grees at 400 p. m; minimum SO degrees
at $50 a. m. The mean temperature for
the "a hours was 81 degrees.
| Remember the Santa Clara Indian
feast on next Friday. The d. & r. G.
road will run an excursion on that day
to accommodate those who wish to wit
ness the Indian ceremonies, and has
placed the fare for the round trip at 81.
The repairing of sidewalks still hangs
fire. 1t begins TO look as If the ma
jority of the property owners in Santa
Fe were entirely devoid of pride and did
not care a continental for the comfort
and safety of their friends and neigh
bors.
Last Saturday while out in a field at
his fathers ranch, Willie Prince was
struck by lightning, the shock stunned
the lad for a short while, but a couple
| of buckets of water thrown on him by
| Miss Clare Gulliford revived him in a
few moments. He is out again one the
worse for his adventure.
Judging from the number of dogs that
are running around town without license
tags, the city marshal is not enforcing
the dog license ordinance to any great
extent. One of two things should be
done, either kill the dogs whose owners
refuse to pay the tax or refund the
money to those who have complied with
the ordinance. Everybody should be
treated alike in city affairs.
T. J. Curran has returned from Ell
Rito, Rio Arriba county, where he has
been for two or three days past settling
the insurance carried by Mr.. Thomas
| Sargent, who was accidentally killed q
short time ago. Mr.. Sargent carried q
| policy In the Equitable Life, Of which
company Walter N. Parkhurst is the
general manager of the New Mexico and
Arizona department, with headquarters
at Albuquerque.
f. M. McMurray, professor of peda-
gogy at Columbia college, New York, and
Ralph 8. Tarr, professor Of geology at