Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-08-19
MINOR CITY TOPICS.


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L. 5. weather bureau forecast for
New Mexico: Partly cloudy weather
tonight and Sunday.
The daily fruit shipments from Santa
Fee continue to be large in response to an
| active demand from the outside.
Yesterdays rain cleaned out the
Water street sewer and carried away
much of the accumulated garbage.
Messrs. Sena, Otero and Chaves COM
priSed a party who were picnicing at the
Bishops ranch in Tesuque canon yester-
day.
The New MEXICAN is pleased to an
nounce that the orchards and gardens
of the city suffered very little damage
from the flood of yesterday afternoon.
The washouts on the d. & r. G. have
| been repaired, the train for the north
| went out on time this morning, and ex-
| poets to make the run to Alamosa with
out delay or accident.
The business men and property own
crs of Santa Fe will make a serious error
of omission if they fail to put forth i'm
mediate and earnest efforts to secure the
trade of the Golden Cochiti.
Letters received IRON members of
Captain Strover's Company c, 1st U. S.
volunteer infantry, now at Whipple
barracks, in Arizona, bring the pleasing
intelligence that the boys have received
their new uniforms and now look like
real soldiers.
The %downpOur yesterday afternoon
was II of the heaviest in the modern
| history of Santa Fe. For the first time
in five years the volume of water vas
sufficient to flow over the top of the Col
lege street bridge. The storm appears
to have been essentially local.
In Justice Garcia's police court yester-
day afternoon, Melisendro Vigil and
George Gree were arraigned on a charge
of drunk and diSorderly, both pleading
guilty. They were each fined IS and
costs, amounting to So. IS, and in default
of payment were sent to the city jail fol
ten days.
The public library and reading room
maintained in this city by the progress
i've and philosophical Woman's Boart
of Trade, is one of the most exceIlen
institutions in the city of Santa Fe ant
should be cordially and substantial,
aided by all good citizens. Contribu
tions of readable books and magazine
will answer as well as money.
Miss Crane, the governors privat,
secretary, is busily engaged on the an
nnal report of the governor to the secre
tary of the interior. Governor Otero'
report last year attracted wide spreat
attention by reason of it's c%omprehen
siveness, but the one now in preparation
will be more elaborate in every partic
ular, and will cover all parts of the ter
ritory and its varied interests in a YER
thorough manner.
Yesterday the thermometer at tn
local weather bureau registered as fol
lows: Maximum temperature. rs de
grees at noon; minimum, SO degree
at / p. m. The mean temperature TO
the "a hours was GA degrees. A fall il
temperature of 90 degrees in one hour
During the storm 1.42 inches of waite
fell in less than an hour. The ligh
showers afterwards bring the total TO
the day up to Las inches.
lnasmuch as there are no funds to re
|. pair the city bridges that were washe
away or seriously crippled by yestel
days phenomenal flood, perhaps it woul
: be wise to dedicate part of the road po
tax fund to the immediate restoratio
of these bridges.
1t is reported that a Santa Fe specr
lator recently risked so cents in a lot
terry scheme in Old Mexico and was re
wardcd with q check for $3.50. Doubt
less he was not aware that playing lOt
teries is unlawful in New Mexico.
The rain yesterday played havoc wit
Mrs. Goodwin's roof, and compelled he
guests to go without dinner. Tn
bridge across the creek above MI
Boyle's was carried away, as was ais
Mr.. Jones' foot bridge.
The marshal should look after TIL
manner in which Quong Hong, the wasl
house man near the Exchange, manage
his back yard. The premises are filth
and will bring disease.
The plaza policeman, this forenoon
swiftly and d%exterously passed a shar
lawn mower over the surface of til
city's beautiful park, and the result
that the park looks like it was carpete
with green brussels.
The respected ''oldest inhabitant'
busily engaged in repairing his ancier
mud-roof today. Doubtless he wi
catch on after a while that the mud-roc
is only useful during dry weather.
The report that masked persons wer
abroad Tuesday night was started b
some simple person seeing the partic
nantS in the cake walk uninO tn th
opera house.
The native people are taking WACO
loads of Santa Fe fruit to outside point
these days.
The local doctors are doing a land Of
flee business vaccinating these days.