Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-12-12
MINOR CITY TOPICS.

U. S. weather bureau forecast for New
Mexico: Generally fair tonight ano
Tuesday.
John Becker, the veteran engineer
on the Lamy branch. is sick, and his
place is taken by Webb Bartlett.
A fine set of Century dictionary ano
encyclopedia has been added to the
penitentiary library. This has beer
needed there for some time.
The territorial sheep sanitary board
has decided to hold its sessions hereafter
at Albuquerque instead of at Las Vegas
as the former place is more central.
Eight soldiers of the 1st New York
infantry have just passed through the
territory en- route from the Preside al
San Francisco, to York state to spend
the holidays with their families on q
furlough. Their regiment has been or
duty at Honolulu.
Yesterday the thermometer at the loca
weather bureau registered as follows
Maximum temperature, "a degrees, al
1910 a. M; minimum, 10 degrees, a.
II p. m. The mean temperature for the
"a hours was IS degrees; mean daily rela
tive humidity, rs per cent.
Saturday the thermometer at the loca
weather bureau registered as follows
Maximum temperature, "a degrees, al
midnight; minimum, ~ degrees, at 6 a
m. The mean temperature for the "a
hours was IS degrees: mean daily relative
humidity, 7s per cent.
Engineers Harroun and Balcomt
were obliged to give up their boat triE
down the raging Rio Grande to Z
Paso or account of the large amount OF
ice in the river which made navigation
impossible. According to Genera
Mills, the river is a n%avigablc stream
and it is a pity the engineers did not
send to Ell Paso for Collector Dillon's
revenue cutter to steam up the stream
and carry them down.
AS Fl. B. and S. G. Cartwright were
going home at 1890 Saturday night,
they found an Indian school boy lying
drunk lear the Capitol building. They
at once got him into a more sheltered
place and summoned the police. The
boy was cared for and turned over yes
terday to the school authorities. The
rescue came none too soon, as in an
hour or two more the boy would have
been frozen beyond help. AS it is a vio-
lation of the United States laws to sell
liquor to an Indian, some one is likely
to find himself shortly in the hands of
the United States marshal.
IN top,orroy &C will ha cold Il, Con-
Miguel chapel for the repose of the
soul of Louis Digneo, who passed to a
better life one month age, and, begin
ming with tomorrow morning, a solemn
for a yea for the deceased in Italy, his
native country, such being the custom
of the family.
Mrs. Jose Ramon Ortega, mother of
elect to the S3d legislative assembly
from Santa Fe county, died at her home
in Chimayo last Wednesday at the age
of Sc years. She left to mourn her loss
ters.
There was a bread famine in town
Saturday. The cold weather seemed to
start up everybody into buying the staff
of life, and at one store 500 loaves were
sold before 10 a. M, and it was neces-
sary to do extensive baking on Sunday
to supply the market. The one firm
alone baked and sold over 1900 loaves
Saturday and Sunday.
The Wells-Fargo Express Company
has issued a circular notifying the pub
lie that as Christmas falls on Sunday
this yea holiday shipments should be
started earlier than on previous years,
that they may reach their destinations
on the 23d.
The proceedings Of the last meeting OF
the county commissioners, containing a
list of the judges of election for JUS
tees of the peace to be held December
8, will be found on the third page Of this
issue of the llew Mexican.
The feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
was generally observed in this city yes
terday, but especially in the evening,
when there was music by the band, a
continuous firing Of guns and big bon
fires in front of Guadalupe church.
The members of the w. B. T. will hold
their annual Christmas sale in their
rooms next Saturday. The articles Of
fered for sale will consist of homemade
bread, pies and cakes, and a large vari-
ETY. of Christmas articles.