Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-08-29
MINOR CITY TOPICS.

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U. S. weather bureau forecast fol-
New Mexico: Fair tonight and Tues
day.
There were five baptisms at the
cathedral at 2 p. M, yesterday, mi boy
and four girls.
Grant R%ivenburg will start a carload
of ice tomorrow to Winslow, A. t., over
the Santa Fe.
w. D. Miner, an Indian boy, now in
school at Salem, Ore, was sent for today
from this city to attend the Indian school
here.
Apolonio Martinez, the policeman who
was shot in an attempt to quell q street
fight two weeks ago, is around and
about, none the worse for his miShap.
Three cars of sheep will be shipped
tomorrow over the Santa Fe from this
city to Las Vegas as part of a train load
to be made up there for shipment to
Iowa.
Dealers in curios and Mexican and In
dian filigree work report q steady inter-
est in these things by visitors, so that
the market continues active and profita-
BILE.
Several shots we're fired within the
city limits at 5 a. M, yesterday, which
occasioned considerable inquiry, but
neither the police or any n else seemed
to be posted as to the
The local weather office has rs volun-
tary observers scattered through the
territory doing good work as is shown
by the weekly and monthly reports re-
ceived at the Santa Fe office.
The east bound passenger train, due
in this city at 2:1O a. III. today, did not
arrive until after 3 o'clock this after
noon. The delay was probably due to
washouts on the Santa Fe-Pacific in
Arizona.
Hon. w. f. Martin, editor of Ell Re-
publicano, of Socorro, in the last issue
of that paper, indorses Captain Max
Luna as a candidate for delegate to con-
gress on the Republican ticket in no un-
mistakable manner.
Willie Novel;, who was the star catch
er of the old Santa Fe team, is back
from Kansas City and will play with
the Santa Fe team in its games against
the Albuquerque Browns in this city on
the nth, Sth and 9th.
George Cross is justly proud of his fine
fruit orchard and berry gardens, for
they are in fine shape and bearing well
and prottably. He entertained a num-
Der of his friends there yesterday, who
sampled the juicy edibles to their hearts
content.
Yesterday the thermometer at the
local weather bureau registered as fol-
lows: Maximum temperature, 81 de-
grees at lis p. M; minimum, Sc de-
grees at 600 a. M. The mean tempera-
ture for the "a hours was SO degrees.
Saturday the thermemoter at the local
weather bureau registered as follows:
Maximum temperature, 70 degrees at 3
p. M; minimum temperature, So de-
grees at 2:15 p. IN. The mean tempera-
ture for the "a hours was SO degrees.
Charles Wagner, an old timer in this
section, says more rain has fallen this
year than in any 20 previous years. He
is an enthusiast over Santa Fe climate,
and his long experience here enables
him to s~ubstantiate the statement that
this climate cheats the world" He
calls attention to the fact that there are
no rats or mosquitoes or tleas and prec-
ious few flies in Santa Fe, and that the
recuperative properties of this climate
are remarkable.
The unwise policy of not providing a
Waterman for the high school building
during vacation has resulted as might
have been expected. Unknown vandals
have been breaking in there, which was
discovered Saturday evening by Mrs.
Berger who lives opposite. She prompt
ly notified School Director Conway who
investigated. He found that boys
had got in through opened
and done considerable damage
to books, maps aa,nd movable property.
Sometime ago All admirer of good
Sister Victoria, who was so .!ohse ~ me
head Of St. Vincent's institution in ms
city, and who is now the superior of one
Of the largest orphanages in the country
at C~umminsville, o., presented
her with a gold watch, but her vow of
not allowing her to keep the
Sister Victoria decided to rattle
1t off, and use the money for the benefit
Of the orphans under her care. Several
in this city took chances On it,;
among them Nicolas Yanni, the shoe
who invested so cents, and
the number selected by him was No.
2240, which won the watch. 1t was
given to him today and is u beauty.
Sister Victoria's many friends in this
city will be glad to hear that the rattle
was a success and that quite an enorm-
amount was realized.
The decoration committee of the
Horticultural fair met this afternoon at
the court house, and owing to the Illness
of Mrs. Rivenburg adjourned to meet at
her residence tomorrow morning at 10
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