Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1899-08-25
MADRID COMING TO Tab FAIR
People OF the Coal District Will be
on Hand.
BATCH OF INTERESTING NOTES.

8lfANhA ShlNtHlthA'hNt'
Madrid, n. NJ, Aug. 81 found the
people OF Madrid. a. we'll rs other places
| visited. somewhat skeptical OF fair
promises. I'VE are all coming down
they would say, but we would not be dis
appointed II W. do not see anything
we do not expect to. Still we are very
glad to bring our families down to Albu.
querque once a year, for IL comes the
nearest to being a real city Of any town
in New Mexico"
/ assured them that II they came to the
fair expecting to see nothing, that they
would surely be disappointed more 30
even, than they have ever been In past
years.
The new Catholic church here Ia near
ing completion, and will bs ready for
dedication In q few weeks. The church
debt has not all been cleared of yet. and
all the Catholic ladies in the camp are
preparing to give an ice cream social. to
raise u portion OF the money required
Father Gilberton OF Santa Fe, will
preach every alternate Sunday, after the
church has been dedicated.
Madrid has a young but ambitious
musical band of seventeen pieces, with
Mr.. Arson, for leader. Ii was only or
ganized last spring. but IT Ia composed
OF some highly gifted musicians, and
with practice they will become a first
class band In a year or two.
| met several people here from Usage
City, Kan. who are old friends OF Mar
shall McMillin, OF Albuquerque. Gus
Olson, r clerk in the company sore, and
Gus johnson. who has the name Of being
the biggest and stoutest miner In the
camp, we're plsymates OF the marshall a.
boys. johnson and McMiliin were both
members OF the Usage City base bal
team for several years.
johnson and Olson are both Swedes
The latter il the frat man that | hay,
met in New Mexico with that name
True. he IL q little less prodigal with TN
letters OF the alphabet than | am. but l
il all the same. Our more celebrated
and more numerous brother. Ole. still
pursues the quiet tenor Of his way in tn
cold northwest, utterly obliyious to tn
sunny attractions OF New Mexico.
VIM. Fitzpatrick, who represented
Santa Fe county In the last territorial
legislature. IL now a resident OF Madri'
and An employe OF the Coal company.
Madrid seems well supplied with frat
class boarding houses. One would hard
ly get more satisfaction out OF a meal n
the Palmer house in Chicago, than | &c
out OF the meals that | ate at the board
ing house OF John Thompson. From III
contented expressions on the faces OF III
boarders at Mrs. J. y. Murphy's hous'
after meals. I jumped at the conclusion
that they were we'll fed, too.
The coal miner OF to-day bears som
resemblance to the printer OF ten year
ago. Last Saturday WAS pay day al.
the mine was obliged to close down u
noon Monday, owing to the fact that r
? many of the miners were incapacitste
|, Tor manual labor.
one OF the characters in the camp
Dominick Bruno, u worthy c0untryma
of Garibaldi. and he rides "a hobby. For
day or two after pay day, no made 1t
practice to hunt up his friends and sin
Italian grand opera to them. heard on
; OF his free concerts and Was delighte
with 1t.
4. Goldinge, the merchant at San Pedrt
> WIS., tel with MIR. and Mrs. Gus Olson {
= Sunday.
! O1car Browne. representing the Sa
3 francisco Examiner, Ia In the camp 4
y day soliciting subscribers.
U Mrs. T. Harris, the postmistress her
although a democrat and a Cleveland al
pointee. Ia an exception to the bourbC
= rule and has sent In her resignation
tho department In Washington.
Charles Schroeder, we'll known In A
9 buquerque, IL the baker ut the company
a bakery here.
Timothy Smith. who has held the T
sponsible position OF chief clerk for Il
Coal company at this point for over =
years, IL the most popular man In can
with all classes. Although a liber
A sprinkling Of gray In his hair and mu
tache gives him away. in every other II
Il spect hia sun seems to be still climbin
. the eastern sky. and one would almo
q take an oath that he was Just "twen'
to night" D. o..