Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-09-03
MINOR CITY TOPICS.

City council will meet in regular
session this evening.
The train from the west on the Santa
Fe railroad, was several hours late today.
The county commissioners will meet
tomorrow forenoon to appoint boards of
registration.
Regular communication of Montezuma
lodge No. l A. f. & A. M, this even
ing, at Masonic hall, at s o'clock.
The Santa Fe railroad announ ,es spe-
cial rates for the Republican and the
Democratic conventions at Santa Fe
next month.
Passenger train No. 2 of the Santa Fe
railroad Was delayed eight hours on Sat
urday by a bridge burning down near
Seligman, Arizona.
The city board of education will this
evening hold an important meeting at
which the salary question of the ianitors
will be thoroughly ventilated.
Contractor A. Windsor has today
completed the plastering at the new
girls dormitory at the government In
dian school. He is also completing the
renovation work at the Palace hotel.
A badger fight in the Commercial Club
rooms Oh Saturday evening was wit
messed by a large crowd of business men
and clerks. A young clerk held the
badger and had to ''set 'er up" after the
fray.
A. M. Dettelbach this forenoon paid
for the Continental Fire company, S.
R. Hinckley, the fire damage to his
building occupied by A. Walker & Co.,
caused by the fire of the Santa Fe Mer
camille cOmpany's store q few weeks
ago.
All who are interested in the study Of
prehistoric archaeology are asked tc
meet at the courthouse, Tuesday night
at $3.50 o'clock. President Hewett, o.
the New Mexico Normal university a.
Las Vegas, will be present. He will
make In address and will organize a uni
versity extension class for those inter
ested in that subject.
At the Palace: John S. Clark, r. e
T%witchell, Las Vegas; B. s. Calkins
Denver; Mr.. and Mrs. H. B. Jones
Pueblo; Miss Mills, Miss Waldo, Kan
sas City; w. E. Osborne, New York; +
H. MCGEE, Denver; E. A. Carr, Albu.
querque; Victor B. Bloom, New York;
George w. Bowen, Denver; W. M
Weaver, Gallup; John 7. Kebler, Den.
YER; j. Finn and wife, George Baca
Madrid; s. S. Matthews, Ohio; A. A
Keen, Albuquerque; Miss F. M. Benja-
min, Scranton, Pa; H. Irby Knox and
wife, East Las Vegas: A. B. Fall, Las
Cruces; w. A. Hawkins, Alamogordo
George P. Money, East Las Vegas; r.
III. Pierce, Las Vegas; MI. and Mrs. A.
w. Craig. Philadelphia; c. l.. Pollard,
Espanola.
The following registered at the Ex-
change since Saturday: Alexander
Read and family, Park View; John
Hanson, Alamosa; Belle Steele, Tesu-
que; A. F. Frederick, Denver; r. B,
Johnson and wife, California;; Frank
Johnson, Arizona; w. E. Westland, AL
buquerque; r. A. Hines, Bland; r. L.
Poole, Red River; Ellis Jones and wife,
Ration.
James Spivy was to-day appointed
jailer at the county Jail, Sheriff H. s,
Kinsell making the appointment. Sixto
Garcia will also retain his position as
jailer, and the Jail in the future will
have two jailers to look after it,
Eight wild ducks We're shot this
morning by T. A. Herlow in the real
of his home on Water street. 1t is rath-
err early for teal to make their appear.
ance in this section, and old weather
prognosticators say that it means ar
early and severe winter.
Letters addressed to the following are
held at the p%ostoffice for postage OF
more explicit address: Esquipula Baca
Pena Blanca; Ramon Gallegos, Estu.
fita; Arbuckle Bros, New York; jose
A. Roybal, Bland, and George H. Nor.
gan, Decatur, Ill.
The public schools opened to-day
! with a good attendance. After the pu-
pills had been assigned to their rooms
and been told what school books to gel
the schools let out until tomorrow
morning.
The largest number of guests thus fal
this year were at dinner at the Palace
hotel yesterday. Over a score of local
people took advantage of the excellent
dinner served at the hotel.
Seven Santa Fe boys and girls left
this morning for Lawrence, Kan,
where they will attend the Haskell In
dian industrial institute. Onefre Pa
dilla was In charge of the children.
A a load Of undertaking supplies
arrived this morning for Charles Wag-
ner, and are being stored at his place
of business on San Francisco street.
The offices at the capitol, at the fed
eral building, and most of the offices at
the court house were closed to-day on
account of it being Labor day.
Col. G. w. Knaebel represents five of
the creditors of Harrison & O'Brien,
and not the firm, in the assignment
which 1t made on Saturday.
A meeting of the trustees of the Deaf
and Dumb Asylum will be held this
evening, at which important business
will be transacted.
s.. Lowitzki has secured for his sta
bles the fine trotter owned by A. Gus
dorf, which Is the speediest horse in
Santa Fe.
Probate court met in brief session this
forenoon, but it being Labor day, the
court adjourned until tomorrow fore
noon
The drouth was broken by a steady
rain which set in yesterday noon and
continued until this evening.
The opening of court to-day brought
many strangers and visitors to the
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