Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1900-12-13
LOCAL PARAG RAPHS.

Winter. astronomicaly, begins on the
2ist OF December. and lasts eighty nine
days and .ffty-seven minutes.
In response to a message that a
nephew was seriously III at Flagstaff
Mira. p. O. Cornish left for hat town
last night.
For the past two or three days tn,
Mutual Automatic Telephone company
has been stringing a large cable O n
taining over a hundred wires.
G. II. Young. the division superinten-
dent OF Wells, Fargo Express company,
with headquarters at Denver, II ia tn,
city to-day. making his rounds before
the end of the old year.
Paul Dalies and wife. ami the moth
er of Mrs. Dalics. OF Belen, will enjoy
the Christmas holidays at the old home
In Ripon. Wis. They were here yester
day. but continued to Wisconsin last
night.
Those interested In the famous Pas
sion Play should attend the illustrated
lecture by c. w. Ward at the Congrc-
sational church. Friday evening. Gen
cral admission. % cents. Children un-
Ger IL. 10 cents. Tickets at the DOR
and also on sale at O. A. Ma;son's.
Rev. Father Durante. OF the Old town
Catholic church. preached the festiva'
sermon OF the feast of Guadalupe at the
Guadalupe Catholic church In Santa Il,
yesterday morning. Rev. Father COu
dert. the parish priest OF Bernallllo, was
also at Santa Fe attending the feast.
The "long-looked for" and "fully-ex
pected' basket ball game between tn,
New Mexico university girls and the
Agricultural college girls will rot take
place here or anywhere else during the
holidays. Several members OF the uni
versity team have withdrawn, henct
he postponement.
After a visit to the coal mines of
northern New Mexico, making his last
inspection for the year 1900. Joe Sher.
idan, the territorial coal mine inspec-
tor. came in from Santa Fe last night
and proceeded on the west bound train
for Gallup. where he will inspect the
mines of hat district.
This local item OF interest appears In
h district court notes of Santa r.
county: A judgment In the case OF Noa
Ilfeld vs.. F. C. M~artsolf, given in Au-
gust, 1887, was satisfied to-day. the
amount being 1896. Martsoff. former.
ly lived at Kingston. Sierra county,
and Is now a resident OF Pennsylvania.
Half a million people found their way
to remote Ober Ammergau last sum
mer to witness the marvellous Passion
Play. This subject OF world wide In
terest will be graphically treated at the
Congregational church, Friday night
by c. W. Ward. who, In addition "a
giving his impressions OF the play and
the unique people. win illustrate the
lecture by a series OF ine calcium light
views. Tickets can be had at O. \.
Matson a. Co.'s.
A postal card received from Thornton
this morning reads as follows: THE
promotion and transfer Of former OPP
orator. George w. Smith. TO be agent
at Rowe, has resulted in the promotion
of Samuel IL. Laird to h position of
night operators Job at Thornton. while
Frank Gilchrist will return from San
Pedro and take his old place as gem
eral clerk at Thornton. vice Laird pro-
NOTED. Mr.. Smith and family have
many friends at Thornton, who win
miss them but wish them luck In their
new position and home at Rowe"
Hon. William Andrews, a state sena-
tor OF Pennsylvania. came in last night
accompanied by a mining engineer
and expert. and continued south Ia
Hillsboro, where he Is interested in the
working OF several well paying mines.
Mr.. Andrews is one OF the principal in
corporators Of the Santa Fe. AIbuquer-
que a Pacific railway company. recent
ly Incorporated, and he. with Hon. w.
s. Hopewell, another incorporation, ex-
pect to return to Albuquerque shortly,
when the incorporators will hold an
important meeting here. The mining
engineer who went south with Mr..
Andrews last night. will be the new SUI
p~erlntendent OF his mining interests In
Sierra county.