Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-01-13
CITY OF MEXICO.
Growth of Suburbs About the Republics
Capital

There is continual investment being
made here by far-seeing people in suburb
an lois and the upward tendency in
prices insures Il good profit to careful
buyers. AtZcapotZalco. Il suburb famous
for the softllcSS and purity of its air.
Is experiencing Il genuine building boom.
This most ancient town was, i'll days
before the Spanish conquest. the home OF
the Indian gold and silver smiths. Their
really exquisite work was sold at the
weekly fair held III this city, on the now
vacant land III front of the general post
office, where the coming national theatcr
! is 10 be built. Popotla and Santa Maria
which many Of US can remember as Strag
Cling villages, are fast being built UP into
metropolitan anneXcs.
Tlalpam. with its abundant water sup
| ply and picturesque surroundings, is
| growing continually. and more and more
people are going to live there all the year
l, It is 4 very healthy suburb. aud
the electric ears make it accessible. Coyo-
acan, where the Conquistador Cortez
built his rural residence. and which in
former times had so warm Il. climate as
70 permit .tlse growing OF sugar cane.
! has become a handsome town of modern
houses. often OF great size and luxurious
furnishing. Land has advanced here, one
may say, by the 1000 per cent. 1t is q
town Of comfort and refinement, and its
gardens are large and delightful.
Ihe formerly vacant spaces between
Iacubaya and Mexico are fast being
make lots very desirable. San Pedro de
los Plnos already has 4 large foreign
residential population, and is destined TO
grow rapidly. MiXcoac is fest becoming
small city. and is favorite place OF
residence Between Mixcoac and San
Angel are the high lands around the sta
ton OF La Gina. with commanding views
ana the freshest Of air. At this point
new houses have gone up and Il large
'colonia' is planned. Lands in that re-
glon are going. to be very valuable. San
Angel. formerly "temporada'' suburb
eNcluslvely' IS noted for its extensive gar
denS and huertaS. 1t has the advantage
OF two electric lines to the caDitaI. one
direct. the other via Coyacan. and it's To-
cal government is energetic and progress
slye. Houses of large size and cost are
bulldlng or have just been completed, in
vanced from 100 to 800 per cent in the
last two or three years.-Mexican Herald.
Dog Had Enough.
w. ii. Hughes, who lives in the
Goshen vicinity, says he was driving
along the public road in a two-horse
wagon several days ago reverently sing
ing a hymn tune, and that when passing
the residence Of Scott Medley. Mrs. Fan
ME Medley, his wife, came out on the
front porch and took a shot at him with
a pistol, at the same time hurting an
opprobrious epithet at him; but lie kept
on singing and drove on. He according
~ had her arrested and she was tried
before Squire Hunter.
Mrs. Medley denied shooting at
Hughes, but says she shot at Il '.yaller'
dog that had been sucking eggs all sum
mer.
She also stated that she had good
dog once that sucked eggs. but she broke
him and did not kill him. County At
torney Thomas became interested at
once, for he had Il bird dog which may
at some time contract the habit, and
he said to the witness:
Mrs Medley, low did you break your
doc from sucking eggs?''
why" she said, Il fixed up a couple
of eggs with cayenne pepper and to-
bacco in 'en, and made him eat 'em, and
he's had distaste for eggs ever since"
Mrs. Medley was misunderstanding
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