Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-08-31
TERRITORIAL TOPICS.

The eastern parties who were here la
week bought several handsome tracts
land under the Neruejo irrigation sy
tem.--Raton Ransc.
Sierra note: J. d. Witham and G. l
Martsolf are out in open letters IN tt
Advocate, criticising G. :. Barr's polio
rs newspaper man and politician.
Mr.. Francis Gluten, the wide-awak
manager OF the cattle department, rt
ports cattle quite fat and the mountain
paSturage excellent. Last Tuesday Ii
, sold 200 head of steers to u Nebrusk
party for $2l per head. Range.
Says the American Banker and Finar
cial Examiner, published in New York
Mora county, n. NJ, bonds for Il cour
house were purchased by NJ. Brunswic
and Jacob Stern, OF Las Vegas, the fOrme
taking $5O,U00 aud the latter 100000.
Davi lson brothers have iifty-acr
field OF corn on the road between Silve
City and Fort Bayard, which will yield
good average crop Tor Kansas or Illinois
and yet it has not been plowed durin
the seuson. Who said New Mexico Wa
Il desert, any way ?-Enterprise.
The attention of the court was occu
pied IRON Thursday OF last week unit
Wednesday night of this week by tn,
civil case OF Bolton vs. DJak. The jur
was out but ten minutes, and returned,
verdict in favor OF Bolton for $500, til,
amount clalmed.-Silver City Enterprise
Eight car loads OF cattle were recent
shipped from Arizona TO California. Ow
Ing to the extreme hot weather torty-Unt
head had died when the train reached
san Bernadino. The country is so yer,
warm that not only cattle, but human
beings suffer terribly in travelling over the
in bad health have often sucCumbed t
the intense heat.
A little book now in course Of prepara
ton, that will create considerable Interest
throughout New Mexico, is the one by
Prof. Charles Longuenure, editor ant
proprietor OF the Ell Paso Bullion, min
Ing paper OF wide circulation and struns
| influence. 1t consists OF interesting re
niniscenceS OF the writer since the advent
OF the AtchisOn, Topeka ~ Santa te rail
way this side OF the Ration mountains.
Since the Rio Giande went dry, or rather
had all the water appropriated Tor rri ,ulion
purposes, the cattle are having Il very
hard time Of it. They will wander in
search of water and frequently bring up
on some corn or other agricultural patch.
1t requires u vast amount of good nature
OH the part OF all parties to keep down
feelings of indignation; but then wisdom
is the better part of valor.-Las Cruces
News.
The complaint OF hard times in New
Mexico is bat the echo OF the same COM
plant everywhere else, and we have no
more to giumble about than the people to
the north, south, east and west OF lis.
There is nothing abnormal in the situa-
ton, nothing whatever to scare people
into gloomy predictions of approaching
catastrophe, and no reason why We should
lose our hearty and hopeful grip upon the
duties and Interests OF our daily iiveS.-
Las Vegas Optic.
Hon. G. B. Eddy, OF the Pecos valley,
passed up the road to Denver yesterday.
lie says that all the heavy work Oh the
large canal has been completed, covering
Il length Ol ei-hteen miles, and by the lst
of next January he will have water on
IOO, 900 acres Of land The town of Eddy
is III Il very prosperous condition the con
tract has been let Tor constructing Il go,
w. hotel, 6JJ, 900 brick are being burned,
one OF the finest lime kllns III the territory
is about to LIE fired up and there is q gen
era air of thrift and business about tie
place and people.
A quarrel took place at Isleta on feast
day between j. Frank Claves, Jr., and
Frank Romero, son OF l.. Placldo Romero.
They were finally separated by Sheriff
perea aud Deputy Sheriff Ilubbell, who
put both the belligerents under arrest.
The Indians commenced to Ogather around
the officers, and swore that they intended
taking the prisoners from them. For u
time serious trouble WAS threatened. The
officers were compelled to draw their
guns, and the Indians seeing that it was
useless further attempt to rescue the
prisoners, became quiet again. -Albu-
querque Citizen.
Albuquerque water note: The water
works con pany OH Thursday afternoon
and Friday morning sunk u three inch
pipe in the bottom Of the old well. When
1t rea. he'd the stratum to which the inch
and one-eighth pipe had previously been
sunk, flow of water was obtained which
discharges from the mouth of the pipe
some five feet from the bottom Of the we'll
at the rate of about 100 gallons to the
minute, or 1900 gallons Il day. Another
pipe of the same size was at once started
but short distance from the first. 1t is
expected to reach the stratum Of water
some time to-day. and il the second
pipe does not deract from the flow OF the
first several such pipes will he sunk at
once.