Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-08-26
TERRITORIAL TOPICS.

o. L. Scott is under indictment at Sill
yer City for wife beating. The testimony
of his little children did the business.
Socorro note: Burk, the Albuquerque
Wigglns, who announced n rain for Sun
| day evening, came as near to 1t as the
boy did togetting the dog. He proph-
esied, but it didn't come.
Magdalena miners passed strong reso-
lutions iorninst the free importation OF
Mexican lead ores, and take advantage OF
the opportunity to give Ell paso What ii
deserves for attempting to speak for the
miners of New Mexico in this matter.
Albuquerque note: The water works
company were hard at work yesterday
sinking to greater depth the lipe they
| had previously driven i'll the bottom OF
the old well. They propose testing the
water condition of the strata under the
city to depth OF 100 feet.
No matter how dry things may got in
this territory, Socorro is always assured OF
II water supply amply sufficient for all
domestic purposes. While Albuquerque
and Ell Paso are suffering for water, our
glorious spring continues to pour out it,
immense stream and nothing can stop it
but an earthquake. You can not build Il
city without water. Socorro has plenty
of it for a large city, and we will he
pleased to see Albuquerque and Ell Past
moved here.-Advertser.
Saysthe Socorro Advertiser: New Mex
leo should take some steps toward pre-
venting Colorado from taking all the water
from the Rio Grande. lfprorlty OF usage
gives u priority Of right to the water then
this territory is certainly entitled to the
water. The people of Colorado should moi
be permitted to turn all the water OF the
Rio Grande into their irrisating bitches
and deprive New Mexico users OF it. The
fact is, New Mexico has at least the
PRIOR right, 10y at least go years, and the
sooner their ri ht is demanded and ell
forced the better it will he for this terri
tory.
The investigation into the affairs OF the
defunct bank of Socorro shows tina
another grand fraud has been perpetratet
upon the public. 1t was concluslveIl
shown that from the beginning to tht
end the law had been violated IN ever.
particular. From the evidence it appear
that the sO-called bank was organized II
1884, with an alleged capital OF $4,000
From the affidavit on file in The oii'e
the probate clerk, it appears that the sun
of $l5 900 in cash was put up, but iron
the evidence it appears that the capital
that time was paid blythe individual noit
of the stockholders, and these notes We
carried as loans and discounts or bills re
ceivable.
Judge W. C. Hazeldine, solicitor %
the Atlantic & Pacific road, passeC
through this morning on q special car
accompanied by his family, en- route
from his home in Albuquerque TO Chi
cago, where he goes to attend to some
legal matters for his road, and also to rep
resent New Mexico at the approaching
session OF the American Bar association
which shorty convenes in that city. This
will be the first time that New Mexico
will have been represented in this eminen
body, and the honor has been worthlly
bestowed upon Judge Hazeldine. The
judge will yet back in time to attend thu
constitutional convention, to which n
has been elected as delegate. Optic.