Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-08-16
In OFFICIAL CIRCLES.
LOckhart VS.. WOollacott Argued in
Supreme COurt-Amended Art
icles Filed-Official Notes.

In the supreme court this forenoon the
case entitled Henry Lockhart, plaintiff in
error, vs.. j. H. Woollacott, defendant in
error, was argued and submitted. War
rem, FERGUSON and Gillett represented
Lockhart and T. N. Wilkerson represent
ed Woollacott. The amount originally
involved in this case was about $50 and
the costs of the litigation will amount to
$500 or 5000.
AMENDED ARTICLES FILED.
The Santa Fe & Cochiti Railway COM
pany has filed amended articles of in
| corporation with the territorial secretary
reciting that at recent meeting of the
board of directors, presided over by
President Z. H. Bergman, the route OF
said proposed railway was changed as
follows Beginning at point within the
corporate limits of the city of Santa Fe,
N. NJ; thence running by the most prac-
tlcable line southwesterly to and through
| the Canon de las Bocas to the town or
settlement called La Bajada, and thence
| along or near the base of the foothills of
the mesa to or near point on the east
| bank of the Rio Grande del Norte oppo-
site the mouth of the Canon de Cochiti;
thence crossing said river to a point on
the west side there of, and thence con-
timing along or near said Cochiti canon
| to the Pine canon at or near the town of
Alerton; thence in and along Pine canon
to a point at or near the town of Bland
in the mining district of Cochiti.
| OFFICIAL NOTES.
| The records of the United States court
will be removed from Las Cruces to Sill
yer City within few days.
The governor has appointed the fol-
lowing notaries public: A. O. Bailey, of
Columbus, Grant county, and j. D. Nc
Grath, of Guadalupe, Mora county.
Special Master G. w. Knaebe is to day
engaged in taking testimony in the suit
of 7. B. Catron vs.. Saren N. Laughlin, Of
California, involving lands within the
Eaton grant.
A meeting of the cattle sanitary board
is set for the Goth instant. Among other
things the cattle brands will be revised
aud those brands that are not now in use
will be Cancelled off the records.
Translator Jose Segura has completed
the index of the session laws in Spanish
and it was placed in the hands of the
New MEXICAN printers this morning
Hence the laws in Spanish will be ready
in very few days.
The board of regents of the Normal
School of New Mexico has been called to
meet at Silver City on September 2. The
members thereof are Messrs. j. W. Fem-
ing, W. G. Ritch, W. G. Hadley, j. l.. Ma
honey and IL. j. LOOMS.
Judge Bantz has set the Raymond-As-
carate contest case, for the shrlevaly OF
Dona Ana county, for the second day of next
term of court at Silver City, being Sep
TENDER 3. Judge Newcomb appears for
Raymond, Judge Fall for Ascarate.
Andrew jackson Loomis, the brilliant
editor of the Silver City Eagle, has &C.
cepted position in the office of Col
lector of Internal Revenue Shannon at
Santa Fe. He will not stop work on the
Eagle but will run that and the collectors
office to the satisfaction of the people of
the United States and the glory Of the
Democratic party.--Lordsburg Liberal.
Mr.. W. H. Pope, special master in the
suit of John s. Thompson ct al, Va. the
Sandia Mining & Smelling company, is
to-day examining into the correctness of
number of accounts filed against the
company by Leonard Skinner, admins
traitor of the estate of Alex. Rogers. The
amount involved is between $4,000 and
$4,000, the bulk of it being for services
and supplies under Rogers administra-
ton as custodian of the mining property.