Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-06-01

stated at the chamber of commerce meet
ing Yesterday that large grading outfit
were now in western Kansas III the in
terest of the Rock Island railroad, and that
the company were preparing to extend
their line from Liberal westward. A
committee from the chamber will be ap-
pointed to look into the matter and induce
the railroad people to extend their line to
Trinidad this season if possible. -Chroni.
Gle.
Mexican circles up at Farmerville above
town have been excited for several days
over an elopement one night the fore part
of last week of Herculano Chaves and
Mrs. Bensis Lujan. Chaves leaves wife
and seven children, one of which was
only a few days old. Mrs. Lujan' leaves
one child. Her husband was absent at
the Delaney ranch on the Hondo. Pur-
suit was made of the parties but they
were not overtaken. Rocco Baldonado
lost two horses about the time the parties
eloped, and it is thought they took them.
Chaves, before leaving borrowed two
saddles, u Winchester and revolver
Lincoln Banner.
! Recent floods did much damage to the
big dam recently constructed in the Cana
dian river on the Montoya grant, the
property sold by Mr.. Wilson Wadding-
ham to the New Mexico Land & Irriga-
ton company, Of which Mr.. Willard
Brown, the corporation attorney Of New
York, is pl resident, he being now on the
ground there to note improvements.
About fifty feet OF the middle of the big
costly dam were entirely swept away, and
some of the remainder of the structure on
the south end was considerably shaken
up. Repairs are already under way.
Folsom note: Frank James, brother
of Jesse James, the noted desperate who
leaders of the notorious James boys BAND,
came up from the south this morning on a
Union Pacific train bound for Colorado,
and he was accompanied by the notorious
Belle Starr. Frank James is man
about five feet ten inches in height, of
good physique and looks to be about 40
years old. His is rather hard look
ing and his small sparkling eyes are very
restless. He has sandy mustache
and goatee, and his complexion shows
that he has lived in the open air.
Deming's new railroad: Bishop John.
son received on Monday last official
notice of the approval by the Mexican
government of the surveys and plat of
the second section of the North Pacific
railway. This section is below the line,
10 New Mexico. Work is now in prog
ress on the grade of another section of
twenty-five kilometers, on which 100
teams are at work, and which will be
completed and ready for approval in two
weeks. Bishop johnson re-
ceived word from John W. Young, New
York, on Tuesday, that the work of grad
ing on the Mexican Northern Central
must be pushed vigorously, as track lay
ing must begin before the lst Of July, and
that the track must be laid at the rate of
two miles day from that time.
Hon. Israel King and the Hewlett
brothers, of the Mimbres, closed a sale of
their ranches last week to Chicago par
ties headed by A. G. Spaulding, ex-presi-
dent Of the National base ball league. 1t
is Mr.. Spaulding's intention to fix up ele-
CANT winter quarters for his team on the
Mimbres, where the boys will be able TO
work during the winter. Mr.. King dis
posed of nearly 900 acres of land and
the Hewlett brothers of about 1900.
The consideration is somewhere in the
neighborhood of $4,000 or $4,000. A
dam will be built across the river, and
1000 or 5000 acres of land set out in
orchards and vineyards. The deal was
worked through F. W. Smith, of Las
Cruces.-Enterprise.
The Silver City Enterprise says: Since
the last issue of the Enterprise definite
word has been received that another body,
decayed beyond recognition, was found on
the Blue about a mile below the cabin
where Nat Whittam was killed. Both
men we're no doubt killed by the same
band of Indians. There is also a rumor
afoat which so far lacks confirmation,
that family was killed on Eagle creek,
which is not many miles distant from
the Blue. Two detachments from Fort
Bsyard, are in the field. One of the de-
tachments is in the Hachitas with orders
that if trail is found to follow it, and il
necessary to cross the line into Mexico
to send word to Fort Bayard. 81 far, il
would not seem that there is occasion fo1
t a general alarm, but no doubt severa
more killings will take place. The En-
terprise will make every effort possible tt
give the Indian news.