Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-06-02

spri i. and are committing numerous
depredatic 4" number of young colts
have been A.iled. Calves are also favor
lite game for these sly beasts, and losses
in this line have been considerable.
While digging post holes for corral
near Eagle, last week, John Slade un-
earthed skeleton. Further investiga-
tion in the same neighborhood revealed
three complete skeletons. From the
shape of the skulls, the bones are sup
posed to have been those of Indians.
Thomas Scales has put small crew to
work on his Godstone property situated
at Camp Kingsbury, three miles north of
Grafton. The pay streak in this mine is
five feet wide carrying an average value
of $50 IN gold and Is ounces in silver to
the ton.
EDDY COUNTY.
Lake Mcmillan reservoir is to be en-
larged.
Vice President Faulkner is expected
home from the east on June 8.
Eddy county is credited by the weather
bureau with having the highest monthly
mean temperature for April, which was
61.9 degrees.
Christ Nolby, farmer from Colorado,
is recent arrival in the Pecos valley.
He will cultivate one of the futile tracts
near Florence.
Bids will be opened today by the board
of regents of the New Mexico Military
Institute at Roswell, for the erection of a
building for that school
The teachers normal institute for Eddy
county will probably be held some time
during the month of August. County
Superintendent Fred Nymeyer has select
ed Miss Pratt as q competent person to
have charge of such Institute.
ooLFAx COUNTY.
The ladies of the Catholic church at
Ration are to hold church fair in the
near future, the proceeds to be devoted
to the new church soon to be erected in
that town.
LINCOLN COUNTY.
The jails of Lincoln county are report
ed EN- pity and the churches are full. The
millennium realized in measure.
GRANT COUNTY.
Two outfits, the G. O. s. and Crowfoot,
shipped 1900 cattle from Silver City last
week.
J. a. Mahoney shipped crate of oats
from Deming to Weerns Il Anderson at
Sepsr on last Thursday.
Silver City has building boom on.
There are several business houses under
way and half dozen or so of new resi-
dences in course of construction.
The old railroad grade from Deming to
Palomas is being resuryeyed by q party
of civil engineers under the direction of
j. f. Smith. The building of the new
road south into Old Mexico seems to be
assured.
The practical jokers of Deming held a
kangaroo court in saloon on last Tues
day evening, and tried Kansas man on a
trumped up charge. After due delibera-
tions the victim was found guilty and
placed under $500 bond. Wednesday
morning the gentleman from the Sun
flower state sneaked into II cattle car and
departed, believing he was evadlng the
law.
Ilduh uHbCulSs, u CuWDVy III WIG GIL pioy
of the G O. s. Cattle com pauy, was am
pushed by a oowardly assassin early one
morning last week, and had narrow es-
cape. Three shots were fired at him, one
passing through the pommel of his saddle,
another through his clothing and the
third killing his horse. Hatchiss pulled
a revolver as soon as he could and fired
through the darkness in the direction
from whence the shots came, and his as.
sailant ran away.
BERNALILLO COUNTY.
The next fair at Albuquerque will open
September u and last six days.
Hail and rain are causing sheep to die
by the thousands in the Wales country.
The stages between Thornton and Sui
phur springs are making regular trips.
The citizens of Bland are of the opin-
ion that bridge should be built across
the Rio Grande at Cocbiti.
Henry Woods, one of the owners of the
Lone Star, and other valuable Cochiti
mining property, Tom Benson and Clar.
ence Chandler, both interested in mines
in this district, have gone to the country
above Embudo, where they will investi
gate the properties belonging to Jack
Thomas, who left Bland last fall in a very
mysterious manner and has not beer
heard from since.
TAOS COUNTY.
Two footpads we'll armed, held up Mat
Yore, on the road between Red River City
and Elizabethtown last week and robbed
him of $40 and a reyOlvar
One day last week, W. I. Jones of Rec
River City, while riding on the running
geer of wagon, caught his foot on {
stump, and had his leg broken in two
places.
On Tuesday of last week, the Antonite
stage, while on the way to Red River City
was swamped in the high waters of Rec
river and the passengers given rough
treatment. The stage, two horses, ant
all baggage were swept down stream anc
lost. Foreman Booth, of the Merrich
Tunnel company lost $4,000 which was il
a satchel; Attorney Dugan of Pueblo
lost all his clothing, legal papers, $l7 il
cash and was badly bruised; Attorne,
Riley of Antonito, lost all his persona
effects including the testimony taken il
the Red RIVER City townsite injunction
suit; young physician from Atlantic
City, N. j., saw everything he had but tn
clothes on his person carried away. No live
were lost, and the passengers were tskel
in by the Mexicans living near and fe,
] aud dried out.