Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1892-07-12
Territorial Items.

rs the United States custom
house.
Several more Cinnamon have
been talen IN by the customs Off
cials at and near Deming the past
week. Another batch will leave
there for the howory kingdom via
San Francisco sometime during |
the week.
The directors OF the Old and
New Mexico Improvement Com
pany, at Deming, passed rcsolu-
tions on Thursday to donate to
the Mexican Northern Railway
Co., limited. sufficient ground for
depot and general terminal pur-
poses.
Col. Geo. w. Gregg has COM
menced the work of constructing
the dam for his irrigation reser-
yoir in the dry Berenda near Lake
Valley. he has ten men en-
ployed and expects to have the dam
finished by the beginning of the
rainy season.
There has been a good deal of
sickness among the children in
Lordsburg the past week. They
seem to be suffering from a sort of
whooping cough, which, taken
with the extreme warm weather of
the past week, has been very try
ing on the babies.
Mr.. Walter G. Hadley concluded
his inspection of the mines of ST.
ezra county on last Saturday, and
returned home to make his report
to the Santa Fe Railroad company,
and which will decide the question
of the proposed construction of
the Lake Valley and Hillsborough
railroad.
The "Four-Leaved Glover" is
the title Of an operetta that is to
be presented during tho latter part
of this month at Deming for the
benefit of the Episcopal church.
1t is very beautiful play. Mrs.
S. M. Ashenfelter is training a
number of the young people OF
the town for its presentation, and
with marked success.
Tom Tong, a young Chinamau
who has lived in Lordsburg fol
several years, but went back tc
China about a year ago, has turned
up again. He said he came back
by San Francisco, and that his
picture is OH file in San Francisco
and Washington. He says thaf
China was too dull for him to live
in after being in America.
Mr.. Allaire is expected in Dem
ing in a very few days to com
mence the construction of the can
aigre extract buildings. The plans
! are practically decided upon
There will be two buildings, ont
36x72 feet, and the other 40x7.
feet, each two stories, and of brick
There will be $500 cubic feet 0
brick wall. All the machinery
including steam engine, will be ol
the way in a very short time, an,
t on hend ready to be placed as sool
( as the buildings are ready TO
9 them.
The man appointed to tax
o charge of the New Mexico miners
i exhibit at the Worlds Fair, Majo
h Llewellyn says, will be one entirel
f conversant with the mineral rC
/ sources of each county and wi
n be required to give bonds for tn
It safe keeping and safe return {
: each and every cabinet forwerde,
: Owners of individual cabinets 70
! warded can place a price on the
: collections ana will get an offici
= receipt therefor, and thus be pr
It tected against all loss. The SAM
% Fe railroad company will furnis
e free transportation for the exhibit
o Contractor Reinhart is carryir
II work along in d.steGdy and substa
10 tial manner at the Court Hou
1t at Hillsborough, the first story
s which is now fully reared. I
n has been greatly bothered by Il
'e high winds, but will complete d
p building on contract time, neve
IN theless. The clerks Office
n- Webster, assessors Office for Pa
n ker, and sheriff's Office for Sande
u are large and roomy apartmer
y with fre-proof vaults. The coul
ne room will be in the upper sto
us and win be one of the finest ia {
ID Territory. Charley Anderson h
! donated the building a large squa
lava stone to be set in the 0ri
y work in a prominent part Of I