Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-01-31

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ready seven Of the best horses OF
the country are there training and
several more r going.
There is a petition displayed in
the postofice at Marlborough TO
the postohce department 20 change
the name of Marlborough to Hills
boro. Postmaster Smith says the
department will do it if the petit
ton is general enough.
While hunting for game in the
mountains the other day, Jake
Reidlinger and John Angler claim
to have discovered a rich lead OF
gold ore. Some Of the rock that
they brought home and washed
proved to be quite rich. They
have located it and will develop il
when they can.-Advocate.
Joe Young and w. d. Griffith
have made a strike Of considera-
BILE importance in the Rumpus
mine in the Shakespeare district.
They have got about a foot of
ore that appears to be very vel
liable as there is plenty of chic
ride in it.
On February LIST, the south
western headquarters of the Broth
erhood of Railway Employees of
America will be removed to Albu-
querque from Winslow, Ariz.
An extensive brick = making
plant is in full operation at Vim
ton, a new station between Canu-
tillo and Anthony. They now
are employed in making pressed
brick for new Fort Bliss, four
miles from Ell Paso, and will soon
place the product on the market.
There is a good deal Of quiet
and earnest talk going on among
several of our local capitalists
about putting in waterworks in
Hillsborough. The cost is esti-
mated at 5000 and it is predicted
that the enterprise would pay for
itself in two years at most.-Ad-
cate.
For over a week past the new
pump put up by the Old Abe Co.
at their we'll at White Oaks, has
been testing the capacity of the
we'll with highly satisfactory re,
suits. 1t has been demonstrated
beyond peradventure that the com
pany has a supply of water more
than double its requirements. TIL,
water problem is a question of tn
past.
Work on the Roswell Eddy tele
, phone line is being pushed as rap
idly as possible. Contractor j. A
Mclean states that poles hav
l been distributed for a distance o
about forty-fve miles and that tn
> wire is stretched on poles erecte,
for about twelve miles. Som
, difficulty was experienced for tn
first few miles out of Eddy on &C
count of the post holes having t
be drilled in solid rock.
Tuesday night was lively. Abou
' one hundred men remained up a
1 night to "see her through" Abou
? IL p. m, when there were abou
I half a dozen men in dad" Perkins
: place gathered around the era
tables presided over by Thoi
. Dobbins, a gentleman Of large ga.
with a white ducking mask draw
3 over his face walked in and wit
revolver ready for action, politel
d requested those present TO hold u
their hands. Hands went vi
Q He then helped himself to tn
Il funds on the crap table. This al
Q complished, he departed as myst'
3 riously as he came, having obtair
ed about 1856. OF course thi
. produced some excitement, bu
chase was not given TO the maske
: gentleman of gall until he wa
out of sight. The mask wa
O found between Perkins place an
the postofice, and later on the Ell
} tire amount of money was foun
= in a manger, across Pine stree
s An arrest was made and trial {
a party supposed to be connecte
l. with the hold-up. Prelimina1
IS examination was held before II
justice of the peace, which resul
h ed in the acquittal OF the suspec
ed ~party.-Kingston Cor. Adv
cate.
n - To protect u
"a - public from frau
g and imposition
NH kha aemeffna F4nl