Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-06-06

400 people in various parts OF the
United States.
The coal mines at Carthage
have been double shifted in order
to got out coal enough to supply
their orders from the Rio Grande
division Of the Santa Fe.
Pursuant TO a late law Governor
Thornton, Treasurer Palen and
Auditor Perez have arranged to
change certain New Mexico in
debtedness into 5 per cent bonds,
the smallest bond to be not less
than 800.
An order has been given to sink
the 1000 foot artesian well in
Eddy 500 feet deeper, if necessary
to procure a good supply of water.
The machinery taken away is to
be replaced and work begun at
once. j. b. Fowler, Of Waco, is
the contractor.
Hon. Z. s. Slower end family
have returned from the Worlds
fair and ON the LIST proximo Mrs.
Slower and son Roddy will leave
for a soiourn in southern Califor-
MIA. The governor expresses him
self well pleased with the New
Mexico exhibit, but says a much
better showing could be made had
New Mexico a building all TO her
self.
The rifle used by the murderer,
Cecillio Lucero, in his atrocious
deed was found by a son of Capt.
Jose Santos Esquivel, in a clump of
bushes near Las Vegas. The stock
was besmeared with blood, brains
and hair, showing conclusively
that the weapon, after having been
fred off, had been used to beat the
victims almost beyond recogni-
ton.
Letters from Chicago complain
of the fruit exhibit from Dona
Ana, saying i. is a disgrace to the
valley. Orders have been tele-
graphed to withdraw it. We
thought it was decided to make no
exhibit until we had ripe fruit.
We should like to know who is
responsible for sending a few bot
ties of inferior canned fruit and a
lot of shriveled up apples.-Rio
Grande Republican.
A sad accident occurred at the
South Homestead mine at White
Oaks, last week. AS young Rob
Lee was drilling into a miss-shot
hole, an explosion occurred, result
ing in the loss of an eye, the tear
ing away of his left hand and a
a fearful laceration of one of his
legs. He never lost consciousness
and his first remark, supposing
that both eyes had been blown
out, was on never see my wife
and baby again" He was taken
home and died three days later.
William Cotton, who has lived
in this district for the past twelve
years, has decided to cast his LOT
among us. He has purchased an
interest in the Mcpherson estab.
lishment on the corner opposite
the Hillsborough Mercantile Co
store. Mr.. Cotton Is a business
man in every sense of the wore
and what money he has made il
the county has been invested in
its mines and other natural re.
sources. We welcome Mr.. Cotton
as a resident Of our town and pre-
dict for Mcpherson and Cotton q
full portion Of the patronage Of
the miners and other citizens Of
our camp.-Advocata
What came very near being &
fatal accident occurred at the resi-
dence of Deputy Sheriff J. w
johnson last Saturday evening
A gun which had been in the "un
loaded" state for some time, being
returned to it's owner by Mastei
Frank Kepler and when in the &C
of handing it over to the owne.
Master Lon johnson, Frank point
ed the gun at Lon in a playful
manner, saying, "IH shoot YOU
pulled the trigger. OFF she went
filling Ions face, breast and necl
with shot Happily the gun wa
only lightly loaded, the charge 0
powder being very light and tn.
shot of the smallest size, the sho
entering the flesh but slightly
DR.. Edmunson was called at ono,