Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-12-12
Territorial Items.

tance of 36O feet, and was instant
ly killed.
Last week the Springer public
school building was publicly dedi-
Gated with impressive ceremonies.
The new building is a handsome
and commodious structure and the
good people at the county seat are
proud of it.
Letters are constantly being re-
ceived at this Office from all quar-
ters showing plainly that many
eyes are turned this way looking
for homes and investments. San
Juan Times.
$1,000 worth Of wool was sold
as the fall clip of the herd of An
CORA goats which Ed Brown is adj
vertising for sale. Mr.. Brown is
in correspondence with several
eastern people regarding the sale
Of the flock through this adver-
tisement and Will probably soon
close a deal.-San Marcial Report
er.
Cpnsignmenfs oe salt7fro Pi-
nos Wells country, are arriving in
the city daily. When the Pecos
Valley road shall have been COM
rleted to this city, which will be
at an early day, the traffic in salt
from the Pinos Wells country will
be no small item Of commerce for
the road and for this city.-Op-
tic.
The editor Of Spanish paper
at Ell Paso is under arrest, charg-
ed with violation of the neutral
| ity laws. His name is Victor l..
Ochoa, and he formerly published
a Spanish paper at Las Vegas.
He is charged with sending re-
cruits to the rebels in the state of
chihuahua, and is in Jail awaiting
trial.-Citizen.
At the feast of San Andreas at
Los Padillas, Jose Ignatio Mon
toya, lately pardoned out of the
penitentiary for the killing of a
man at Padillas two or three years
ago, was last week killed by his
uncle, Juan Pcna. Then killed
was a desperate character, and the
man who did the killing is an old
and peaceable citizen and his prov
ocatiou must have been great
Citizen.
At Kingston on Thursday night
last, Keller, Miller & Co.'s store,
with several thousand dollars
worth of general merchandise,
went up in smoke, also Dissinger's
barber shop, Thomas Nelson's
shoe store, Fred Drere's butcher
shop, etc. The Lilwall building
was torn down to arrest the prog
ress of the fire. The origin of
the fire is unknown. 1t tstarted in
the rear end of the building adj
joining Keller, Miller & Cos. store.
Loss about $4,000. Partly in
sured.
James Barrett, who butchered
two fellow workmen while they
lay sleeping in camp at the Seven
Rivers dam last spring, is to escape
a deserved fate for awhile, if not
for all time. Messrs. Batemen e.
Franklin, appointed by the court
TO defend the accused, have pro-
cured a change of venue, which
the law allows upon afidayits be-
ing filed that defendant cannot
have fair trial where charged.
The case, will, therefore, go to Lin
coin county, and this county will
have to pay the mileage expenses
of witnesses and other extra costs.
Roswell Record.
The capture of Juan Bernal by
deputy sheriff Williams recently,
was a very important one, as this
man has been leader of band
of horsethieves for a long time,
and many of the animals stolen
from here, have been taken by
him and his gang. He has escap-
ed for long time but he could
not escape the vigilance Of tho
present sheriff and his deputies.
1t is a sworn duty that the sheriff
and his Deputies have to perform
to bring to justice all parties
charged with crime, and an officer
who fails to DO it, fails to do his
duty and violates his oath; there
fore the action Of our present law
/ nHcnra ahnnld hn hil.hlr nnnn