Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-06-20

before Justice Grafton, resulted
in the discharge Of Parsons.
Owing to faintness Of heart and
a possibility Of being beat the
Albuquerque running team de-
clines to participate in the hose
race in Silver City July A and 5.
Advertiser.
Judge Burns is spending these
hot days in his cold mountain
home in Kingston, away from hot
southern sun and Political boil aud
turmoil.
The silver Convention at Silver
City on the Fourth of July will
probably bring together the largest
concourse Of people ever seen in
Grant County. Western Liberal.
VIM. Rosenthal, the prosperous
merchant of Lincoln, passed
through here on Monday on his
way TO Las Vegas 70 dispose of
about 10000 pounds of wool ship
ped by his firm to hat point-Old
Abe Eagle.
Professor Blount commenced cut
ting wheat on the 9Th of this month
at the Agricultural College farm
at Las Cruces. The professor re-
ports the crop better and four
weeks earlier than last year.
During afternoon services at
the Union church last Sabbath,
Rev. Llwyd, Episcopal clergyman
from Silver City, baptized Miss
Maud Mckinney, Master Arthur
Eugene Cent?, and Masters Jack
son and Clinton Doughty-Ad-
vocate.
Though this is a gold camp
much interest is being felt here III
the success of the silver conven-
tion to be held at Silver City on
the 4th of July, and Lincoln coun-
ty should and undoubtedly will be
well represented there. The even
tual triumph of the free silver
coinage cause will work untold
wonders for the prosperity of the
whole country in general and New
Mexico in particular. old Abe
Eagle.
James Sterling sold his real es-
tate on the north side of the street
this week. Thirty-one feet next
the Arlington we're sold to Ed
Belt, the new postmaster, for $50.
Thirty-hve feet east were sold to
II. A. Fuller for three dollars per
foot. Mr.. Belt has put up a wood
en- building on his property and
Mr.. Fuller intends building an
adobe on his lot. These were the
only transfers noted on the Lords.
burg real estate exchange during
the past week Western Liberal.
On June 9th, the trustees of the
New Mexico school Of Mines hello
IN important meeting. They ar
ranged to open the school on Sep
TENDER 5, the school year to b,
eight months. Their course of in
struction provided for is genera
chemistry, blowpipe and qualita
tive analysis, assaying and metal
lurgy. Mr.. Theodore S. Delay, o
Rolla, Mo, was appointed assitan
in chemistry and metallurgy. Ar
engagements we're made for putting
in all necessary supplies and equip
ments. Advertiser.
The Albuquerque Irrigation
Canal and Improvement Co. hav,
signed a contract with Enginee.
Behrens for the completion of tn,
survey of their big ditch from thu
plaza of San Felipe to the puebl,
of Isleta. Mr.. Behrens will leav,
Wednesday with his corps of sur
veyors for San Felipe. 1t is to b.
hoped that the company viii sool
commence to make the dirt fly; 70
if the ditch is built it will plac.
10000 acres of land under irriga
ton. The ditch will run along tn
foothills east Of the city-Times.
On Gallina creek in Grant Coun
ty, there is a ledge of hardene,
volcanic mud, about Eve feet wide
In this lead there are a number o
white seams Of either alum or pot
ash. Whichever it is, it is some
thing which the N A N brand o
cattle are very fond of. They hav
lick in a tunnel in the almost per
pendicular bluff ovsrhanging tn
creek for a distance OF about twelv
feet, and that too, in a most work