Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-09-12

Mr.. John II. Riley has the beef
contract this year at the Mescalero
Agency, under the new administra-
tion.
DR.. Duncan waived examination
and was bound over at Socorro un-
der a bond of $1,000 to await ex-
animation before q. s. Grand jury,
on a charge Of making a false med
ical certificate in a pension case.
The Territorial fair management
offers $50 for the best general col
lections of ores, including gold, sill
yer, lead, copper, zinc, iron, etc,
and for best cabinet collection S25.
The committee to collect fruit
for the Worlds Fair obtained some
splendid fruit. One apple meas
ured six inches in diameter It
was raised by Mr.. Patrick Ooghlan
of Tularosa.
Brandon STreo:z... STreoz the energetic and
enterprising trio from Kingston,
while prospecting around at the
Hillsborough gold placers have To-
Gated considerable ground that will
pay well to handle on their plan of
procedure, which is by the whole
scale.-Advocate.
Last Friday F. j. Schafer and
N. J. Lober arrived in the district
to take possession of and place IN
operation once more the Kingston
ore reduction works. The works
will be thoroughly overhauled and
put in first class condition for a
successful run before the fires are
lighted at all Sierra County Ad-
vocate.
Mandel Bros, of Albuquerque,
and others have placed a Mr.. Gill
man in charge of the store and
goods of Kaufman s. Bacharach
& Co., of Hermosa, as receiver.
Sheriff Sanders put the receiver
in possession last Thursday. This
is the first business embarrassment
of any nature occurring in Sierra
county during the present financial
panic. It is directly attributable
to the low price of silver and the
consequent hard times at Hermosa
Geo. W. Bryant, a farmer locat-
ed about six miles north of this
city, has experimental with the
irrigating methods in vogue, and
has come to the conclusion thai
too much water is used on crops il
this country. This year he only
irrigated twice and his crops are
unequalled. Corn, melons anC
fruit trees all do splendidly. 1t is
fully SIX feet to water on his land
and very little rain has fallen there
His success would indicate tina
the majority of farmers in the val
ley make a grave mistake in using
too much water.-Industrial Ad
! yertiser.
w. II. Smythe came in from
Water Canon yesterday morning
He brought in with him some gooc
gold ore, just uncovered on the Sill
yer Butte claim. He says the veil
is over IA feet in width, as he hal
cross-cut that far on it, and has no
yet reached the wall. He WORKED
alongside of it for several years, OF
a vein carrying silver and lead
then decided to cross-cut into th,
new vein. 1t pans well, and he il
anxiously waiting for returns from
his samples.-Industrial Adver
tier.
The Agricultural College opened
its doors on Wednesday last fol
another busy year. The attendance
was not SO large as on former years
as was to be expected from the
stringency of times. The attend
ance was very encouraging though
and what was lacking in number
was made up by the character anc
advancement of the pupils. Pres
ident Hadley says it looks more
like college this year than evel
before. Rio Grande Republican
We regret to announce the sud.
den death of Mr.. Ferdinand Mar
tin, who recently married Miss
Belen Beckwith of this place. Mr.
Martin was afflicted with lung
trouble and caught a severe cold
recently which caused his death
They we're living in Colorado
at the time. Realizing that death
was likely to come soon, he and