Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-12-26

reports ell perfectly quiet there and
wunts 10 know what they sent him down
thcre for anyhow and no has not been
able TO lnd out yet.
Lieut.. Ducut bus been down with tho
grippe for some time aud is still very
weak. An epidemic has struck the post
and has come 10 stay.
Harry Booth has bought a store and
property IN Central and he and Billy will
sell you anything there you want.
MA Booth and the boys and Jessie
will leave for the east about the middle
Of January, but may first take a spin 10
the Pacific coast.
The post traders store Will 800 be
the Post Exchange or Canteen.
DR.. Owen lie the new canteen officer.
Booth will continue as postmaster at
the old stand.
We are having sham battles under di-
rection Of Col johnson and they are re-
freshing after the monotony OF "fours
right"
Booth will run a delivery wagon to
Fort Bayard and will still hold his Gus
toners who will miss him 30 much at
the post. Harry will get there with both
feet all the same. He is a Phoenix from
away back.
A man feels far from home when his
pneumatic tire begins to hiss and SIT
down, doesn't he9 We were in it the
other day, you know.
The officers now with the border cav
airy are Lieuts. Brown, Glasgow, Bar
Der and DIR. Winter. They are having a
good time with the Mexican officers and
learning 20 like mescal and aguadlente,
To drink these things is all there is to
do and it isn't SO bad either.
Lieut.. Price has gone hunting at Lake
Polomas.
Your correspondent has a new Cali
graph which he wishes to cell at a bar
gain and now Is the appointed time to
buy for it is going fast.
Wake up and look happy, Mac, we
don't hear from you as OF old. You
surely can't be getting old.
Captain Pitcher will 500 be with US
from Worlds fair duty.
Lieut.. jerks is making torpedoes at
Willett's Point, N. Y.
There will be no general Christmas
tree this year and we will miss it. Igm
afraid Christmas Is not thought sufi-
GENTLY Of in this great republic and the
old merry times are being lost sight Of
too fast. Don't you think so tooP But
one man can't change the thing very
we'll.
Confound the grippe anyhow.
Many cases are being tried by the
general court here and Lieut.. Brett is
the busy judge advocate. The would DO
murderer, Mcconnell, will be tried here
in a day or two. He, like Woods, is sup
posed to be an opium eater.
Lieut.. Laws is no longer canteen ofi-
Ger.
Booths buildings we're appraised the
other day by n board OF Tour onlcers ana
the report was sent to the wal depart
ment. We hope Booth will got what he
wants for everything. We are all his
warm friends.
Lie It. Garlbraith has taken quarters
and his family are with him.
Mrs. Booth and Mrs. Ducat fell from
a buggy recently. Mrs. Booths head
was badly cut but Mrs. Ducat was not
hurt.
We are having fine weather and Ital-
ian skies, but we need Irish skies the
most Of all just now, eh, Mac?
Booths Central address will be Booth
Avenue, North-Side Central, N. NJ.
Mr.. Brookings, our agent at Halls, is
a very kind and polite gentleman and
we hope we a hang onto him.
had the deuce of a time scraping all
this together and do you know what 4.
L. means? 1t means tough times. Saw.
ezY
INFLUENZA.