Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-01-24

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fact that the town has q daily
paper, a new restaurant and a
home dentist
Considerable work is going no
quietly in the Turquoise section,
north Of Cerrillos, and a number
of new claims showing promising
prospects, are being developed.
1t Is said that every democratic
member Of the legislative house
has signed a petition praying Of
President-elect Cleveland the APP
Of W. 7. Thornton as
governor.
Daily Bennett has gone from
Las Cruces to Austin, Texas, where
he will enter a law Office and prob
ably locate permanently.
The Modoc mine in Dona Ana
county is being thoroughly ex-
plotted under the direction Of G..
w. Wood. When that work is
completed the concentrating plant
will become a certainty.
There lies in the treasury of the
Territory some hundreds of thous-
ands of dollars, mot available" for
current expenses or interest.
There is evidently ga big niger
in the woodpile" here.
1t is reported that the Templar,
Keystone and Virginia mines in
Sierra county, are to be CONSOLE
dated into one corporation and
worked under one managenet.
These mines have already produced
about $4,000 worth of ore.
The Kingston smelter material
which was attached by Scion E.
Rose & Bro, of Albuquerque, last
winter, and sold by Sheriff San
ders last Saturday, was bid in by
the Kingston smelter company.
Arrangements were made to pre-
sent the late superintendent of
this division of the Santa Fe, Mr.
H. U. Nudge, with a silver service
and diamond pin, at San Marcial
lately, but Mr.. Nudge failed to
put in an appearance. The boys
say that he will have to be present
before he receives them.
More gold has been taken out of
the newly discovered gold pro-
perties near Magdalena than has
yet been taken from the San Juan
diggings. In any other country,
the recent strikes in the Gallenas
would cause a rush, but in New
Mexico it is doubtful if any un-
usual stir will be made. Some
very rich gold ore has been
brought into Magdalena from the
district.
One day last week ]. S. P. Rob
inson of North Percha, Sierra
county, while looking over some of
his mining property down by the
creek, about a mile below his store,
he ran across a deer track. Fol
lowing the trail it led him to a
cave-which it seems he nor any
one else had ever discovered.
Gathering some pine near by, he
entered, and began an exploring
expedition and lost himself, not
getting out until near dark. He
left torches so that he could see
from one to the other. The first
one went out. After wandering
around for some time he tore his
pants into strips and trying all the
various openings, marking them
as he went along, he finally found
daylight.
San Marcial is the proud pos
SCISSOR of a pet goat whose willy,
wicked ways are attributed to the
conspicuous part he plays in the
initiation ceremonies of the differ
ent local organizations of which he
is said to be an important member.
He was sauntering along railroad
avenue me day this week content
eddy chewing a sprig of the union
Christmas tree, when two young
ladies passed him, bearing proudly
aloft a 5x8 camera. Something
about the picture machine caused
the iron to enter his soul, and he
promptly charged. There we're
wild shrieks, and a Autteling OF
skirts in hat vicinityfor a moment,
q hasty retreat into the nearest
store, and the goat held an easily
conquered field. San Marcial