Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-03-21
Territorial Items.

from New York, and thousands of
fruit trees aud grape vines from
California, as we'll as numerous
car loads of shade trees from Lou
isiana and the Rio Gsande valley
to set out on his ranch near Eddy.
The first normal institute in
southeastern New Mexico will be
held in Eddy in the latter part of
next July or the first part of Au-
gust. 1t will be a joint affair be-
tween Chaves and Eddy counties.
Capt. Stokes, of the Goss Military
Institute at Roswell, has consent
ed to assist in the exercises. Eddy
county superintendent, Prof. Ny
meyer, together with the ChavCs
county superintendent will take
official and active part.
The Albuquerque post Office has
been made regular civil service
office, and an examination last
week was held for clerk, carrier
and messenger. 1t is quite proba-
BILE that the new administration
will grant another carrier there.
E. L. Peirce will leave for Pueb-
10 the first of the week to accept a
position under H. U. Nudge as
private stenographer. S. @. Ed
wards will accept the position of
private stenographer for Superin-
tendent L. H. Sears, and L. S.
Sears, from the auditors Office at
Topeka, will take the position va
Gated by Mr.. Edwards.
The Pueblo Chieftain says that
Ed. Crotty is kept closely confined
in the Jail there and that no one is
allowed to talk to him, and that he
will be kept at his present retire
ment until brought to Trinidad to
give in his testimony in the dis
trict court.
Candidates for the position of
manager of the Sierra county ex-
hibit at the Worlds Fair are grow
ing quite numerous. The candi-
date for the position now are
Messrs. Burns, Laidlaw, Harris,
Witham, Proisser, Marble, Met
calfe and Mitchell.
The school board ut San Mar
cial made a raid on the gambling
tables and games. run without a
license and on Monday last had a
net full of squirming humanity
before his Honor, John Virgin.
The Albuquerque Commercial
Club held a grand jollifcatiou
over the election of ID. b. Robin
son as first vice-president of the
Santa Fe system. Mr.. Robinson
is one of the active members OF
the club.
Mrs. +. A. Hiler is in Kings
ton again, after a short business
trip to Phoenix, Arizona. Mrs,
Hitler has not decided whether
she will reopen the Mountain
Pride hotel or not.
Col. A. ]. Fountain, of Las Cru.
ces, in connection with other gen
tlemen of Doua Ana county, while
on a prospecting trip for healtl
and pleasure few weeks ago, dis
covered some gold properties from
which they have had several goot
assays. The discoveries are about
twenty miles southeast of Lai
Cruces and about twelve miles
from Earlham, on the Santa Fe.
Robert @. Bland, a we'll respect
ed citizen of Ration, is dead. H'
was the father of Hon. Rober
.
Bland and was aged 81 years.
Mr., N. GALES, the general man
ager of the Standard Gold Com
pany's mines and smelter a
Hillsborough, has procured th'
necessary fuxes and amount o
ores to guarantee a long and pros
porous run.
The Palomas creek, at Hermo
"a, is now flowing a good stream
and the Hermosa Mill Co., after
wait of six months, is now running
/, on ore "a hours daily.
, Contractors Britton & Sparks
arrived at San Antonio last Tues
day from White Oaks, where the,
have been making the delivery o
a very s.rge boiler TO the Old Alb,
mine.
A county in Wisconsin has beei
named Villas, after the senior sen
afor from that atnta