Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-01-30

Central last week.
Geo. II. Brown has gone out to Mog
dillon.
Thos. Holman, Of pinos Altos, Yves in
town Friday and Saturday.
J.. G. Berry, Of Georgetown was 10 town
Friday and Saturday.
Prof. Decker, Of Central, came over
Saturday.
Tom Boone is attending a business
college at Los Angeles, California.
Mrs. Geo. Norton entertained tho
old folks whist club last night.
Capt. French, Of the W. S. ranch, ar
rived in town yesterday, en- route TO San
Francisco.
Thos Cooney got back on Friday on
on his way to Cooney from New Orleans
after a lengthy visit home.
@. Merchant, son Of The great cattle
buyer, is in the city, the guest Of W. IL.
Jack.
Lou Brown, cashier OF the Deming
bank, came up to the Grant County car.
ital last Thursday.
julius wellgehausen, postmaster,
merchant, and all round good fellow, Of
Central, was in town Saturday.
speck & Ashton, an old tune Silver
City firm, are now engaged in business
at San Louis obispo.
Robert I. sipes, a successful farmer
and miner at P~leasanton, was in town yes
terday or business.
G. G. Bell district attorney, was in
Hinborough and Lake Valley last week
on important legal business connected
with hisoGice.
John Thomas, John Franton, Paul
Mitchell, and John Penrose, a jolly lot
Of miners from the Gopher we're in from
PInos Altos on Friday.
Mrs. Thos. Foster, accompanied by her
young son and a nurse girl, went to her
old home in Jacksonville, Florida, last
week, to spend the winter. The Hon.
Thos. vent as far as Ell Paso with her.
o. G. Hlman, Reece Herndon and G. f
Cline went u to Cherry Creek last Sat
urday to hunt quail and brought in sixty
/, of those feathered beauties, besides a
number Of rabbits and other small
game.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. II. Newcomb, Mr..
and Mrs. F. G. Nlchol and Mrs
Brado went out TO the Mountain Home
ranch, near Paschal, last Thursday, for
a little recreation change Of air, etc. b,
tho way, that is n Of the most delight.
full spots to visit in this section.
The Chicago Lady Quartette Coming.
Through the efforts Of some of GU
local talent one Of the finest musical en-
tortainmerts ever given in Silver Cit,
/ will be on the boards at Morrill, hall OF
Saturday, February 10. Our e%nterpris
ing friends assume great responsibilitie
IN bringing this company here and
successful othor equally fine attractions
viii favor us in the future. Box shee
at Porterield'sj admission 51.OO. Fol
lowing are ONE press comments:
Their quartette singing is simply per
. feet and every member is an artist.-Den
a yer Republican.
Their work throughout was Of tn
highest character and their harmon,
perfect. Topeka Daily Capitol.
4 A quartette of musical ability. The.
q sing as with one voice, a fauItless inter
8 probation and clear, concise rendition
t Kansas City journal.
, A splendid program OF thirteen mum
bers was rendered IN a manner which
. left nothing for the most critical to dc
sire.-Omaha Bee.
, 1t is reported that DR.. Williams ha
engaged the services Of a guide to d
q rect him in his pleasure expeditions i
q the future. He admits that 50 a mile
J. a trifle erich" but it affords great relief
Hon. Robert Black Returns.
Hon. Robert Black, who vent to tn
It Cherokee strip last fall, returned las
n Wednesday. His account of that cour
It try Is only such as might be expeote'
from an intelligent business man. In re
ply to a question from SOUTHWEST Sen
q TINEL reporter rs to the future bushes
outlook for the territory, Mr.. Black sal
10 that business IN general was overdone
hundreds Of claims had been fled upon b
j" people who had not a dollar; they wer
not able TO mako improvements and wei
living in their wagons; thousands ha
left the strip in disgustj produce va
cheap but there was no money to buy will
wages we're low, and there we're a doze
applicants for each Job; and that Will
suffering prevails there now, that befoI
d spring the condition will be terrible.
As an illustration as To how the var
I, Gus branches Of mercantile business W,
represented, Mr.. Black said that in PERI
j with a population of between five and 81
thousand people, there were 3 hardwal
d stores, 10 lumber yards, representa-
1 three million feet OF lumber; and thu
% the professions were ovarrun IN abol
u the same proportion. At Orlando an
Saltwater the conditions were identic
. with Perry, but in Oklahoma City, whic
is now about five years old, times wei
IL better.
u A great deal Of trouble is being exp
i rienced by those who have taken U
claims, az from three TO five contests al