Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-10-09
TERRITORIAL


The honey made in New Mexico
is the best in the world for flavor
and fine quality of comb.
The road between Hillsboro and
Hermosa is declared to be in an
almost impossible condition.
Lawn tennis is the rage at Las
Cruces this season. Challenge
matches take place almost daily.
Work on the ice plant at Eddy
is nearing completion. Mr.
Knowles says IT will DO completed
when it is done.
S. G. Spaun. d. Sc. (doctor Of
heating science, as he puts it), is
at Santa Fe from Silver City, with
a view to opening q sanatorium.
The press of Colorado and New
Mexico are shouting loudly over
the land courts decision Of the
Cochiti grant cases in favor of the
miners.
The hapy settlement Of the
Cochiti land grant cases in favor
Of the miners will help to the
rapid development Of that rich
gold camp.
The new gold mining camp of
Labelle, about twelve miles west
of Elizabethtown, Colfax county,
confines to hold the boards as the
latest excitement in mining circles.
The Rev. D. Jefferies, a we'll
known clergyman of Philadelphia,
who has recently moved to the
Pacifc coast and is now archbishop
of Tacoma, is expected to make
brief visit to Santa Fo very shortly.
A counterfeit SIS bill on the Fifth
National bank of Cincinnati, O., is
in circulation. The check letter
is A, series of 1892 It may be
detected by having no silk threads
running through it.
Jigging the old dumps at the
company mines at Lake Valley is
about the only pay on the com
pany property now. Good ship
ping concentrates are gathered in
this way and some of the boys are
making money at it-Black
Range.
A month ago, Bert Timoney, Of
White Oaks, lost a valuable horse.
Time went on and nothing could
be learned of its whereabouts, SO
last week he put few lines in the
Eagle, of that town. In three
days he was riding the animal
about town. The moral is
plain.
The Las Vegas Optic, referring
to the payment Of that brick
money by Mr.. Catron, says that it
was paid "at a time when it best
suited him, and when, perhaps, the
exigencies Of the hour seemed to
demand its payment" One of the
exigencies referred to was the fact
that Mr. Joseph was after him with
a very sharp stick.-New Mexican.
There will be no regular term Of
district court for Sierra county held
on and following next Saturday,
the 18th inst, the time fixed foi
said term, on account Of lack Of
sufficient court funds. Judge Fall
viii be at Hillsboro on October IL,
at which time defaults may be
taken and all interlocutory matters
disposed of, but no jury trials will
be had.
Thomas o. Boggs, better known
all over the southwest as "Uucle
Tom" died at Clayton on Saturday
night at an advanced age. He
was the lifelong friend of Kit
Carson, and 1t WIS at his ranch
near Fort Lyon, Colo, that Kit
Carson and his wife died. "Uncle
Tom" afterwards removed the re-
mains of the two to Taos and bur-
led the two in the SAME grave, in
accordance with their request. He
then took charge of the children
and raised them as though they
were his own.-New Mexican.
Following is the law governing
the sessions Of tho board Of regis
tration appointed some days ago;
Such board shall meet at least
thirty days before the day for
the holding Of the election and
ahnlI nronnad in rnolaiar the nnnli.