Southwest-sentinel., 1894-06-26
Territorial

grade matte every ten days.
Judge Seeds term of Office ex-
pires next month. He entered mp
on his duties as judge on August
26, 1890.
All Of New Mexico, north of
Socorro, has been visited with
heavy rains, making that country
look bright and green.
The Socorro smelter, it is said,
will close down on the 25th of
this month, throwing a number of
men out of empl oyment.
The people of New Mexico feel
the deepest sympathy with NJ. A.
Downing and wife, of Santa Fe,
whose little boy became lost in the
foot hills and died from thirst and
exhaustion.
The Sierra CoLnty Advocate
notes: Southwest of Hillsboro
about one and half miles is hill
of millions of ions of free milling
iron quartzite that yielded SIPS
in gold aud fifty cents in silver
that will some day be worked, if
the rainmakers eventually perfect
their business.
A cake of hot copper matte ac-
cidentally came IN contact with
water at the Standard smelter in
Hillsboro the other day and ex-
ploded. Manager George L..
Matchan and Foreman William
DoheEty were burned but will re-
cover.
The San Juan Times, published
at Pennington, and which every
one supposed to be dead, has been
started up again by Fred E. Holt,
and from appearances its long
sleep has had a decidedly renovat-
ing effect, as it comes out brim
full of news from that section aud
otherwise improved in appear
ance.
Henry Brown was convicted of
perjury in the district court at So
corro per indictment found by the
grand jury of San Miguel county
last March. He WAS sentenced tc
i've years in the penitentiary. Hi
partner in the crime, S. I. Cleve.
land, was not tried aud may be ro.
leased. If he had his deserts, ac
cording to the story h9 is report
ed to have told the district attOr
ney, Brown would have his com,
pany at Santa Fe. According
to Cleveland, he and Brown
read the offer of $25 reward
made by Mr.. Ozanne for the ar
rest and conviction Of the party o
parties who Uroke the Hotel stree
lamp, and proceeded to concoct
conspiracy to get the money. The,
fixed on the Mexican shoemaker
Lujan, as the most promising, tina
il, the most defenseless VIC
tim of their criminal intentions
Lujan established a positive ali
bi, and the evidence of the prose
r cutlon was of such a character a
TO convince most of those VIII
heard it that it was a case of per
jury. They were therefore cite
to appear before the grand jury
sent to Jail in default of bonds
, and indicted. They took a chang
, of venue to Socorro count
, at the March session of cour
| But this intrigue against the 20
> patero was not the whole of thei
game. They had heard of re
z ward for the detection and conviC
!. tion of cattle thieves, offered b
3 cattle men. Brown said he kne'
r where there were a couple of gree
. hides they could get, and the
: planned to secreet them on tn
], premises of another luckless Me,
s ican, find" them there, and swes
the poor devils liberty away fo
the sake Of the lucre. 81
' while they were hating the
!. bear trap they were caugh
n OF all crimes this of perjury
o the most contemplate and at I'll
. same time the most dangerous All
unprincipled, aud should be dea
y with unsparingly by the court
No one is safe against this form
crime, which may be directe
p against property, liberty or life.
Stock Grower.
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! Lady Marjorie Gordon, the ]
% year old daughter of Lady Abe