Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-04-23
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At HE rcsidonce in Silver City. ON Sun
day, April "a, 1895, ut the oge OF 90
years. W. q. Holman.
The death OF 1lr. Holman was not a
surprise. lie had beer a sunerer. from
paralysis 10 bis lower limbs for a num-
Der Of years, and his general health had
been failing him Tor some time. Ho
was a soldier IN the union army and has
drawn a pension for a number OF years.
lie served Grant County Tor two terms
as probate judge. He was one Of The
oldest residents OF the County, having
located here o after The close Of the
rebellion. A few years age his friends
removed him TO the soldiers home at
Los Angeles, but be was dissatisfied
and returned here about one year ago,
aad went TO the Ladies' Hospital, where
he remained until a short time before
his death. He was buried from his late
residence yesterday afternoon at &
o'clock, Rev. q. S. Cross conducting the
services.
Fire broke out IN the adobe building
on Broadway, adjoining Herpdon &
Keyes corral, last Sunday afternoon at
about 4:30 O'Clock. The building be-
longcd to the Abraham estate and was
insured for 500. This amount, howev-
er, will only cover about two-thirds Of
the loss, which Is estimated at about
5000. Reyes & Uerndou had stored in
the building three car loads Of hay,
winch was destroyed but was fully To-
sured. All the live stock and machinery
was safely removed. The oil wagon be-
longing to the Continental Oil Company
was considerably damaged. The com
mon theory as to the cause Of the Gre
appears TO be that two little boys, Fred.
die Potter and Jnnu Duran, were play
ing in the building and started a fire
which soon got beyond their control
The fire department responded promptly
to the alarm and rendered heroic serv-
ice in subduing tho flames.
Hon. D. P. Carr, OF Pinos Altos, who
was appointed by Gov. Thornton to in
quire into the affairs OF the Agricultural
College, reported, among other things
that Demetrio Chaves, treasurer ofDonr
Ana county, was short in his accounts
with that county to the amount OF 3l1,
600, and in consequence thereof recon.
mended the removal Of Chaves from the
board Of regents Of the college, and ask.
ed that his, (ChavesJ successor as treas
urer Of the college be appointed. The
information that Chaves was short il
his accounts with Dona Ana county i.
not new. That condition has been know
for several months, but since no was
man Of wealth and great resources h,
was granted time in which to make hi
deficiency good. 1t is not probable tina
Dona Aua county will sustain any los
through Chayes. AS to the college
there have been so many harsh thing.
said and SHADY conditions limited at
and withal nothing substantial proven
that we are inclined to be charitable
enough to withhold our opinion unit
we have something material to tall
about. A very bad condition may de
velop, but should it fail, there will be
great number OF disappointed politician
aud newspapers in this Territory. w
are praying for their disappointment.
A. Loosely rallied Off his Luminun
bicycle at the White House last Satur
day night. There were 12j chances a
81 a chance. The highest dice throw
were Al, upon which number there wer
three ties, q +. Schmidle, Con Nola.
and Herbert Martyr each throwing th
same.
The Improved Order Of Rcd Men hay
organized a lodge here with about s
members to start With. The DepUt
Grand Ineohonny, Mr. Geiger, came III 0
last nights train.
II viii pay cattlemen to note an az
vertisement in another column.