Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1896-01-21

Col Kent hes q Iorco OF ~ mon AZ
work upon a now road from Fort Bayard
20 Silver City. The new road win puss
through the old target ground and in
tcrseot the old foad at Fleury's ranch.
In order 70 bring The new roed up 70
tho ideal Of Ito protector Il Will BE- neO.
esaary 70 do a deal Of work and build q
number Of bridges-ths o which will
span the stream near Carpenters
slaughter house being quito extensive.
The proposed road will greatR feOlitaia
travel between Fort Baysrd and Silver
City. The distance viii be considerably
shortened and many deep ravinos and
long, precipitous bills avoided.
This stroke Of enterprise on The part Of
Col. Kent IL surely most commendablo
and should Be hsartaly ~applauded aad
seconded BY the business men OF Silver
City. We owe much confederation 70 the
people Of Fort Bayard ia . business way
and we should not be- slow 10 acknoWl-
edg q appreciation Of their patronage
Since Col. Kent has 90 magnanimously
taken the initiative in the matter We
should not DO dorelict In our duty-it =
very plainly defined. An amount Of
money sufficient TO put the road in good
condition from this point TO Fleuryp
ranch should AZ once DO subscribed and
the work started without delay.
Harry Warren Herbert, The young
man who died ct the Broadway hotel
last Tuesday evening st Eve o'clock came
to Silver City about two months ago in
search Of health. His af1iction was con-
sumption, and the disease bad become
20 deeply seated that all hope Of reCov
cry was dispslled soon after his arrival.
He was too weak 70 take the exercise 90
essential to consnmptivsa in this slti-
tude. Mr.. Herbert was a very intsllI-
gent young gentleman, about twenty
ak years OF age, and 8 member Of q
wealthy family, his father being ex-
state treasurer OF Delaware. Miss Kate
Herbert, who accompanied her unfor-
~tunate brother here, was his constant
companion and mover deserted her post
OF afectionate duty till death triumph
ed over it's victim. Soon after death
the body was prepared Tor transporta-
ton and removed TO the residence Of
Sam II. Eckies. Gu Saturday. afternoon
M. Edwin HerbsFf, brothor ofvthe do
ceased, arrived from the east, and on
Saturday evening Rev. Cross conducted
brief services over the remains &c The
house. Sunday mornings tram car.
ried the stricken brother and sister and
all that remained Of their precious dead
out Of thg city on their long journey "a
New Castle, Delaware, where they will
arrive on Thursday. Mr.. and Miss Her
bert owe an everlasting debt Of graft
tuds to Mi. Eckles and bis most worthy
family for their gentle ministrations IN
their bereavement.
A couple Of weeks ago Mexican came
, to northern Grant County, bringing
with him some fine samples Of coal
which he had found in the Little Flori
das some thirty miles southeast Of Dsm.
ing. Two professional men OF Silver
! City, q business man Of Contraiya and "a
Ivanhoe business man promptly paid
$3.50 cash apiece 10 be let 10 on the
ground floor Of this important and valu.
able discovery, and the party AZ oncS
started down to soc and examine theiI
. coming fortune. A poor ~prospector
who bad not got in on II, also mounted
his burro and trailed down after the fu
ture millionaire TO sec IL be could moi
{ pick up some crumbs Of possible wealth
, on the side. His story Is that when h'
got down to the place be found q dv'
foot monument standing up boldly on
fine bed Ottawa. In the monument
was a written notice claiming 100 acre.
OF the surrounding country as q Goa
location. There ives abundance of nice
black obsidian lying all RbOHb but th'
. prospoctor felt 90 convinced that chi
could not POSSIBLY be what thkqe shrew'
. gentlemen wsre after that hb staYes
prospecting there for a week. He found
. IN one Of the draws q quantity Of Goa
which had been dumped there SOM
! time before and made most natura
4 looking doato Of ine quality. Coal mine
are subjects to be carefully avoided q
4 present in conversation with the puE
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