Silver City Enterprise — 1888-1890 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1889-01-11
source date: 1889
availability: public-domain

County Commissioners Meeting On the re-assembling of the board at 7 p.m. it was found that there was an insuffi- ciency of oil, and Col. Sam Carpenter sent down to the city and purchased fifty cents worth of candles and illuminated the court house on this inauguration eve. It puzzled the bystanders to determine whether it was a wake or an attempt to foreshadow the inevitable result two years hence. Thieves Sneak thieves and burglars are at work. Last Monday night they broke into a storage room in the rear of the residence of Sam’l Eckles and rifled three trunks of their contents. The loss is estimated at $300. Mrs. Eckles lost sev- ( 1 ) eral valuable dresses. As yet their is no clue to the robbers. On the same night at about three o’clock in the morning the till of the L. K. restaurant was broken open and $16 stolen. “Joe,” the proprietor, the most popular Chinaman in town, says it was a Chinaman who stole the money, and it’s an even question that “Old Joe” will locate the thief and bring him to punishment.

n the morning the till of the L. K. restaurant was broken open and $16 stolen. “Joe,” the proprietor, the most popular Chinaman in town, says it was a Chinaman who stole the money, and it’s an even question that “Old Joe” will locate the thief and bring him to punishment. On Tuesday evening Mr. Geo. Cox of Pas- chal, who when in the city, rooms in the build- ing opposite the residence of Geo. Carvil, was aroused a little before midnight by a suspicious noise, arose and discovered some one trying to pry up the window. Mr. Cox opened the door, saw a Mexican and fired a couple of shots at him without either of them taking effect. There is nothing like a shot gun in emergencies like these.