Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1889-04-26
CLIFTON oUIL1Nes.

very sick at the county seat.
Public opinion here lauda the act Of the
grand jury iu taking the board Of super
visors TO task.
Baxter q Wilmington are looking hap
py. Their property has passed through
the test Of depth as to quantity Of ore aud
analysis as to quality and has not been
found wanting
Johnny Velton is kept busy these days.
In addition to his duties 40 salesman for
Torrance & Smith he is busy about three
nights in the week sssaying for pro.pec-
tors and others, and Is giving thorough
satisfaction.
John Hovoy ventto Grsgs Peak to look
at the Lucky Jim mine.
The Clifton drug store was opened last
Friday evening. The interior being well
lighted presented quite a cheerful and
handsome appearance. The proprieters
have stocked 1t with a full line of fresh
drugs, etc. Ind are certain Of doing a
good business as there is no competition.
The novel feature Of the enterprise is that
the proprietor are ladies', Mrs. j, H. Lacy
and Mrs. Kate Maxon. | would say, if !
was not afraid Of being taken 10 task by
the rest Of The fair sex here, that they are
the best looking ladies in town. Mrs.
Maxon is the manager and is a careful and
capable compounder Of medicines. it is
comical to see how ugly she becomes il
asked for credit.
Your correspondent is under obligations
to Dave Clark and Bill Polk, engineers,
and to Tommy Simpson for ccurtesies, and
he takes this occasion TO acknowledge and
thank them.
Dick Lakemail, Cx-railroad engineer, has
not been herr very long, yet it would BE-
hard to find a person who will not say that
Dick is a whole souled, Ren,.l gentleman.
lie has taken up this occupation Of pros
pecting. and has located some good claims
in Gold Gulch.
The Clarion Office was moved back to
its old quarters last Saturday. the wagon
containing the material became stalled in
the nver en- route and IN order to facilitate
matters w. w. Jones', the manager and
editor, made a plunge into the seething,
rushing aud muddy waters Of the Frlsco
and put his shoulder to the wheel but
his efforts were futile, so he crawled out.
" hen he struck the shore his appearance
would have delighted and made exceeding
glad the hearts Of the Bulletin company,
from the unknown editor down to the
devil. When the wagon eventually was
Aeing hauled out the worst accident of all
occurred. The liking stone was at the
tail end of The wagon and there was no
tail board. The result was that when the
wagon was being pulled up the bank and
out Of the river the said mixing stone, with
al the poetry Of motion that can be I'M
agiaed, "~silently slid and gracefully glid''
pack INTO u hole that would swlm an ele-
phant. Here was an occasion when an ed
ltor dad a ltgimate right to roar and
would br perfectly justified in making a
lick. Bat he never murmured-he smiled
nor did he show the renotest inclination
to tint the atmosphere the hue that any
ordinary mortal would have done. He
said this is a pretty kettle Of piscatorial
products. Well. the Bulletin is behiud
tiurp, and such being the Case maybe that
great unknown editor Of the Bulletin who
uses such Il volume Of words to express an
idea will become convinced that there are
prains enough at THE end Of the line to
show up sophism or uny other ism thai
apnlogises for wrongs and questions by in
ucndo the acts OF representative citizen
! that composed the late grand jury OF Ora
ham county" After he relieved himsel
I by o%rAtory as above he turned slowly ant
With dignity said to the devil: "Clint
yon get the stonc or will invoke thu
power of the press on you when we go t,
press" Rice Jones. ''the intelligent com
%positor, was standing near looking blue
n the cause was. q big, burly dutchman
Henty Hills teamster, being in q hurr.
when loading the material, grabbed a foru
o and threw it into tina wagon. Of cours
d there WAS pi and everybody laughed.
4 was funny. Rice thought it was the mos
eomical thing he had seen in bis pious "a
! reer. By the way, Rice Jones was th
frst printer that worked on the old Clal
ION.
a Jude, who shot bis vile on the 18th ha
t his preliminary examination Tuesday, an
Y The testimony adduced developed nothin
# new. He was placed under $1,000 bond
to appear before the grand jury TO answG
Of to the charge Of Assault with intent I
" murder. He entered into the trial with
ont a witness, At the commencement
OF the trial an idea struck him that perhaE
or a little dramatic display would have 2 fl
IS vorable effect on the. court. He con
menced y harranRue, and among othC
y, things said that he had only one friend j
OF the world, whereupon District AttornO
Patterson asked him where his friend wa