Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1889-12-06
WESTERN LIBERAL.
FRIDAY. DECEMBER 6, 1889.


this evening.
Mrs. Newman Of Georgetown is visiting
with Mrs. Weeds.
Tom Tong has been decorating his res
taurant this week.
Mrs. ]. E. Thayer is visiting her parents
at Rock port, Texas.
Silver City is talking of a branch from
the Southern Pacific.
A B. Laird has gone over to Eddy to
have a look at the ditch.
Mrs. J. X. Cautben and Sam have re-
turned from Italy, Texas.
The Ere hydrauts have been boxed, to
prevent their freezing up.
F.. F. Lloyd. accompanied by his wife,
was in the city this week.
Travelling Engineer Russell of the
Southern Pacific was in the city Wednes-
day.
L. b. Prudential the prominent Ell
Paso merchant died in New Jersey this
week.
A small gang of soldiers were IN toTn
Tuesday on their way from Fort Bowie to
Fort Bayard.
The Ere department is making prepara-
tons for a sheet and pillow case party on
Christmas eve.
F. h.. Sanders has taken a job on the
Arizona & New Mexico road aud will re-
move to Duncan.
Mart Ealy went east Monday evening.
en- route to the City Of Mexico, where he
will take an engine.
Ed Belt Is the father of a l 9-pound boy
appeared Tuesday. The boy Is nearly big
enough to lick his dad.
The Enterprise is giving to get out a
special edition soon booming everything
boomable in Grant county.
Mrs. D. C.. Pelton, who has been visit
ing her husband here, returned to her
home at Corsicana, Texas.
Along wagon train of Mormons passed
through town Tuesday On route to the
Mormon settlement in Mexico.
A.. L, Gibson has returned from his visit
to Lake Valley, Mrs. Gibson has gone to
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to spend the
winter.
Hereafter justices of the peace and all
precinct officers will be elected in January.
Are there any aspiring andidates in this
precinct.
c. F. Madison of Kansas City, Mrs.
Grey and L. L. Gibbs of Boston and c..
A. Wh,pple Of Vermont have been visit.
ing w, C. Tonkin at Gold Hill.
The other night a coyote went down to
the reservoir to drink. The sides of the
reservoir we're steep and the beast could
not climb out. He has oeen added to
Frank Proctor's menaParie.
In another column wllbe fonnd the Od-
vertisement Of c. j. Bdtempsu the %jeweler
who has recently opened-a shop in Lords
burg. Mr.. Betemrs is a good workman
aud guarantees all his work.
Dave Clark did not 90 hunting as he
told the LIBERAL he would. II seems
that Billy Polk got in a confidential mood
and told Dave how easy it was to get lost,
ard inst how raw squirrels tasted, and
Dave got scared mp and said be was going
TODD all his hunting with a fish pole on
the Playa river.
Cha'. Hewlett, meat Inspector for Grant
county, wants the butchers to understand
that the inspection law will be fully en-
forced. He takes the sensible view that
court decisions in the east on similar laws,
cut no figure with bis duty as a public off
Ger in Grant county. If the butchers
think they can beat the law it is their pri-
vilege to try it. that's all.-Enterprise.
Maclovia Aguirre. who has been in Jail
for some months. for placing distractions
on the Southern Pacific track is undorbt-
eddy crazy. As fast as clothes are put on
him he tears them into shreds, and at
times is perfectly naked. Heis harmless,
but is a nuisance to take care of.-Enter-
prise. For goodness sake don't turn hlm
loose even if he is crazy, unless he will
guarantee TO Distract a railroad track with
his head instead of a c%rosstie.
Last March a couple of Mexicans stole a
mare from Tom Kennedy and a horse from
Frank Reno and skipped for the land Of
God and mshana. The horses and riders
were heard from as passing a ranch down
near the line. This week the mare showed
up on her old stamping ground near town.
She had on a rope hobble which was worn
in two. Experts said the hobbles were
put on by Mormons, if this Is a fact th'
horses we're probably sold in the Mormon
settlement $50 miles south of here, the
mare hobbled and turned out and she start
ed for home.
The time cards issued by the Southern
Pacific road are sometime white and some
times yellow. The idea prevails among q
great many employees that when a Whit
card is issued that it will remain in forc'
only about thirty days and that a yellow
card will remain in force much longer. II
this they are mistaken. The two colors al
t%ernats, 6rst a yellow then a white. The
object Of this, is that when the time i
changed many of the train men are on th'