Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1890-05-30
WESTERN LIBERAL.
FRIDAY. NAY so, 1890.

Tussday.
Beui. Titus iS building a shed for the &C..
c~OmodatiOn Of more lunber.
JGs. TOaE Of Carlisle was in toun Wed.
atsdsy, en routs 70. Silver City.
Bhs Nebraska quarantine against New
Mckee cattle has been withdraw.
c. n. Msrchaat. president Of the San
Hinsn cattle company was il tsWA Nos
day.
Mr.. snd Mrs. John Nsismilh we're in
tswn Wednesday. en- rOute iren Carlisle
70 their old home in EnEland.
Rev. n. J. FurnoAux writes that he will
preach a. Geld Hill next Sunday at 10 =.
IN. and at Lordaburg AZ 1907. ~.
Frant Wynan. in from stsin's Pas, has
ApSatts days in DsmiAE getting the best
Of the boys all arouhd.-Hesdlight.
ShsriH Slaughter, who has bees above
Clifton for About . week returned MondAy,
bal without tb8 Elrd' no Fus huptinR,
To-day is Memorial day Ghd alL ever the
broad land. wherever there iS n seldler'S
grave it iS being decorated With flowers.
ESpsrsstte iS the coming forage plAut
fer arid in New Mexico. II grows we'll
without Watsr-in fact irrigation, buFts il.
The Carpenter. Stanley cattle company
has bssn dissolved BY mutual sOnssnt,
Gel. 1. T. CGrpcNSer retiring. Headlight
Henry Biuns has returned from : trip
taking in Salt Lake Cityand the State Of
Warrington, and Is still we'll satisfied with
New Mexico.
j. P. Ownby has received = telegram
from R~SAdmsstsr HawEOod saying that
the company would bond and develop his
we'll. This doubtless. means a sufficient
water supPly for LordsbRrE.
Elsewhere We print an interesting Kan
sEI letter fsow this psp Of TOm WoodS,
whO vent up there with n train Of Hart
Brother cattle. Mr.. Woods will, before
his return, visit his sister. Mrs. jobs R
Philips OF BliIsaeld, Michigan.
Last Friday GeayEs strattOa- manager
OF tho San simon cattle company. was
thrown from his horse. while on the round
up, and his legs was broken. On the same
day a ,eWboy working for Fred Ruek had
q Lex broken in the same manner.
Next MoadAy ths census eAumerltors are
expected to begin asking questions. 1t is
extremely doubtful whether n census will
be taken Of Grant county or not. +. W..
c. Hays has been appointed 'snGmcratec
for DsminR, N. \. Fleming for the middle
CHA. N. L. Ls~is, Pinos Altos, w. Il.
WrAy. Silver City, and w. Il. Swallow
CsAtrai. E0g the other four distries' in
the esnnty 90 ouulnorAtors have have been
appointed. the districts being so large
that there is no money ia doing the work.
For instance districts Eo72 consists Of
precincts 10. 8. and 90. HAchita, Shake
psArs and Lod~bnrg, covering a soacs NJ
country nhout 100 miles by so. For tax
ing TIE census ibithis district The numer
slor would receive S. per day, and out Of
shat would have to pay for bis team and
for its care, After doing which there
would be not uEeh Of anything left to
pay for doing the work. Supervisor San
ehSs has received many compliments for
the'abls manner in Whi1h he was going to
take the esnsua in New Mexico, but he
seems to have bsen lGmentably ignorant
Of the nscessihos Of the case in the south
ern part Of the territory. Appearances
indicate that a great deal Of the work if
taking the census is beng done ir New
York city ~ mail. Letters asking all
sortS Of questions "fOr the census" coz
tinuO To CONS to various people. The rs-
plies to which may or laay net be accu-
rate, bat certainly will be far froU, com
plete aud 20 valuslsss for statistical par
poses.
Last Monday Thomas Lyons Of The Rru
Of Lyons & Campbell, the eattlemer. lead
Cd some cattle at Silver City and told bis
wife that he was going 10 Kansas City
with the train. Lyons leaR had known
that his wife had been carrying on a Jason
with John hoManigai aud had warned
hin never 10 GENE to bis house again IN
der penalty Of death. be had learned
that, despite the warning. McMaRiEAl was
10 the habit Of going to the hOuss when
sver be WAS away. So, Monday night, at-
ter giviHG out that be wal Of for Kansas
City be, reuAinsd in tOwn, AlOng towards
ten o'clock Lyens invited Depaty Sheriff
Davenport up 10 hia house. On arriving
there the house was found dark. DAven-
pert renamed by the front door while
Lyons wsnt around to the hack doer and
effected an entrance. Lyons immediately
went to the pArlor aad there found his
wife and NoMaRiEal. It is said that they
we're sitting on the sOfa and MsMlnigAl
bad bis arm around the Mrs.
Lyohs, a. sS0H as she saw her husband,
screamed aAd ran. McManigal drew his
s~ix-shootsr and Lyons, who bad bis gan in
Bis hand, commenced shooting He put
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