Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1890-03-28
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caught FIRE, buraing all Of his household
goods including the clothing Of his wife
and children. He being a poor man the
loss was heavy and If it had not been for
the generosity Of bis ~neighbors he and his
family would have been in a most distress
ing situation. He requests your correspon-
dent to make acknowledgment, through
tbs columns Of tho Liberal, of his graft
tude to Messrs. Salcido and Carrasco for
their efforts towards relieving him at a
moment when, IA friend in need was a
friend indeed, y and others whose names
appear as subscribers to a fund which ma
terially helped him from temporary want.
The following are the persons who sub.
scribed to said fund; Salcido & Co.. Sar-
toris & Carraseo and Peter Russi each $40;
Reardon & Rutherford 81; Alex. Davis
$780, H. Elnam, f. Ledema, Longfellow
Salcido, FraHk Andre, 0. Borronuni, w.
H. Dodge and Will Lmtz, each 50; n.
Sanchez, Carlos Chavez, Sam Young, Isa-
bel NAvarres, E. Siam, Manuel salszar,
c. G. Cunningham, Alex. Grant, NJ. Web
ster, Edna Bennett, Emilio Vega and Geo.
r.. each ST. "a friend" Sc.
The writer passed through the pioneer
mill the other day and saw the following
On the wall; "Nor1cE: The public
will please bear in mind that this place is
no bursau Of information. Those de ir-
ing 10 know anything about Bismark's
healthj or the general reputation Of Ge-
r%oniuo; the political situation in China;
the price of oats in Kansas; the rea4on
the semitic race is without guile, a Scotch
man modest, Speaker Reed despotic; the
cause OF there being 40 frogs IN ireland;
or what Senators Ingalls and Chandler
would do for stock in trade politically if
all of the negroes IN the south were sent
to the Congo Basin forever, will please
consult the columns Of the Lordsburg Luz
ERAL.' Hence your correspondent took
the hint and would not put a single
query, to Jake Heideibough, who has
charge Of the mill.
Sig Weisl, who is the only Sighting
jew in America, besides being q prof
cient business man is in luck as can be
inferred from the following. Tie has sold
10 the Copper KING mining company two
mlpes. The property has always been re-
garded as A.. l and the eompany's agent
mere as soon as he became aware of the
fact bought them, paying a good round
sum for the same. There are also other,
gooa claims in the vicinity and no doubt
the same company will take them in as
soon they ascertain bat the properties are
safe investments.
Juan Lscana charged with petty theft
was tired, convicted and sentenced for 80
days,
Frank narpum, whose pet bears have
joined The great majority, and Hugh Mul.
len ara going to stake a party With pony
cigars and tea kettle w%hiskoy and seud
bin out 10 the mountains to bring IL
materlaT 10 start another meuauerje.
Fhev won I say which is GONG to XIII or
capture the bears, the cigars or the
whis;cy.
It sa fact those who have the moot to
say agninst II newspaper are those who
don't subscribe Tor 1t; nevertheless are
generally the ones who will 90 10 the sub
scriber ana ash a loan Of 1t and Inc chan
cos are will never return it..
'Gen Sherman has q high opinion of
Gen. Crooks Indian lighting qualities, 70
said an old,imer the other day, ''but the
following he continued, speaks for it.
self. In 1874 Gen. Miles subdued the
Cheyennes, %Arapahoes and Onahados
(Renczade Kiowas). In 1876 he ran Sit
ting Bull and his Sioux tribe who had
massaered Gen, Custer and bis command
1901, out Of the United States. In 1886
1t took Gen. Miles to finish a job that
Gen Crook failed to accomplish, that il
to say, capturing the renegade Chiri
cahua tribe" He further sad. Tin cap
turing Geronimo and his band and send
ing them away from their haunts where
they had been in the habit, periodically,
Of bouncing on peacable miners and set
tiers was the feat that showed Miles to be
not only a military chieftain but a states
man who had the welfare of bis own peo-
pie at heart and, though he treated tae
red devils humauely, eyinced no sympathy
for them. Continuing be remarked, Gen.
Crook is dead, the good deeds that he has
done let US remember and forget his only
fault"
NAEANT.
They know how TO cure rheumatism in
Pennsylvania! MIR. J. F. Meignan. a
Pittsburgh cigar dealer, awoke one morn
iup w-th IN affaeL of ,La,uatieu, q, L..