Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1891-12-18
WESTERN LIBERAL.
toRDsBURe, DECEMBER 10, 1891.
; Il. Snyder was IN from Geld Hill

Bliss Banh llilt mas eUIu hef mousse
IA Pyramid 70 ], W Hamilton.
W, II. Small has been laid up the
most Of the last week With the fash.
i8hable grip
II. @. Boone was In the city Monday
en route 10 Los Angeles to visit his
fast increasing family,
plhos Altos had q e40,0 0 fire last
week which cleaned up most OF the
business portion Of the town,
Hugh keenan, was very sick With
the grip and died from the effects Of
10 about eight e'eleeg this morning.
Mrs, A, N, Simpson and her children
arrived frAm Willcox Tuesday night
and will hereafter make LeFdsbufg
her home,
School win close next Wednesday
eyeaiRg TO give the little ones ton
days Ia which 10 square themselves
With Santa Clause,
r. i, Hart left Monday night for the
silver convention and Intends to visit
Las Vegas, Albuquerque aud Silver
Oily before he Fetaras,
Cullen Stein lett for Silver City on
Wednesday night 10 appear before the
eouaty clerk with his witnesses and
prove up on bis homestead.
The Advertisement Of Nolan s
Brown occupies Y prominent position
GA The arst page during the holiday
season, The LIBERAL is informed
that their stores are the hGss place Ia
Grant county 10 purchase holiday
gosds.
Nearly sll colds are slight at lrst,
but their tendency Is to 10 lower the
systAm that the sufferer becomes a
ready Victim TO any prevalent discase.
Tho use Of Ayers Cherry Peotesal, Ia
the beginning Of q cold, would guard
against the danger,
Nrs. b. 8. Roberts having recovered
from her recent sickness sufficiently
to travel abe left with her huaband
yesterday for California. They in
tend to stay there untli they have
both entirely recovered their health,
THE LlRKRAL hopes that will not be q
very long time.
The way the sautR Fe railroad
company IL aiding to build up Silver
City was shown yesterday at this
station, when the delegates TO the
silver convention bought their tickets
70 FL PasU. They found that from all
other points on Che Santa Fe. and
from points on the Southern Pacific
railroad, round trip tickets were be-
leg sold to the conveLtiun for Que fare,
but from Silver CiLy they would have
TO pay a fare aud a third. A compet-
ing road into Silver City les necessity
right noW.-Sentsnel.
At the last meeting Of the county
commissioners S. b. Kewcomb was
paid$250 as a retainer fee to prose
cut Ihe ex-oncials OF the county who
are under Indictment; the assessment
OF the Carlisle company was reduced
from S5O,O % to S25. 900; G. @. Shoema-
ker made his final report as treasurer,
which WAS accepted, w. Berg was ap.
pointed treasurer aud gave bonds In
the sum OF $50, 500 with NJ. W. Ncf, A
e. WOlcott, 10. L. Sheridan, Jas. A
LOckhart, II. l.. Pickett aud Chas. II
Dane as sureties. Mr.. Berg receipted
60 Mr.. Shoemaker for ST., 444.08 coun.
" money.
A bit Of r0mscc got mixed in wifi
the t~elegraphcr's strike. Mrs. Jennie
Carol was the operator at Edmond
She ls a widow with two dependent
childTen. She wss engaged to be mar
Tied to a. operator named A.. B. Pep
pen, Who had been at work at Ben
sOn. When the boys concluded Il
strike they told Mrs. Carol to con
tiHue N do her work, they did no
want her to take the risk OF JOINING
the strike. Mr.. Peppen signed th'
agreement TO strike and the next da,
went to work again. In the expressly
language OF the laboring man h.
'scabbed." When Mrs. Carol hear
OF the action Of her bctTothed sh'
packed up the engagement ring hi
photo, bis presents and his letters
She then sent him a telegram sayinI
that all his belongings would be II
Benson on the irst freight train, tina
ali vas over between them, that II b
could not be 3 man she wonld and sh
was going out with the boys. Natul
ally this rather broke up the scab an
he boarded the 6rst west boun
freight train with the intention OF g
ing 70 Esmopd 70 Wy and square bin
sslf, When the conductor found bit
sb0aFd the train without 8 pass h
teid him be would have TO get OF
The arst stop, Il 50 happened tha
tire drgs stop WA at Aescal siding,
plass where there Is no ofiee. Peppe
covld rlds ue farther, be could n'
ride back with the helper engine thl