Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1891-05-08
WESTERN LIBERAL.
LoRDsBURG, MAY s, 1891.

yesterday.
r. p. Hart hiss been V c to Silver
City this week.
Ben Titus left for the county seat
Wednesday. night.
H.. Classen has been in Silver City
this week, counting.
There was a delightful shower Mon
day evening the first OF the season.
Tom Woods made a Gold Hill trip
Sunday.
The Southern Pacific pay car arrived
on time Monday,
Ben Titus calculates taking a
months lay of.
THE population Of the United
States is double what it was in 1860.
Fred Douglas has closed his Shak-
spearc saloon owing to the high lie
llenese law,
w. II. Small expects to be in Silver
Monday to tell Judge Mcfie about a
little case of his.
School Superintendent Miles has
taken up the study Of law. The coun-
ty needs more lawyers.
Dan. Boone of ST Louis accompanied
by his son and nephew were visiting
II. G. Boone this week.
Judge Colby Of Deming is in Calf
ornia for his health and it is feared he
will not recover sufficiently to return.
Mrs. Churchell, editor of the Denver
Queen Bee was in the city Saturday
C%anvassing for subscribers to her jour
nal.
It is now lawful to fish for trout,
and the Lordsburg fishermen are pros
pecting the wet shafts Of this section
of the county.
Engineer John Tull who was burt at
the accident at Struss last week died
Wednesday in the hospital at Tucson
from his injuries.
Chas App & Co received an orderfor
% barrels of their famous beverages
from one dealer this week, besides
many other orders.
A special come down from Clifton
Saturday night carrying John Wilson,
one of the Scottish directors of the
Arizona. copper company.
NJ. w. Mills who secured the
contract for carrying the mail from
Lordsburg to Ricolite has not as yet
secured a sub contractor.
The Rio Grande is very high andhas
caused considerable destruction at E
Paso, the losers being the owners of
the irrlgatlng dith and Mexican
jackals.
The Kansas City bridge and iron
company are rushing things along with
the new bridge at Guthrie anu expect
to have it in position before the spring
FOODS come.
10. Leahy left for Fort Thomas
Saturday night to visit his brothers.
10 concluded it would convenient tc
be out side che territory when the new
jury was drawn.
Abe Abraham is over from Clifton
and is packing his household effects
preparatory to %removing.to tnat live
copper camp where he will assume the
management Of the Clifton Hotel, his
brother Jake, the proprietor of the
house, having made up his mind to
join his family at Pasadena, California,
where his childrena rs being educated.
Enterprise.
The LIBERAL mentioned the fact
last week that r. P. Hart and Ben
Roberts had made a trip to the twenty
four circle ranch. Subsequent inyes-
LEGATION showed they had quite a time.
They left Lordsburg about 7 p. M,
behind a team consisting of a mule
and a horse, about II p. m. they dis
covered a sand bank and concluding
it would be a good place to sleep made
a camp. While unhltching the team
the mule made a wild break for liberty,
Ben grabbed a rope which was around
the mules neck and Informed his long
cared majesty that liberty would be
postponed. This mule can pull about
as heavy a load on the end Of a tic
rope as he could if it was attached &c
a trace chain, and so kept right or
going. After Ben had bumped VI
against a few soap weeds he let go Of
the rope. During the night the black
horse got loose and when the boys got
up in the morning they went out t.
catch him. Rich finally had boil
canes in n hand and the horses nos,
in the other In trying to change tn,
combination the horse became a littl,
excited and Rich struck on his heat
in a bunch o~fmesquite. He claims i
does not hurt his game leg to land OF
his head. Ben chased the horsl
awhile but he started for Lordsburg
He then turned his attention to tn
mule and succeeded in anchoring it t.
a soap weed. He then started a foo
for the ranch seven miles away, wher,
he succeeded in finding some cowboy
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