Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1891-06-05
WESTERN LIBERAL.
LoRDsBURG, june, 1891.

yesterday.
DR.. Gaddis was in from Gold Hill on
Wednesday.
J, w. Munchas was in from Stems
Pass Wednesday.
George Hicks islimping around with
an attack Of rheumatism.
Price Simpson and VIM. Cheney
spent Saturday in Deming.
John Hill of Bisbeehas been visiting
his cousin, Edna Hills, this week.
The Denver Queen Bee was in town
and made a Clifton trip this week.
Southern Pacific pay a was wei
coined by the railroad men this week.
NJ. McNair, representing the Arlzo-
ma Republican, wa in the city this
week.
Ed Crumb, the round wasted in
spector of Wells, Fargo & Co.. was in
town this week.
On Tuesday evening Mrs. McGrath
gave a reception inihonor of her son
LENS eighteenth birthday.
John Bruce has gone into San Fran
cisco to attend a meeting Of the griey-
ance committee Of the brotherhood Of
locomotive engineers. During his alb
sence Tom Brown IS attending to the
passenger run.
Frank Whitehill, who has been in
dicted by the grand jury, has taken a
change,of venue to Sierra county so as
to be tried Immediately. Frank says
he is innocent and wants to prove it
Immediately. The Sierra court meets
next week.
The vocal organs are strengthened
by the vse Of Ayers cherry pectoral.
Clergyman, lawyers, singers, actors
and public speakers find this prepar =
ton the most effective remedy for irri-
tation and weakness of the throat and
lungs, and for all affections of the vo-
cal organs.
Engine No. s, one Of the old ones
that was brought around Cape Horn
for the Central Pacific, has been In use
rs a switch engine in the Tucson yard
for some time, but has finally become
too dllapidated for use and has been
sent to Sacramento to be repaired or
sent to the scrap heap.
Ed. Pennington who is temporarily
acting as manager in chief of the
Humboldt property, informs the LIB
ERAL that some t lint since he wrote to
Chicago for an illustrated catalogue of
printing Office material, and at the
same time wrote to Salt Lake City for
an illustrated catalogue or album of
the eligible young ladies belonging to
the church Of latter day saints, that he
made his. selections and orders, and as
soon as his stock arrives he is going to
Columbus, the new town south Of
Deming, and start a newspaper and
join the Norman church. The LIB
ERAL wishes him plenty of prosperity
in his now undertaking.
Last Monday night a couple of en-
gines were down to the coal bins for a
load Of fuel. The night hostler came
up to the depot to attend to the pass
enger engine. One of the Cinnamon
employed as a wiper got on n of the
engines to do some work. He wanted
to move her a little and so started her
up. When he tried to stop her he
found the air would not work and the
throttle stuck. To keep her from 60
ing in to the turntable he reversed
her which set her backing, towards
another engine. He had the engine
racing up and down the track and sue
ceeded in humping the other engine a
compile of times before Engineer Gil
son, who heard the racket, could climb
aboard and stop her. ellison found
the throttle wide open, the lever in
the last notch and a badly scared
Chinaman staying with the machine,
Last Friday one Of the Burns, who
in the San Simon valley posted a
notice on a field he claimed to own
that any man found cultivating the
field would be shot. John Duncan,
an employe of.the San Simon cattle
company claims to own the field and
have a government patent for it, and
it is claimed that Burns jumped the
patent. Dud Hfuet and DICK StTaJt0h
went out to pillow in the field Friday
armed with a saddle gun and a six
shooter. AS they went to work
Burns and a man named Johns opened
fire on then with 1870 W~lnchesters,
from behind an adobe wall. The
boys replied with their light guns.
Stratton was shot the ball passing
through n leg and entering the
other. He was taken to the house
and Or. Simpson sent for. The doc
tor dressed the wound aud pronoun-
ced it not fatal If he rallied from the
shock. Sunday morning Stratton was
taken worse and died never having