Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1891-07-03
WESTERN LIBERAL.
LoRDsBURG, JULY 3, 1891.

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Col. Ben Crawford was in the city
yesterday.
Engineer Bell is enjoying a vacation
in California.
The first rain OF the season was
Tuesday night.
Henry Holgate Of Deming spent Sat-
prday In the city,
The Southern Pacific Ray car was In
the city Wednesday,
Thompson Jones has been spending
the week In Demlng and lei Paso.
Miss Dee Moore Of Silver City is
stueying t%elegraphy with Tim Shine.
Mrs. Jas Costello was in town We'd
nesday the first time since her late
sickness.
Lindauer, Wormser s. Co, have dis
solved partnership, Mr.. Lindauor re-
firing. G. Wormser & Co. succeed to
the business.
DR.. Simpson had the interior Of his
Office nicely painted last Tuesday and
then it was handsomely sanded. He
can scratch a match on the wall any
where.
The post office department has re-
established the postoGice at Pyramid
and appointed Fred Alger as post
master. Alger has given bonds and
on the receipt of his commission will
open the Office.
Water has made its appearance at
Salt0n on the Colorado desert and
driven out the salt miners. 1t is sup
posed that an underground channel
has been opened from the Colorado
river to the desert and it may turn it
into an inland sea and compel the
Southern Pacific to build the road
around 1t or put on a line Of steamers.
Ada Humes Is In the exclusive
jurisdiction Of the matron, Mrs.
Chavez, and is said TO have become a
model Of proprlety and industry, sews
ing and mending. a separate build
ing for the accommodation of the
female prisoners is TO be erected this
summer.-Silver City Sentinel. TO
which maybe added, It seems she is
breaking down mentally and physically
under her long continued confinement.
1t is understood that three physicians
have examined her and their con-
clusions are that she is in a bad way
mentally and that her sanity may give
away any moment.-Eew Mexican.
The gang Of Cliftonltes who went to
Florence returned Monday but with
no very great love for tho town they
visited, which has, they claim, a much
more tOrrid climate than their much
loved Clifton. The experiences OF the
gang were many and varied, but as
usual the irrepressible FATTY" Becker
the slim wasted telegraph operator,
managed 70 get his foot intoit Fatty
was selected rs a juror on a divorce
case or horse stealing case or some
thing OF that kind one afternoon and
the case was not finished by night.
The judge told she jury that it was
the custom in some states to lock the
jury up till the case was finished, but
the society for the prevention OF cru
city to animals had put q stop to that
in Arizona in the summer time, so he
would have to turn them loose, with a
warning not to talk about the case.
After supper Fatty, with some of his
friends, was viewing the sights OF the
town, including the elephant, and in
one OF the stores where Kentucky
hardware is sold met a man whom he
thought he had seen before, and with
the hospitality for which he is noted,
invited him to irrigate and asked him
where he had met him before. The
gentleman said he was a lawyer and
had seen Mr.. Becker at the court
house, and proceeded to irrigate, an
operation which no Arizona lawyer
has been known to neglect. Fatty re.
membered the gentleman as one Of the
men who had been doing a good deal
OF talking in the case where he was a
juror. The two had a very pleasant
visit, after which, the night being old,
Fatty retired to the couch he was oc-
cupying In partnership with Jack Tor
rance and slept the sleep Of an honest
man in a hot town. The next morn,
when court opened the judge turned
TO the jury and said: "Juror Becker,
stand up" and Fatty got on his feet,
The judge continued; Juror Becker,
before adjournment last night the
court warned the jury to be circum.
spect, Notwithstanding which warn
ing you. under cover Of night, hied
yourself to a SALOON, where you spent
your time In the company OF the attor.
ney for the defense and invited him to
drink with you. Do you not know,
Juror Becker, that for a juror, who il
trying a case to invite one OF the law
yers engaged on the ase to drink, is
contempt of court? For this you are