Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1891-10-02
WESTERN LIBERAL.
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P. II. synder made a Silver City
trip this week.
J. A.. Deemer from Duncan was in
the city Monday.
Jen Caddis is reported dangerously
sick IN Silver City.
Jas. Gibson was up from El Paso
Sunday night, just to say how de do.
r.. b. Kelly and wife returned from
their visit into Arizona Wednesday.
r. r. iweathered left. Tuesday night
for a short business trip TO Mammoth.
Mrs. w. II. Small left Monday night
for. Kansas City, TO join hef. husband
on a trip east.
Bert Woods, who spout last winter
ia Lordsburg, IS now in Benson, visit
ing his uncle, Tom Woods.
II. G. Boon was in the city Wednes-
day. Howard is becoming quite a
traveller since he got a new partner.
Col. Bill Wells was in from Gold Hill
Saturday evening to view the electric
lights and other sights Of the metrop-
. oils.
Tom Woods has bought Il house and
three lots in Benson, and it is hardly.
thought he bought them on specula-
ton.
Forepaws circus will be in Demlng
next Friday afternoon, the ninth, for
one performance only and that will be
at three O'Clock in the afternoon
Frank Wright returned from Bisbee
wednesday. lie says that it is very
unhealthy in that camp. During the
past month there were ninety deaths.
There was asheavy foodlast week at
Hart Brothers Burro mountain ranch,
which washed out considerable of the
nine line. Mr.. Hart says he is per
fectly-wining to repair the pipe line If
he can only get a little more rain on
the range.
Charlie Stevens went down to El
PasosSaturday night just to stay one
day but the attractions were so strong
that he did notsget back till Monday
night and would not have got back
then if the passenger train had not
been several hours late.
A letter from Harry Classen says he
is having a great time and getting fat
at the rate of a pound a day. His
friends here are figuring on stalking
him out in his present pasture for
year or so and then making a fortune
out Of him in the dime museums.
Queen Victoria has a remarkably
fine head of hair, for a lady of her age:
but her son, the Prince of Wales, is
quite bald. Had he used Ayers Hail
Vigor earlier in life, his head might,
to-day, have been as well covered as
that of his royal mother. 1t S not toe
late yet.
Charlie McDanlels, who worked at
Pyramid in the mines last winter and
then went to Carlisle, has left that
section of the country. 1t is said
there are several men who want to see
Charlie and find out how it comes
there are so many motherless calves
in the section of the country that he
was travelling over.
The Liberal is in receipt of a let
ter from the Lordsburg contingent
now up at ella hot springs, which says
they intend to arrive home about the
lfVh of this month and gives notice
thatNOors must be enlarged cas- the
c~omnAss was 50 excellent that they
have tAen onso much flesh that theil
clothes do not fit them.
The other night Dan Mckenzie wa:
awakened at his home at Pyramid
He struck a match and looked around
to see what the trouble was. The
fast thing that he observed was q
a skunk standing over n of his sleep
ing children. He woke his wife, go
his gun and while his wife lighted (
match, there was not time for a lamp
took aim and killed. the varmet wheI
it was only a few inches from hi
baby.
There is luckin hunting. Last Sun
day a party went out from Lordsburl
and after a good deal of hard worl
managed to bring in a couple of quai
and a jack rabbit. Another party wa
travelling across the country the SAM
day coming towards LOrdsburg. The,
were not hunting but a band Of an
telope passed about fifty yards ii
front of the team and the Wincheste
was dug out from under the bedding
and one Of the wild goats secured.
The poll tax payers are rather sloN
in coming up to the captains Office an
paying their little dollar. For tn
benefit of these uBen the LIBERAL viii
say that the new poll tax law is strict
er than any ever before enacted AM