Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1891-03-06
FRIDA Y, MARCH, 6, 1891.

ton.
There will be adance in the express
tdice building tonight.
Miss Daisy Kellum entertained her
Young friend Wednesday evening.
The Misses Marshall entertained a
party Of friends hist evening.
March cane in like the proverbial
lamb, this year. How win it 10 out?
The teeth pulling sellef Of alfalfa
oil has been on the streets this wee k.
r. P. Hart writes this week that he
will be gack in New Mexico early In
April.
The miners on the Misers Chest
celebrated the regular pay day
last Monday.
A weeks Chronicles arrive Tuesday
morning and McGrath had TO hitch up
a team to deliver them.
The McGrath brothers were home
from the Agricultural college enjoying
the spring vacation this week.
Last Sunday night Constable Reich
vein Of Central shot and killed a Mex
lean who was throwing stones at him.
VIM. Palmer of 10 hester, New
York, arrived in town this week and.
has taken a position in rho Pyramid.
company's store.
Asocial party was given Tuesday
night by Mrs. NJ. w. McGrt til in honor
of her two sons who are spending their
college vacation at home.
The Continental oil company is 20
to build a warehouse for case goods
and a tank for oil which will be re-
ceived in bulk, at Silver City, says the
Sentinel.
Major p. NJ. Chase from the Ami
mas was in the city the first Of the
week. He reports that Mrs. Chase
has entirely recovered from the at
tack made upon her by an unruly cow.
Col. McWhirt was in from the San
Simon valley this week. The colonel
reports despite the floods and high
waters that none of the bridges across
the San Simon river have been carried
away this spring.
Head, Hearst aud Haggin have Just
sold between 2,0e0 and 5000 head Of
steers g, 4 and 5 year oldsl to Rappall,
Lamb s. Co., Of Chicago forsl8. head.
The cattle viii be shipped next
month.-Sentinel
Jack Boucher, a mining s%uperinten-
dent well known in southern New
Mexico and Arizona, droiped dead in
front of the Senate saloon, at Tucson
Sunday. Jack was a resident of
harrisburg about two years ago.
Yhe report that Col. Lindauer Of
Dcming had donated a thousand
dollars in cash and town lots to st.
Michaels college at Santa Fe is au-
thoritatiyely denied. The Colonel
docs not intend to educate his son
Sam in the catholic faith and under
the circumstances, all things consider
ca, the way it turned out, such Il do
nation would have simply been a
waste Of money.
When the scandal loving and pro-
ducing citizens OF Silver City heard Of
the p%enitentiary report they were in
despair. They had had fair Ada
among them, She had even produced
a moderate sized scandal while occupy
ing a parlor in the county Jail, but the
proceedings at the p%enitentiary had
eclipsed airy previous record and bid
fair to rob Silver City of her hard won
reputation of being the fountain head
of the most s%candaious scandals which
delighted the ears Of the salacious.
The denizens of the town felt they
must do something to redeem the
name of the city. Silver City has a
retreat known as the Ladies hospital
or the Grant county hospital, support
ed by the county and territory and
managed by a board Of ladies, within
the the pospital, sent there as a
''patient," but on recovery appointed
q nurse, was a fair Ruth who had
Created some little excitement in the
town by a threatened breach of
promlse suit some time previously.
1t seeus that Ruth enyied the fame
of Grant county's fair representative
at the pen, and resolved to go her n
better. An Investigation showed her
that the superintendent of the hos
pital was Of her own Sex and so there
was no chance to have the superinten-
dent write her poetry. The only male
man who could serve her purpose was
the Mexican porter Of the hospital. and
he received her favors. There was no
legislative commltte to investigate.
but there We're inmates too sick to
charm the fair one-and vet well
enough to want to, and out Of pure
Jealousy they made a report to the
managers Of the hospital. Ruth I'M
like Ada, did not have to stay and the
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