Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1891-08-07
WESTERN LIBERAL.
LoRDsBURe, AUGUST 7, 1891.

Jas. Patterson was in from Gold Hill
Wednesday.
Major Pritchard was in from Gold
Hill Tuesday.
Doc Wagner has returned to Grant
county from California.
McGrath & Co. have mounted a new
sign over their store this week.
Mrs. Charlie Fetterly returned from
California the first of the week.
The Southern Pacific paymaster
called on his Lordsburg friends last
Saturday.
Sam Meeks has sold a half interest
in the Pachloky mine at STEMS Pass
to James Coyle.
#. Leonard, the shoemaker who was
here about three years ago, was in
town this week.
nd Callahan, who used to brake on
the narrow gauge road several years
ago, has been in the city this week.
" Hixson and r u RnsSell tvnrs
up from El Paso Sunday to cool Off
and enjoy the pure air of the country.
Quite a number of men are and have
been for years steadily making wages
placer washing in southern Santa Fe
county.
F. w. Fitzpatrick, Of Hachita in
tends proving up or his ranch and has
a land office advertisement in this
weeks paper.
The only son of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Nichols died in Silver City last week.
This is the third child they have lost
within two years.
Fl. A. Fuller was in from the ella
Wednesday. He reports that the
watermelon crop will be in condition
in about two weeks.
Thos. Foster returned from his Cal
ifornia trip Sunday. He reports Mrs.
Fosters health much improved by her
residence in California.
A. number of young people gave a
surprise party to the Misses Maud and
Aana Marshall Wednesday evening
and a very enjoyable time was had.
Bruce Pelton left this week for
Gainesville, Texas, to visit his mother
and sisters. During his absence Price
Simpson is attending to his railroad
work.
President Young of the Deming &
Las Palomas road sent $50, 900 to DEM
ing last week and 1t was used in pay
ing off some of the old debts of the
railroad company.
The new jury list of Grant county
A5htains sos names. Wonder if there
are - of these SOC who would be will
Ing to hang a ma who committed a
cold-blooded murder.
The editor of the Pinos Altos (which
editor is not stated adyertlses that
he will wrestle any man in camp for
$50 a side, either collar and elbow, sidel
or back holds, Cornish style or Tipping.
Ed scanlon, who was hurt by falling
from a train as reported in last weeks
LIBERAL, is much better and in all
probability will recover although he
may not recover complete control of
bis mind for a year OF So. His sister,
Miss Mary Scanlon, arrived from Chi
cago Saturday, and as 0 0 as Ed is
able to be moved she will take him
home.
Last Saturday Herb McGrath, who
Is about seventeen, was coming in
from Rlcolite with the mail. When
he was coming out of the canyon and
was about twenty miles from town he
saw a horseman coming across the
country at about right angles to his
road. Taking him for one of Hart
Brothers. cowboys. Herb hurried up
so as to meet him. There was a hill
between them and just as Herb was
driving up the hill he came in sight of
the nan and was much surprised to
see an Indian with about two feet of
hair hanging down his back. Luckily
the Indian was looking the other way,
so Herb stopped his horses and backed
them down the hill till he was out of
sight and then turned the team and
drove up a gully out Of sight Of
the road, hitched them and took to
the brush, He succeeded in hiding
hlmselfin a patch Of cactus and had a
good sight of the Indian, who had on
a red shirt, soldiers blue trousers but
with nothing on his head. The In
dian came up within about fifty feet
of where Herb was hiding, crossed the
road there and went on his way.
Herb waited until he went over a
divide about half a mile away and
then he got his team and lit out for
town, making a record from Rleolite
in that beat any former one. Herb
says he was pretty badly scared, and
was perfectly willing to have the In
dian take the horses and the whole
outfit II he could only get away,
although he got out the siX-shooter to