Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1893-04-21
WESTERN LIBERAL.
LoRDsBURa, APRIL q, 1898.


s3t; Copper, 11.25; Lead, Aba.
Mrs. o. Il. Colby was in the city
Sunday en- route from Clifton to her
home in Silver City.
H. H. Coote was in the city from
Carlisle Monday on his way to Califor-
mia to visit relatives.
There is to be a dance at the school
house at Gold Hill tonight in honor
Of the last day Of school.
OpDonnel Brothers are rounding up
their horses for shipment, having sold
nine. hundred to H. Irvine.
Col. Bill Wells, Of the about-to-be
celebrated Nancy Lee mine at Gold
Hill, was in the city Saturday.
A. L. Gibson is again back to Lords
burg aud will divide his time between
his mining bonanza and his shoe
makers bench.
DR.. Clarke leaves to-day for Cali.
fornia, where ne has been called by
his mothers illness. He expects to be
gone about ten days.
Charlie Stevens discovered an al
bino antelope between town and Gold
Hill the other day. Unfortunately he
could not capture it.
Sig Weisl, the jolly Carlisle post
master, was in the city Tuesday, hay
ing come down to see how it felt when
a pestmaster's head was cut of.
Assessor George w. Miles was in
the city Saturday trying to find out
how much property the citizens were
willing to pay taxes on. AS usual
with assessors he found a poverty
stricken community.
Many rise in the morning with a
headache and no inclination for break
fast. This is due to torpidity Of the
liver and a deranged condition Of the
stomach. To restore healthy action
to these organs, nothing is SO efica-
cious as an occasional dose Of Ayers
Pills.
The strike on the Santa Fe road is
causing considerable disturbance with
trafic. The company has refused to
receive cattle for shipment until the
strike is over. If the affair is not soon
settled it is liable to cost the cattle
men of this section a great deal of
money to hold their shipping cattle.
G. Fl. Dane, president of the de-
funct Deming and Silver City banks,
gave bond last week in the sum OF
s15, 0O0,- with Thomas Catron, Sam
Carpenter and Israel King as his
bondsmen, and vas released from the
Las Cruces jail, where he had been
confined for several months, awaiting
the action of the United States court
on the indictments that had beer
brought against him for wrecking
those banks.
e. e. Haenett, an old German, who
has been living for some years about
two miles from Gold Hill camp livlns
the life of a hermit With no compan
ion but a burro, making his living M
u knows how, his only occupation
seemed to be the manufacture of cac
tus canes, Of which he had hundreds
but never had sold one, was takeI
sick last week. He was breugh
down t. G. Colbath's and every atten
ton possible shown him, but withou
avail. He died Friday afternoon an,
was buried SATURDAY. He had n
known relatives.
1t is rumored that the Southern Pa
ci6c road has secured the contrac
for carrying the fast mails betwee
New York and the Pacific coast, tn
contract that is now held by the SAINT
Fe road and the Atlantic g. Pacifl
roads. This contract will uecessitat
the extending the trains, that now ru
only between San Francisco and LC
Angeles, through to New Orleans an
will give us two trains daily each wal
The new trains will be fast ones an
will only stop for coal and waite.
For several years there has been a ri
NOR about lei in six months that
fast train would be put on the Soutl
ern Pacific, but the last one seems {
have more backing than any Of til
previous ones.
For a week or so H. Amber has ha
a young fellow named Ernest CAM
bell working for him. Wednesday h
discovered that he had taken SON
money out Of the drawer and used
without making a charge, so he fire
him. Wednesday night Mr.. Ambl,
closed up about eleven O'Clock an
opened his place at six o'clock yeste
day morning. When he opened up /
found that = hole had been cut in Il
panel Of the front door and the pla'
had been robbed. The safe had n,
been locked and there was missir
the silver box, containing abol
eighty dollars, five watches, two ring
several r%evolvers and a number Of 0
coins he had been collecting. Fro
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