Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1893-04-07
WESTERN LIBERAL.
LoRDsBURe, APRIL I, 1898.


sas City this week. He was accom-
panied by H. Irvine.
O. H. Philbrick, a former Lords
burger, has taken cut n Of the two
gambling licenses in Eddy.
Florence J. O'Brien, correspondent
of the Tucson Citizen, was in the city
Wednesday en- route to Clifton.
Miss Clara Salkeld, who has been
teaching at Stafford, Arizona, this
winter, has returned to Lordsburg.
The Hon. John Wanamaker and
party passed through town Monday In
a couple of special cars attached to
the regular train west.
County superintendent of Schools
Thielman was in the city this week in
specting our school and found it in
a very satisfactory condition.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. H. McDermott
were in the city Monday returning
from El Paso, where they had been to
visit their daughter, who is In school.
The regular statement of the Silver
City national bank appears in this is
sue. Financially speaking its state
ment shows it to be as solid as the
hills which surround it.
Sig Weisl wants TO know whether or
not the Roberts & Leahy Mercantile
Co. had their new name manufactured
in the same place where they make
the new postage STAMP.
e. L. Foster, the new receiver Of
the First national banks of Deming
and Silver City, has reached Deming
and the depositors have strong hopes
of soon securing another dividend.
Mrs. John L. Kief and her baby,
which has about recovered from its
recent illness, we're in the city Tues
day on their way to Grand Island, Ne
braska, to visit Mrs. Kief's parents.
Beauty may be 'only skin deep;"
but the secret Of a beautiful skin is
pure blood. Those coarse, rough,
pimply compilations may, in most
cases, be rendered soft, smooth, and
fair by the ~persevering and systemat-
ic use Of Ayers Sarsaparllla.
DR.. II. Seward Webb, a s~on-in-law
of the late VIM. II. Vanderbilt, ac-
companied by his family and a party
of friends, passed through town going
west last evening. His train is said
to be one Of the handsomest private
trains in the country, consisting of six
Wagner cars.
The plum trees are In bloom, the
prairie is covered with flowers, the
apple trees and the cottonwoods have
put out their leaves clipped heau'
have appeared in town, the young
mans fancy lightly turns to thoughts
of love and so it is safe to say thar
Spring, gentle Annie, is with us.
Harry L. Thornton, the young Sal
Franciscan, who has been in the cat
tie business near Wilcox and ha
been missing since November; ha
been found. Hisdead body was fohnt
on the San Pedro river on the tral
leading to Hookcr's Hot Springs, wit
a bullet hole through his head and hi
body robbed. There is said to be
good clue to his murderer.
The spring round up was at Horst
shoe canyon the first OF tine week an
worked from there over to the rive
This round up shows there have bee
many changes in New Mexico, an
that the cowboy of a few years az
has disappeared. AS southern Graz
county is the most enlightened an
progressive part of the two territori'
1t is to be expected that here will
found the fullest development Of I'll
aesthetics Of cow punching. The d;
work and dress ct the cowboy is mdC
as formerly, it is ia the cook and b
department that the most progre
has been made. This round up b
the good luck to have f. s.. Dougla
acting as chef. Instead of letting ii
cowboys crowd around the tailboa
Of the grub wagon and help thei
selves as has been the custom, d
Douglass won't let one of them cor
TO the wagon. He sets the grub OF
they help Themselves and then
down the street, find an ant hill, s
down and eat. When Douglass ca
himself, or the cattle owner shows
for q meal, the tailboard is spre
with a snowy white cloth, napkins Q
produced and the board is adorn
with dainty china and solid silv
This was a shock To the unprogressI
cowpunchers from Arizona, but I'll
nearly fell OF the tree when they S
Ohef Douglass prepare for his nigh
rest. He took a spring cot from
top Of the mess wagon, pulled a h
mattress from under the seat,
rolled bis bedding, spread q pair
dne sheets adorned with a monogrs
then a pair Of heavy blankets Z
over it all a fine white Marsalles
spread, dlsrobed, put on a rufled nj