Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1893-07-14
WESTERN LIBERAL.
L%oRDsBURG, JULY II, 1893.


LORD HuSscy mas returned from MS
Fourth Of July trip to Silver City.
Il. J.. Coggin has returned from his
trip down to his old home in Texas.
The Wilcox Cinnamon ride on the
bicycle aud are very enthusiastic over
the sport.
The Humboldt company are making
preparations for ~patenting the Jerry
Boyle mine.
Marshal Hall has appointed Bud
Moore Of Deming as his deputy for
Grant county.
The miners in Cooks Peak district
hope to begin work again about the
arst Of next month.
Our old friend, sam McAninch, Of
Silver City, has added a son to his
other responsibilities.
Mrs. J. P. Ownby has gone to Calf
ornia to visit her mother, Mrs. Glass.
She will be gone several weeks.
b. NJ. Crawford returned from Tue
son Tuesday, where he had been to
meet Julius Lezlusky on business.
Mrs. J. Smith and Miss Smith, of
Clifton, were in the city Monday, en-
route to California for a menth's out
ing.
Dave Clark left the first Of the
week for the Indian Territory, where
he has tile offer Of a lucrative posi-
ton.
Since the increase in John Duncan's
family he found it necessary to buy a
buggy. He set up a fine one this
week.
A magic lantern show occupied a
couple of evenings this week. II was
not a brilliant show nor a brilliant Ian
tern.
The Misses Alice and Jessie Parker
passed through Saturday en- route. to
California for i months vacation aud
recreation.
Larry McCourt, the happy, was in
the city this week. Larry still insists
there is nothing like tho Fargo twenty
shilling shoe.
John Duncan, manager of the San
Simon cattle company was over at
Silver City this week, with many
others, giving the county commission
ers that assessments were too high.
President Ca)quhoun and Gel. Egan
were over to Silver City this week TO
show the county commissioners that
they had placed too high a valuation
on the property Of the Arizoga & New
Mexico railway.
A largely signed petition prays that
Miss Mary CunIfe be retained as
postmistrcss at Las Cruces. Miss
CunIGc has had the position for 10.
these many years, having served IN
der Cleveland before.
Manager c. b. Allairc, Of the
Tanning Extract Company, returned
Monday from Peoria, Illinois, whore
he went to make arrangements for the
enlargement of the capacity Of the
plantand the Introduction of now and
improved machinery. He wa highly
successful in his mission.-Hean
light.
VIM. Mansfield and Hy Fisher were
over to Silver City the first Of the
week 10 attend the meeting of the
board of county commissioners and
tell them that a wrong was done in
raising their assessment. Mr.. Mans
field says he was successful and
had the ASSESSMENT reduced TO the
figures he put in. Fisher says he was
even more successful, he had his as
sessment reduced to n lower figure
than the one he gave TO the assessor.
When the assessor was around Fisher
thought he had about $50 cattle. He
explained to the board thot after he
had attended the spring roundups he
came to the conclusion that he had
notgot more than $50 head, and the
commissioners reduced his assessment
to t~hat,0gure:: As noaction has been
taken on any Of the raises they must
be mistaken.
The body of Engineer James Boyers,
who was killed on the Mexican Cen
trail last week was brought through
and buried at Bowie last Saturday.
The particulars % the accident were
late in arriving here, they were as
follows: Mrs. Boycrs was living at
Juarez and her husband was running
on the second division Of the Toad, a
baby was born TO her and her husband
was telegraphed for to come home, he
chahgen engines with a man running
on the first division SO as to come al
and see his wifeand baby, while com
ing up his engine hit a COW, which
went under the machine and it look
ed as though it was going to turn ever
Boyer Jumped and just at this time
&C.,