Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1893-08-04
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Saturday, on a little business.
Mrs. a. A. Schultz was in town Sun.
day OF her way TO Deming, to visit
with relatives.
Agent Harrison TO add dignity to
the Well's-Fargo business, has shaved
of his whiskers.
Larry McCourt ashed more or less
successfully in the Rio Animas north
Of town, yesterday.
J. e. Hussey Of the Lord Hussey
Cattle Co., passed through town yes
terday with a bunch OF beeves for Sill
yer City butchers.
Herb McGrath has been going
around with the aid az a cane, having
hunt the bottom Of ono Of his feet. 1t
is now much better.
The annual poll tax is now due aud
W. II. Small, clerk of the school
board, announces that he is ready to
give receipts for dollars.
Ben Titus agent Blinn Lumber Co.,
leaves for San Francisco Sunday. He
goes as commissioner to the Mid-Win-
Ter fair from Lordsburg.
J.. H. Howard, who taught the Gold
Hin school last winter, was in the city
last Saturday and went out to the
Hill to call on bis old friends.
J. ". Mansfield o fthe Animas was
in town during the week, wearing a
pleasant smile which we Judge is due
to the recent heavy rainfall In his
neighborhood.
DR.. Davis, accompanied by his wife
and son, were in the city Sunday on
their way to Deming, where they took
the Santa Fe for Chicago to see the
Columbian exposition.
Harry Logue Of Gold Hill came in
for supplies. He reports the little
camp In a lourishing condition and
says Kedzie a have the best mine
In the district IL he will only run his
railroad through there.
Bones and Boxer have skipped out
and their loss was sincerely mourned.
They left Monday. Bones is the well
known white horse that has a bust
ness connection with Wells-Fargo,
aud Boxer belongs to Roberts s.
Leahy.
As An after-dinner pill, to strength.
en- the stomach, assist digestion, and
correct any bilious tendencies, Ayers
Pills are considered the best. Being
sugar-coated, they are as agreeable as
any CONNECTION, and may be taken by
the most delicate.
The Southern Pacific has postponed
the departure Of the pay car that was
due to leave San Francisco about the
drst Of the menth to the fifteenth.
General Superintendent Fillmore was
down to Tucson to tell the employees
of SO they would notget anxious.
A crazy Chinaman has been around
town for some time. He was perfec-
tly harmless, but there was no telling
how long he would remain so. The
chinaman all said he vas crazy, they
knew it because he ate bread and
would not eat rice. Constable Ownby
took him to Silver City Tuesday and
he will be sent to the asylum.
A woman suffering with a mild form
Of insanity was brought over from
Georgetown last week and placed in
jail here. She is under the care of
DR.. Woodvllle. As the managers of
the insane asylum at Las Vegas will
receive only persons who are violently
insane, this unfortunate woman can
not be taken there.-Sentinel.
Tom Hall who killed Burleston at
Pine Clenega last week, came into
Silver City and gave himself up last
Friday. On Saturday he had exami
nation before Justice Glvens. The
testimony showed that Hall rode up
to Burleson's place and notified him
that he, Hall would own the place the
next week aud wanted Burleson to
get of 1t. This brought on an argu-
ment and hard words followed, Bur
lesson got out his gun and ordered
Hall to leave and then Instructed him
70 leave a little faster, and then Hall
took cut his gun and the fun common
ced. When the shooting was over
Hall had a bullet through his hat
within an inch Of his head and Bur
leaon had oAe in his forehead. After
hearing the testimony Justice Givens
saidi IAN the witnesses who saw the
occurrence testified that Mr.. Burle-
son kept on ordering him to 60 on
faster while Mr.. Hall was trying to
leave the premises. 1t looks to the
court that II Burleson did not want to
kill Mr.. Hall, he had a very reckless
way Of holding his gun and ordering
people to run away from him; and a
reasonable man, being placed In the
position Nj. Hall was from the evil.