Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1893-07-21
WESTERN LIBERAL.
LoRDsBURe, JULY q, 1898.

/. Fraissenet was in town from Cliff
ton Saturday on his way to the
Worlds Fair.
Miss Minnie Kellum was ia from
Gold Hill, Saturday, to spend a day in
the metropolis.
This hot weather is hard on ice.
Chas. App & co. had to get 10 a new
carload this week.
Jim Lee, better known as Irish, will
open a lunch counter at the old Chung
Lee stand tomorrow.
Chaves- county returns st,446,OO2 for
taxation, the principal item being IA
sl1cattle at si49,2l
There has been collected s507.5O for
the location Of the agricultural ex-
pertinent station at Las Vegds.
Judge Fielder and WIN. Walker 81
Silver City we're in the city Wednes-
day, on their way to Gold Hill on bust
ness.
Mrs. Jake Abrahmas and children
from Clifton were in the city Wednes-
day on their way to Los Angeles for a
visit.
The Mexican at Pyramid, who vas
shot last week is fast recovering under
the careful treatment given by DR..
Clarke.
Oscar Neebe, recently released from
the penitentiary by Governor Atgeld,
was married to Mrs. Eliza Hcpp of
Chicago.
There was a serere fire at George
town last week, which destroyed the
large store owned by Thos. Phcby, and
4 other business places.
George H. Kelley, the handsome ed
1tor OF the S%olomonville Bulletin, was
in the city Friday, on his way home
after a "trip up to Clifton
The school board made out the nee
essary contracts for teaching next
years school this week and forwarded
them to Miss Roberts to sign.
DR.. Simpson writes from Creole that
the low price Of silver is playing the
dickens THAT is not the word he used
with the prosperity o. that camp.
Improper and deficient care of the
scalp will cause grayness of the hair
and baldness- Escape both by the use
of that reliable specific Halls Hair
Remover.
There have been too mapy clouds
for the local astronomers to interview
the comet. 1t is seldom that clouds
interfere with au astronomers bust
ness in this vicinity.
-Afetter from Frank Shriyer says he
= has been at Kansas City for the past
month or SO getting into shape to take
in the Columbian Exposition. AS he
has his fighting weight up to l54
pounds .he thinks he is in shape, aud
will now proceed to Chicago.
Charles M. Shannon, the newly APP
pointed internal feyenue collector,
was in the city this week, on his way
to Santa Fe, where he will take hold
of the Office as soon as his bond is APP
proved and commission returned. In
this importantofl q he was required
to give a bond in the sum of 100000
and the sureties had to justify in
double the amount they signed the
bond for, thus making a showing OF
wealth among the bondsmen Of Sl20,
900. On this bond the bondsmen JUS.
tined for 8l97, 600. Mr.. Shannon in
formed the LIBERAL that as yet he
had appointed but two deputies, Ben
NJ. Crawford, of Clifton aud VIM.
Burns of Kingston, the e%x-speaker Of
the lower house of the New Mexico
legislature. He has the appointment
of another deputy, but is having con
siderable trouble In getting a man K
take the place, which is a good one
paying $1,000 per year and all travel
ing expenses. Several men have beer
asked to take the place, but all have
refused, as the pay is not enough for
good man. There have been severa
applications for the position, but al
UuNG UGCn AlOAA hALA wiz nav NA0 A0Nt
that the only work of a collector 0
internal revenue was to collect the tai
on whiskey. and all that would be re
quired Of a man would be for him t.
b ajudge Of whiskey and as they haC
been carrying a New Mexico demo
Gratis thirst for years they felt compe
tent to carry a job, judge the whiske.
and draw the pay. To these men j
had to be explained that the collecto
was an Arlzonan, that there were tw.
parties or factions in the Arizon
democratic party, the moral demo
Gratis and the others, that the mora
democrats preached morality in Office
purity in politics and temperate
among the elect, no gambling allow
ed. That it was too much for an
one set Of men to preach and practic
all this so TO even things up th
"others" had to be pretty decent fe
lows and appoint deputies whose #,
cords did not have to be buried in tn