Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1893-01-13
WESTERN LIBERAL.
LoRDsBURe, JANUARY 10, 1898.

several forfeiture notices.
Tuesday at Clifton wal signslized
by two births and two deaths.
James Vance has returned from his
California visit, with his family.
The latest quotations are: Silver,
800; Copper, 1910; Lead, 1886.
On Tuesday Tom Simpson, of Cliff
ton, became the daddy Of a fine baby.
1t is o boy.
DR.. Linden died Tuesday at Clifton.
He Was an old timer in that place and
very generally known.
Ed. Hoye, the snterprising hard
ware man Of FL Paso, was In town
Wednesday en- route to Clifton.
Nj. and Mrs. Holt, Of Clifton, be-
came the happy parents Of a 1O-pound
baby girl Wednesday morning.
Mrs. Woods stopped in town this
week with friends and will shortly
leave for Benson where she will live
with her son Tom.
Last Mondays election at Gold Hill
was Vesy quiet and resulted in the Sc
lection of H. NJ. Goliath as justice of
the peace and George Sublett for con-
stable.
Provide yourself with a bottle of
Ayers Cherry Pectoral, and so have
the means at hand for contending
successfully with a sudden cold. AS
an emergency medicine, it has no
equal, and leading physicians every
where recommend it.
John Terrence, one of Clifton's most
popular citizens and business men
passed away Tuesday. Mr.. Terrence
was at enc time in charge Of the Ari-
IONA copper company's store. This is
an unusually sad case as this is the
second son Mrs. Terrence has been
called upon to follow to the grave
within less than a year.
Our Carlisle correspondent gives us
the following as the result Of the cleo
tion held last Monday: For justice of
the peace-G. Scott Dawson, 10; w.
A. Palmer, 2. For constable-W. @.
Davenport, 10; Anthony Conner, 2; J.
H.. Kistler, 1. For school trustees
p. H. McDermott, 16; N. II. McCuis-
tion, 16; r. M. Rucker, 10. Total
vote cast, 16.
1t appears that a bill reducing fees
of county officers, if passed at all,
will not be made to take effect for sew
eral years. We were given to under
stand by several prominent candidates
for office during the late campaign
that they "would take no steps to-
wards defeating the passage of a bill
reducing or doing away with the fee
system" if they we're elected. With
the fee system in force aud present
rates of taxation, how would double
the present rates to pay the expenses OF
the proposed new county strike you?
The well known firm of Roberts &
Leahy exists no longer as such. The
firm decided to start the year as an
incorporated institution. Accordingly
all necessary steps were taken and the
capital stock, which the LIBERAL un-
dsrstands to be $50, 1000, 800 shares at
300 each, duly paid up. The corpora
tion will hereafter be known as the
Roberts s. Leahy Mercantile Com
pany. This institution is one of the
business houses of which LOrdsburg
can well be proud. Starting from q
very modest beginning the founders
a point with pride to a volume OF
business that would be in keeping
with a town of four or five times the
size of Lordsburg.
That our Deming friends are deter
mined upon county division and that
the friends of the proposed county OF
Pyramid will have to be up and doing,
is conclusiyely proven by the following
Deming correspondence Of the FL Pasc
Times: The situation as regards the
formation Of Florida count with
Deming as the county seat has been
materially improved within the past
few days by the introduction in the
legislature by Robert Bland Of Colfax,
Of what Is known as blouse Bill No
a." an act relating to the organiza.
ton Of new counties in the territory
Of New Mexico. The same provide,
that whenever a petition is presented
to the governor signed by at least Ave
hundred house-holders and legal vot
ers who reside in the proposed limits
Of the new county, setting forth thai
there are two thousand bona 1de resi-
dents within the limits Of said county
that the said county is not less thar
sixty miles square or 5000 square miles
that the assessed taxable property il
not less than $3.50, 600; that no bound
airy line shall be established within
less than 25 miles of the present coun
ty seat, the same shall be entitled Il
fern a new county. There is ever
reason to believe that the bill will be
come a law within the next few weeks
In that event Florida cOuntV will h,