Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1893-05-19
WESTERN LIBERAL.
LoRDsBURG, MAY 70, 1885.
]. w. Hamilton made a beming
trip yesterday.

Ex-Governor Ross has returned to
Deminy from sis trip to Washington.
Col. z j. licwhirt was IN from the
San simcn valley the first Of the
week.
Ne .srs. Reynolds and Stark of the
Pv amid went over to Silver City this
Deek.
Miss Mamie Clark is ia the city this
week visiting her cousin, Barney
Scion.
Col. Bob Paul, late United States
marshal of Arizona a in the city
this week.
John T. Shy came in Saturday on
his way to Clifton. He did not get
there till Monday.
Miss Emma Roberts, who has been
visiting the Misses Marble, has re-
turned to Silver City.
J.. f. Stark, who has for years been
interested in the Pyramid properties,
arrived in town Monday. .
Col. Donegan began hauling in his
spring crop OF wool, Friday. He has
an extra fine crop this year.
Jas. Guthrie, the well known South
ern Pacific engineer, and Miss Julia
Driscoll were married in Tucson last
week.
DR.. Woodland, who has been visiting
at Chase s. McCabe's left for his Mis-
souri, home yesterday, carrying with
him a couple of prairie dogs.
Miss Anderson, who has been teach
ing the Clifton school, was in the city
Monday, en- route to Cincinnati to
visit her sister who is very sick.
Shorty Whitcomb brought a freight
train into town Tuesday and came
near licking an old acquaintance who
asked him who he was firing for.
Mrs. c. NJ. Shannon of Clifton, was
in the city Monday, en- route to Den
yer, where she will visit and then GO
to Chicago, to visit the Columbian
Exposition.
The Arlington hotel now looks as
pretty as a new red painted wagon
with its new coat of paint. George
Reeb is to be congratulated en- the
work be has done.
''The flowers that bloom in tho
Spring" are not more vigorous than
are those persons who purify their
blood with Ayers Sarsaparilla. The
tabled Elixer Vitae could scarcely i'm
part greater viyacity to the count
cnauce than this wonderful hedicine.
A new strike was made in the Viola
mine Saturday. 1t was on the second
level to the west. A sample of the
ore ran 521 ounces in silver and an
ounce and a half in gold. This dis
covery is beyond the dyke and in
ground that is not broken up so the
chances are favorable for its becoming
more permanent.
Col. A. j.. Streator was in the city
Monday on his way th Eddy on bust
ness. The colonel was out in the rain
all day Friday and got very wet, but
there did not enough water fall Oh
him to cause him to cuss the rain. In
fact it is said that he never does
speak d~isrespectfully of the rain,
when be sees any.
The storm of last Friday tied up the
Pyramid mail in Lordsburg till Satur.
day. j. W. Hamilton, the deputy
mail carrier on the Lordsburg and
Pyramid mail line, started OUT but
when he got to the river above town
his faithful mule declined to &c
through it and he had to bring the
mail back to toYn and wait till morn.
ing.
1t has not been unknown to the
readers of the Liberal that w. b.
Foster Of Stems Pass was rot alto
gether reliable. Lately circumstance
have arisen still further proving this
to be a fact. Recently when some
cattle were being shipped from Lords
burg Il. R. Brandt came down from
Stems Pass with some thirty cattle
that Foster had turned over to him tc
be sold with the others. Most Of the
cattle in Fosters brand. Some were
not. Inspector Olassen asked Brandt
where these cattle came from, espec-
tally one branded with j. p. Byron's
brand. Brandt said he knew nothing
about the matter, Foster had turned
the cattle over to him saying he own.
ed them and had made a trade with
Byron for that steer. Knowing
Fosters reputation Inspector Classer
wrote to Mr.. Byron asking about The
matter and got an answer saying hi
never had sold a steer to Foster and
wanting to know who he was. Foster
then said the matter was a mistake
Another mistake made on the same
shipment was the turning in of an ole
steer without any brand. This steel
was recognized as one belonging tc
Presly johnson and was turned loose.
There were several other cattle that
We're not Of Fosters brand, n being