Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1895-10-11
WESTERN LIBERAL.
LoRDsBURG, OCTOBER II, 1895.

noon for Silver City.
The railroad carpenter gang has
been in town this week.
The circus train passed through the
city Saturday night without stopping
to give an exhibition.
W. B. Kelley, Of the Solomonvllle
Bulletin, was in the city yesterday, re-
turning home from Clifton.
The ella river has been very high
and both the Globe and Che Phoenix
railroads have been badly washed
out.
Trice's Plantation company gave an
entertainment al the Hall Saturday
night that was enjoyed by a good sized
audience.
Rev. E. f. Goodsen, the new minis
ter in charge Of the ella river circuit,
was in the city yesterday, en- route to
the river.
The Rev. Edward S. Cross, rector
Of the Church Of the Good Shepard Of
Silver City, will preach in Lerdsburg
next Sunday.
There will be an examination Of APP
plicants for teachers certificates at
the Silver City school house on Satur-
dry October u.
Elsewhere in this issue there appears
the statement Of the First National
bank of Ell Paso, which is, as always,
in an excellent hnancia! shape.
The latest quotations are; Silver,
SHELTER price, 674; london, 30 1916 d.,
copper, 1900; lead, smelter price, 3.15;
New York open market, $50 to S.a5.
Judge Boone was mp from Deming
yesterday to draw up the papers trans
ferrlng the McWhirtr ranch in the San
Simon valley to the San Simon cattle
company.
Jake Spitz, the inventor and pat
entee of that famous whist deal known
as the "Jaky Spitz DEAL" was in the
city the first of the week and made a
Ct-toh trip.
Tax Collector Laird announces that
he will be at the Eagle drug store in
Lordsburg on the 22nd of this month
for the purpose of receiving taxes for
the coming year.
There have been several train loads
Of Soldiers through towh the past
week. A new set of "Kid-catchersn
are being sent into Arizona to spend a
comfortable winter.
The Headlight in its last issue an
nounces the fact that the Hon. d. P.
Carr is not an associate editor Of the
Liberal. This IS bothimportahtsnd
Sr6e, But it is not news.
James McCabe was up from the An
imas the first of the week. He re-
ports there has been no Indian news
in that section since Billy Baker was
SO badly scared at the Grey ranch a
few weeks ago.
School Superintendent Link accom-
bShied by his wife and youngest son,
were in the city Wednesday. They
were out visiting the schools Of the
county. They reported to the LmER-
AL that they found the Lordsburg
school in an excellent condition.
There has been a young man in the
city this week who claimed that he
had strayed away from the the Wal
lace show. He has been giving enter
tainments in town, his specialties be-
ing TO drive pins and needles into his
body, tearing paper into fantastic
shapes and drinking water and beer
especially beer.
The recent change Of time OF the
passenger trains make quite a decided
change in the habits Of the engineers.
Formerly Messrs. Bruce and Zeigler,
who III between here ahd Tucson,
had = layover here Of about three
hours, and had every night at their
home at Tucson, while Messrs. Wilcox
~he MAilSis VIM luu u6IC duu
81 Paso spent alternate nights here
and at home. Now it lie reversed,
Wilcox and Miller have every night
Vt Nome and Bruce and Zeigler SPEND
alternate nights in Lordsburg. When
the flyer is put on another engine will
be put on each division and then the
men will have to run only six days in
the week instead of seven, as at pres
ent.
In speaking Of Fred Steucke, who
recently went crazy at Las Vegas, the
Optic says: 81. v. Parks, a deputy
sheriff from Clifton, Arizona, arrived
In this city on the early morning train
and starts for home this evening, with
Fred Steucke, the demented man, ac-
companied by Charley Clay, son of the
city marshal Il appears that the un-
fortunatA man is a blacksmith by
trade, alth, ugh he has worked at rail-
reading considerably in his life. It
was noticed that he acted strangely
upon leaving his Arizona home, but It
49, al.A - - -. ALLa L..