Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1895-01-11
WESTERN LIBERAL.
L%oRDsBURG. JAN. II. laa5.

Miss Bessie Payne has been sick
during the past week, but is now fast
convalescing.
J. II. Harlan, Of Rincon, was in the
city Monday on his wty to Carlisle,
where he is interested In some mining
properties.
DR.. Hagen was called TO STEMS Pass
last Saturday night and made a trip
down into the Animas and San Simon
valleys. He returned Wednesday.
Mr.. r. P. Hart returned Saturday
from his holiday trip to Silver City.
He reports having an interesting time
while sojourning at the county capital.
Mrs. P. NJ. Chase, accompanied by
her two Sous, John and James McCabe,
was In from the Animas the first Of
the week, and stopped in town a few
days.
The regular statement Of the Silver
City National bank is published else
where in this issue. AS is always the
case with this bank it is 10 a prosper
Gus condition.
Elsewhere in this paper will be
found the advertisement John Dun
tan is having printed, giving notice
that he intends to prove up on ais
farm 10 the San Simon.
The Eext holiday viii be Washing
tons birthday-February 22nd.-Sul-
phe' Valley News. What is the mat
ter With The 14th Of February? Is not
the day sacred to the memory of the
blessed St. valentine honored in
Wilcox?
Superintendent Calquhoun, Of the
Arizona Copper Co., accompanied by
his family, returned Tuesday from a
trip to the eastern part of the county.
While there they visited Silver City,
and Mr.. CalQuhoun visited the new
copper camp at Ivanhoe. lie was
much pleased with the prospects Of
the camp and thinks it soon will be
an important producer.
Rofore the teachers met 10 conven-
tion at albuquerque the LIBERAL
drew the attention Of President Selby
to the Importance of changing the
system Of writing taught in our schools
from the slantlng S%pencerian system
to the vertical system. President
Selby informs the LIBERAL that the
matter was discussed and he thinks
that when textbooks are changed in
the territory, which will be next fall,
the new system will be adopted
Last Saturday Mrs. Juliet McWhirt,
widow of the late Col. McWhirt, came
IN from her ranch on the San Simon,
and was visiting with Mrs. B. B. Own
by. the mex morning she suffered a
Nstroke Of paralysis, from the effects of
which she died Wednesday morning.
Mrs. McWhirt had long been a resi-
dent OF this section Of the country.
She survived the death Of her hus-
Oand but a few weeks.
Several years ago n o: the we'll
known miners in this section Of the
country was John Wyatt. He was
prominent at Volcano, having been
one of the owners of the Bachelor
mine, being an equal partner with II.
Classen and II. Williams. In the win
ter OF 1878 he sold out his interest
and left for California Some time
since word came that he had been
killed by falling off the train near San
Francisco. Last week he showed up
in LOrdsburg, in better health than
twenty dead men. lie visited here a
few days and left again for California.
At the fall term Of court in 1898 a
Chlnaman was brought before the
court who had been In Jail for a long
time because he could not give bail.
lie had lived in either Georgetown or
Central, and had there done a little
business without having taken out a
county license. When the case was
inquired into Judge Fall discovered
that the mar had never done enough
business to require a license, and wa.
guilty of no crime under the law fol
doing business without a license. The
judge was quite angry over the poor
Chinaman's arrest, and read the Off
GERS who we're responsible for his ar
rest and incarceration in the jail a Sc,
we're lecture, and threatened dire con,
sequences to any n who eyer brought
a similar case before the district court
Recently a Chinaman in L~ordsburg
was arrested for merchandising with
out a license, and brought before The
Justice, where the evidence showed be
had traded some -four, sugar, etc, fol
some fire wood. Without the aid OF /,
jury he vas tried, convicthd and dned
s5 and costs. He did not have enough
money TO pay the entire amount. He
paid all but two dollars and was giver
time on the rest Of the debt. He has
since learned that unless he does Z
Thousand dollars worth If h~usiness ir