Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1895-06-14
WESTERN LIBERAL.
LoRDsBURG, JUNE IA, 1896.

All. freeman intends moving his
family from Pyramid TO Colorado.
DR.. Davis returned to Morenci Sat
-urday from his trip to Los Angeles.
Jim Roach, an old time miner in
this section, drifted back this week.
The immortal Spud Murphy, Of Arl-
zona and New Mexico, was 10 the city
yesterday.
Mr.. A. II. Nichol was in from Burre
'Cienega this week visiting with Mr.
r. P. Hart.
James Douglass Smith, the opal
king of Horseshoe canyon, was in the
city this week.
Mrs. Jas. Patterson and her son
James, ir., returned Friday from a
Silver City trip.
A. d, Freeman this week sold the
Nellie BLY, mine at Pyramid to Sam H.
Rhea, consideration $500.
Tobacco samplers have been flood
ding the town this week and every one
is enjoying a free smoke.
Tom Simpson returned from Chicago
Monday. lie reports that be left his
wife in greatly improved health.
Messrs. Amber and Jernlgan re-
turned on Tuesday from their Arizona
visit, glad to be at home once more.
Col. Robert Campbell, better known
TO fame as ella bob, has been leading
a butterfly life in the city this week.
Hon. Chas. NJ. Shannon, ex-income
tax collector for New Mexico and Arl-
IONA, was in the city yesterday and
went up to Clifton.
Fockmaster Coggin has moved his
sheep from the Auimas to a point a
few miles east Of town, where they
are being sheared this week.
There is a young stranger in John
II. Browns family at Duncan, a 1pe
boy weighing ten pounds. Mother
and baby doing nicely.-Bunetin.
The latest quotations are: Silver,
Smelter price, 66J; London, 80 S-lGd.;
copper, 1850; lead, smelter price, 3.l2l,
New York open market, 3.25 to $3.50.
II. C. Day returned this week fiom
his eastern trip with a. Shipment Of
cattle. From the smile,on his face it
is presumed he got Il good price for
the cattle.
c. S. Kellum came down from Bowie
Friday TO spend a day or so with his
family, returning Sunday. His family
left for Gold Hin Tuesday to spend
the heated term.
The Chicago Records voting con-
test on the free silver question shows
the silver men to be in the lead. The
vote stood, a6last accounts, for free
silver 4,642; against silver 2,572.
The sale of threego OF nav. Breman's
mlnesiu Lost Caleb at a large figure,
to Major A, 0. Brummel and J. b..
Brown, Of Washington CITY, D. c.,
vas contaminated last Monday.--Sil-
yer Belt.
Summer has really come at last, to
the great delight of some Of the peo-
pie who have been shiyering around
all the spring, There has been more
regular warm weather Tire past week
than during all the spring,
The Duncan correspondent of the
:Solomonville Bulletin, in writing Of
Carlisle says: 1t Is now known what
McDermott got for his mine. ] have
st from authority that the sale was
for $500 $1,000 paid down and the
balance in sixty days, which would be
the first day of July.
Geo. Dickinson, n. James, Section
BOSS Causlin and Hank dorsey came
in from the BurrO mountains last Fri
day morning and reported that a band
of Indians had been e G the day pre-
'yious on the ella, in the Bnrros, a few
miles above Rheal's ranch. The band
numbered seven or eight bucks. Their
discovery was made by a Mexican goat
4herder IN the employ Of Henry Miller.
lie was near the box of the ella, and
iheaVing peculiar noises, crept eau
rtiously to the spot from which they
came and to his consternation saw the
Indians bathing in a pool Of water.
He left the spot as noiselessly as he
came and related what he had seen
Co the ranchmen and miners in the
vicinity. The gentlemen above re-
ferred to held a brief council over the
matter and concluded to make a night
march for Silver City aud spread the
news. The commanding officer at
Fort Bayard was Immediately notified
OF the presence OF these red demons
and a detachment of cavalry was or
-dered at once to the scene. The
march was taken up last Sunday morn
ing and the soldiers passed through
Silver City in the afternoon.-Senti
mel. 1t will be observed that the sol
'diers got an unusually quick start af-
ter these Indians. The news reached