Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1895-11-29
WESTERN LIBERAL.
EoRDsBURa %, 1895,

Operator OConnor WeaS 70 TUCSON
for Thanksgiving.
DIR. Croker went down t. ella Bead
to spend Thanksgiving nth bis fsm-
ely.
Harry Classcn dove oser Is Silver
City Saturday, " be present ~ the
herse auctloC
The Sent aei published q lottery ad.
NertiSeT snt last week but was not
barred from the mail.
y IS Mary williams came up from
JsmIng Wednesday, to spend Thanks
giving With Mrs. G. B. Stevens.
P. II. Chase and JohE McCabe came
In from the AusnNEs saturday and
started for Silver City MSEGsy, 70 at
tend the horse auction.
Wells-Fargo shipped 50 many tur-
keys west on Wednesday that ]. A.
Hughes had TO come up from Demlng
70 help the messenger out.
Charlie Fuller was In from the river
Monday, making arrangements for
working the reads in Precinct 25, Of
which precinct he is the road super
visor.
Charles /. Davenport went to San
Francisco yesterday to perfect the
sale and make transfer Of title to the
Davenport mines at Carlisle. Enter.
prise.
Jas. T. Tong and wife from Carlisle
were In town Tuesday, and took the
west bound train for Los Angeles,
where they expect to spend a pleasant
month.
The &agse aEAg stcre received an
other new show case this week. The
counters in the drug store are now
pretty well covered with handsome
show cases.
Mrs. T. A. Pearson, Of Duncan, was
In the city Monday, returning fIom
her summers visit. to Nova Scotia.
She was aecompaniedsby her grand
child, andiwAs met here by her hus-
band.
NessrS r. p. Hart and Harry Class
zen we're entertained at Thanksgiving
dinner yesterday by Mr.. and Mrs. H.
Rosenberg at Silver City. Neither
OF them has been been heard from
this morning.
The little UTes are greatly interest
ed in the Christmas presents now on
exhibition al, the Eagle drug shore, es-
pecially the Christmas tree in the front
window. Mr.. Small has the finest lot
OF Christmas presents that has ever
been brought to town.
El Paso is again excited over sthe
the White Oaks road. c. r. Eddy has
offered to build the road IL the people
in Eel Paso will raise a bonus OF 800,
TOO. Mr.. Eddy is the lrsg responsible
mAA WIS hNs made the Ei'PaseahS aA
offer. The road will now be built.
Nj, and Mrs. James A. Harrison,
Miss Mary Williams, Messrs. Chas
Wilcox, ]. A. and VIII Leaby and ID.
II. Kedzie ate Thanksgiving dinner
with Mr.. and Mrs. @. B. Stephens yes
terday, and none of them were hun.
CRY at breakfast time this morning.
DR.. Hagen passed through town OF
the east bound train Tuesday, return
ing from California, where he went
couple Of weeks ago, to convalesc'
from his recent attack OF typhoiC
fever. He was emInently successful
in his convalescence for he gaine'
twenty-five pounds In the two week
he was gORe.
G. P. Huntington, president Of tn,
Southern Pacific, passed through on
special train Sunday, returning to hi
New York home after his visit to Cal
ifornla. Mr.. Huntington Is eve 10
hurry and does not like to ride fast
The engineers had instructions no
to exceed forty miles an hour on
straight track, and not to hit a curv
harder than thirty miles.
One day last week q brakeman o.
the Silver City train saw the dea.
body Of a man in a mud hole by tn
side OF the road hebT Mutt. At Nut
they told the section men about
and they went cut and got the bodl
They found the man had been muI
dered, his throat having been Gu
The deed was committed some YARD
from the mud hole. rs wal shown b
the pool Of blood, aud the trail mad
by dragging the body. Word was ser
TO Las Cruces, the county seat, b'
the coroner refused to &c and hold a
inquest unless the railroad would gi'
him a pass, aud the sheriff would n
go, as he thought he could do nothin
From a description Of the body Frar
Cheney thought it might be his brot
er Will. win Cheney had left L
Cruces & few days befOFe, with blan
eta. grub and a couple OF horses, TO