Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1895-11-22
WESTERN LIBERAL.
LoBDsBURG, NOVEMBER %, 1895.

Notice the advertisement of the
horse auction.
Mrs. Jas. Patterson was in from
Gold Hill Friday.
II. e. Hoffman made a Deming trip
the arst of the week.
VIM. Davenport was in the city Fri
day, en- route from Carlisle to Silver
City.
John L. KiefWs& in the city Mon
day, returning to Ell Paso from a trip
to Duncan.
Harry Classen left Tuesday night
for a trip to Fort Thomas. He is ex-
pected back today.
Col. J. H. Milllken was up rofm Sc.
par Tuesday. The colonel looks as
young and as handsome as ever.
J. B. Power, representing the
Che6mesteel works Of Brooklyn, New
York, was in the city this week.
r.. z. Hart left yesterday for Silver
City to make the necessary arrange
ments for his horse sale next week.
The Santa Fe flyer must be inter
fering with the regular trains. The
mail has missed connections several
times lately,
The new year is coming and the
Eagle drug store has received a sup
ply of new almanacs, with which to
celebrate the occasion.
Hardie Fuller has been driving the
water wagon this week while Bud
Conner has been serving his country
as a member Of the grand jury.
DR.. Crocker has purchased a new
medicine a S and when he carries it
out he has it securely strapped to his
body. He does not intend to have
this M stolen.
]. r. Ownby is enjoying a rest from
the worries and cares Of attending to
the Southern Pacific yard. During
his vacation viii Shine iS attending
to the yard work.
The Enterprise reports that Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Nichol are expected 10
Silver City this week, returning from
England. where they spent the sum
mer, visiting friends.
S. H. Newman, the general agent
for the New York Mutual life insur-
ance company for Arizona and New
Mexico, was in the city Saturday, re-
turning from a Clifton trip,
Engineer Zeigler is reported sick in
Tucson with pnedm6nia. 1t is said
he caught cold while making a trip on
a strange engine. A strange engine
is more conducive to colds than is u
strange bed.
John D. Weems of Separ advertises
that he has Withdrawn from his part
nership in the mercantile business
with Mike Commins, and he has APP
parently taken the business with him,
for he says he will pay tho nrm'sdcbts,
collect IT'S accounts and keep on sell
ing goods.
The Golden Giant mining company,
iucorporators, Rufus L. Helm Of New
Orleans, Max Schultz, Edward Dlckln-
son, Thomas S. Hehin and Thomas
Foster OF Silver City; objects, mining
and reducing ores; capital stock $780,
900; life 6fty years, principal place Of
business Silver City, N. M.-New Mex
lean. Mr. Foster resigned the man
agement of the Silver City water
works and the Standard mines at Gold
Hill, SO as to give his entire time to
this company.
THE wife of a railroad man was rid
Ing on the Sunset Limited:.s the other
day. She explained that when it
cnme to travelling it was better to be
a railroad mans wife than a railroad
err himself. The railroader would
travel on a pass and have to ride on an
ordinary train, passes beiug barred on
the limited. The r%ailroader's wife
has to pay fare at the nominal rate OF
one cent a mile, but as the ticket is a
''boughten" one it entities her to ride
on the limited.
Wednesday a section gang took UP
a rail on the Southern Pacific track
near Mescal, to make some repairs.
1t is reported that the foreman ne
elected to put out the signal flag. A
freight train happened that way
with Charlie Osgood en- the engine
Now it is said that Osgood had Just as
lief run his engine on the ties as on
the rails, that all he is particlar about
is to keep on the right of way, but Of
purse this is slanderous. On this &C.
casion the engine ran on the ties all
right, but when II came to getting
back on the rails it bucked aad Vent
into the ditch. No one hurt. Traf-
&c INSTRUCTED about ten hours.
A st. Louis dispatch dated Monday
SAYS: "Postonlce Inspector JOHNSON
has received word that John O'Con-
nor, postmaster at Marysville, Mo-, In
1882, who disappeared from there in
Sentember Of that veal aud was