Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1895-05-31
WESTERN LIBERAL.
LoRDsBURG, MAY 81, 1895.

week.
Mrs. DR.. Hagen and her daughter,
Miss Emily, Of Demlng, visited Mrs.
w. II. Small this week.
The county school examiners will
hold a public examination at Silver
City, Saturday, June Sth.
Ernest Kohlberg manufacturer of
the famous International cigar, passed
through on the west bound train Sat
urday.
Sheriff Fly, the fly sheriff OF Tomb
stone, returned from Clifton Saturday
where he had been to subpoena some
witnesses.
John Muir returned from an extend
ed eastern trip this week, and to the
surprise Of Johns friends he came
back alone.
John r. Phillips with his son Carl
made a trip down to Benson this week
to visit Mr.. Phillips brother-ln-law,
T. A. Woods,
The troop of cavalry that was in
town a couple Of weeks ago, was here
again Wednesday night. They cap
tured no Indians.
j.. G. Stockham was down from Mo-
reuci Friday, and went to rDlsbee,
where he will attend to the boilers for
the Copper Queen company.
John Grain, after shaking hands
with his many friends in this section
of the country, and making a trip to
Carlisle, goes to Cripple Creek, where
he has usome important mining in
terests.
II. W. Child was down from Carlisle
Monday and went to San Francisco to
meet his wife. Mrs. Child will proba-
bly, make a visit to Carlisle for a few
weeks and spend the rest Of the sum-
mer a%t,Coronado.
A.. G. Young was in the city Friday
returning to Clifton from Deming
where he had been to meet the Misses
Sellers, sisters Of his wife, who will
spend the summer in Clifton with Mr..
and Mrs. Young.
ThoS. J.. Coggin, who haSobeen hav.
ing trouble wittnono OF his eyes fol
several months, went to Dallas tC
consult an oculisi, who took some for
eign substance ffnm the eye which j,
now mach easier.
There will he some t%hirty-1ve hun
dred cattle shipped from LordsbNrE
this week and next. Among the ship
pers are the Hart Brothers, Joe Ter
rel for the Gephardt cattle COMPANY
Windhau & Castillo and II. Q. Day. G
Mrs. J.. A.. Leahy and her son JalefI
TueSday to spend The summer at tht
ancestral home at5PorlsmautA Oota
rio. Mrs. Lephy expects to catcl
some wonderful strings Of fish thii
summer. Mr.. Leahy accompanied hii
wife and son as far as Tel Paso and saw
them safely started oYerthe Texas s
Pacific.
Sheriff Perry, Of Lincoln county
who achieved fame last winter by ar
resting the notorious Bill Coax, which
zane was added TO by q watch gam'
he opened in Santa Re, attempted II
make that fame imperishahle by tax
ing in the saloon owned by John Yves
ley Hardin, in Ell Paso Hardin han
pened to be out when Perry came il
and he made a beautiful play ON. tn
harkeeper. The next day he paid
fine of SIS for his fun.
Nose Harrison, who has heen flrin
locomotives and %ruuuin2 switch er
gines on this division OF the Souther
Pacific for many years, and who is Il
cally noted for being a first class fire.
man even if he does travel around 0
a pegleg, has gone into San Francisc
10 get himself a new leg. The mastC
mechanic told Nose chat II he wdul
get a new leg, one with a hinge in !
so he could sit on the engineers sef
in a locomotive without putting b
foot through the boilerhead, he woul
give him a locomotive to run. Mos
Immediately started for San Francis'
to get the leg with the hinge In it.
This section OF the country IS fa0
becoming intensely civilized. Sever
things have happened recently whit
emphasize this fact. A cowboy, ar
he was a cowboy from the San Simo
was dubbed over the head by a frler
with a s%lxshooter. Did be get a do
BILE barrelled shot gun, hide behind
soapweed till the friend appeared M
then empty both barrels in his bacI
No, he went to Silver City and to
the grand Jury all about it. Again,
a COW camp below town two of the ca
boys woke up quarrelliug. Did tn
pull their s%ixsbooters and go at ea'
other? Nay, n took a rock and q
other had long finger nails and th