Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1896-03-27
WESTERN LIBERAL.
LoRDsBURGb MARCH 27, 1895.
II. W. childs is in Londsn.

P. B. Smith was 10 from STEMS
Pass Saturday.
The Arlington hotel is putting on a
new front this week.
Col. Casey was down from his ranch
hear Duncan on Saturday.
J.. R. Ownby went In to Tucson
Monday to have his eyes inspected.
w. II. Small is adding considerable
more shelf room to the Eagle drug
store.
4 One boy was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
T. r. Brandt, at San Simon last
week.
Arthur Hand wasin the city Friday,
returning to Carlisle from the Phoenix
Carnival.
P. II. Snyder is working on his mine
near Lees Peak. He is getting out
some ine ore.
Some t~hirty-flve Mexican miners
came down to Carlisle frerl Clifton
this week and went to work.
Mcssrs. Newcomb and Davis were
in the city Saturday returning from
their prospecting trip in the Chiri-
cahuas.
S. P. Simpson this week bought out
the Parlor Saloon from b. w. Clair
and is now anxious to have all his
friends call OF Rim.
A car load of alfalfa fed cattle went
through town this week. Shipped by
T.. e. Solomon Of Solomonville to Col.
Sam Carpenter at Silver City.
The latest quotations are: Silver,
smelter price, est; London, 81 sic d.,
copper, 1874; lead, smelter price, $40;
New York open market 1915 to 1926.
Otto Johnson, who formerly ran a
shoe shop in Lordsburg, but recently
has been selling boots and shoes in
Santa Fe, has had his store closed by
the sheriff.
Among the well known travelling
men who have been in town the past
week we're Ben Meyer, ]. P. Good
hinder, Sig Simon and the renowned
whist dealer, Jaky Spitz.
Among the Grant county men at
the territorial convention besides the
regular delegates were A. Il. Laird,
ID. P. Carr, d. c. Hobart, Col. Dick
Hudson and j. A. Ancheta.
Geo. II. Utter passed through town
on Saturdays east bound train on his
way home to Silver City from a trip
through Grant and Graham counties
ia the interests of the sewing machine
repair business.
Messrs. McCaw and Mcfarland
started the old Hercules mill at
Shakespeare towards Buck Horn
Basin, Arizona, the first Of the week.
They also purchased u rock crusher of
the Pyramid company.
The news has reached town that
Jas. Dplan, formerly Of Gold Hill, was
very sick with pneumonia at Cripple
Creek. Pneumonia is generally fatal
at that camp, and it is probable that
ere this Dolan is dead.
The great Westinghouse company
has secured control Of the old Inter
national smclter at Ell PasO and will
run it for the production of copper.
The Westinghouse company is ono OF
the largest consumers OF copper in the
country.
After the soldiers were arrested at
S~Olomonville for killing a steer in
the mountains they did some lively
rustling and when the case was called
before the justice Of the peace they
presented as a defence a receipt from.
the owner Of the steer, which stated
they had a right to kill the animal
or course the justice could do nothing
but discharge them. The district at
torney, thought the soldiers work very
coarse and will bring the matter VI
before the grand jury.
The railroad inspection, for which
SO much preparation was made, did
not amount to much after all. Th'
train, consisting of four cars, got in al
ten o'clock Friday. 1t was loaded Il
the guards with officers ranging freu
General Manager Kruttschnitt to thu
colored captain OF the private car. A
soon az the train stopped there vas
rush for the ONCE, of course every
thing was found as neat as a pin
Then the mechanical experts went t
the round house, and were pleased t
see that every headlight was shinin
bright. AS soon as this was done tn
train pulled out, having stoppe
twenty minutes. No effort was mad
TO look over the yard and peek int
obscure places. The extra links an
pins which we're covered up with cir
ders we're net discovered. The SCI
tion men who had carved on his pic
handle a representation of the In