Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1896-07-24
WESTERN LIBERAL.
L%oRDsBURG, JULY "a, 1895.

Col. EgaR was In the city Sunday,
returning from a Solomonvllle trip.
Mrs. j. A. Leahy and children are
at Deming visiting with Mrs. Will
liams.
Billy Hart and Micky Hogan we're
shaking hands with their Lordsburg
friends this week.
The ladies of the afternoon Sunday
school gave the children an ice cream
treat Wednesday.
The campmeoting on tho Mimbres
was a great success, more than an
hundred people were in attendance.
There will be an examination Of
those who wish to secure teachers
certificates at Silver City August 9Th,
18th and Sth.
The latest quotations are: Silver,
smeltcr price, Gs3; copper HOO; lead,
smelter price, 2.s5, New York open
market, 200.
The board Of regents of the Normal
school have engaged Arthur E. Ben
nett OF Columbus as assistant princi-
pal of the schoel.
w. +. Baldwin OF Boston, who is
largely interested in the Il. &c. Lee
mine, was in the city this week to in-
spcct his property.
The morning Sunday school gave an
ice cream social at the hall last Friday
evening, for the purpose OF raising
money for building.
10 Ferrill brought his family down
from Duncan Monday and escorted
them as far as Demlug on their Say
TO Colorado to spend The summer.
Ed Belt is mourning the loss of a
large sized, leather covered memoran-
dun book. II any one has picked it
up Mr.. Belt will be obliged for its re-
turn.
M. ]. Donahue and family passed
through town Friday to Clifton where
they will locate. Mr.. Donahue will
go to work in the company's machine
shops.
County School Superintendent Link
made an apportiOnment of funds last
week, the ratio being $l.9O for each
scholar, which gives the Lordsburg
school Sl24.9 0
The school board has hired Miss
Matte Johnson to teach the Lords
burg school next year. There will be
eight months school if the funds hold
out The wages paid will be $40 per
month.
The country on both sides of the
railroad from here to El Paso IS fairly
soaked with water, and even if no
more rain falls there will be a fine
crop of grass, which is very satlsfacto-
ry TO the cattle men.
Arthur Hand, whose arm was shot
of at Carlisle Il week ago Monday,
died, probably from the effect of Soc
ondary shock, last Sunday evening.
The LIBERAL was very sorry to hear
Of this unfortunate death.
A letter from Harry Classen this
week indicates that he is prospecting
financially in San Francisco and has
joined the gold bugs. Its queer what
an eneryating effect the San Francisco
climate will have on a hitherto entire
ly respectable person.
There was a cloudburst just above
El PasO Saturday evening which filled
the Rio Grande banks high. Both
the Santa Fe and Southern Pacific
tracks were washed out and trains
were delayed not only that day but
the next day.
You Gang, Il pig tailed resident Of
Nogales, Arizona, fell in love with a
fair senOrita named Esperanza Frije.
The affection was returned. The laws
of Arizona are cruel and forbid the
marriage OF a celestial and the daught-
er-of MonteZuma. The loving couple
were determined, however, and took
the train for New Mexico, where
there is M law to keep apart loving
hearts. They arrived in Lordsburg
Saturday afternoon and in less than
fifteen minutes Judge McGrath had
Joined them in bonds which only the
district court can sever.
The other day Mrs. W. II. Small
and Mrs. DR.. Crocker went out to Pyr-
amid on their wheels to spend the day
With Mrs. Hoffman, expecting to re-
turn 10 the evening. In the after.
noon DR.. Croker concluded to go out
and ride home with them. When the
doctor got about half way to Pyramid
he was caught by a heavy rain, and
soon was completely drenched. AS
long as the rain lasted the doctor
could travel all right for It kept the
mud washed off the wheel. When
the rain stopped the wheel clogged
up, the chain broke and the doctor
was afoot with Pyramid a mile away.
He walked to Pyramid and was said
to have been a picture when he got
there, and a chrome when he dressed
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