Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1896-12-25
WESTERN LIBERAL.
LoRDsBURG, DEC. 25, 1896.

Compton, California, yesterday.
Charlie Kehrman, the jolly st. Louis
hat merchant was in town this week.
Supt. j. A. Fillmore of the Southern
Pacific is very sick with pneumonia.
The auctioned assets of the defunct
First national bank of Silver City sold
s110.sO. Their face value was about
$4,000.
II. A. Jastro, superintendent Of the
Diamond A cattle company, went in
to California this week to spend the
holidays.
II. II. Wheelock, the poet, arrived in
town Monday night to interest local
merchants in certain lines Of pronta-
BILE hardware.
j.. A. Ancheta has moved from Sill
yer City to Demlng and will in the flu
ture make his home in the county seat
of Florida county.
B. b. Adams Of S%olomonville, was in
the city Wednesday. en- route to Dun
can, TO wish his many friends on the
river a merry Christmas.
S. J. Prudential of El Paso went
up to Clifton yesterday to spend
Christmas with his old time friends of
which be has many there.
Mrs. Johu II. Brown came down
from Duncan Saturday aud laid in a
supply Of Christmas presents at the
Eagle drug store for the children.
The Christmas tree and the accom-
panylng festivities were hugely en-
juyed by the little ones, who found
Santa Claus, as usual, most generous.
George Bovee of Ell Paso arrived in
town Sunday night and has taken
charge of the bookkeeping department
of the Roberts 81 Leahy mercantile
company's business.
John Gleason who was recently hurt
by a cave in the Hornet mine at Ha-
chita, has so far recovered that he is
out from under the doctors care and
has returned to Hachita.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. e. Hoffman board
ed the flyer Monday and started for
Rochester, New York, where, at 142
Court street, they have IN engage
ment to eat turkey this afternoon.
Over the back bar in the Parlor sa-
loon hangs the flag OF Cuba librc, the
first that has been displayed Ia Lords
burg, and not a person has seen it who
is not anxious that Cuba should be
free.
There will be Il change of time Of
The east bound train soon that will
bring the train through town an hour
earlier. This viii enable it to make
connections with the train for Silver
City.
The first of the week a very sick
tramp was found at the s~tockyards.
A collection was taken up and enough
money raised to pay his fare to Silver
City, where he was sent and put in
the hospital.
w. II. Jack left for the east Sunday,
to look into the affairs of the First
national bank of Hollidaysburg, Penn
~sylvania, and its branches, in which
his father was largely interested, they
having suspended.
Aleck and Bud Mclean returned
from their Los Angeles trip last Sat
urday and reported having enjoyed a
very pleasant vacation. Before re-
turning to Clifton they loaded up with
Christmas presents.
Solomonville Bulletin: Nathan Sol
ONION and Luther Green visited Lords
burg last Saturday to attend a session
of the Knights of Pythlas lodge.
They both declared that the hospital
lily of the Lordsburgers could not lie
excelled.
II. e. Jackson returned to Separ
Sunday from Texas Hill, where he
had been assisting in sinking a well
for the Southern Pacific. The tools
had been dropped to the bottom of
the we'll and all hands were enjoying
a vacation until fishing tools could be
made.
The Roberts s. Leahy mercantile
company tried to buy a car load Of
Eddy sugar last week. They tele-
graphed for prices delivered, aad the
sugar company answered it had been
unable to arrange for rates over the
Southern Pacific road and so could
not quote prices.
All the children who have been try
ing to be very good for the past month
for fear that Santa Claus might pass
them by, are drawing long breaths of
relief today, happy in the conscious
ness that it will be eleven long
months before the Santa Claus racket
can again be worked on them.
A couple of Lordsburg children
some fifteen years old wrote a letter
to Santa Claus, in care of Judge Por-
ter6eld at Silver City, telling what