Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1896-02-28
WESTERN LIBERAL.
LoRDsBURG, FEBRUARY 28, 1896.
James Nix was in the city Monday

AhO OhAJCu 9JHUCn IOalb ~ DAANCt
City has closed for the term.
Jeff DuHagan represented Lerdsburg
at the couRty seat last week.-Senti-
nek
]. Goldsmith Of the Duncan Trad
ing Co., vas in the city the frst of the
week.
Mrs. DR.. Crocker went down 10 ella
Bend Tuesday for the purpose of ship
ping her household goods up to Lords
burg.
Eight cars of dynamite exploded in
one Of the suburbs of johannesburg
last Saturday, killing several hundred
people.
Mrs. Andy Hystrom and son from
the City Of Mexico are visiting with
Mrs. Hystrom's mother, Mrs. A. N,
Simpson.
United States Attorney Hemingway
dismissed all the suits against c. H.
Dane and when Dane gets out Of the
pen there will be nothing In court
against him.
IL. W. Filbert has been appointed
t~ralnmaster at L%ordsburg. Mr.. Fill
bert wears his new honors with be-
coming modesty and is not aVerse to
the increase in his wages.
r. L. Powell, superintendent of the
Standard mining company at Gold
Hill, was in the city. Mr.. Powell is
fast getting the mines and@mili into
shape to turn out bullion.
George H. Utter OF Silver City was
In town and went up to Duncan on
Saturday. Mr.. Utter is now engaged
at the trade he learned many years
ago, repairing sewing machines.
Col. Patrick Ward aud John L. Kief
we're in the city this week. They are
shipping the Ward & Courtney rail-
road building outfit to Tennessee,
where they have a large contract.
The Engineering and Mining Jour
nal says the Arizona copper company
has declared a dividend Of &c cents Us.
Cd per share, payable at the onlce in
Scotland. This makes a total of 60
cents rs. 3D. paid for the year ending
September Both last.
Mr.. and Mrs /. E. Solomon of Solo
knoxville have issued invitations to
their daughters weddings which will
be celebrated at the Vendome hotel
at e Paso on March 10th, that OF Miss
Evelyn and Mr.. Julius Wetzler at 8 p.
m, and that of Miss Rose Anita and
Mr. David Goldberg at 8 p. m.
Jose Ruticus, in a communication
to the Enterprise, cemmends the war
department for its unusual prompt
ness 10 sending a detachment of sol.
diers out to Siggins' to investigate the
death of a cowboy named Snow, who
was killed by an Apache bullet some
two months ago. The department
did act with commeuda BILE haste aud
a public record should be made Of the
fact.
The Rev. S. X. Hallam of El Paso,
n Of the ministers who helped do
up the Fitzsimmons.Mahe fight, was
In town this week, helping the Rev. j.
A. Chenowith conduct a series OF
meetings which were reported as very
successful, some fourteen persons
having Joined the church. Mr.. Hal.
lam immersed a number of the con-
verts in the tanks zeal b. B. Ownby's
house.
Elsewhere in the Liberal will be
found the advertisement OF james L,
Tong, the new merchant at Duncan,
Mr.. Tong has a fine stock of goods and
is ready to buy and sell any and every.
thing produced or needed in this
country. Mr.. Tong does not believe
in hiding his light under a bushel
hence his advertisement telling the
world what a complete stock Of gsodl
he has.
Valentine Sidmon, the barber who
has been renting j. P. Ownby's barbeI
shop for some time, turned up miss
lag Friday morning. 1t is supposed
that he skipped out on a freight traiI
during the night. In his hurry Il
leave he neglected to settle severa
small accounts he owed around tn,
town. Mr.. Ownby is disguised will
barber tenants and will put the shoI
to other uses.
Messrs. Weber and Schnedtger
who have been visiting Mrs. Child
and Mrs. Patterson at Gold Hill, wer
In the city Sunday, returning to thei
home In Chicago. Ar. Weber an
Mrs. Childs are brother and sister
Mr.. Schmedtgen is an artist employe
on the Chicago Record, and while a
the Hill secured a number Of sketche
which will appear in the Record, th
morning paper with the largest circl
lation in Chicago.