Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1896-10-16
WESTERN LIBERAL.
LoRDsBURG, OCT. IS, 1896.
Have you reglstered9

Ed Belt Is making arrangements to
handle coal this winter.
Every voter should see that his
name is on the registration list.
r. T. Baily came in from Silver
City Sunday, and went up to Steeple
Rock Monday.
The Southern Pacific had better
abandon the running of trains and put
on q line Of steamboats,.
DR.. G. ". Woodland Of Hardin, Mis-
souri,, arrived in town Friday evening
and went out to the Chase & McCabe
ranch the next day for a visit.
School superintendent Link recent
ly apportioned some twelve hundred
dollars Of school money, and of this
amount L%ordsburg received S33.11.
The washout last week on the Ari-
zona & New Mexico road was between
Duncan and Clifton and appeared in
several places. The train which left
here Tuesday at noon got into Clifton
on Friday.
The thieves who robbed Henry
Nordhaus's store in Deming and were
captured in Lordsburg, have been
bound over to await the action of the
grand jury, and are spending the in.
tervening time in the county Jail.
]. A. Leahy, G. B. Stevens and j.. 4.
Harrison went oNt to the river Satur-
day night after a cargo Of ducks.
They returned Sunday night and re-
ported there was not a duck on the
river. They brought in a few quail.
Juan Licon, a coal HEAVIER working
for the Arizona 81 New Mexico road,
attempted to couple some cars Satur-
day. Not being expert 'nced at the
business his fingers got caught be-
tween the bumpers, aud he had a bad
ly mangled hand.
Scott White has been nominated by
the democrats of Cochise county for
sheriff. Scott is the standing demo-
cratic nominee for sheriff in that
county. 1t makes no difference
whether he is elected or defeated, he
m up smiling and demands the
nomination, and gets it, the next
time.
At the great celebration Of the
Mountain and the Plain at Denver
last week the New Mexico cavalry,
which went up from Santa Fe, was
strictly ia it. AS all the Colorado
militia were at Leadville on strike
duty and the New Mexico soldiers
were the only militia men in the
parade.
d. II. Kedzie left on Wednesday
morning for Albuquerque to attend
the meeting of the grand lodge,
Knights of Pythias, as a delegate from
Pyramid lodge. 1t is suspected that
he may take advantage Of his being in
Albuquerque, and attend the carnival
of sports which is in progress at the
fair grounds this week.
Stephen A. Douglass Upton is a
candidate for probate judge on the
democratic ticket over in Cochise
county. Arizona. Mr.. Douglas was in
tlmately connected with democratic
politics in Grant county some eight
years ago. His friends hope he will
be mor successful in Cochise county
than be was in giant county.
The republican committee has
placed the name Of d. P. Carr in
nomination for the legislature from
the Fourteenth district, composed OF
the counties of Dona Ana and Grant.
Mr.. Carr made a fine record as a mem
Der Of the last legislature, and if re-
elected will do his utmost toward Sc.
curing the passage of laws to improve
the financial condition of Grant coun-
ty. He can be trusted.
Dan Stuart, the well.known sport.
ing man who engineered the Fitzsim-
mons Maher fight at lei Paso last win
ter, turned up again in Eel Paso las:
week. IL is understood that he is go.
ing TO make a bid for the Corbett-
Fitzsimmons fight, and will probably
bring it off in Mexico, but Dan has
not conided to his friends his exact
plans, and probably will not until the
last moment.
Last week Harry Wheelock, the
well known hardware representative,
was tied up at Duncan by the wash
out. He got tired Of staying there
and negotiated with s.. w. Massey to
bring BIN and his samples to Lords
burg. They started out all right, got
within six miles of town when, because