Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1896-08-14

NCH'NHhebf OOObHhEs
Tomorrow is payday over at steeple
Rock.
Col. Millikin was up from separ on
Monday.
The Southern Pacific pay car was in
town Saturday.
DR.. Croker is in Denver, visiting
with relatives.
Detective Breckenridge was In the
city Tuesday and went up to Clifton.
Jas. Salkeld moved his family back
TO his old home in Kansas this week.
S. II. Doncgan has moved his family
into his new house near the school
house.
Herman Kroeger and j. II. Flanna-
gan Of the round house force are en-
joying a vacation.
Judge Egan was in the city Wednes-
day, returning to Clifton from a trip
to Santa Fe aud Phoenix.
A couple of teams loaded with water
melons came I'VE from the Solomon
willie section Of the ella this week.
The latest quotations are: Silver,
smcIter price, 6Ss; copper HOO; lead,
smelter price, ESQ, New York open
market, 30.
Married, in Silver City August u,
Sheriff Baylor Shannon and Miss Jet
tie Gaddis. May good luck ever at
tend these two.
Reub Hadden, an old time Lords
burger who has spent the past few
years in Arizona, vas in town Monday
shaking hands with his numerous old
friends.
p. ii. McDermott and wife we're
down from Steeple Rock Wednesday,
and went over TO Wilcox, where Mr..
McDermott had some important bust
ness To attend to. They expect to re.
turn today or tomorrow.
DR.. G. N. Woods passed through
on the east bound train Saturday, re-
turning to Silver City from his Cali
fornia trip. The lapel of his long
tailed linen cOat was adorned with a
Mckinley 'protectlon" pin.
e. A. Medrow had an unpleasant ex-
perieuce with a centipedc Saturday
night. He woke up and found the
brute crawling down the arm inside
sleeve. He got rid OF it but for sever
al days he had a very painful arm.
Frank Shrlyer received this week
the drst threshing machine ever
brought to this section of The county.
lie has a contract for threshing sever
al hundred acres OF grain raised be-
tween Duncan and the box canyon.
Among Grant cjunty democrats the
Office Of superintendent of schools
seems to be a natural stepping stone
TO that of assessor. b. II. Link is fol,
lowing in the regular path and this
week TO the readers of the
LIBERAL that he is a candidate for as
SCISSOR. Mr.. Link made a first class
school superintendent, and doubtless
would do equally well as assessor.
1t is well known that the average
doctor does not like these travelling
physicians who lecture aud sell medi-
cines on the street, but generally
they make no open fight against them.
Recently at Clifton DR.. Hoeffer con
cluded to break up a lecturers meet
ing. He waited till the lecturer got
his crowd interested then he opened a
barrel of beer on the next corner and
invited every n to come over aud
help themselves. 1t was Weeks be
fore the lecturer recovered.
'Just tell them / am in town. Ian
the cook of the San Simon" he said
as he stuck his head In the printing
office door. In compliance with the
request 1t is hereby announced that
the cook of the San Simon was In the
city and IL may also be stated that he
had his jag and his voice with him
The cook OF the San Simon is always
welcome, there is no objection TO his
jag, but 1t is earnestly hoped that the
next time he comes he will leave thai
voice behind him. The voice is toe
large for a town Of this size, IL reaches
out and covers portions. Of Precinct.
and 10. In fact the voice about ltl
the size Of the San Simon valley, anC
II little large for the valley IL car
6nd plenty Of Don 10 the ChiricahnI
mountains beyond II is not known
whether or not the cook OF the SAT-
Simon had another name.