Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1896-01-17
LoEDsBURG, JANUARY II, 1896.


CITY MONDAY.
Mrs. VIM. Shine has returned from
her Silver City visit.
Cline & Sharpe have leased and are
running the ten-Stamp mill At Gold
Hill.
Irwin Moore, who was hurt in the
tunnel At M0renci New Years, IL get
ting along finely.
Mrs. J. II. Brown and children we're
down from Duncan Saturday to visit
the photograph car.
WIN. Kemp, representing the Tue.
o smelter, Was in the city the frst
OF the week locking for copper ore.
Owing to the breaking Of the pump
there was a little trouble with the
railroad water works the nrst Of the
week.
The approach Of the day sacred to
the memory Of the good St. Valentine
IL herSided by the displays In the store
windows.
Resently the LIBERAL sent out .
large number Of subscription bills aud
has received many answers. Has it
received a from your
A report comes from Graham, ia the
Mogollon country, that Indians have
been seen near Mule Springs aud that
they have been trying to steal q sup
ply Of horses.
Arthur NichoI has been In the city
this week with a large line Of samples
frOm Henry Rosenberg's, at Silver
City. Mr.. Elchoi reports doing = very
good business.
Mrs. Dollle Duncan, who has been
visiting for some, months with her
grandfather, Mr.. David Eply, at Cot
tonwSod, Texas, returned Saturday,
accompanied by Mr.. Eply, who iS visit
ing with his daughter, MIRA. w. b.
Conner.
Captain Myers, OF the San Carlos
IndlaR agency reports to the depart
msnt at Washington that he Is salts
aed that Merrill and his daughter
were killed by Aasse, aud that he has
not been on the reservation since the
murder.
d. c. Hobart has taken a lease Of
the Thinner House at Silver City. He
Is arranging for the formation Of a
hotel keepers syndicate and trust to
manage all the hOtsls.in the territory
outside of the Harvey houses. He ex-
poets to run Fred Harvey out OF the
territory. .
Will LeAhy returned from his visit
to Fort Thomas Monday. He says be
had a hard time getting Classcn start
Ell for San Francisco. However, he
finally got him on a w%estbound train
aud says Is he did not turn back from
Tucson or Yuma he is in San Francis
CO by this time.
Manager Graham was up from the
Hudson hot springs last week. He
said that cold weather had materially
hindered the finishing of the hotel
but hoped soon 10 be able to push the
work again. The house will be thrown
open to the public about the middle
OF March.-Sentinel.
The John Brockman syndicate has
completed ? payment OF $4,000 on the
celebrated Pierce mine In the Sulphur
Springs valley aud has a seven
months bond on the property. n
II. TWomey has been engaged to take
charge Of the property. lie stopped
IN town oVec Saturday night while en-
route tn the mine.
Sunday \ couple ofyoung chaps were
in the city who thought 10 aStonish
the people by announcing that they
we're walking around the world. They
were informed that world circlers
were no novelty in LerdSburg. Many
have passed through the town on Pull
mar cars, others on bicycles and the
number who we're travelling on their
face were countless. The youngsters
seemed disappointed because they did
not create a sensation.
Monday morning a double head
freight train started west from El
PAso. On the front locomotive were
Engineer Love aud Fireman Jonasen,
on the second locomotive were En-
gineer ShAaahan and Fireman Salter,
At the bridge there was 4 heavy fog,
but they pulled through, having dfty
minutes TO max the top Of the hill
There was between them and Strauss
y construction train, but 1t ap
pears that Love did net know Of 1t,
He was driving along at twenty-five
miles an hour when he al up to the
construction Crain's dag. He put or
the emergency brake and reversed the
engine, but before he could stop hi
locomotive struck the construction
train, which was coming down the hill
All Of the engineers aud iremer
Jumped except Engineer Blanchard