Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1896-04-17
WESTERN LIBERAL.
LoBDsBORG, APRIL II, 1896.

the river Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. w. Clair have been
In Dsnlng this week.
Mrs. B0llinge's brother and his wife
have been visiting with her this week.
At the city election in El Paso last
Tuesday the town went democratic
by a liberal majority.
The house committee on territories
has ordered tie Arizona statehood
bill reported favOrably.
Drew Windham came in from the
river Monday and made a trip down
to Deming, returning Tuesday.
The Lsrdsburg school will close next
Friday. Preparations are being made
for an entertainment On that even
ing.
Messrs. Brewer, Hill and Hagen of
Clifton were In the city Saturday, re-
turning home from d trip to Solomon
viile.
Mrs. e. A. Medrow of Rochester,
New York, arrived in the city last
Wednesday to spend the summer with
her husband at Pyramid.
The Rev. S. X. Hallam of Ell Paso
was expected TO preach in Lordsburg
last Sunday and Monday evening, but
failed to put in an appearance.
At last accounts Israel King was
still in the Juarez jail. The authOri-
ties have agreed to admit him to bail
and he will soon be at liberty.
Last Saturday a double header train
consisting of sixty-fye empty stock
cars went west. This was the longest
train ever known on this division.
Albuquerque Democrat: The ''gold-
bug' and the "silverbug" have ex-
listed for years, but this yearof politics
has brought out the "straddlebug."
The latest quotations are: Silver,
sEelter price, est; London, 81 SIG d.,
copper, 1915; lead, smelter price, 2.90;
New York open market 3.05 to $40.
Operator Bangs is enjoying a short
vacation in Tucson. During his alb
senc e Operator Marks is attending to
the day work in the Western Union
Office.
S. d. Breugh was in from Gold Hill
Sunday for the FIRST time in more than
a yea lie reports the Queen Of
Hearts to be in u most hourishing con-
ditlon.
@. b. Adams returned Monday from
his trip to Duncan, Carlisle and Cliff
ton. He swears he will not leave Sol
omonville again without carrying his
%overcoat.
Herman Kreuger made a trip to
Tucson this week to have his eyes in
spscted. During his absence En-
gineer Countryman had charge Of the
yard engine.
b. II. Link, school superintendent,
has been dividing up some money
among the county schools this week.
The t%erdsburg district received $3.50
and the Pyramid district received
$3.50.
John /. CHM, the we'll known news
paper man aud mining expert Of FL
Paso, was in the city Monday en- route
to Clifton, where he went to examine
some mining properties for an eastern
capitalist.
The Rev. w. G. Pollock, formerly
Of Kansas City, where he was a popu-
lar preacher, but who was forced to
leave there on account of weak lungs,
has located in Clifton where he will
have charge of the Presbyterian
church.
No trace has been found of the gen
tie burglars who called at Dunagan
Bros and w. II. Small's stores last
week. II another call is made both
stores would appreciate it II the caller
would either register or leave his card
on the counter.
An old friend writes from Hardin,
Missouri, saying: "The Missouri dem
ocrats are all right en- the silver ques-
ton" This Is interesting but not i'm
portant. The day has passed when it
makes any difference in this country
how the Missouri democrats stand.
The secretary of the interior has
appointed the following men as APP
praisers OF abandoned military reseT-
tations in New Mexico. Fort Seldom,
Wm. r. Fall and Robert G. Hatton of
Las Cruces; Fort Craig, Charles G..
Cruikshanks and VIM. W. Jenes Of
San Narcial; Fort Cummings, Bur-
rage Y. McKeyes and John l.. Burn
side OF Dcming; Fort Stanton, Oscar
G. Robertson aud John Y. Thornton
OF Roswell.
While the bicycle season at Lords.
burg lasts the year around, they ap-
pear to be used more in the summer
months than in the winter. During