Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1896-12-04
WESTERN LIBERAL.
LoRDsBURG, DEC. 4 1896.

Mrs. w. II. Marble has returned
from her Silver City trip.
Tomorrow night is election night at
the Knights OF Pythias lodge.
Sharkey won from Fitzsimmons on
Wednesday night on a foul ia the
eighth round.
Mrs. Harry Reardon anne in from
the west Monday and went up to Cliff
ton to visit her daughter, Mrs. Chas.
Holt.
George Reeb has given the front Of
the Arlington a new coat of white
this week, which greatly improves its
appearance.
The Lordsburg dancing club had
their first dance of the winter at the
Jay Eye See Wednesday night and had
Il very enjoyable time.
The Hon. T. b. Catron left the arst
of the week for Washington to attend
the opening of congress and push the
New Mexico statehood bill.
r. P. Hart has gone over to Europe
to celebrate the election OF Mckinley
and spend a little Of the money de-
rived from the sale of the Bachelor
mine.
The Sunday schools Christmas tree
viii be at the Jay Eye See instead Of
at the church as stated last week.
The church will not be completed by
Christmas.
lDrs. Hoefer and Taylor returned
from Hermosillo Tuesday. They
found Mr.. Grunig suffering from a
mild case of blood poisoning, induced
by an injury he had received in his
side.
II. w. Aver, representing Frazer &
Chalmers of Chicago, manufacturers
OF mining machinery, has been at
Steeple Rock making arrangements
for shipping the company more ma
chinery.
Last week the new sugar factory at
Eddy commenced manufacturing
sweetness and on Monday the retail
buyers in FL Paso could get four more
pounds for a dollar than they could on
Saturday.
The IScv. w. D. Clayton, presiding
elder of this district, viii hold the reg
ular quarterly meeting at Lordsburg
next Sunday. There will be preach
ing Saturday evening, and on Sunday
morning and evening.
One of the candidates on The repub-
lican ticket for presidential elector in
Tennessee was a. nephew of JAS. p.
Ownby. Mr.. Ownby says this young
man is the only Ownhy he ever heard
Of who was a republican.
The entire country was treated to a
most severe spell Of weather the last
OF last week and the first of this. In
the north severe billiards swept over
the country. while ven in Lordsburg
there was a fro't S inlay night.
Mr.. John NJ. Wiley and Miss Elsie
D. Ross were married at the home Il
the brides uncle, the Hon. Robert
Black, in Silver City, Tuesday even
ing. The best wishes Of the young
couples many friends go with them.
In reporting the grand jury the Sill
yer City papers carefully suppress all
mention Of the court house cess pool
and hog pen, which the jury found so
vile that six cases of typhoid fever in
a n%eighboring family are directly at
tribnted to it.
Whitelaw Reid, the editor of the
New York Tribune, passed through
on Mondays west bound train, IN a
special car, with his family, en- route
60 Phoenix to spend the winter. Mr..
Reid thinks Phoenix the finest winter
resort in the world.
Dan Stuart offers to put up $4,000
as a purse for Corbett and Fitzsim.
mons to fight for and will name the
place Of the battle the day the article:
of agreement are signed. If he fail:
to furnish a battle ground the $4,000
Is to be divided between the fighters
They are to each put up 81, 500, which
will be forfeited if they fail to make
the fight.
George b. Child has sold his mercan
tile business to the Steeple Rock De
velopnIent company. Mr.. Child viii
remain with the company in charge o
the store. Mr.. Child has been APP
pointed postmaster at Steeple Rocl
in the place of his brother, II. w
Child, resigned. The change in tn,
name OF the postotice from Carlisle t
Steeple Rock takes place January LIST
At the masquerade ball in Silve
City last week a prominent federal OF
fetal appeared as Davenport's carica
ture of Mark Hanna. All he had Il
do was TO have plenty of dollar mark
sewed on his wearing apparel. Ill
was already supplied with the shor
legs, the protuding stomach, the ear
whiskers, the turn-up nose, the uppe
lip, and in fact the "mug" which Day
EXPORT made famous. He was careful
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