Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1896-07-31
WESTERN LIBERAL.
LoRDsBURG, JULY 81, 1896.

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]. A. Leahy went down to Deming
Sunday to visit his family.
The territorial supreme court is in
session at Santa Fe this week.
The Silver City ball Climb played at
FL Paso Sunday and won and lost a
game.
Mrs. Thos. Simpson of Clifton has
been visiting with Mrs. M. w. Nc
Grath this week.
w. +. Hagen and Fred Smart we're
in the city Friday returning to Clifton
from a trip to Solomonville.
The latest quotations are: Silver,
smelter price, 6s9; copper HOO; lead,
smelter price, 2.s5, New York open
market, 200.
Tuesday morning a son was born to
Mr.. and Mrs. w. b. Conner. Two
sons added to a family within a week
is a record to brag of.
Alex. Medbnry of Stecple Rock for
merly Carlisie) was in the city Mon
day, returning from a trip to Silver
City formerly San Vicente).
George Gamble, an engineer on the
baby gauge road above Clifton, was in
the city Monday returning from his
trip to Arkansas aud Tennessee.
Col. NJ. S. Hart of Las Vegas accom-
panied by j. j. Sheridan and ID. Neff
Of Silver City, were in town Saturday
for the purpose of visiting the knights
OF Pythias lodge.
j. r.. johnson and w. NJ. Neff of
Silver City, and A. X Conner of To-
ledo, Ohio, were in the city Wednes-
day aud went up to Clifton to look at
some mining properties.
MI. and Mrs. VIII Shine came in
from California Monday and went up
to Clifton. Both are tired of life in
California, and were glad to get back
to New Mexico once more.
Mrs. w. p. Murdoch passed through
town Friday, returning to her home
at Phoenix from Steeple Rock, where
she had been to attend the death bed
of her brother, Arthur w. Hand.
The Arizona papers report that
work will be resumed on the ella Val
ley, Globe 81 Northern this fall. The
road is now advertising for teams to
haul coke from Geronimo to Globe.
DR.. Hoeffer returned to Clifton Mon
day from his trip to Mexico and south
ern California. The doctor caught a
severe cold at Los Angeles and was
glad to get back into the genial Arizo-
ma climate.
Elsewhere in this paper will he
found the regular statement of the
First national bank of FL Paso, one of
the few national banks in the country
whose president believes in the free
coinage of silver.
Light half dollars are circulating
around. ii. a. Fuller weighed one
this week which lacked forty six
grains of being full weight. This one
was of very rough appearance, evil
IDENTITY having been cast.
The LIBERAL received a letter this
week from Clifton signed "Subsriber.'
1t would like to have Subscriber
send in his every day name, as the
Liberal needs backing when it prints
such communications as this one.
The Hon. d. y. Carr did not get to
st. Louis for the silver convention
after all. Washouts prevented his
reaching there in time but he tele.
graphed the convention giving in
struetions. His orders were promptly
0bcyed.
Mrs. Gurdon Bradley and children
passed through town on the west
bound train Wednesday, en- route tc
California to spend the summer. Mr..
Bradley accompanied them as far as
Lordsburg and returned to Silver City
the next day on his bicycle.
A combination Of thief, murderer,
train robber, horse thief, cattle rust,
Ter and bank receiver went through
j. A. Leahy's corTel last Saturday
night and stole about S75 worth OF
fancy chickens. Mr. Leahy had fine
specimens of various breeds Of hens,
such as Leghorns, Clydesdales, Buff
Cochins, Percherons, Herefords, Ply
moth Rock and Red Irish settlers
Every fowl, except three of the wei
known dung-hill breed, was stolen
Mr.. Leahy offers a dollar a minute fol
a ten minutes interview with The
thief land no questions asked"
Peiro de la Lama, the we'll knew
Mexican anarchist, has been running
a paper In Clifton for some weeks TO
the benefit of the Mexican population
He has succeeded in creating a grea
deal of trouble among them. On Mon
day he was hauled up before Judg,
Wright charged with slanderlng
fellow citizen. After court opened