Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1898-07-22
WESTERN LIBERAL.
%KoRDsBURe, fully p, 1893.

The town has been suffering from a
plague Of flies the past week Or so.
Mrs, p. NJ. Chase expects to move
into her house the latter part Of this
week.
Mrs. DR.. Hagan OF Deming his been
visiting her sister, Mrs Ed ely this
Week.
The Rev. Percy T. Carnes returned
from his Silver City trip the frst OF
the week.
Mrs. Wise, Of Calabasas, Arizona, is
visiting her grand daughter, Mrs. j..
a Harrison.
us. Stewart, cashier Of the First
national bank at El Paso, was in the
city Monday, retufning to FL Paso
from a trip to DGncan.
J. NJ. Harper was in from the river
with a load Of peaches last Saturday.
The fruit is very due this year, aud
Mr. Harper has a large crop.
The Arizona & New Mexico road
got its burned bridge rebuilt aud the
FIRST train went over It On Wednesday.
A great deal Of hard work was neces-
sary to get the bridge rebuilt.
G. w. Moore, who has been working
at the depot for some time was trans
fered to Bowie this. week. lie did not
like the transfer, and refuged the job,
whereupon'he was given permission to
resign
Miss Ivy Chenowth, who has hcen
attending the Normal School at Silver
City the p,styear returned to Lords
burg the first of the week and went
out to her fathers ranch on the San
Simon.
A. c.. Young came down from Mo-
renci the FIRST of the week and went
on to lIachita, where his family is liy.
Ing. Mr.. Young intends to move his
family to Lordsbure to enable the
children to attend "a schools.
P. NJ. aud S. N. Chase came in from
the Animas the Grst OF the week and
on Tuesday p. NJ. Chase returned tax
ing John McCabe With him. For the
next few months Mr.. McCabe will
chase the festive steers over the
prairie, doing the cowboy act, at which
he is an expert.
The Drs. Davidson, two brothers,
who arc accomplished physicians al
Los Angeles, have succeeded DR..
IIoefer as company physician at Cliff
ton, and will take charge Of the bust
ness on the irsJ Of next month. Dr..
Hoefct Is going TO IIermoslllu, where
he Il i~at9rested in a large brewery
Mr.. II. L 4SGtineton, n OF the
main Guys OF the Southern PgciHc
road ii San Francisco, accompanied
by Mra4lIpes Randolph, superin,en-
dent of This division, we're III the city
Tor a fe% muments Monday. They ar
rived oua special train in their pri,
yate cars aud st5id about long enough
to get a fresh engine, when they re
turned to Tucson.
1t Is said there are about twenty
cases OF small pOx on the Numbers.
The people Of Deming have quaran-
tined against the vegetable growers
from that section. L%Ordsburg should
do likewise. Hardly a day passes that
a vegctable>peddler from the Numbers
does not make his appearance In
Lordsburg. 1t might not be a bad
idea for this town TO investigate the
matter aud establish a quarantine.
Deputy Sheriff II. X. Kearney, who
was engaged with Sheriff Pat Garrett
IN attempting to arrest Oliver Lee
and John Gllllland, and who was
wounded in the battle that enSued'
has died from the effects of his
wounds. 1t has not yet been proved
chat Lee and Gilliland- are guilty OF
the murder OF Col. Fountain, bu,
there is no doubt OF their being guilty
Of the murder of Kearney, and that
they will be arrested and punished for
that murder. These men are said to
nc cry DduIl WIN a 6uhf u "'""J'
willing TO put up a fight, but Sheriff
Garrett is also something OF an expert
ia that line, and the LIBERAL predicts
that he will ultimately get these men.
j. G. Hall, a well known cattle buy
er, was 10 the city Tuesday and told
Of a horrible murder that had been
committed at the Hot Springs, near
Solomoavllle Friday night. 1t seems
there was a man named N. f. Allen
from Los Angeles in the ella valley
buying hay aud grain for the Les
Angeles market. He shovel bis
money up rather recklessly, and IL was
estimated he had ln the neighborhood
OF a thousand dollars in cash. Friday
morning his dead body was found, he
having been shot In the breast, the
gun vas held so close to his body that
the body was badly powder burned.
Oaan examination Of his person IL
-. fonnd fhat ha Nod In his