Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1898-01-21
WESTERN LIBERAL.
LoRDsBURG, JAN, 81, 1898.
T. w. Falvey's mother and sister
are visiting with him

aaa RANN1A
are visiting with him
S. ]. Freudenthal was in the city
Tuesday, returning from a Clifton
"trip.
The board OF equalization has
boosted the assessed valuation of cat
tie to s1l per head. Now kick.
A money order department has been
added to the San Simon p%ostonice, and
now Postmaster Brandt considers
himself on a par with Postmaster
VanCott OF the greater New York.
Last Saturday j. A. Leahy, J.T.
McCabe aud ]. A. Harrison vent out
to spent Sunday with Frank Shriver,
on the river, and incidentally to kill a
few birds. Their visit with Mr..
Shriver was much 0 successful
than was their hunting.
Pedro de la Lamma has sold his
paper at Clifton, La Opinion Publica,
to Rafael Valdez, and has gone to
Phoenix, where he intends to start
another paper. Senior Valdez is not
likely to have as much trouble with
his neighbors as did Senior de la
Lamma
Saturday morning a daughter was
born to the wife of Rev. d. Roberts.
while that gentleman was en- route
to Wilcox to hold servicc.-Willcox
News. Mrs Roberts was well known
in Lordsburg as Miss Clara Salkeid.
and her numerous friends extend
congratulations.
a wire screen has been put on top
of the counter in the telegraph Office
to separate the operators from the
public. There is a small hole through
which messages and money can be
pushed, but it is so small that even a
small sized brakeman cannot get
through to lick an operator.
C. e. StJohn, station agent, express
agent and postmaster at STEMS Pass,
was ia the city Monday for the pur-
pose Of making out the papers for a
claim against the postofice depart
ment, for reimbursement for the nine
dollars that the train robbers got
away with. 1t took about twelve dol
lars worth Of swearing to get the
papers in shape.
Today is the FIRST day Of the Chinise
New Year. Tue celebration com
menced last night with the usual dis
play Of ~Grecrackers, aad all the China
boys had a great time. The ceiebra
ton lasts for three days, aud consist,
principally, as FAR as white folks can
see, OF burning numherlesS crackers,
eating various mysterious things i'm
ported from China fer the occasion,
drinking "A most peculiar liquor which
Tommy Tong says in "China whiskey"
and adoring the Chinese lis. Every
one who calls on a Chinaman today
will be treated with the best in the
house, and it will be only polite to
wish him many happy returns OF the
day.
There is Il tunnel on the Santa Fe-
Pacific road a few miles east of ASH
Fork, which is the junction po'ut with
the Phoenix road. The tunnel is
cribhed and the cribbing is covered
with iron plates. Sunday the crib
bling was found TO be on fire. A large
gang was sent to work and the fire
was soon subdued. Monday il broke
out again. While the men were in
the tunnel lighting the fire it cayed
in and four men were buried in the
debris. They were got out, but two
Of them died, and it is not certain
that the other two will live. The
Are was got under control, and the
company is hard at work replacing
the crlbblng so IL will be safe TO send
trains through. In the meantime
passengers and mail were sent both
ways by the Southern Pacific. Tues
day night the east and west bound
Santa Fe flyers passed through town.
They travelled between Los Angeles
and Deming over the Southern Pacific.
This caused a delay, but not as much
OF a one as would the transfer around
the mountain through which the tun-
mel passed.
The Southern Pacific has been work
ing 90 its new well which il has been
drilling IN the east end OF the yard,
and is now down more than two hun
bred feet. At about l70 feet an ex-
traordinary hard rock formation was
encountered, which lasted for some
fifty feet and was very slow work.
When they got through this formation
the drill went into river gravel, which
supplied water that was colder than
any known water in this vicinity.
They put on a big five inch pump TO
see how the water would hold out,
and In half an hour had it pumped
dry. The drill was set to work again,
but little work has since been done