Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1898-04-01
WESTERN LIBERAL.
LoRDsBURG, APRIL 1, 1898.

A week from next Sunday will DC
Easter.
J.. p. Ownby says he wishes that the
people who milk his cows during the
day time would divide the milk witt
him.
Col. S. M. Ashenfelter and It. J,
Kerr were up from Demiug Tuesday.
They were interested 10 a COW case,
which was settled.
Editor Walton OF the Independent
is still attending to the duties of clerk
OF the district court. He is only wait.
ing for Clerk Mitchell to qualify.
1t is rumored that the United States
court will be removed from Silver
City to Las Cruces. This will not be
done until the supreme court meets ia
July, IL at all.
During the past week we have had
some OF the most delightful spring
weather imaginable. What has made
it more enjoyable has been the almost
complete absence Of dust storms.
John Green, a well known Las
Vegas officer, last Saturday arrested
Tim Collins, at, Bisbee. He passed
through with him Sunday. Collins
was wanted for the train robbery at
Grants. 90
Mrs. Antonio Gallardo has com
menced a suit against the Southern
Pacific in El Paso for $3.50 0 damages
for the death Of her husband, who was
run over and killed by an engine at
Deming a few weeks ago.
G. G. Ford, who was an engineer in
the employ of the Southern Pacific,
committed suicide in FL Paso last
week, taking morphine. He had been
drinking for more than a week and
wound up with a dose Of the drug.
Col. Jack Fleming has agaia been
nominated for mayor OF Silver City,
and will be re elected without opposi-
ton. The colonel has held this posi-
ton SO long that some of the children
in Silver City think he was born
mayor.
Saturday there was an election OF
school trustees AT Duncan. There
we're W tickets III TIE field, one
called the Law and Order" ticket,
contained the names of j. +. Black,
@. NJ. Hill and S. Y. Olney for trustees
the other contained the names OF
9. V. White, IT. o. Phillips, aud W.T..
Foster. The Law and Order" ticket
was elected, the vote standing thirty
fore to six.
Without any attempt at detective
work On the part of anyone in particu.
lar, a chain%of circuinsfaFCia evidence
is being discovered which, owhen ex'
planned to the next grand jury, vii.
land a former resident Of Deming be
hind prison bars for the willful burn
Ing Of the Deming Headlight office ou
the evening Of January la, 1888 The
arrest and conviction of The guilty
party would &c much to teach Other
criminals disappearing from other
states that New Mexico is a poor place
10 hide.-Headlight, Who is the fire
bug?
Mr.. P. NJ, Chase returned from f
Paso the last. OF the week and went
out to his ranch Sunday. }Tais is the
first time he had visited FL PasO II
thirty. four years, and he said he coulc
see many changes and Improvement
in the village since the last time be
was there. He recognized some Ct tb'
bunco tends as being the same one!
who were there when he made HI
first visit. They tried some OF The
games that were old 10 1864, but they
were no more successful now thatthe!
were then. He said that If the police
had NOT been so thick he Thought h'
would have been able to sell TIT
bunco mar a gold brick.
Wednesday afternoon a long freigh
train started west from LOrdsburg
The engine and about half Of the traii
got over the switch leading into th'
the Arizona & New Mexico yard al
right, but when the train was abou
half over the switch it jumped ant
started the rest OF the train toward
the narrow gauge depot, The coupl
inrs happened to be good and stronI
and the result was that dye or six car
were turned over and spread aroun'
bromiscously. Luckily no one wa
hurt. O was the track torn up yer,
badly. The work of removing th'
wreck commenced Immediately ant
the track was repaired so that tn.
west bound passenger train got pas
IL after a little delay.
Last night Paul Boulon and Georg
Come gave an entertainment at To
hall which was very interesting. MI
Boulon is a universal musical genin
playing all kinds of instruments, sinl
ing all kinds OF songs and is funny ]
seven different languages, inciued'n