Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1898-06-03
WESTERN LIBERAL
LoRDsBURe, JUNE 3, 1898.

The Normal school commencement
exercises we're held at Silver City this
week.
Fred v. Gordon wants to enlist in
the signal corps that Is going to be
sent to Manila.
Mrs. A. A. Collins and her grand
sou, Master Eddie Leahy, returned
from their visit to Fort Thomas last
Sunday.
T. II. Decker came down from Cliff
ton Wednesday, en- route to Jerome,
where he has a good position with the
Copper company.
B.. ]. Zabrlskl has been In town this
week looking after the Southern Pa
ciHc's boilers, while Ernest Erickson
has been enjoying a vacation.
Last Sunday was Children's Day, a
day 10 which the religious exercises
in the churches are devoted to the
children. Sunday evening there were
childreu,s services at the Methodist
church at which the little ones did
very nicely.
President Colquhoun of the Arizona
copper company has gone into Calf.
fornia for a months vacation. H.
stead OF spending his vacation on the
beach, as he has been 10 the habit of
doing, he will take his family this
summe to some mountain resort that
IS beyond the range OF any Spanish
rapid firing gun.
The graveyard above town is in a
dIlapidated condition and is free to
the range cattle. 1t should be fixed
up and made more presentable. The
first thing that ought to be done is the
building OF a substantial fence around
the yard, that would keep the cattle
out. Who will start a subscription
paper for this purpose?
C. E. Mills, who has been the super
intendent of the Detroit copper COM
pany's work at Morenci since Mr..
Church sold out, has resigned and left
for San Antonio to join Roosevelt's
rough riders. Mr.. Mills was drawing
a salary OF several thousand dollars a
year, which he abandoned simply be-
cause he wanted to eight for the flag
There are not many people like him
ia this section OF the country, princi-
pally because there are 70 many
people drawing such large salaries.
District court did not last very long
this term. The petit jury was dis
charged Saturday. Louis Nancy, who
was indicted for rubbing N. Hughes,
was convicted. Ida Miller, who was
indicted on the same charge, was tried
and acquitted. a man named Osborn
was charged with hourishing a deadly
weapon aud plead ngt guilty. He told
the court that he had no lawyer, aud
no money To hire one. AS in duty
bopnd the court Appointed a lawyer TO
defend him. The appoinCee was the
Hon. W. Bryon Walton, ex-clerk and
would be clerk Of the county. Mr..
Walton was not in the court room
when the appointment was made and
the sheriff took the prisoner out to
hunt him up. The defendant did not
know the the ex-clerk and would be
clerk when he saw him aud asked the
sheriff who 1t was that was going to
defend him. They found him sitting
on the steps figuring out campaign ex'
pehses. When the sheriff pointed
out the lawyer the defendant took a
lokg look at him and then said;
diets 20 back to the court room. /
viii plead guilty and not put the
ccunty TO the expense Of a trial. 1t
will save the county noney aud the
tesult will be just the same"
For some time the Arizona s. New
Mexico rail- road has been making
some improvements. When the
Southern Pacific commenced laying
heavy steel this road purchased some
OF the ifty pound steel that was taken
up. This is being put on the heavy
gr!de between Guthrie and Clifton,
where there is a grade Of eight hun
dfed feet 10 four miles, with many
curves. THE steel taken from this
Grade Is used on the 20-inch road, and
the steel used on the 2o-lnch road will
b Used in the mines. When this
work is completed ana some new steel
bridges are built owe some OF the can
yons between Guthrie and the top OF
the hill a ffty ton locomotive will
take tie place of the twenty ton loco
motives now 10 use, and the heavy
trains will be taken over the hill with
out any trouble. Then 1t is probable
that two trains a day will be put on
the road. The officers Of this road
use great precautions to avoid acct
dents. Every morning, before the
train leaves Clifton a man is sent over
the hill, which is the dangerous por-
ton OF the road, to see that the track
- al riaht and that, no land slide or