Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1898-05-20
WESTERN LIBERAL.
LoRDsBURG MAY 20, 1898.
Miss Emily Hill is visiting her sis
ter, Mrs. j. A. Harrison

ter, Mrs. J.. A. HARRISON
Lloyd Payne was In the city Monday
en- route to Silver Oitg;to see bis sister,
Mrs. Gurdon Bradley who is very sick.
Bay Shannon was in the city Satur.
day, shipping some cattle. He says
there are a good many fat cattle on
the river.
Attorney Frank Cox and j. D. Mil
toe passed through town on the Sun
morning train, en- route to Silver City
to attend court. 1t is expected that
the men arrested for robbing the train
at STEMS Pass some months G will
be indicted and tried under the terri
torial law at this term of court.
A company Of youngsters in Deming,
old enough to go to the war but not
old enough TO leave their mothers,
have organized what they call the
Deming Light Infantry, aud have for
a monogram the letters Dill, which
the Home guards have translated to
mean the Dancing Little Infants,
much @the disgustof the youngsters.
w. B. Foster, convicted OF the muir
der of A B. Allen, Of Duncan, was
sentenced to twenty years 10 the pen
itentiary, instead of twenty-five years,
as reported ia the last LIBERAL.
Judge Doan refused to grant him a
new trial. The Judge granted a new
trial to Rodella, who was convicted of
murder in the second degree, for kill
idg Frank Elwood at MorenciI
E. E. Toney, formerly Of Gold Hill,
was instantly killed at Tempe, Ari-
IONA, Saturday morning. He with a
couple of otief men were riding be-
hind a spirited team, which became
uncomfortable and ran in front Of the
locomotive on the railroad. Before
the engineer could stop the locomo-
tive hit the wagon, instantly killing
Toney and another man and seriously
woundiug the third.
Those two travelling companions
Gus Heyman and Julius Suss we're in
the city this week. Gus says that in
the last few weeks he has contributed
nve or six dollars to various funds in
different towns to be used in buying
flags. He was not asked TO contribute
in Deming, because flags are not flying
t. .bat t,mn nor uos ha ackad m ron.
tribute to such q fund in Lordsburg,
for, the town is well supplied with
flags.
L. c. McGrath received this week a
deed to l60 acres of land in Mexico,
which will make a coffee plantation
for him. The deed was u of the
most elaborate things in tie way Of
stamped paper ever seen here. 1t
nlled about a dozen pages OF paperan
each page bore the flourish of the
officer signing the deed aud a revenue
stamp. The notaries public in Mexico
gdfh tie mo1eJ they receive for max
ing deeds.
Last week Nicholas Hughes came
from Deming, bringing about a thous'
and dollars, the proceeds OF u sale OF
cattle. The nexG day about half o.
the money was gone. A young fellow
named Louis Nancy, who had beer
"boostiug'' around the saloons, com
menced to spend money very freely
He was arrested on suspicion Of rob
bling Mr.. Hughes, and taken to Sllve
City the first of the week, and a mum
Der of people have been called over t
tell the grand jury what they know
about the case.
Clifton has organized a company g
Home Guards, not that the
have any suspicion that the Spanlard
will invade Clifton but they thin
that during the war excitemen
there may be organized a band
rustlers who will endeavor too hol
un the town, as was done years age
dtitipg troublous times. The bette
class of citizens have Joined tn
guards, and there are to found
their ranks Americans, Scotchmen
Englishmen, Mexicans, and perhaps
few. other nationalitles. II the RUS
lers try to hold up that town I'll
chances are there will be plenty
f6deh house.
There was a hot time I'd Silver Gil
last week. The celebrated Red Onic
concluded to open up the presenter
of court with a grand ballie'
secured the services OF hall a doz'
DEPUTY sheriffs and a large lumber
the frail ones. For a time Joy W
unconaned and good red liquor now
like water when it has rained at Pln
Altos. The proprietor OF the IL
Onion thought when he liked I
deputy sheritfs that he had things
own way, but he forgot that 1t was
violation of the ordinances OF SLY
Hst6ae wall as Of the laws OF the ter