Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1898-03-04
WESTERN LIBERAL.
LoRDsBURG, MARCH 4, 1893.

~ u expected mat the new Christ
ian church will be finished and ready
60 be dedicated some time next week
Alfred J.. Buzard, who has beer
looking over the Gold Hill country
spent a few days in town the first a
the week.
Thos. A: Woods passed through
town Tuesday morning, escorting hi.
wife and two children to Deming.
Mrs. Woods and the babies 60 to Mil.
waukee to visit with her people.
Thos Kennedy returned from at
tendence on the United States court
last Friday. He reports that at Silver
CITY, while be was there a lodge OF
"Alecks" was organized and that
many of them seemed to be ''smart
Alexis"
From the Los Angeles Express the
Liberal learus that Master Earl Kel.
ium, a former Lerdsburger, has gradu-
ated from the Observation-Disclosures
school at the head Of his class, and is
now a student in the high school, all
or which it is glad to know.
Friday night a son was born to Mr..
and Mrs. NJ. A. Leahy, at Shakespeare.
Mr.. Leahy's brothers put up a Job on
him and spread the news arnund town
that he was the father of twins and
the congratulations came thick and
fast. 1t took him all day Saturday to
st%raighten out the tangle.
Mr.. Wythe DENLY from Clifton was
In the city Monday, en- route to
Juneau, Alaska, where he goes to look
at a large mining property, OF which
he is offered the SUPPLEMENTARY. He
expects to be gone about a month. and
will not decide whether he will accept
the position or not until he sees the
property.
The supreme court of Arizona has
decided that James Parker, the train
rohber must hang. He suffers this
punishment not because he robbed a
train, but because when under arrest
Tor this crime he broke Jail, and while
breaking Jail murdered Lee Norris, an
assistant district attorney, who at
tempted to prevent his escape. 1t
does not make much difference why
MI. Parker is hung, so long as the
sheriff sees that he is thoroughly dead.
Another Tucson train dispatcher
tried to have two trains meet and
pass on a single track last Sunday.
10 other words he ''overlooked his
hand" aud forgot to give the trains a
proper meeting order. Luckily the
trains approached each other on d
straight piece OF track and discovered
that a mistake had been made before
they came together. One Of the
trains backed up to a siding and let
the other pass. The train dispatcher
is looking for a new job.
One dav last week a tramp was put
hff a freight train on the Santa Fe-
Pacific rear Williams, aud he swore
that he would get even with the rail
road company because he was not al
lowed to ride. Some time later a
track walker was passing along, just
ahead of the express train and found
that the track waS all torn up. Re
was able to stop the train in time to
avoid a disaster. IL was found that
dynamite had been used and the track
blown up. Officers were put on the
tramp's trail and he was arrested at
Congress. He admitted blowing up
the track, and seemed to be sorry that
that nc disaster had occurred. Ii he
Is not lynched 10y the railroad men be
will not get his dues.
The weather report for the territory
for the month Of January has made
It's appearance. During that month
the temperature averaged ~lfteen
degrees above zero in the northern
part and in the extreme southeastern
part it was 40 degrees. At Lordsburg
the average was thirty-tiye. The
highest temperature vas at Eddy on
the third, rs degrees, and the coolest
was at Buckman's In Rio Arriba
County, where the thermometer regis
tered twenty-four degrees below zero
on the 18th. About the usual amount
of rain fell, at this point it amounted
to just an inch. The sunshine regis
ter at Santa Fe showed that there was
an average of five and one-half hours
OF sunshine each day, which is consid'
cradle below the normal amount.
Tuesday evening Antonio Gallardo
was killed at Deming. 1t seems that
Mr.. Gallardo was standing on one of
the side tracks at the time the passen-
ger train was standing at the depot.
The engine had been cut off the train
and was backing down this side track
to go after coal. The engineerdid not
see Gallardo and he evidently did not
see the engine, which passed over him
killing him instantly. Mr.. Gallardo
worked for the Norton-Drake com
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