Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1898-11-18
WESTERN LIBERAL.
LoRDsBURe, NOV. is, 1898
George b. Ryan, the hardware man,
was In town thlS week.

49, "NW1 NAAe WNOhs
Next Thursday is Thanksgiving.
Have you a turkey staked out?
Mrs. Ellen Daily, Of Indianapolis,
Indiana, is visiting her niece, Mrs.
DR.. Crocker.
w. d. McKeehan, who has been
spending a vacation 10 tAe cross tim
bers OF Texas, has returned.
Victor VanHal left Wednesday
night for Jackson, California, to visit
bis old friend John r. Phillips.
Mrs. Emma Ely. who has been visit
ing a niece 10 Reno, Nevada, has re-
turned to Lordsburg for the winter.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
Ely on the tenth. The boy weighed
eight pounds, but Ed NOS weighs a
ton.
NC. Wight, who has charge Of j..
Leechman's mining interests at
Shakespeare, went to Los Angeles the
first OF the week.
L. b. Miner OF Silver CITY, who has
been working on w. II. Marbles new
house for some time, returned to Sill
yer CITY Wednesday
Mr.. and Mrs. Gurdon Bradley and
end children arrived in town Sunday
night from Silver Cit, ed route to
Clifton to visit Mrs. Bradley's
broShers, the Messrs. Payne.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. @. james, Mr..
C%ulquhoun, and Mr.. Walter Douglas
came dosn from Clifton ON a special
Monday afternoon, and took the west
bound flyer, en- route td Bisace.
The Southern Pacific inspection
party is expected here Sunday and all
the railroad Inch are preparing for the
visit. The other day a hobo spit on
the floor at the depot and got licked.
In Yuma county II. w. Filbert,
formerly station agent at Lordshurg,
was a candidate for county treasurer.
When the votes were counted his
name appeared &n:jng those who
"also Fan"
A railroader killed a Mexican In No
gales and then went across the line
into Mexico, where he was arrested
The Mexican authorities propose to
try him for the murder and the state
department at Washington is raising
a great row.
s. Owens has bees miseiug money
from his til. liquors, and cigars, and
suspected that some person was rob
bing his house nights after it was
closed. Wednesday night a watch
was set Tor the thief and Bart Grove
was captured 10 the act.
John Leechman, wso recently
bought the Nevada aud other mines
OF VanIIal and Doyle at shakespeare,
is here from San Francisco, looking
after bis properties. He tells the
LIBERAL that he is very well pleased
at the showing the mines have made
since he has been working tbem.
Pyramid lodge, knights Of Pythias,
have purchased three lots on Shake
spear street and let a contract for the
building of a hall. Ever since the
lodge vas organized the members
have had to go to Shakespeare TO hold
their meetings, and they found this
too much trouble. The building of a
lodge room will be a great addition to
the town.
The Misses Wakefield and Cain, the
teachers in our public school, will,
with The aid Of the school children,
give an entertainment at the hall next
Wednesday evening, at eight O'clock,
consisting Of literary and musical ex-
ercises. Admission % cents, children
10 cents. The object OF this enter
talnment Is to raise enough money to
purchase a flag for the school house,
the flag now owned by the school be-
ing nearly worn out. The object is a
laudable one, and it is hoped every
person will buy "A ticket. 1t is ex-
pected that some OF the school
children will canvass the town Sat
urday, selling tickets, and every per-
son should buy one, whether it will be
possible for him to attend the enter
tainment or not.
AZ Demlng the board Of resistra.
ton consisted of ]. B. Hodgdon, the
democratic candidate for commissions
er from the third district, Guy Petty
and Rodney Clarke. One day while
Clarke was not present aud Hodgdon
was running the board a C%hinaman,
named Sam Fong, who is running a
store 10 Deming, appeared before the
board and wanted TO be registered.
He claimed to be a naturalized citi-
zen of the United States and had in
his possession what he claimed were his
naturalization papers. These papers
satisfied Hodgdon and he entered the
Chinaman's name on the registration
liat. IN alacfion dav the Chinaman