Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1899-04-28
WESTERN LIBERAL.
LoRDsBURG. APRIL %, 1890.

Jessie hlcobot CduC III ANOu OOlu
Hill Monday, en- route TO Pearce.
where he intends TO do a little pros
pecting.
Secretary Bachelor, Of the Markeen
copper company Is expected here en-
route TO Clifton TO see about the cree
tion OF a lfty ton smelter for his com
pany.
Mrs. B. McGeein, visiting her
daughter, Mrs. J. A. Leahy, Butte
City, Montana, during the past six
months, has returned to her home ia
this city.-Kingston, Ontario, Daily
Wing.
Sunday night a broken flange put
several cars Ia the ditch near Separ.
No one was hurt and no great damage
was done, and all the railroad men
who are at all snperstitious breathed a
sigh of relief when they heard the
third wreck was 50 nnimportant.
Joe Levy, who has been attending
10 the outside work for the Southern
Pacific at this point, was relieved OF
bis position this week and instructed
to report Immediately atsSau Francis
co, as Mr.. Huntington needed his adj
vice about some important railroad
matters.
Judge McFie had to give up holding
court in Rio Arriba county because
there was so much small pox in that
county IL was not safe nor wise to
have the people attend court. Re-
ports indicate that except in Rio
Arriba county small pox is pretty we'll
stamped out Of this territory.
In an interview this morning on the
subject Under Sheriff Paul said he
bad many more constantly under his
care for serious crimes, twelve years
ago, when he was sheriff, than he has
now for the same grade OF offences.
He incllnes to the opinion, as con
lrmed by the court statistics, that in
proportion to the increase Of popula-
ton, crime of more serious classes is
decreasing in this terrltory.-Tucsun
Citizen.
AS the Quarterly goes to press, the
Rev. Minor Jones Is visiting the
towns and mining camps along the
Southern Pacific railroad. He writes
from Lordsburg, April s.; From the
general appearance, ] am much elated
over the prospects Ia this field. l be-
lieye that good work may be accom-
plished. There is a heartiness and
breeziness about the people that is
positively exhlleratipg." From Lords
burg he went to Clifton and Morenci.
New Mexico and Arizona Mission.
WIN. Francis bought a horse and
buggy OF the ROBBERS & Leahy. mer-
camille company the other day. The
horse has been on the streets for a
long time and always appeared gentle.
The irst thing Mr.. Francis did was to
put some powder in the buggy TO take
up 70 the mine, and the first thing
the horse did was 10 run away, scatter
ing the powder over the railroad track
between the express Office and tank.
When the railroad boys found out
what the load was they did not draw
a long breath for three hours
The Ell Paso Herald gives Dick
Rule, a treasury agent at Ell Paso'
credit for working up the case against
Greiada. the counterfeiter. and fur
nishing the information on which he
was arrested at this place. Constable
Hardin, who made the arrest, says
this is a fake. He arrested the mao
for peddling without a license, and ON
searching him and his baggage, found
the counterfelts and the machinery
for making more. Dick Rule is all
right, but IL he keeps on claiming
honors in this the people will
get to calling him George II. Water
bury for short.
The Arizona Copper company have
now almost entirely replaced steam
power with electric motors for work
ing the machinery Of their enormous
plant; and now have four 10O-horse
power 5OO-volt generators, two l25,
two 80, two 90, and one l5-horse power
motors. These were all furnished by
the Westinghouse Electric & Manu-
featuring company OF P~ittsourg,
Pennsylvania, which is represented
here by their agent, Peter Wilke, who
superintendent the placing OF the ma
chinery. The company have also
placed foul gas engines OF lOo-horse
power each, made by Grossly Brothers
OF Manchester England.-Clifton Era.
Assessor Carvil was in the city Fri
day and Saturday, interviewing the
people who had stun enough to
make a showing on the tax roll. He
says that he nnds the people of the
county generally more prosperous than
they we're last year, judging by the
returns they make to him. But 10 nc
place In the county is that prosperity