Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1899-01-27
WESTERN LIBERAL.
LoRDsBURe, JAN. 81. 1890

E. w. Clapp went up to Clifton Sat
urdaY, to attend Mrs. Fraissenet's at
home.
The Link and Pin saloon has again
changed hands, r. ID. Cardwell selling
out to j. S. Brown.
Sheriff Blair has appointed James
D. Phillips as deputy sherir for this
section OF the county.
Mrs. G. A. Danforth gave u dinner
party the other day in celebration OF
the anniversary Of her birth.
The Arizona & New Mexico road
received a new passenger coach this
week for use between here and Clifton.
IL is the nuest coach that has ever
been on the road.
Mrs. j. A. Harrison expects to start
Monday with her children for her old
homo in Pennsylvania, TO make a visit
with her relatives there. She prob
ably will be gone for som months.
Judge Decker, who has been dning
criminals at Clifton for the past two
years, accompanied by his family, was
in town last Friday, en- route to
Jerome, where he intends to make
his future home.
WIN. Charles has been appointed
postmaster at Stems Pass. Mr..
Charles does not expect to become a
millionaire out OF this ONCE, but has
secured the appointment to prevent
the discontlnuance OF the Office.
Marshall Bird, the first Of the
Rough Riders to be hurt, who wa;
thrown from his horse at San Antonio
Texas, and had his head crushed. has
been given a pension Of SIS per month
he being totally lncapacitated fol
work.
Owing TO several causes, one Of
which is the change the l~egislaturt
made in the license law, another Il
tue poor collection Of taxes, the schoo
fund for this precinct is too small u
keep an eight months school. Super
intendent Link has advised the schoo
board to close the school at the end o
this month. The board will try anC
make arrangements to keep the schoo
going another month.
News comes from the Zuni IGdlaI
reservation, which is 10 the western
part OF Valencia county up agains
the Arizona line, where there ar
some seventeen hundred Indian:
that small pox has become epidemic
More than two hundred Of the Indian
have died Of the disease, and 81
hundred are now sick with this dis
ease. The government has seat doc
tors and nurses to are for them.
Friday night Or. Crockcr, while a
the drug store suffered froul an attacl
of heart failure. There being n
other physician 10 town he had t
prescribe for himself. w. II. Sma'
administered the medicines an
brought him around. Saturday after
noon, and again Saturday night h
suffered from other attacks. DI
Hagen was called up and he wa
brought around, but was left yer
weak. DR.. Hagen came up aGai
Tuesday night, aud on WodnesGa
morning DR.. Croker was moved I
his home. DR.. Hagen says that all b
needs now Is absolute rest, aud wit
IL he will soon be around all right.
Many Of the LIBERALS readers wi
/, remember the cold blOoded murd'
OF II. II. Barry, at Fort Thomas, SON
4, four years ago by Lieutenant Carter
: johnson. Johnson had been down I
Solomouyille as a witness at court al
: had got heavily jagged up. He sto
: ped at Thomas on his return and co
t tinued the jag. While in this sta
be became offended at Mr.. Barry al
E shot him. The lieutenant during Il
late trouble with Spain made a recol
( in Cuba. the account of which hi
been brought back to Arizona by
couple Of packers, oneuof whom "
+ formerly well known at Clifton by Il
' name Of Timberllne, his real name b
ing Sparks, the name Timberline ha
ing been given him on account Of b
height. While in Cuba Johnson hi
s charge Of a detachment OF men al
discovered a couple of barrels
native rum, which is said to be wor
l. than Apache tiswin. Johns,
y bowled up on this till he got a go
start, then sent to his tent for a cuuI
OF small kegs, which he nlled, tn
- emptied the rest Of the run on t
ground, taking bis kegs to his tel
After getting thoroughly under t
influence he proceeded to captu