Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1899-01-13
WESTERN LIBERAL.
LoRDsBuRe, JAN. 10, 1890

! NJ. A Lcahy returned Monday from
bis trip to his old home at Fort
Thomas, where he has been for . week
or so.
w. p. Hill received a letter Sunday
morning stating that his wife was
dangerously sick and he took the
morning train for her bedside.
The school teachers returned from
their vacation Sunday night aud on
Monday morning agait commenced
teaching the young idea how to shoot.
Mrs. Bay Shannon passed through
on the west bound train Monday, Ell
route from Silver City, where she has
been visiting, to her home at Stafford,
Arizona.
The Roberts g. Leahy mercantile
company is putting a new tin roof %
the store. 1t Is expected that this
will prove water tight, something that
the old roof did not.
The county commissioners have APP
pointed DR.. Croker as health officer
10 LOrdsburg. Now IL any smallpox
microbes show up in this precinct our
health officer will immediately arrest
them and lock them up.
Tuesday the tire on one Of The
wheels OF the engine on the Arizona &
New Mexico road was punctured, and
as consequence the train was delayed
nearly two hours. No serious loss re-
suited from this accident.
w. r.. Merrill, county commissioner
from this district and lumber mer-
chat at Deming, this week sent 10
many of his constituents in L0rdsburg
some very handsome calendars, adj
vertising his lumber business.
S. II. Dunagan intends proving up
on his homestead entry, and at the
same time, as administrators OF his
fathers estate, proving up on his
fathers entry. The proofs will he
made in Lordsburg ON February 18th.
Orders have been issued to muster
out the territorial regiment, which
will bring back into the territory
a large number OF the boys who
expected to kill a few dozen SpaniardS
some months ago, when they enlisted.
The Rev. b. c. Matthews, presiding
elder Of this district, arrived in town
Monday night and went out to the
river, where he holds the regular
quaterly meeting. He is expected To
return Monday, and preach at the NJ.
L. church that night.
John McCabe cam in from the Ami.
mas the first OF the week, and said he
was horse hunting. This is probably
so, but Mr.. McCabe has been II long
time learning that stray horses do
not make their headquarters in The
streets of L%ordsburg.
John Phillips passed through town
on the east hound train Sunday. lie
says his mine at Jackson, California,
is looking way up. Vic VaulIal has
charge OF the mine, and Harry Ciassen
has charge Of the books. Mr.. Phillips
ays Vic was Il little homcsick AT llrst,
but now that he is so busy he has not
time to get hOmes!ck OIL anything else.
Bad men have been doing consider
able shooting at Geronimo. and John
Selman has been hired as a special Of
fcer to hold down the town. The
Sther night Selman went out Of his
house, and was shot at by three men
in ambush. lie returned the fire and
the men left in a hurry. A couple Of
bullets took off a little Of Selman's
skin, but did no damage. lie did not
get any OF the men.
On the first page Of the Chicago
Record OF January I. was a large pic
ture, taken from a photograph, Of the
departure IF the Spanish commander
from Havana. The picture shows
about twenty. men walking down the
street. Among those named was
Captain Juan Hart, OF El Paso, who
had acted as assistant secretary OF the
evacuation commission. Judging
from The picture Captain Hart did ndl
starve while in Havana. In fact he
has grown an abdomen that will be
the envy Of Col. Bill Fewel, when he
again displayes 1t in Ell Paso.
For a number OF years the principal
owners Of the Volcano mine at stems
Pass have been p. b. Smith and w. X.
Meade. Recently there has been a
little misunderstanding between them
and Mr.. Mead prepared to bring a suit
OF %chancery to secure the sale Of the
mine and a division OF the proceeds.
10 order to avoid the expense Of such
Il suit Mr.. Smith, aud the owners OF
several of the smaller shares have