Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1899-10-20
WESTERN LIBERAL.
LoRDsBURG. OCT. 20, 1899.

Mrs. A. Q. Mofitt is visiting her
sister, Mrs. N. f. Powers.
g. w. Mccoy came down from Cliff
ton Monday and moved his family up
there.
Judge Louis 1. Marshall made a
business trip up from Deming Sunday
night, returning Monday morning.
Robson & Dunagan received a
dozen fine merlno-delaine bucks this
week, which they have added to. their
herd.
John and James McCabe were in
the city this week, coming up from
Separ, where they had made a cattle
shipment. ,
The trial OF VIM. Ensor, who was in.
dlcted for the murder of James Lassl.
ter has been postponed until the next
term of the Graham county court, at
the request of the defense.
Mrs. Mark Smith, wife of the gentle
man who SO long represented Arizona
in congress, died at her home in Tue
son Sunday. MIA. Smith had been an
invalid fof several years.
Mrs. G. L. Bugbee arrived from the
wtsB Monday morning to make her
home in Lordsburg, aud since her ar
$ rival a smile has appeared on G. L. BIS
face that was not noticed last week.
W. II. Settle has been appointed
: Justice Of the peace at Morenci 10 the
place Of Ernest Everhardy, who re.
signed, as he did not have the time to
devote to the duties of the office.
Judge Settle will wear the ermine OF
this Office with becoming modesty.
E. Kohlberg came up from FL Paso
Sunday night to see how the Superior
nine was banning out. Mr. Kohlbcrg
is n of the principal stockholders 10
the Superior mining Company. lie
had no complaints to make about the
mine. He also made a Clifton trip.
The carpenter gang moved the old
tank that has 30 long stood opposite
the express Office onto the new fOunda-
ton directly west of where it formerly
stood, and has taken down the old
supports. This Southern Pacific now
has two lafge tanks in active opera
ton.
A. L. Paxton, n of the carpenters
working for the Southern Pacific, who
was helping move the large water
tank, walked ont on the end of a board
that was not supported Monday morn
ing and had quito a bad fall. He was
taken IL the FL Paso hospital on the
morning train.
Word comes from the hunting party
that went south a week or so ago that
there are plenty Of jack rabbits and
prairie dogs in that country, and they
are In no danger Of starving. They
say that even IL this game should run
short they have a few stray calves 10.
Gated, lind will not suffer.
The Southern Pacihc's round house
stalls have been small for the use OF
the large enQihes that ase uow in SER
vice on this division. 1t Is impossible
to build an addition to the house on
the inside OF the circle, So the carpen-
ter gang has been at work building an
addition on the outside OF the house.
They have changed the stacks and
the engines will head into the house,
instead Of backing ia, as heretofore
has been the custom.
Commencing last Monday the South
ern Pacific company charged demur-
tdgc on all freight kept in cars more
than twenty-iour hours. The rate
will be a dollar a day for each car so
used. This rate will also apply to cars
that are ordered and not loaded in
aide OF twenty-four hours. The effect
of this change In the application OF
rules. will probably lie the building OF
a warehouse by both the Roberts &
Leahy mercantile company and the
Eagle drug mercantile company.
Both companies have needed storage
room for some time.
The Southern Pacific company put
on a new time table Sunday. There
was no change 10 the running of trains
at this point. There was, however, a
change in the numbering OF trains.
Heretofore all east bound trains have
been numbered with odd numbers,
and the west bound trains have had
even numbers. The Southern Pacific
road Is the only large road in the
country that numbered its trains that
way. According to the standard rules
of the railroads the west bound trains
are numbered with the odd numbers
and the east bound trains numbered
with ever numbers. In order to COM
ply with the standard rules the South
ern Pacific has changed the scheme Of
numbering. This will cause a little
confusion at first but In the long run
will save much confusion. General
Manager Kruttschnitt was in El Paso
Saturday, and told a Times reporter
that the present intention was TO have
the general change in time tables,
which was expected about the first of