Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1899-01-06
WESTERN LIBERAL.
LoRDsBURG. JAN. Q. 1890
Can you write 1909 yetg

a you write 1899 yet?
The Southern Pacific par car made
It's arst appearance for 1899, on Sun
day.
The Lordsburg school opens again
next Monday, after the holiday va.
cation.
Jess Henley, OF the San Simon cat
tie company, vas In the city the first
Of the week.
e. L. S~tinson, yard master, got his
thumb pInched while at work the
other day, and Is nov enjoying a vaca-
ton.
John McCabe left Monday for a trip
down into the Animas valley, 70 see II
all the cattle we're frozen up during
the recent cold shap.
Mrs. Willie P. Hill, who has been
spending the summer on the ella, left
last Friday morning for her old home
at Shreveport, Louisiana.
G. NJ. Ausbach arrived from Chicago
this week aud has taken a position
with the Roberts & Leahy mercantile
company as bookkeeper.
Mrs. NJ. b. Emerson and children
have returned to Clifton from Ell Paso,
where she has been to have Master
Calder's eyes treated. The young
man o wears a pair Of glasses.
Mrs. Baylor Shannon and her sister,
Mrs. Arthur Goodell, were in the city
Friday, en- route from Clifton, where
they had been visiting Mrs. @. n.
Shannon, to Silver City, where they
had an engagement to meet the New
Year.
E. T. Leonard was in. the city FRI
day, en- route from Clifton to Tucson,
where he expects to 90 to work. Mrs.
LeOnard's ~hcalthShas not been very
good in Clifton, and the doctors think
1t wonld be improved II she moved to
Tucson.
Oliver Simpson, accompanied by his
family, has returned from Texas,
where they have been living for sever
al years. They were very happy to
get back to the genial climate OF New
Mexico once more and will not stray
far away again.
Word has been received from San
ford Robinson, Of Steeplerock, who
went to New York a short time ago to
consult a specialist 10 kidney troubles.
The doctor diagnosed his case as
stone OF the kidney, took him to St.
Luke's hospital, operated on him re-
moving the stone, aud now Mr.. Robin
son expects to be back TO SteeplerOck
10 a few weeks, with his health en-
tirely regaincd.
]. A. Chenowth was In from the
San Simon valley Saturday, and In
formed the LIBERAL that the story
that came up from the valley last
week to the effect that his daughter,
Miss Ivy, and Robert Bisbee had beer
married, was 4 canard. Miss Cheno'
with aud Dir. Disbee anne Owe from
Silver City to spend Christmas at the
ranch, and seeing the two come IL
gave some Of the romantic cowboys thu
idea that they bad come TO be married
For a week or SO a simple minded
stranger, who was thought to be
Dane, has been working for his boarC
at the Arlington, Geo. Reeb keepInI
him more out of charity than for thu
work he did. Friday Mr.. Reeb hireC
> a man to work, and notified the hob,
that his place was filed. The hobo
went cut into the kitchen, picked VI
> a butcher knife and slashed each sid,
. OF his throat. Luckily for him tn,
knife was not very share and he die
. not cut any Of the important veins o
: arteries that are so thick Ia tn,
. throat. DR.. Crocker sewed up tn
cuts 10 the throat, and the next day b
e was able to travel.
]. M. CoVey was SEM down frou
! Tucson to work In the Southern Pa
clnc yard as a switchman. He wen
to work Sunday. Monday night Will
at work he was riding the side Of
freight car and did not notice wha
was in front Of him. There was a ca
on a side track which just cleared th
car on which he was riding, there bt
ing but a few inches between then
q He was caught between the two car
\ and rolled along. He was picked u
by the yard men and brought to th
doctors office. DIR. Croker dresse
the wounds and started with him O
the passenger train for the hospit;
at Tucson.
= Last week Clifton was visited by
gang OF hold ups and sneak thleve
The first sufferer was Jef DunagaI
His place vas held up and robbed
about two hundred dollars. Aft
= the thief had left, Jim Parks, wi
was 10 bed, was called up and headc
<. a party who went after the robbie
he They came on him just IS he "
es. burying his treasure aud captured hit