Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1899-04-21
WESTERN LIBERAL.
LoRDsBURe. APRIL 81, 1899.

AAoD WCOhs
Mrs. Ellen Daily, who has been
spending the winter with her niece
Mrs. DR.. Crocker, returned to her
old home 10 indianapolis Wednesday.
John Leechman came 10 from San
Francisco Monday to look after his
mining interests at Shakespeare
where he has had a dozen or fifteen
men working for some months.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. A. Leahy request
The Liberal to thank their many
friends for the kindness and attention
shown them during the sickness and
after the death Of their son Donald.
Clarence Grabill came in this week
and vent out TO Steeplerock, where
he will have charge OF the cyanide
works recently erected by the Pacific
extraction company, succeeding the
Code brothers.
The Rev. Edward Lebreton COM
Smenced a series of meetings this week
which he expects TO last for ten days
or two weeks. The meetings will be
held il the Methodist church, and 1t
is possible there will be street meet
ings.
A. P. Davis Of the United States
geological survey, was in the city
Wednesday, coming from Sheldon,
and leaving the same night for Casa
Gronde, Arizona. He bias been en-
gagged 10 looking up reservoir sites,
and will continue the work.
A new company is being organized
in Clifton, called the Copper Poultry
company, aud its stock will seon be
offered on the New York and Boston
exchanges. This Is not a mining
company, but IS organized for the pur-
pose Of. hatching eggs and frying
chickens.
Word comes that James Tong, who
has been prospecting in the Steeple-
rock district that he thinks he has
made a discovery which will add
another record to Grant county's min
eral column. The Liberal hopes ii
will prove true, for Mr. Tong deserves
something good.
All the fourth class p0stofiees In
tie country doing a money order
business are to be inspected this year.
The Lordshdfg Office was Inspected
GONE weeks ago. Sunday Dennis
Coyne. an inspector from San Francis
Co, came in and went up TO Morenci
for the purpose Of inspecting that
office and stopped at Duncan on his
/. wal back and locked that Office over.
w. II. Small made { contract with
II. L. Cannon this week for the
building of a new house for him. The
i. house will be built on the lots east OF
the Chase & McCahe house, viii be Of
brick, thirty nine feet square, contain
Ing five rau3,S aad Gust about two
Thousand dollars. Thus it will be seer
that L%ordsbdrg is continually improv
irg.
W. D. Foster, who was convicted at
tao April term OF court, 1898, for the
killing OF A. b. Allen At Duncan, and
vino was granted a new trial by The
supreme court of The territory, was
returned from Yuma on Wednesday.
Thursday morning the court fixed hi:
bond at $4,000. The district attor
ney announced on the part Of the
territory that he conld not possibly
go to trial this term and the case wa,
continued. Mr.. Foster has been ir
custody a little over one Year.-Solo
knoxville Bulletin.
P b. Smith Vas Ia from Gold Hill
Monday bringing samples of ore which
be has recently discovered there
The ore looks very much like sample;
OF the tungstan ore from Dragon
aud Mr.. Smith thinks IL is tungstan
Samples have been sent for analysis
The discovery was made on the hill
near his house, aud consists Of a biz
blow out. He has been doing somc
work on it, and has not yet discovered
that it is a regular vein. II it prove
TO be the real thing Mr.. Smith vii
Z make a nice thing out Of 1t.
Dave Clark came down from Clifton
Friday and went to Los Angeles to Sc
his brother-in-law, James Mcdonald
who is in a hospital there. Mr.. Nc
Donald is well known in Lordsburg
1t seems that he was working in
mine at Randsburg. acting as nigh
foreman. When the day crew wen
off the foreman told him they had pu
seven shots in the rock, and that ST.
OF them had been exploded, ant
showed him where the unexploded on
was. 1t seems the day mar had mad
a mistake and only five shots had gon
off, leaving two. In their work tn
men carefully avoided the shot tina
had been pointed out to them, but aC
cidcntly exploded the shot that wa
left and had not been pointed out
The result was serious for Mcdonald
causing him to lose both his eyes, an
injuring him badly otherwise. II
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