Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1900-09-28
WESTERN LIBERAL.
LoRpspURG. SEPTEMBER Is 1900.

q Mf8. hfdnDiG OWuoJ W oh-
yer City To attend the democratic
convention Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Moore both Of
whom have been in the hospital at El
Peso, returned Sunday, able TO be out,
but not having fully recovered their
strength.
Mrs. II. II. Williams came up from
Deming the last OF the week to join
her husband, who has been appointed
yardmaster OF the Arizona s. New
Mexico road,
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs. ].
A. Leahy last Friday. Mother and
baby, who are under the care of Mrs.
Martin, in the Ladies hospital, at Sill
yer City, are both doing well.
A. W. Clifford, OF the Orion company
came up from FL PSso Saturday to
have a look at the Dundee mine, and
returned Sunday on a freight train,
not waiting for the delayed passenger
train.
Elsewhere 10 this issue will be found
the statement OF the condition of the
First national bank of Ell Paso on the
afth Of this mouth. The statement
shows a balauce Of over eleven hun
dred thousand dollars.
Candidate for sheriff jas. v. Parks,
of Graham county, was in town be-
tween trains Monday, c~ircling from
one part OF the county to another.
Jim is putting in all his time now in
what the cowboys call 'line riding"
Sunday about six miles ont Of town
the rails on the Arizona & New Mexi-
co road that were recently laid by s..
II. Buchanan, spread aud one of the
new big engines and eight cars went
into the ditch. The passengers and
mails we're transferred and brought
into town. A track was built around
the wreck, and trafic interrupted but
a short time.
Z. ID. Weymouth, the car repairer
who had a coupling pin driven into his
eye some seven weeks ago, returned
from the hospital at San Francisco,
Saturday. He has entirely lost the
use OF the eve, being perfectly blind
10 it, but the occulist saved the eye
ball, SO that his face will not be dis
figured. He wears a patch over the
eye, and will have to do so for some
time, until the soreness is entirely gone
from the eye. He has been very lucky
in suffering no more severe injury
from the accident.
The republican cadcus passed of
quietly Saturday night, there being
no contests for any Of the various
county offices there was no contest
over delegates, the only question be-
ing the election Of men who would at
tend the convention. The caucus
elected G. L. Bugbee as chairman and
+. NJ. Wltherspoon as secretary. The
only names presented for delegates
we're j. A. Leahy, Ben Titus and J..
r. Weldon. As the precinct was en-
titled to three delegates, these three
were elected without opposition.
Census Supervisor Pedro Sanchez
has put five enumerators 10 the field
to complete the work abandoned by
G. G. Conrad, and to do owe again the
work he did. James Fl. Lyons, who
enumerated the Silver City precinct
has been sent TO Lordsburg, and com.
menced work here yesterday. A.
many people have moved away from
here since the work was done by
Mr.. Conrad, and many more people
have moved In it is hardly possible
that Mr.. Lyons will be able to give as
fair an enumeration of this preciect as
did Mr.. Cohfad, consequently Lords
burg will be the sufferer.
W. A. Leonard, the founder Of the
Silver City Enterprise. has many
friends 10 this county, who will be
glad to know of his escape from the
terrible storm that wrecked Calves
ton, and a large portion Of the Texas
coast. The waters from the gulf did
not get up to Angleten, the damage
there was all caused by the wind.
Notwithstanding the damage done by
, the wind Mr.. Leonard got out his
paper as usual, but a little late. He
describes his personal loss as follows:
ION the corner OF the same block,
the Times office, 4 two and one-half
story frame, Is still On its blocks, but
the roof Is gone an6 the building
careened over aud torn almost to
pieces. Both stairways are carried
away, the partitions broken and the
furniture and library ruined. Mr..
and Mrs. Leonard and son left the
building about 6 o'clock, and made
their way to the Delaney Houses
where they remained until the next
morning" After the storm was over
he Don was at work at his paper, aud
anxious to see his friends as is evil
denced by the following Invitation
printed 10 the local column: "When
in town call IN the Times. The