Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1900-08-03
WESTERN LIBERAL.
LoRDsBURG. AUGusro 3, 1900.

visiting at Duncan, returned the first
OF the week.
Mrs. H. L. Cannon has been visit
ing her sister, Mrs. p. r. VanBlbber
at Clifton this week.
Mrs. e. II. Pearson left on Friday
for an eastern trip. She expects to
return in about two weeks.
Mrs. G. NJ Shannon came down
from Clifton yesterday and took the
west bound train TO spend a few weeks
on the coast.
Mrs. A. +. Stone arrived Yesterday
FROM Gallup, to the great delight Of
her husband. They have rented W.
II. Leahy's house.
Mrs. Holster who went down to El
Paso with Mrs. Moore, taking her to
the hospital, returned this week, and
reports Mrs. Moore as improving.
w. II. Small and wife Of L~ordsburg.
n. NJ, are at the Miramar. Mr.. Small
is proprietor Of a large wholesale and
retail department store.-Catalina
Island correspondent of the Los
Angeles Times.
Col. Richard j.. Wright, the well
known railroad man, returned from
his trip to Los Angeles the first of the
week, adorned with a brand new pair
OF gold bowed spectacles, which add
much to his imposing pulchrltude.
Mr.. J. G.. Hopkins came down from
Clifton Monday, en- route for Scotland.
The chairman of the board OF the
Arizona copper company recently died
in EdinLurg. Mr.. Hopkins is a mem.
Der Of the board, and his presence is
needed, owing to the death Of the
chairman.
Tuesday night Superintendent Ran
dali Of the Orion discharged a couple
of Mexicans who had been working
for him in the Dundee mine. The
next morning most of his force of
miners struck because the two men
had been discharged. BY noon Mr..
Randall had a full force working as
usual.
John McCabe heard some of the fish
stories that w. II. Small had been
sending home from Catalina. aud
could not stand the pressure. lie took
the west bound train for the island
yesterday, aad says that If he does
not catch a bigger fish than Small
does he will tip the boat over, so Small
cannot bring his fish ashore.
The many LordsGurg friends of
Henry Ross, Of Clifton, will be sorry
TO hear OF the death of his sou Robert,
which occurred last week as the result
Of an attack of typhoid fever. Bob
bic as he always vas called, was well
known here as a child, and a bright
promising boy he was. At the time of
his death be YVES employed by the tel
bphone company.
c. NJ. Shannon and VIM. Climo
came dGwh from Clifton and went
over into southern Arizona TO look at
a copper prospect there. Sunday Mr..
Shannon went cut 10 Gold Hill tolook
at a wolfranite prospect which had
been brought to his attention. Mr..
Climo is The superintendent in charge
OF the Shannon mine at Clifton, and
reports that he has done a great deal
OF development work on that property
during the past few months, and that
the more work he does the better the
mine shows up.
Last Friday NJ. Q. Hardin heard
there were some stray Italians be-
tween here and Sopar, and went down
to meet them. He had heard that
there was a colony of them at JuareZ
who were refused admission into this
country, and were trying to smuggle
themselves in. He captured three
brought them to Lordsburg and no.
titled Collector Dillon at Ell Paso that
he had them. Mr.. Dillon sent Officer
Behan up after them. Behan took
them to 81 Paso, aud the Times of
Sunday reported that he had arrested
the three men at Lordsburg. The El
Paso Officers, like those of Cochise
county, have a habit Of claiming
everything.
There have heen many criticisms as
to the conduct Of the receivers of the
defunct First national banks Of Silver
City aud Deming. The creditors of
these banks have always claimed that
the receivers have not shown good
Judgment in managing the affairs Of
the banks. An exhibition of this has
recently been given. The receiver
sued Frank Siebold, Mrs. Siebold,
Murat Masterson, and others, and
secured judgments against them
amounting to 1927, 95l. %, with attor.
ney's fees amounting to 49, sos, 0S, and
costs amounting to $67 Is. 1t is well
known to every one in Grant county
that these judgements were not worth
the paper on which they were written.
Notwithstanding this the receiver in
CURED all these costs and became