Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1900-09-21
WESTERN
LoRDsBuRe. s~EPrFMBER 81 1900,

her California trip yesterday.
e. ". Clapp left Monday for Albu-
dueraue. To attend the annual meet
log OF the grand lodge, Knights OF
Pythias Of New MEXICO, o fwhich lodge
he Is an onlcer.
The Republican caucus to elect dele
yates TO attend the county convention
has been called TO meet at the Jay
Eve See on tomorrow Saturday, night,
At eight o'clock.
Mr.. aud Mts. o. R. symth returned
from their Los Angeles trip Saturday.
While IN Los Angeles Mrs. Smyth con
suited an oculist, who gives her hopes
Of improving eyesTght
Hugh Williams has been appointed
,ardmaster at the Arizona & New
Mexico yard, lie will move his fam
lily up from Deming, and in the future
be one Of our citizens.
Mr.. and Mrs. F.. S. Lisk made a
Saturday to Monday trip to Fl Pasc,
putting 10 part OF their time in Juarez
watching the Mexican celebration Of
the sixteenth Of September.
W. D. Beasc!eY, who was a carpen-
ter employed by.S. H.. Buchanan, and
was on the Arizona s. New Mexico
bridge that went down last May, has
sued Mr.. Buchanan 10 the court at
Eel Paso for $500 dAineges, for In.
jurIes he suffered from that accident.
A lEtter frem Col. Wambough says
that his family is safe with friends at
Houston, aud all are recovering from
the terrible shock caused by their eX-
] perience in the flood at Galveston,
His house aud contents are destroyed.
He estimates the loss of life at Gal
weston at not ss5than 1900.
Mrs. p. NJ. Chase aud Mr.. aud Mrs,
S. N. Chase sed Miss Sylvia left Tues
day for an eastern trip. Mrs. Chase
will visit her old home In Indiana,
which she has not seen for many years.
Mrs. S. NJ. CHASE will visit her father
at Button, Indiana, while Mr.. Chase
will act as an escort and try and keep
Miss Sylvia from getting lost.
Candidate for sheriff Of Graham
county, ]. V. Parks, came down from
Duncan Monday and spent a few
hours 10 town. He could not stop
long for he has not much time to
waste outside of Graham county dur
ing the next few weeks. He was ac-
companied by his brother, John Parks,
who had a severe hurt on mis- leg,
which was tut dHiug well, and Who
waoted to consult a doctor, and ward
of possible blood poisoning. JOhn's.
leg was fixed up so he will probably
not have any more trouble.
S. Owens, who hes been spending a
month on the coast returned last Sat
urday afternoon, just in time to get
mixed up in local politics. Mr.. Owens
is the chairman of the democrats of
this precinct, aud on his return was
put on the Shannon ticket as u dele
gate to the county %ronyentlon. He
was not in town lung enough to do any
work for his election, and SO went
down with his ticket. Mr.. Owens
thinks II the democrats OF this county
are foolish enough to re-nominate
Blair for sheriff that the county will
have a republica an sheriff during the
next two years,
Court has been In session at Silver
City doing its usual business. Ranger
Ed Scarborough, who killed Ralph
jerks. his prisoner, when Junks had
secured his shot gun, and was trying
to kill him, vas indicted, practically
at his own request. Last week a jury
was drawn, aud be was tiled on the
indictment. All the Officers aud
prisoners who were present at the
time of the killing we're witnesses,
and Mr.. Scarborough went IN the
stand aud told the story, as 1t has
been printed. judge Parker instruct
ed the jury TO find him not guilty.
The trial lasted less than two hours.
Cosme Zapata, who was accused OF
killing a compadre at q baille, Was
tried and convicted OF murder In the
third degree. Justice Newcomb, Of
Silver City, who was accused Of various
crimes and misdemeanors in his &C
tions as justice, waF before the court
and the court decided that what bill
accusers thought crimes and mis-
demeanors were very cfeditable 40
lions. IL is all aceordfnE to how yot
view a case, say his acchsers. Tht
grand jury rounded up MANY of th'
justices OF the peace in the county FOL
sending cases 70 the grand jury which
should have been nnished before th'
justice court. 1t also recohtnendeC
that the insane persons in the count!
Jail boBent TO the insane asylum a
the expense OF the county, as 1t would
cost but Iittle ulore, and they coul'
be better cared for there. The Silve
City papers reported that the Rran'