Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1900-03-16
WESTERN LIBERAL.
LoRDsBURc. MARCH. le, 1900.

Jatn cnuIcn. In 10 VIII Oe paced a
bell.
John McCabe came 10 from the Ami
mas Saturday and spent a few days IN
town.
S. Lindauer came up from Deming
Sunday, looked at his store for a few
minutes and took the train back home
the same day.
The Buchanan camp had a pay day
last Monday, aud as the camp is near
town IL was duly celebrated on Mon.
day and again on Tuesday.
Mrs. w. 5, Bowman and children,
who have been visiting In California,
returned home Wednesday, mucn to
Mr. Bowman's delight.
J. A. MahOney aud L. II. Brown
were up from Deming yesterday, and
took one OF their periodical trips up
the Arizona & New Mexico road.
P. NJ. Chase, after spending a few
days in the wilds of the lower Animas,
was glad to get back TO the city again
last SaturdaF. mo more country life
for him.
John Robson, who bad been attend
ing court as a petit juror, was quite
sick and was excused by Judge LIE.
land. He returned home the first of
the week.
There was a nice rain Wednesday
night that made all the stock men
feel good and smile all over. 1t will
start the weeds, and give the cattle a
little green feed.
Alonzo Moore accompanied by his
brother and r. 3. McCrsckin, came
in from the river Tuesday to make
proof that Mr.. Moore had done more
than sl20 worth of work on his desert
land entry, during the past year.
The 'BostoDlans, the well known
opera singers, went through town on
a special train early Wednesday morn
ing. They did NOS sing in lei Paso
this year because they could not get a
guarantee Of q large enough house.
Mrs. ]. A, Leahy and Master Jodic
returned from their California trip
last Sunday morning on the Limited.
They claim to have had a most enjoy
able time. and from their general APP
pearance IL is certain their trip
agreed with them.
Leopold Balbach, Of the Markeen
copper company, who has been in
New York for some time, has been
quite sick, but the LIBERAL is glad to
hear that he is now convalescent, and
soon will be able to be about ana at.
tending to business.
Monday General ice Wheeler passed
through town on the east bound train,
returning from the Philippines TO
Washington. General Wheeler has
resigned his commission in the army
and will return to congress to make
trouble for the ants.
Mr.. and Mre. G. N. Shannon were in
the city Saturday returning home to
Cliftaa, Mr.. Shannon from Silver City,
where be left his mother much i'm
proved in health, and Mrs. Shannon
from Denver, where she had been the
guest Of Mrs. T.. A. Carter, and had
had a most enjoyable time.
Charlie Taylor, who worked 10 the
Southern Pacific Office here for some
time, and then went to Tucson, was IN
the city Tuesday. He is now interes-
ted in a copper mining proposition
near San Simon, and was in town for
the purpose Of purchasing supplies for
his camp. He expects soon to be a
millionaire copper miner.
Superintendent Chino Of the Shan
nOn'mine in running a drift to make
a connection rent into copper sui
phides twenty-seven feet, and at last
accounts had them on five sides Of
him, The lowest assay made carried
a little over IL per cent copper, and
the assays ran up TO 40 per cent. The
face OF the workings at t~wenty-seven
feet rau 20 per cent copper.
There have been many kinds of sui
cides 10 this world, but one over in
Arizona recently come pretty near do
ing the whole thing, He was a miner
aud wanted to shuttle Of the mortal
coil. Instead OF using the sixshOoter'
or the rope, or taking the longer but
pleasanter method of the cocktail
route, he took some dynamite, laid
down, putting the dynamite under his
neck and touched it of. His head
and most of his shoulders were blown
of and there was a hole blown in the
ground big enough to bury what wa;
left of him. No mourners.
District court has been grinding
away the past week. No very impor
tant criminal cases have been before
it. The one most talked of was the
attempt TO have VIM. II. Newcomb
chief justice of the supreme court o
Silver City, deposed from office. Thu