Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1900-12-21
WESTERN LIBERAL.
LoRDsDURe. DrcENBER 81 1900.


Col. p. r. Smith was in the cit,
Monday.
George Ross passed through on tn,
west hound train Sunday, en- route 10
Blsbee, on a business trip.
The Independent came out thii
week with 4 handsomely Illus rateC
cover, 10 honor OF Christmas.
George D. Eyid Or the Ales sandfC
mining compan., at Bedrock. was IL
the city the arst Of the week.
CorBett & Wyman have sold theil
ore sampling business al Deming e
Walter J. Browning, OF Chihuahua,
Mexico.
The flooring Is going 10 the new Nc.
Grath building and the plasterlng has
commenced. The building will soon
be ready for business.
II. c. Day was down from Duncan
yesterday, en- r3ute to SOlomnnvi vile,
where he expects to make his last ap.
p~earauce as a supervisor.
w. II. Newcnmb wants to be Justice
OF the peace at Silver City again, and
the law aud order people Of that town
want him to hold the ONCE again.
Judge Louis I. Marshall. was up from
Deming yesterday to see II he could
get any track OF the men who had
burglarized the Lindauer Mercantile
companY's store.
Locomotive Engineer Lewis, who
has been confined In the Jail at Juarez
for some modtAs; because his train
took of a drunken Mexlcan's foot was
set free this week.
The school examiners are holding au
examination at the Silver City school
house, commencing today. The
would be teachers, who have not vet
secured a license, are improving this
opportunity.
]. +. Hixson and family and E..
Kohiberg passed through on the east
bound tyaIn Monday. Mr.. Hixson to
visit friends in FL Paso, Mr.. Kohlberg
returui9g home after attending the
PhoenIxcarnisal.
Iu'tbs; Methodist church there is
preaching services every Sunday at II
4. nj. and 7:3opDm. Sunday school at
2:3O Psm. Ladies meeting at 2:3O p.
m.sonS Wednesdays. Prayer meeting
as ! .. N. ..ou Tuesdays.
%The'Riilroad Neh's club has Issued
Invitations for n ball TO be given at
the Knights of Pythias hall on New
Year's.eve. q The dance Is to be a long
one, covering portions OF two centu-
RIGS, the nineteenth and twentieth.
Mrs. n. w. McGFath and.Mrs. L. G.
McGrath, With hef.babies went down
down To- Ell Paso this week o consult
an o%culist. A growth has appeared in
the ba0y's eye, which is thought to
need the. ~attentlon Of an expert ocu.
list.
Ina couple of weeks or 81 the people
of Lordshurg will be called on TO vote
for a justice of the peace and a con
stable. Do you want either Of the
jobs? Announcements will be- pub
lished in the LIBERAL fur the small
sum of Ave dollars.
News from.C alabasas, Arizona, gives
the information that James A. Ilarri'
son is the proud father Of a boy. jim
thinks there is nothing like getting
out on the range, and Is sorry that he
did not leave the express business
some years earlier.
Tne Independent says that the new
county officers have appointed the
following deputies Cipriano Baca
will be. chief deputy sheriff and Clyde
Smith ofice deputy. Mr.. Smith will
also be deputy Collector and deputy
assessor. James A. Shipley will con-
tlnue as deputy clerk.
There is TO be a Christmas tree for
the little ones Monday night at the
Knights OF PYthias hall. Every n
who has a present for any OF their W
kids, or any one else's kid. Is invited To
bring IL to the hall Monday. The
ladies think Il will hardly be necessary
TO invite the kids. They will be there
anyway.
Judge Lucius P. DemIng returned
the nrst Of the week from a trip TO his
old home at New Haven Connecticut,
and Immediately went out TO his
mines at Bedrock. Judge Deming Is
the manager Ut the Alessandro mines
at that camp. There is probably moi
another mining ma in this part OF
ito territory who would leave bis
family 10 order to get back TO his
nniues by Christmas.
John Gage was working In the tun-
bel camp on the Arizona s. New Mex
leo road, and was killed by a sh"t
Tuesday. II is generally Thought that
The death was suicide, not an acct
dent. He helped put In a shot ana
Cut ashort fuse. Instead OF retiring
.aeo ol.cS ha httgied hfIugPlfaDOut