Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1900-05-04
WESTERN LIBERAL.
L~oRDsBURG. MAY 4, 1900.

this week, looking as happy as auy
bridegroom.
N. +. Powers has moved into the
new house he has built on the north
side Of the track.
Mrs. J. IL. Brown and Master Frank
came down rrOm Duncan aud spent
Sunday 10 Lordsburg.
The base ball enthusiasts were out
Sunday afternoon after the trains were
10; doing a little practising.
Mrs. p. r. VauBibber and baby have
been down from Clifton this week
visiting with her sister, Mrs. IL. L.
Gammun.
A nu MIR r Of Mr.. and MRS. W. II.
6mal's frie IDS gave them a surpris
party ru stay night, aud had a very
enj yable time.
Rufus Smy tn, who does the heavy
work 10 the LIBERAL utice, has been
enjoying a vacation this week, and
nursing a select case of the grip.
Frank G. Cline, formerly a well
knowy Gold Hill miner, who has been
at Pearce for some years, vas 10 town
Saturday and went out to Gold Hill.
Capt. II. S. Lyter, who has the con.
tract for making the brick for the
McGrath hotel has arrived in tOwo,
and has a gang of men at work at his
%brickyard,
Charlie Conner left the first Of the
week for the Animas, to spend a few
weeks with his brothcr-in-law S. r.
Dunagan, hunting bear and killing
mountain lions.
A couple OF Mexicans we're caught
stealing some undcrclothes at the
Roberts s. Leahy mercantile company's
btore thi, week. Judge McGrath sent
them up for thirty days.
Baylor Shannun's loss of cattle at La
Junta was not so great as reported
The total was thirty-six head, and the
loss was confined to those which bad
been injured on the railroad Indie
pendent.
The weather took a shunt for the
better this week and it now looks as
though spring had actually appeared.
One good sign is that it has not been
necessary for comfort To build Il IRE
all this week.
Tuesday was :%ssyday and Col. Atty
Briggs, in honor thereof, blossomed
out in the first linen suit of the sea-
SON. He was unanimously accorded
The honor OF being the Queen of the
May. The Dnckbicr Queen Of the
May, as it were.
Fong Crew Foy, better known as
Sing Slug, and conua0uly called Mart
Hardin, wsuts to go to China, and
wants 70 come back. He is having
come difficulties ia fixing up his pa
pcrs so they will be in condition to
pass inspection when he returns.
C. B. Stevens and Master Lawrence
passed through GA the west bound
train Friday. en- route for C~alabasaS,
to visit j. A. Harrison. Mr.. Stevens
u llktI GNAtN WIN NAAs a - ~ Wv
cattle business, and while al the ranch
will count his steers and guess how
many calves they will have this sum
mer.
Mrs. J.. p. Kerr received a telegram
saying her mother was dangerously
sick, and she took the train Friday af
t%ernoon for Dodds, Texas, where her
mother lives. 1t is but a few months
since Mrs. Kerr was called on to maks
a similar trip to Dodds, and while
there buried her father.
Mrs. j. b. Lecompte and her sister,
Miss Navareti, were down from Guth-
RE this week. Guthrie has become an
important station, and probably al
ways will be. An application for the
establishment OF a post office and the
appointment Of Mrs. Lecompte as
postmistress has been forwarded TO
Washington.
o. II. Smyth returned last Friday
from his trip to San Francisco, where
he had been called TO consult with
Mr.. Huntington and the other direc-
tors of the Southern Pacific on mat
tiers of grave importance. While he
was there every thing was hxe1 up
satisfactorily and the Affairs of the
road will probably run smoothly for
the next six months or q.
The South End University Exten-
sion Club members were given a re-
ception by Mr.. and Mrs. L. Behymer
Tuesday evening at their residence,
No. 1853 West Thirty-nfth street, in
honor of Mrs. Charles Hutchison, who
has been a member of the club for the
last four years, and who leaves Mon
day for Lordsburg, N. NJ, her future
home. The club was entertained with
a short address by Rev. Pierce on the
subject of THE Twentieth Century
City" Musical selections were given
nv Miss Mendenhall. Miss Elsie Behy-