Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1900-07-06
LoRpspuRe. July .. 1900.

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ADImas TO spend the Fourth Of July.
Mrs. j. P. Kerr has returned FROM
her trip to her old howe at DVdds,
Texas.
Jerry Wines, formerly sdbeflnten-
dent VI the superior mine, WIS IN the
city this week, shaking hands With
old friends.
A sob was born 10 : Mr.. aud Mrs.
Harry l.. Moore last Saturday. and
Harry has grown about six Inches tdll-
er since the event.
Jas. 7. Tong came up FROM FL Pas0,
where he has a, 1ne home, this week
and intends doing some prospecting,
after the rains Commence.
Owing to the Morenci Gre the ArI.
zona s. New Mexico road has taken
of the night traius, aud IL Is rumOred
IL may take OF one day train each.
way.
Mrs. Margaret Nelson, Of San An
tonic, Texas, aud Mrs. G. W. Mexican,
OF Pearce, Arizona, are In town visit
ibg With their iiother, Mrs. NJ. M.
Speed.
G. w. Wilcox, G.. P. Hull, j. b
Sbsed. Miss Agnes Speed and Miss
Lulu McGeein spent the Fourth In
Wilcox. where there was a grand
celebration.
J. B. Lecompte, who has heen agent
for the Arizona & New Mexico road az
Guthrie for Rome time, has resigned
and Is guing to work for the Globe,
6ila Valley e Northern road.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bruce G. .Weathers
left Sunday for Los Angeles for a visit.
Mr.. Weathers is enjoying "A two
months vacation, which will no spent
at that popular summer resort.
The Southern Pacific pay car
reached town Tuesday, in plenty OF
time to put the railroaders in a iDan.
cial condition to celebrate the ever
glorious Fourth on Wednesday 10 a
proper manner
For the FIRST time 10 the memory OF
the oldest %lnhabitdnt the Fourth OF
July passed of without a rain. AS a
general thing the summer rains COM
mence on the Fourth, but this year
they passed that day.
Young Frank Mcguire, who has
been visiting with his father In Lords
burg for some time left the drst Of
the week for Phoenix, where he will
spend the Fourth, and then go out on
u fruit ranch to spend the rest Of the
summer,
S. r. DUNCAN shipped the scalps OF
lobo wolf, two mountain lions and
FIVE coyotes oyer TO the county com
missiOners this week. lie bad killed
the animals during the past year and
expects the commissioners TO pay the
bouhty on them.
c. e. Chester, the we'll known civil
engineer, made a trip up the Santa Fc
last week, and at Las Vegas met Miss
Katherine Kutz, OF Shelbyvillc, Hi
nois. The meeting had been pre-
arranged, and the couple were married.
They will make their home in Silver
City.
]. N. Harper vas 10 from the ella
this week. He reports that he will
have a good crop OF apples, but that
his peach crop will be short, and that
it Is being made shorter by the at
tacks of the wheat birds. who seem to
greatly enjoy the peaches now hang
ing on the trees.
G. e. Mills, superintendent OF the
Detroit copper company, was Ia Cali
fornia last week. enjoying his vacation
when the great nre occurred at Mo-
reucI. He arrived home Monday,
aud the rest of his vacation will be
spent in hard work, getting the De-
-troit company into condition to again
produce copper.
Saturday L. Fraissenet stepped out
OF his position as manager OF the Ari.
IONA copper company'S store, at Cliff
tou, and when the store was opened
Monday morning e. w. Williams was
in charge as manager. Ben MYERS,
who sells cigars, was The 6rst travel
ling man To secure an order for goods
from the new manager.
J.. b. Gillespie, who travels for
brown, Mauzanares & Co, Of Ell Paso,
was Ia the city this week. He had
just returned from a vacation trip
spent back 10 old Kentucky, and he
says that he got more good things to
eat while gone on that trip than he
remembered there was. 1t was only
the drawing power Of his salary that
pried him loose from the ~vietuals aud
drink he was absorbing.
Mrs. McDonald's musicale last FRI
day night passed OF nicely. 1t was
surprise TO the people Of L~ordsburR
Ia knoW there WAS 40 much musical