Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1900-08-17
WESTERN LIBERAL.
LoRDsBURe. AUGUST IL, 1900.

Deputy Sheriff Phillips made a Sill.
yer Guy trip this week, On business.
Mrs. o. y. Warren canie In from Sill.
yer City Tuesday, accompanying her
son this far on her way % stamford
university. She stopped oveI between
trains aud attended u a large amount
of insurance business.
A. telegram from New York an
nounces the safe arrival 10 that vii
lage OF Sanford Robinson aud his
daughter, Just from France, who say
they will be in Lurdsburg early next
week, en- route to Steepleruck.
Nat Cannon is the proud possessnf
of a Smith Premier typewriter, which
arrived this week, and he Is again
busy at work learning his letters, ar
rather whereabouts on the typewriter
the letters are located; aud with which
ilnger he has to hit them to get the
proper results.
Captain Jose G. Alcocer; OF the
Mexican army, was 10 the city Satur-
day and went up and took a lbok at
the work on the Murenci Southern,
Captain AlcOcer is Inspector IT rail-
roads for the Mexican government,
and went from here to Bisbee, tO look
at the work being done 90 the Nac0-
Gari railroad.
The floors Of the Wells. Fargo ex
press floats, the machines on which
express matter Is put when taken
from the cars, are made of oaken
boards, with 1lner0us cross strips of
iron. Not very soft. Yet they are
popular this weather as beds, and
nearly every morning are found to be
occupied by sleepers.
A letter from A. N. White an.
hounces that he expects to pay Lords.
burg a visit the latter part Of this
week. The only fences in this par, OF
the county are political nDes. and it. is
Stated they are sadly out Of repair.
AS a fence repairer Mr.. White has an
exceeding reputation, and 1t NAV be
he is here prepared to bid on repairs.
judge Munro received d letter from
Tom Smith a day or two ago. Tom
was in San Francisco when he wrote
but was bound for other California
coast points and said he would return
to Clifton the latter part OF this
month and that he found no place
that suited him better than Clifton.
lie has heen as far north as Vancou.
ver's Island and concluded not TO go
to Cape None.-Copper Era.
e. D. Weymouth, who Is one OF the
car repairers here, MET with a most
peculiar accident Saturday. So pecu.
liar that no railroader here ever heard
OF a similar one. He went Ia look at
the coupler on the real eni Of d ten
der, which had been reported u of
repair. On this tender as m most
tenders there are arrangements for
several kinds OF c%ouplcfs, so that the
tender can be coupled to any kind or
size Of a car. One OF these attach
mentS is a piece of metal weighing a
couple Of hundred pounds, called a
goose neck. Its name describes its
shape. 1t is attached TO the rear end
OF the tender by a hinge, so that II
can be dropped down over the regular
coupler and 1t the coupler of d
car which was Of such a height
that 1t would not meet the
tenders regular coupler. Or II
can he raised up alongside the tendeI
out OF the way. and retained there b.
the use Of a pin. Nr: Weymouth
raised up the goose neck, but did no
pin 1t up, and bent over to see wha'
was the trouble with the coupler
While 10 this position the goose necl
fell down and caught his head between
it aud the coupler. His right eye wa
directly ove the coupling pin, ant
the weight of the goose neck drov
the top OF the pin into the eye socket
The top of the pin was an inch and
quarter in diameter, and 1t was driV
en- into the socket for fully an inch
Men who were near heard his erie
and lifted the goose neck up. h
lifted his head and pulled the pin GU
of the coupler. A strong MAJ too
hold of the pin, but was Unable
pull 1t out Of the eye. DR.. Crocke
wa called and be put Weymouth III
Ger the influence of chlorOform, whe
he was able to work the pin out Th
impact on the back Of the head wa
probably more OF a push than u blow
as there was no severe injury to th
back Of the head where 1t stfucl
When the goose neck is down as far
IT can come there Is a space OF six
eight inches between 1t and the couI
Ter, in which was The pin. II 1t ia
not been for this space 1t is probab
Weymouth's head would have bee
crushed. After he had recovert
consciousness from the chloroform
could distinguish between light ar
ao.b,oo,, ,ut,h tha iniurnd ave. whit