Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1901-09-13
WESTERN LIBERAL.
LoRDsBURG, SEPT. IS, 1901.

Fl. Il. Tucker and Ed Hill were In
from the river Tuesday, and made
Dual proof on their homestead entries.
DR.. Gilbert found the altitude Of
silver City too high for his comfort
and so moved to Lordsburg this week.
Noah Hayden aud family have been
down from STEMS Pass this week,
visiting with Mrs. Haydon's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. r. +. Olden.
The Rev. w. A. Dickey, who will
have charge OF the Methodist church
here for the next year, has arrived,
and will hold services here next
Sunday.
Barney Mohitt has passed the neces
sary examination, and is now a regular
engineer. He is on a work train, and
Mrs. MOfitt has moved to Tucson,
where she will be nearer bis work.
Mrs. Croker and her two daughtes
and Mrs. DR.. Crocker, are visiting in
Los Angeles, while the doctor is both
an orphan and a grass widower and
boards regularly with Tommy Tong.
o. w. Stewart, Lordsburg's great
base ball pitcher, is 10 the hospital at
Eel Paso. 1t is reported he is suffering
from typhoid fever. His many friends
hope for an early and complete re-
covery.
The Rev. T. L. Adams, who has had
charge of the Methodist chit rich at
this place for the past year, Iefl Tues
day with his family for Greenville,
Texas, where they intend to make
their future home.
The second installment of the rainy
eason seems to be with US. On
Wednesday there was a fine rain in
town, and reports come from all over
this section Of the country that there
have been generous rains, all of which
makes the virutuous cowman feel
happy.
The Lordsdurg light, ice and bottl-
ing works received this week the ma
chlDerY necessary for the electric
light. The plant will be Immediately
installed, and it will be but a short
time before the Lordsburgers. will be
able to read nights with the best of
artificial light.
The Ringing Brothers circus will
show at Deming on Wednesday the
18th. The Southern Pacific has made
a special rate for the circus, and will
sell a round trip ticket for $3.50, tic
kets good on all regular trains, and
good to return on the next day. The
circus is said to be one of the best
now travelling.
School opened in the Christian
church Monday, under the direction
OF Misses Wilson and Pratt. A large
number of the scholars did not under
stand that school was to open until
next Monday, and so the attendance
at first was not as large as it ordinarily
would have been. When the new
school house is finished, which Will be
in a few weeks, there will be a large
attendance.
The townsite trustees have had the
lots appraised and will offer them for
sale to the highest bidder, in front of
the Vendome hotel on the 28th. If
the trustees could only sell off all the
lots the money would come in handy
for settling up some school house ex-
penses, buying furniture, or a new
bell, or something like that. A notice
of the sale giving the appraised value
OF the different lots will be found in
the advertising columns of todaY's
paper.
Messrs. Hudson and Inglis, who left
Clifton last week to attend the yacht
races off New York, returned again ia
Clifton Friday. They conidentially
informed the LIBERAL that after TAX
ing a steamboat ride on the Rio
Grande they had been so overcome
with what passes by various names,
such as that tired feeling, homesick'
ness and sometimes ~seasickness, that
they concluded not to risk tbeiI
stomachs on the briny deep. Then
again the price Of round trip tickets
compared with their pocketbooks had
a depressing influence on the antici
pated pleasures Of the trip.
When the newly elected trustees o.
the Lordsburg townsite had organized
they instructed the secretary and tht
treasurer to write to the secretary anC
treasurer of the old board, Ben Titus
asking him to turn over the books and
the money in his possession. Thi
was done but no answer has been re
ceived from Mr.. Titus. He is a
Clifton, out Of the territory. TIL,
board is 10 a quandry al to what TO d.
in the matter, and are considering tn
advisability Of laying the matter be
fore the grand jury. In neglecting o
refusing to turn over the money whic
he held iu trust it is claimed he
guilty of embezzlement. If the gran
iurV should indict him for embeZZlC