Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1901-02-15
WESTERN LIBERAL.
LoRDsBURe. FEBRUARY Is 1901,


Miss Amelia OFT, whoha been visit.
ing her sister, Mrs. W. A. Leonard at
Clifton, vas in the city Wednesday,
returning to her home at Silver City.
Word came this week OF the sudden
death at Carol, Iowa, of o. G. Better.
man, a brother OF Mrs. o. w. Jen-
nlngs. His sickness commenced with
an a ache, and he only lived three
or four days after be was thus at
tackled.
Fred Harvey, the man who has fed
the travellers over he Santa Fe road
FOR many years, died last week. His
business had been so systematized
that the Santa Fe travellers will keep
or being fed the same as though he
was alive.
MT. and Mrs. James r. Thompson
of Butte, Montana, we're in the city
this week, going up to Clifton to have
a look at the Shannon mine. Mr..
Thompson is one of the members of
the Thompson Investment company,
the company that duanced the Shan.
TOT deal, and this is the 1rst time he
has had a chance Il take a look at the
mine.
The Lordsburg Base Ball club will
give its initial dance for the season at
the Knights Of Pythias hall, Friday
the 22nd. This Is to be an apron and
necktIe dance, something unique and
attractive. Each young lady will
make AN apron and a uecktie from
the same material. The aprons to be
worn by the young ladies; the ties,
in envelopes, to he selected by the
young men IN the grab bag plan.
After selecting his envelope each
young man will start on a girl hunt,
his partner to be the young lady whose
apron matches the tie be has selected.
Admission will be 81 90 per couple,
coffee, cake and sandwiches so cents
extra per couple. All cordially 10.
vited.
a. +. Stone, who has been keeping
books for the Eagle drug mercantile
company, has been offered a similar
position with the Copper Queen com
pauy at Bisbee, and expects to leave
today for his new position, The Eagle
drug. mercantile company have Sc
cured the services of r. NJ. KedZie to
attend to their books. 1t will be re-
membered tnat Rob" spent several
years Ia Lordsburg, but got ''home-
sick" aud went back to Michigan,
where he was raised. He subsequent
j. married the girl, and soon got home
sick for New Mexico, as does almost
everybody who has lived here for a
year or so, aud took the irst good op.
portunity to come back. He will
bring his wife and baby with him,
aud settle down in Lordsburg, thank
full to be in a county where the sun
shiues.
This section Of the country has had
more weather this month than it ever
saw before. The rains and SHOWS lie
scribed last week in the LIBERAL
were followed by more. 1t showed
pretty much all day Friday, but the
snow did not stay on The ground.
The earth was not frozen, and the
snow melted as fast as it fell. Satur-
day it cleared up, and it was thought
the wet weather was over, but it COM
menced to rain again Saturday night,
a heavy rain falling. Sunday morning
It was clear but Sunday afternoon the
rain came again, falling slowly and
steadily for about four hours. Mon
day IL cleared of, and the streets,
which had been a mass Of mud. soon
were pasSable. According to the rain
gauge kept by the Southern Pacific
2.3l inches Of rain and melted snow
has fallen during the 6rst ten days OF
this mouth. When 1t Is remembered
that the average rainfall here is only
about fifteen inches and that our rainy
months are 10 July, August and Sep
tember, IL will be seer that we got an
enormous amount Of wetness. The
rain extended oYer all of west Texas,
uOEtUeIu mGAiIOi NNW AASN'SOf A'
IONA and southern California. The
Southern Pacific had heavy washouts
10 southern California, and there was
no through train from Friday until
Tuesday, The trains on this end vi
brated between 81 PasO and Yuma
There were two mail clerks on this
end, and they had a pretty hard time
of It. They could not get into K
Paso, so the mail would be started GU
Of there 10 charge Of a clerk ia the
Fl Paso postofice, and would meet
the train from the west here, or al
Deming, when a transfer would h'
made, and the El Paso clerk would
GO back with what east bound mai
there was. Tuesday when the FRS
through train came in the mail wa
transferred here, the El Paso clerl
had not worked any Of it and Posta
Clerk Prltchard could only End a littl'
of the mail that should have becI
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