Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1901-10-18
WESTERN LIBERAL.
1oRDsBURe, OCTOBER IS. 1901.

Itduh Odmp6lAs WIZ mas Deeu ldiu
up on account Of & fall down a shaft,
is out again. nearly as good as ever,
and ready TO 20 to work.
Charlie Fly, who was sheriff OF Co.
chIse county several years ago, aud
vas well known all over the southwest,
died at Bisbee Sunday morning.
The completion OF j. K. Cauthen's
building Is being delayed by the fail
ure In arrival Of the steel ceiling. It
was shipped from ST. Louis some time
ago, but got tied up somewhere down
in Texas and the telegraph wires have
been busy irving to locate it.
w. W. Lipscomb, OF San Antonio,
Texas, n Of the stockholders of the
Lena mining company, arrived in the
city the arst of the week. Mr.. Lips
comb had heard so much about the
strike Of petanquein the Miser's Chest
that he wanted to come out and see
gust how it looked, aud how much
there was oft.
The last legislature passed a law max
ing 1t a serious offense for the proprie-
tor Of any gambling game to allow a
mluor to play at his table. The arst
case brought for trial under this Law
was last week before Justice Newcomb
OF Silver City, who fined Fred Free
man, OF Central, S25 and costs for
allowing a minor to play at his table
There was a boiler explosion in the
Detroit copper company's works at
MOrenci, Sunday Afternoon. The
fireman had let the water get low 10
the boiler, and When cold water was
pumped 10 the explosion followed. w.
w. Horgan and f. A. Adamitz we're
killed. Harry Davidson. Jose Antive-
ras, and several others were seriously
scalded.
In another column will be found the
regular statement OF the First national
bank of FL Paso. AS usual this bank
leads all the other banks in the town.
The total assets and liabilities of the
three national banks of El Paso on
the day this statement was made was
S3,3O1, 2SS. 50, which indicates that FL
Paso is becoming a very important
financial point.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. e. Hoffman arrived
in town yesterday from Goldaeld Colo
RADIO, where they had been living for
some time. Mr.. Hoffman will put men
to work on the Viola mine at Pyramid,
and sink the shaft 500 feet. He has
for a long time been wanting to DO so
aud when a smelter was to be built In
Lordsburg the company concluded that
it was time to 90 this work.
A pony and dog show, using six cars
to transport the entire OUTFIT, made a
trip up to Clifton last week, and adj
vertised as the "6rst circus ever visi-
ting the camp" There are 80 many in
the camp who never saw a circus that
the bluff went. w. A Leonard em-
ployed the occasion to get square with
bis son, whom he deserted some weeks
ago and went to Deming to see a real
live circus.
Sheriff and Mrs. Goodell have gone
east TO visit the Pan American and
the sheriG's old home, at Lyme, New
Hampshire. The people who cause
the sheriff business need not think the
county is entirely unprotected because
Mr.. Goodell is in the east. IT any OF
them become %obstreperous Deputy
Sheriff Clyde Smith is liable take them
by the scruG of the neck and make
their heels scrape the ceiling.
Thos. O'Keefe, the well known e
Paso oil man, was In the city yesterday
returning prom a trip to Tucson, where
be had gone to close a contract provid
ing for the boring OF a we'll on the
ground owned by his company, neal
Deming. He made the bargain, buI
the contract was not signed, because
the typewriter did not have time tC
get it into shape before he left. He
expects to sign in in a day or so.
The Chinese maiden for whom Ton
Pock negotiated, arrived Monday Il
become his wife. She was under The
charge OF a 'chaperone. The two werl
met at the train by the entire Chinese
and a good proportion ofthe white pOpu
lation OF the town. Tue two ladie
were put into a carriage and after
triumphal drive around town werI
taken to TomTong's restaurant, wherr
they have since been entertained. Tn,
engaged couple, for so they would b.
called in America, had never seen eacl
other, their engagement having beel
Of the long distance kind, popula
among the Chinese, and the reader
OF matrimonial papers, but their low
is said by their Chinese friends, TO hav
been the genuine 'love at sight" kind
The maiden is but sixteen years old
but she announced herself pleaseI
with her prospective husband, and cor
tent TO remain here. No Chinama'
with blood 10 his veins could be othe
than pleased with her. The weddin
will probably come off this evening, a
though the exact time has not yet bee