Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1905-02-10
WESTERN LIBERAL.
LoRDsBURe. FEB. 10, 1905.


turned Wednesday.
T. A, Lister on the North American
copper company left yesterday for FL
Paso, TO consult with machinery ex-
perts.
It is learned from Santa Fe that A..
r. Gibson, who was recently found
out Of his mind at FL Paso, is improv.
Ing under treatment, aud his friends
have strong hopes Of his rapid re-
covery.
Saturday morning about eight
o'clock there was a beautiful double
rainbow 10 the west. 1t is seldom that
rainbows are seer 10 the morning,
which made this all the more inter
esting.
Sheriff Farnsworth was ia the city
the drst OF the week, add intended to
join the Silver City hunting party, on
its trip to the Animas. He got tired
Of waiting for the storm bound hunt
ers, and went to Clifton.
The Southern Pacific officials were
10 the city a short time Friday, on
their regular annual inspection trip.
They registered no complaint so it
Is natural to infer that they were
satisfied with what they found here.
George Bell aud a party OF eastern
friends prepared to leave Silver City
the first of the week for the Animas
valley, where they intended to slaugh-
ter several thousand ducks. 1t is
probable that the snow was too much
for them, for they did not get as far as
Lordsburg.
Adolph Witzel, formerly treasurer
and collector of Grant county, who is
now connected with Lemp's St. Louis
brewery, was in the city this week,
telling those interested in the beer
question that the beer made by Lemp
was better than any other beer.
Adolph is a judge OF beer, and speaks
from expert knowledge.
At Clifton John Wilson shot his
wife, seriously injuring her and then
killed himself. Mrs. Wilson is in the
hospital. The couple had four little
children, but there does not seem to
be as much worry about them and
anxiety to adopt them as there was
over the orphan children a few
months ago. Can it be that the milk
OF human kindness has been exhaust
ed in Clifton,
From the record Of the weather for
January, as kept by e. w. Clapp, vol
untary observer at this point, 1t is
learned that the coolest time was on
the 4th and 9th, when the mercury
went down to 10. while on the 31st it
went up to 70. There were % clear
days, five cloudy, aud four partly
cloudy, the prevailing direction Of the
wind was east and the precipitation
amounted to 1.57 inches.
Some of the farmers near Solomon
Vile, while working in the river, re-
pairing some damages caused by the
flood a few weeks ago, found two
barrels of whiskey, which are supposed
to have been lost at Clifton, aud float
ed down the river. For years the
So'omonvllle farmers have been ours,
ing the Clifton tailings, but when they
heard of this find they blessed the
waters that brought down the tail
ings, and got out to hunt for more
such derelicts.
Not content with giving this section
more rain In January than we are en-
titled to for three months the watel
supply was turned on again last Sat
urday, and rain and snow were our
portion until Tuesday. The first
thing observable Tuesday morning
was that the ground was covered will
snow to a depth Of about two inches
1t was all melted by night. The tota
precipitation from Saturday to Tues
day morning, including melted snow
was LAS inches. So far this year, five
weeks, we have had more than half a.
much water fall as fell during th'
year 1908.
There was a big washout In Califor
mia, this side of Los Angeles, nea
Beaumont, last Friday that effectuall,
tied up the Southern Pacific for
couple of days. We had no trainfron
the west Saturday, cad Saturday
limited did not get here until late fl
the afternoon Sunday. The was
still gave trouble and on Monday tn
trains from the west due in the middl
OF the day did not get here until lat
at night. The Southern Californi
papers report the highest water &c
years. Phoenix was again cut of fror
the world, and the water there was s
high that it surrounded the capitC
building.
VIM. Davis of the Century compan
has got his machinery in place an
fred up this week. He is now bus
enlarging his shaft and timberlng i
and he probably will be busy at tn
work for a couple Of weeks, when b
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