Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1905-11-03
WESTERN Liberal.
L%0RDsBURG. Nov. I0O5.


NAlNolt AOoulhthk DuuudJs
B. w. Clair has returned from Bis.
bee, where he has been for several
weeks.
+. A. Jones, the we'll known mining
engineer spent several days 10 the city
this week.
A daughter was born to Mr.and Mrs.
Charles Fuller Sunday. Mother and
child are doing well.
Mrs. Sarah Simpson left the first OF
the week for California, to put her
grandson, Elmer Wilson, ia school.
Mrs. VIM. D. Gri1ith returned last
week from her visit to her old home at
Minneapolis.
Virgil carp, one OF the Earps who
made Tombstone famous, died 10 bed
at G~olddelds, Nevada, last week.
The Southern Pacific has a new ad.
vertisnent in the LIBERAn this week,
telling Of the many advantages the
travellers over that read enjoy.
T. A. Lister, president Of the North
American mining company, returned
from his Pennsylvania trip the arst Of
the week.
Mr.. aud Mrs. J. G.. Hopkins, who had
been at Clifton came down Sunday IN
the Arizona, on a special aud caught
the east bound Golden State.
D. w. Briel reports that his baby,
who was taken TO Los Angeles by his
mother, is rapidly improving 10 the
lower altitude, and has gained three
pounds.
~ Col. VIC. Greene has offered a purse
of 81, Ooo as the drst prize in the drill.
ing contest at the miners convention
at Ell Paso, which will be held week
after next.
Mrs. Cassells was over from Lords
burg the drst Of the week aud rented
her residence to DR.. Strong. He has
moved bis valuables, which includes
his family, to the CasselFs castle and
is now a resident Of D ming.-Deming
Graphic.
Billy Stiles is reported killed again.
This time it is said he was fighting
With the Yaqui Indians, of whom he
had become a leader, aud wes killed
10 a fight with the Mexican troops.
Billy has been killed so many times
that it has become monotonous to
him, and he does not mind it at all.
Chris wager returned to Lordsburg
the first of the week. He has fully
recovered from the slight iudisposi-
tlon from which he was suffering, He
has been up in the eastern part of the
territory for the past few weeks, and
found nothing there in the mining
way that looked as good as what he
has at Shakespeare.
From the record Of the weather OBJ
%servations made by Voluntary Obser
yer e. W. Clapp it is learned that the
highest Temperature last month was
81 degrees on the 5th, and the coolest
was 81 degrees on the 26th; the precip-
itation was 80 inches; there were nf-
teen clear days, eight cloudy and eight
partly cloudy; light frost on the 18th
and 18th.
Mrs. W.D. Griffith gave a halloween
party Tuesday night, which was
greatly enjoyed by those attending.
Mrs. Griffith played a joke on her
guests, and got even for one played on
her a year ago. On that occasion she
gave a halloween party, and as a joke
some OF her guests got away with the
spoons. OF course they were returned,
butshe remembered This time refresh
meuts we're served without spoons.
This was most noticeable when some OF
the older ones were bobbing for apples
In a pan OF water, they would have
been greatly pleased to have a spoon
to help hold the apple while they got
their teeth fastened into it.
There was a terrible accident this
side Of Yuma last week. A freight
train was pulling up the heavy grade
this side of Yuma when suddenly the
boiler exploded. The engine was one
OF the big ones the boys call battle
ships, aud the boiler went clear out In
the country. 1t struck the ground $50
feet from where it started, plonghed a
hole as big as a box car, and then
bounded 100 feet further. Engineer j..
W. MeLain aud Fireman R. @. Chris
tensen were instantly killed. McLain
had worked for the Southern Pacific
for years, formerly ering on this divi-
sion. Christensen had only worked for
the company a few weeks. When the
new was first reported there was con-
siderable worry among the engineers
who have charge Of these monster en-
gines for fear there was something
radically wrong with their boilers, but
after some Of them had examined the
wrecked engine they came to the con-
clusion that it was not the fault OF.
the boiler. The boiler Is not made