Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1906-07-06
WESTERN LIBERAL.
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a months vacation.
Mrs. S. Long, who lived 10 Lords
burg for several years, is In town this
week visiting friends.
George b. Ryan, the hardware man,
celebrated the Glorious Fourth in
LOrdsburg.
r. b. Ownby left yesterday for a two
months vacation, most OF which he
will use in visiting various places in
the east.
B. G.. Wilson, manager OF the Con-
tlnental oil company of New Mexico,
was in the city Friday, to inspect the
company's oil tank here.
The local holders of Greene copper
stock received their forty cents div
idends on their stock in time to blow
it on the Fourth.
Mrs. j. T. Robertson, who has been
visiting her fathers, john Robson's,
family, returned to FL Paso this week.
Miss Anna Stevens accompanied her
for a visit In the pass city.
Mrs. N. W. Shine and daughter Eu-
genia, who attended the teachers ms
titute at Silver City, and went down
to El Paso, to visit friends, returned
the first Of the week.
Superintendent of Schools White
publicly announced at the teachers
institute in Silver City that he would
not be a candidate for reelection this
year.
Last week James Barber, who was
confined in Jail on the charge of at
tempting to poison N. d. Wood, sue
ceeded 10 giving bail. He Immediately
went to work for the Southern Pacific,
in charge of a section near Zuni.
Last month there we're numerous
reports that there would be a strike at
Clifton and Morenci for higher wages
on the FIRST Of the month, aud serious
difficulties were expected. The reports
proved to be canards. The FIRST of the
month came, and there was no strike.
II. M. Conner, who was postal clerk
on the line between Clifton and Lords.
burg for about a year, and is now in
the employ Of the Arizona copper COM
pany, announces that a ten pound boy
arrived at Creston, Iowa, where his
wife has been stopping with her par.
ents since spring.
The Morenci ball club came down
Sunday to give the L%ordsburg ball
players a few points on the great game.
The Morenci players are said to be the
best In the territory, and the Lords
burg players did not expect to win the
game, but they put up their best play,
and did what they could, getting three
runs to fifteen for Morenci.
Early last month a windstorm wreck
ed the weather bureau house, and
broke the instruments, and conse.
Quently Voluntary Weather Observer
Mahoney has no record of the weather
for June. A new set OF instruments
arrived last week and commencing
with the drst of July observations OF
the weather were again resumed.
Tuesday night the lodges Of the
Knights OF Pythias and the Rathbone
Sisters held a joint meeting at which
the officers of both lodges for the en-
suing term we're installed. After the
work Of the evening was finished re-
freshments we're served, and were
greatly enjoyed by all of the Knights
and ladies.
Tuesday there was an italian woman
in town with a girl, about nine years
old, with a ticket for Morenci. BY
some mistake she got on the west
bound passenger train Of the Southern
Pacific. The conductor discovered her
mistake before the train had got far,
and stopped and let them off, near the
crossing west Of town. When the
train started up the woman gave her
hand bag TO the little girl and crawled
under the moving train. Before it was
discovered and the train stopped the
wheels had passed over her body, cut
ting her in two, death being instan-
taneeus. The train was stopped and
the body removed from the track and
brought to town. She had a passport,
numbered 34S5 but it was printed 10
Italian, and there was nobody in town
who could read It, but it is supposed
from it that her name was Maria
Rlsitano, that she was a resident OF
Messina, and born February q, 1856,
and the child was named Campo An
tonla, aged niue. a native OF Messina.
An inquest was held Wednesday, by
Judge Mansfield, who came down
from Stems for that purpose, and J. S.
Brown, e. L. Constable, j. G. Olney,
Oscar Hunter, John Robson, and E.E.
Kyes, Jurors, who brought in a YER
dict that an unknown person came to
her death by "being run over by pas
senger train No. 9, on July 3. 1906
She evidently was on her way from
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