Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1914-02-13

regulations. Section 264.
X. E. Silvey, express messenger on
the Arizona s. New Mexico road, and
Miss Eula Johnson were married last
Saturday.
Surveyor Cox was over from Silver
City. returning the latter part of last
week. He expects to return this
week, and do considerable work in
this section.
Mrs. E. f. Jones, drove down from
Clifton to Lordsburg this week where
she will make her future home. Mr..
and Mrs. Jones have rented the Sui
Ivan house, which they will occupy
for the present.
Mrs. j. H. Mcclure and her two
children have returned from Alabama,
where she had gone for her health
She is much improved. She was &C
companied by her brother, w. j.
Falkner, who came out to see the
country.
Mrs. Sullivan, mother Of Walter
and Charlie Sullivan, who moved here
from Kingston, Canada, where she
had lived all her life, to make her
home with her sons, has tired of life
In the west, and wan is to return to
Kingston, where she has many friends,
and is used to the climate and the
people,
DR.. j. Odd Hamilton, dentist will
be at L%ordsburg on or about the 25th
Of February prepared to do all kinds
of dental work. Those desiring work
will please come early, as l will re-
main but a few days ia your city.
Consultation and Examination Free.
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Last Saturday afternoon there was
a shower party at Mrs. DR.. Crocker's
where the friends of Miss Margaret
Mott expressed their approval Of her
approaching marriage, by showering
on her many articles of domestic and
personal usefulness and beauty. AL
though there was no previous con-
sideration yet it S happened that
only n article Of all those presented
was duplicated.
Bert Woods made a record last Fri
day. He was down at Brother Joe's
place, In the valley north Of town, and
saw a skunk run under the platform.
He went after the skunk with a hoe,
got him, and found some more. When
he got through he found he had kill
ed an even dozen of the striped an
finals. He went home, changed all
his clothes, took a bath, and If he did
not get too near a man It was not
known he had been in the skunk bus
mess.
Perry Culbertson, who lived here
some years ago, having a bunch of
cattle west of here, died recently at
San Gabriel, California. Mr.. Gull
bertson left Lordsburg to go to Som
ertom, California, where he took up
some land under the Yuma reclaim
alton project. Recently his health
began to fail, and he moved to San
Gabriel. o. P. Culbertson was fifty
three years old at the time Of his
death. He was born in Nankin, Ohio.
He leaves a wife and three children
to mourn his untimely death.
II. H. Tiff, who lived in Lordsburg
some twenty odd years ago, was shot
and killed by his daughter at Mo-
renci last week. She was married,
but living at home. With her sister,
in-law she had been running around a
good deal. Tiff had often remon-
strated with her. On the night Of
the shooting the two women had been
out, and on their return Tiff again
scolded his daughter, which she re-
sented, and picking up a revolver ly-
ing on a table shot him three times,
the shots resulting In his death.
On the 10th of this month will be
celebrated at Washington the fftieth
anniversary of the formation of the
fraternal organization of the Knights
of Pythias, which in these fifty years
has grown to be one of the great fra
ternal organizations of the world.
Hugh Ii. Williams OF the corporation
commission, is the representative OF
New Mexico to the supreme lodge,
and has gone to Washington to attend
this celebration.
Up In Albuquerque they have learn
ed how to manage a lawyer. One OF
the attorneys did not make a settle
meat for a business matter that had
been placed on his hands, and no one
knew what had become Of the money
In his hands. He moved to another
town. The proper presentation was
made to the officers, and the sheriff
went after him. When they returned
to Albuquerque the lawyer got a lit
tie time to himself, slipped up to the
court house and filed all the papers
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