Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1914-10-09
WESTERN LIBERAL.
LORDSBURGl o.. 8, Ie14.
J.. p. Mansfield was down from
Stems Tuesday, on business.

Clifton Monday and went west, to
visit friends.
W. G. Downey has been at Santa
Fe this week, investigating the mys-
teries Of the Scottish Rite.
Judge McGrath was operated on for
appendicitis Wednesday night by Drs.
Westlake, Croker and Martin.
G. L. Cassiday, Of Rodeo, was in the
city Friday, en- route to Silver City,
to attend to some court matters.
BY the end Of September there had
been enrolled in our school 232 schol-
ars, and the average attendance dur
ing September was 211,
}. w. Aker. superintendent Of
schools in Greenlee county, and for
merly a resident Of Lordsburg, was
in the city last week, visiting friends
and relatives.
Mrs. A. o. Overton and her chill
dren left for Copper Hill, Arizona,
Monday, to visit friends. She left
her mercantile business in charge OF
her brother, Ed. Scarborough.
John Robson returned this week
from a trip TO Ohio, where he went
to visit his mother. He says the peo-
pie back in that country complain
that it has been a very dry summer.
Felix Martinez, of Ell Paso, has
been appointed one Of the directors
of the reserve bank, at Dallas, He
has accepted the appointment, and
will devote most of his time to the
work of the bank.
w. @. Rubusch has been out Of
town this week, and Miss Velma
Bailey has been attending to his bust
ness. Tuesday the FL Paso county
clerk issued a marriage license to
Walter Rubusch and Anna Phillis.
]. A. Baird and family, after visit
ing in Lordsburg several days, enjoy
ing the fine weather, took advantage
of the first rainy day thatcame along,
and started for home in his Buick.
Before he got to Deming last Friday
more than an inch of rain had fallen.
Ellie Cloudt, son of NJ. G. Cloudt,
while riding the range in the Mangas,
was taken sick Monday. He was
taken to Silver City, where he died
Wednesday. On doctor said he had
meningitis, another acute uramia,
and a third said it was cyanide poison.
ing. They all agree that he is dead.
The registration board was in ses-
sion three days last week. and puS
1852 names on the list, which was
twelve less than the final registration
two years ago, when there we're TIA
registered. There are three more days
OF registration, and the list will,
doubtless, reach as large a number as
it did two years ago.
G. w. Marsalis, who had been serv-
ing as 8 juror, and was one of the
jurors In the West-King case, was re-
leased when that case was concluded,
and returned home. j. L. Wells, who
was called on the case as a talesman,
was added to the regular panal for
the remainer of the term.
Today, at Philadelphia, Is the first
game to settle the championship of
the base ball players. The contend
ing clubs are the Bostons and Philadel-
phias, the game tomorrow will be also
played In Philadelphia, when the
clubs will go to Boston for a couple of
games.
, Mrs. A. @. Fellows died Saturday,
from tuberculosis. Tuesday funeral
services were held by the Eastern Star
lodge, and the body was shipped to
Grand Rapids, Michigan for burial,
Mrs. Fellows was % years old, and
came here some time ago, hoping for
health in this climate, but came too
late. She leaves a husband and two
children to mourn her death.
Deming is fast becoming citified.
The postofice receipts have reached
such a Inquire, more han SlO,OOO, That
the town is entitled to free mail de-
Iivery,and the postmaster has been In
formed that an Inspector will soon
visit the town, to see If the streets
are properly signed, and the houses
properly numbered for the benefit of
the mail carriers, these things being
required before the department will
put on the free delivery.
A man giving his name as H. d.
Smith was In town this week, telling
the people that he vas on a walking
trip from Memphis, Tennessee, to
San Francisco, on a wager. There
have been a thousand such walkers
through here, but Smith is an origi-
nal one. had papers to show that he
had been in Nogales and Tucson, and
told that he was going from here to
Ell Paso. He will, inded, be a phe-
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