Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1889-02-15
NEWS NUGGETS.
Various Items Of News Gathered from Our
Exchanges and other Sources.

Judge L. Bradford Prince has been ap-
pointed by Governor Ross as New Mexi- |
cos representative at the centennial cele
bration OF the inauguration of Washing
ton, which takes place in New York on
April 9Oth. The governor has also COM
uiissioned Sol Myer. a we'll known citizen
Of Ration, as commissioner from New Mex
leo to the Paris exposition.
When it was learned in Phenix that the
capital removal bill had received the gov
ernors signature a salute of fifteen guns
was fred.
Last week twelve Apaches, one buck
and eleven squaws, were sent from the
Mt Vernon Barracks IN Alabama to the
Mescalero agency in Lincoln county. If
the government would only send old Ge-
ronimo back to Arizona now everybody
would be satisfied
Regular trains are now running on the
Bisbee road
Silver Belt: We learn that work has
been commenced at the Ray copper mine,
near Riverside, with force of ten men,
and under the superintendency of Mr.
Curtis, who was in charge of the property
prior to the suspension of work several
years ago. 1t is also stated that the force
of miners is to be increased. The Ray is
rich in native copper, and at the price pre-
vaiinR for that metal, its operation should
prove profitable to its owners.
Democrats Last Sunday night at 4
o'clock a. M, the walls of Jose Maria Ben
tons house at Mesilla, suddenly gave way.
and the roof with its heavy ralters fell
smashing everything beneath it. Mr.. Ben
ton and his family had just time to es-
cape out OF the house in their night clothes
when the beds on which they had been
sleeping were crushed by the weight of
the falling beams.
Ten inches of superior ice is being har-
vested by the Santa Fe ice men.
st. Johns Herald: We have always un-
derstood that special agents of the lnteri-
or department were sent to look up fraud
ulent land entries, and not for the pur-
pose of harassing and prosecuting honest
settlers. Judging, however, from the ac-
tons of the special agent for northern Ar
izona, we have been laboring under mis-
apprehension.
Optic: The grazing and agricultural in
terests Of New Mexico never before prom
ised so well as they do at the present time.
Good times are surely coming, railroad or
no railroad.
News-Register: II is runored that one
of our saloon firms will sooa dissolve with
the result of providing Gallup with anoth-
er saloon, making the fourteenth place in
town where whiskey IS sold, and yet the
saloon men complain of dull times.
Capt Jack Crawford, the "poet scout, -
who is well known in the territory, had an
exciting experience recently at the Stand
ard theatvr, Cincinnati Captain Jack is
giving theatrical entertainments, and had
IN his company an Indian named Running
Deer. In the play there is duel scene,
the captain and the Indian are principals.
On the night in question the Indian was
drunk aud in the duel scene attempted to
kill Crawford. 1t was hard and terrible
bght with knives. According to the play
| Jack should have taken the knife from the
redskin, who is Comanche. He refused
} to give it up, and made some vicious
lunges After a desperate struggle the
scout got the upper hand and pricked the
Indian two or three times in the side, with
the threat to kill him if he made any more
hostile demonstrations. After che play
r the Indian escaped.
Citizen: 1t pleases the Citizen to tell
the people of the cities north and south ol
Albuquerque that this city is now on the
sunshiny side of healthy boom.
New Mexican; The plan for Santa Fe's
, United States Indian school are now en-
route from Washington, and bids for the
! construction of the building are again tC
be called for. There is every reason to be-
ieve the government means business thil
Z time.
A 1t iG SAID the Atlantic & Pacific will close
the gap by building their line from Sepul
pa to Albuquerque during the present sum
mer.
Stockman; A shooting affray took
{ place at dance at Browns ranch in thC
Huachucas, on Monday last, between Ca
), Cox, foreman of the Whitbeck cattle com
pany, and Lib Wallace, until recently fore
J. man of the Babacoman ranch. Both mel
we're seriously but not fatally wounded
= and are now in Tombstone for Ourg;ca
treatment. An old feud was the cause o.
the shooting.
: The Maxwell grant company paid Sll,
6l9 in taxes in Collar county for thI
year.
RIM. Forcee has resigned the distric
and supreme clsrkShip at Santa Fs, being
succeeded in Office by 8. 9urkhart.
II Immigrants aud returning voyagers hn'