Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1889-02-01
NEWS NUGGETS
Various Items of News Gathered from Our
Exchanges and other Sources.

Various items of News Gathered from Our
Exchanges and other Sources.
Tucson Citizen: The wheat planted on
the mesa as an experiment during the con-
tinued wet weather about six weeks ago |
gives promise Of reaching perfect maturity
and yielding a good crop. Mr.. Siewer who /
mas eight acres planted says the ground
now has absorbed sufficient amount Of
water to make crop sure and he is feel
ing good over it.
El Correo dc la Tarde, Mazatlan: Lo-
renzo Cabada writes from Atlixco that
while visiting a pueblo in that district he
saw an immense animal flying through
the air that measured four "reatas, - whose
wings were of great size, and in the center
Of which there was whitish cone. In
It's passage the noise made by its wings re-
sembled thunder. The monster appeared
to have come from PopOcatepetl
New Mexican: VIM. Carson, we'll and
favorably known here as the son of the fa-
nous scout, Kit, died at his home in Fort
Garland, on Saturday last under most pc
culiar circumstances. On Friday he went
into his stable and as he passed stall one
of the horses kicked at him striking his re-
volver in the scabbard, which was dis
charged, the ball entering the thick part
of the thigh, ranging down and lodged
near the knee joint. DR.. Gale Of Alamo
SO was called and probed for the ball,
which he found had passed through the
knee joint, lodging IN the bones below
the knee, where it would be difficult to ex-
tract it. Owing to the bad condition of
Carson's system the doctor expressed
doubts as to his recovery. He decided,
however, to return the next day and am
putate the limb, if the man was able To
stand the operation. Within half an
hcur after the doctors departure, howev.
er, Carson died. He leaves a wife and
four children.
Folsom Idea: Every one should see thai
lion skin, measuring eight feet from tip to
tip. 1t was killed near Briggs canon by
lose Higino Rulbal, and is now on exhi-
bition at Drew & Phillips
The Arizona legislature has passed and
the governor has signed the bill removing
the calitol from Prescott to Phenix. The
legislature adjourned last Monday tC
meet at Pheni4 next Thursday.
Virginia Enterprise: The Gold ant
Curry boys who are running cars on tor
have quite grade to run on from th,
works to the dump. They have brakes on
their cars and ride down at a good Jog
but often it is difficult to restrain the ca
; by applying an iron brake against an iror
-. wheel. Togige more power to the brak
= they have used sand, which worked prett,
well, but Joe Blakely, day before yesterday
:. tried to improve upon sand, and stealing
! Zimmer's resin he applied it literally t
7 the brake of his coach Gathering an au
. dience around him, to see how 1t worked
=. he set sail for the dump. The iron heat
ing melted the resin and made a fine lu
bricating oil, and Joe sailed liks shot
/, He struck the stopping post and the ca
stopped and Immediately changed ii
shape, and Joe vent on down the DUN
g like a mass OF pork. The audienC
$. brought the pieces to town and had theI
d carefully sewsd together, and hopes are el
ot tertained that Joe will be himself again
s time to accept deputyship.
81 Silver Belt: The productiyeness of tn
" lands of the Salt river valley and adiacer
II thereto in ella county is phenominal an
~ some of the results obtained by thoroug
- cultivation would hardly be credited in I'll
less favored sections OF the east. J.
Norton is one of our most successful farn
ers. Last season one OF his princip
crops was potatoes, and he succeeded
producing two crops from the same lam
His first planting in March produced fol-
OF tons to the acre, and from the secor
he planting in August he realized three toI
)" per acre. If there is any spot in the cou
en- try that can beat that record we would Iii
ils TO hear Of it.
~ A soldiers monument has been erect
in til, Ration cemetery by Sedgwick pc
No. z.
nc Prof. Powell recommends TO congrC
-" that the first experimental reservoirs
IA, testing the merits of irrigation be &C
~ structed along the Jemez river in Bern
" lilo county.
IA The Santa Fe road has taken of its c
lectors and the conductors again jugs
oi the ticket punch.
~. ,0A Socorro Times: The snow fall in
w ~ mountains and generally over the terri
A. ~ ry is unusually large this winter 7
I 'u portends an increased water supply and
80 generation of moisture that will probal
also increase the rainfall next summer,
~ fact which means much for the grazIi
~ 49, agricultural and other interests OF n
- Mexico. In many parts of the territ
w the snow has piled many feet deep q
-, each additional storm now adds 10 its '
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