Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1889-11-29
NEWS NUGGETS.
various Items Of News Gathered from Our
Exchanges and other Sources.

Exchanges and other Sources.
Tucson Star: Miss Nellie eastman is
visiting with Mrs. E. J. Smith, Of this city.
Miss eastman has just returned from
trip TO Africa, and is here in search Of a
crew TO accompany her To- that country to
explore a hitherio'unheard Of diamond re-
gion. Her reason for desiring belp from
Arizona is that men from this locality are
more reliable, courageous, and can endure
more hardships than any other men she
has met with in her travels.
The crazy man who has been confined in
the county Jail at Albuquerque for about
month died there. New Mexico needs a
lunalie asylum.
Gov. Prince has received from the Ma
tional railway eleetnc and industrial expo
sition of St. Joseph the diploma Of award
which was granted to New Mexico for
making the best display Of minerals and
ores at the exposition held there last
month.
The water experts who located wells in
the JiOarilla mountains, Lincoln county.
and who operate with the Heerdegsn
water indicator, will investigate the arid
portions Of Texas next month.
pretty good hog lie in the Alhuquer-
que Cltlzen hog weighing 875 pounds
which had been fed on corn for only two
weeks (At that time weighing 200 pounds
by Joe Farr. il on exhibition at the meat
market of David Farr. corner Of First
street and Gold avenue. This is conclu-
slve evidence that hogs grow fat in New
Mexico in an exceedingly short time.
1t is probable that the Union Pacific has
made combination. whereby it practical
y absorbs the Fort Worth & Denver road
The Chicago & Alton has already been
thus taken in. This completes one of the
most stupendous railway combines the
country has ever witnessed. Denver hopes
to profit largely by these deals.
Herald: It takes pretty shrewd man
to get ahead OF Mexican customs official
but the average Arizona COW man comes
about as near it as any other man. Some
time ago Santa Cruz valley cattle man
went into Sonora on business and Was, as
is the custom, required to give bond at the
Sasabe custom house for the return Of his
saddle horse. On the return trip, when
within ten miles of Sasabe the horse died
Gong into the custom house he stated th'
facts bnt it was no 90 and the officials de
mauded that be pay the amount of thu
bond. He then introduced witnesses wit
described the horse aud testified that /
had died ten miles south. This would no
DO and the customs officials insisted tha
he must pay Now he hadu't been in th'
cattle business on the border all tbes'
years without learning a trick or two. Hi
quietly wiuked at himself and went of
and hired teamster to haul the deaC
horse up to the custom house door. Tht
officials with an air Of great dignity ex
amined the corpse, found the brands anC
marks all right as described on the bone
and remarked "bueno." The thrifty COW
man echoed back "bueno!" leaped into hi
saddle and rode off leaving the now pretty
well puffed up remains at the custom
house door.
Optic; Old man Green stands pat or
ms dignity to-day and halls the passers by
with the timely remark that twenty-thret
years ago yesterday he first established
himself on ranch on Arroya Pecos neal
town. Then it was no uncommon thinG
for him to shoot at prowling Indians ant
other wild beasts from the front door o
bis shanty.
Uncle Jerry Rusk, the secretary of agri
riculture. wakes eloquent in the peroratioI
Of his irst report He says; "The grea
nations of Europe strain every nerve t,
make science the handmade of war. lie
it be the glory of the American people t.
make science the handmade of agricul
ture +"
Eddy Argus; The two Chinamen, Liml
Lay and Joe, who left here about tw
weeks ago, stopped at Pecos and started
laundry. Tuesday night their establish
mrnt burned 20 the ground, and their ere
mated bodies were discovered in the ruins
1t is believed that they we're murdered
and that tho mulderefs fred the house t
hide the crime.
The Springer stockman advocates th
creation of new state out of portion 0
New MexicJ and Colorado, to be calle'
the state of Ration, with the capital a
Trinidad.
Kingston man has gone to Leadvill
to sprnd the winter. H. says New Mexi
cos winters are too warm.
Alfalfa hay is selling in San Marcial a
seventy-6ve cents bale.
Salt Rheum