Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1889-04-05
NEWS NUGGETS.
various Items Of News Gathered from Our
Exchanges and other SOURCES.

Various ftems Of News Gathered from Our
Exchanges and other SOURCES.
Prospector The large sum of money,
over ten thousand dollars, to the credit Of
the county school fund at this time of the
year, is something unprecedented and
careful estimate of the amount necessary
10 carry on the schools till the end Of the
school year, taken into consideration with
the fact that the taxes are coming in again,
will leave a large balance to the credit Of
the schools of the county.
Idea: The United States land Office ut
Folsom is worth. according to the most
experienced calculation, 100000 per an
nun to tbs town.
The owners Of the Moxie addition to
Springer have contracted for several hum
dred shade trees, to be set out along the
streets.
At their aext sitting the Dofil Ana eoun-
ty commissioners will be asked to erect
bridge across the river at point near
Chamberno.
Optic; Santa Fe is said to be 80 dead
that it Is frequently referred to as vacci-
nation mark on mother earth.
Shaft: The stage drivers every night
upon their arrival at Kingston, shake
enough gold out Of the robes and blankets
to pay expenses. 1t is supposed to be de-
posted by the damp night air, while
passing through the IFillsboro gold ex-
element.
la Mesa has broom factory which em-
ploys eight men.
Bulletin: Solomonville has prospect
for a new school house, TO be built upon
the post approved plan, large aud COM
modioua.
Optic: It ia now probably settled fact
That special examiner will be sent to the
territory from Washington to investigate
and report upon the extravagart, high
handed manner in which the ccnrts have
been run He will 6nd much material to
work upon and some startling facts may
be brought to light by the investigation.
Globe Democrat: An English syndicate
has purchased 100000 acres of land in
New Mexico, and ls now stocking it heavi-
ly, with the view of running the largest
farm in the world. 1t is not to be cattle
ranch, but cultivated farm. and unlim-
tied capital is said to be forthcoming to
work it.
Optic; Judge Henderson expects to re-
main in the territory and practice law.
Certainly. No man who has lived four
years IN New Mexico would tolerate the
thought of going back to Arkansaw and
rcsuning his case Of chills and fever where
he left off
Stockman; Messrs. Thede & Holland
buichered COW brute this week that was
u wonder to cattlemen. The animal,
which WAS barren, high grade shorthorn
COW, lacking several months of being four
years old, and purchased from Fred KreiRh
Of the San Simon, weighed on foot 985
pounds, and dressed Gl0 pounds. The
COW had never been fed and had just been
taken up off the range. Is there another
record OF bovine animal dressing a high
per cent than this?
In Albuquerque there are thirty-two
houses licensed to sell liquor at retail. 6vO
wholesale bonses and one brewery. From
licenses ranging from S25 to 500 to the
city, county and United States, the revs-
pue aggregates about $4,000 year.
Optic: William Baasch will place on
sale, as soon as the weather gets warmer.
and his old mare has a colt, polar ice, inn
ported from the north pole, at a cheaper
rate per pound than the CONCEALED lux
nry could be manufactured by any arti-
iiclal process as yet invented by the brain
of man. It ia 1000 years old and 1876
proof.
A NJ. Anderson, Of the Cerrillos Rust
Ter, told the New Mexican that from the
most reliable data obtainaole the coal out
put of Cerrllos was $4,000 short tons for
last year He bas just forwarded 1t to the
government statistcian at neaver. He says
there we're 1900 rars Of coal shipped out
during the year 's8 and about $4,000 tons
of coal we're converted into coke.
The scheme originated by b. NJ. Long to
store the snow water in the Hondo river
will. if successful bring under irrigation a
vast area Of lands laying in the vicinity Of
Roswell.
1t is safe to say that fully $25, GOO worth
Of fruit trees have been plant, I in the Me-
silla valley this spring. Sucl improve
ments are bound to tell in the course Of
the next two or three years.
Parties are now carefully looking over
the ground at White Oaks with the view
of starting up the smelier.
Elm trees grow beautifully in New Mex
leo, and a large number Of them have
been planted in the Albuquerque streets
this spring.
Enterprise; BY next fail there will
not be quarter section Of arabic govern
ment land within ten miles Of Clayton an-
occul led.
The gloomy fears and the wearineae Of