Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1889-03-15
NEwsEUaeETs.
Various Items Of News Gathered frsa ouS
Exchanges and other soursea.

Various Items Of News Gathered hen ouS
Exchanges and other soarsea.
James q. Flood left IN estate Of s4,20o,-
900, Ons-half went to his wife and the
other half vas divided between his two
children.
The Maxwell land grant company have
at last opened up for sale in small tracts.
to actual settlers, their immensely rich
body Of land consisting of ], 500, 900 acres.
Florence Enterprise; In spite Of all the
vigilance exercised by the authorities the
Pima Indians encamped inst outside Of
town End little difficulty in procuring all
The liquor they possess the ability TO pay
for. Last Sunday several Of them we're
very drunk and others were IN the various
stages of IntOxication. wholesome e1-
ample is necessary TO stop this iniquitous
practice which only the most keen and
tireless search seems able to detect, for an
Indian is always dangerous when under
the influence of liquor.
Silver Belt: VIM. Beard informa US
that previous to his departure from New
York he read in an English financial pa
per that the bonds Of the Tucson & Globe
railroad had been taken by a London
banking house, which wes negotiating for
their sale at an enhanced figure, 1t guaran-
teeing the interest When work is re-
sunaed it will be under an entire new man
agemsnt, and the road will probably be
changed 10 standard gauge.
James LaS...tor, charged with compiled.
ty in the murder Of the Mexican sheep
herders on Bonita creek, succeeded in OBJ
tanning bonds, $4,000, and has been re-
leased from custody.
Twenty-Five men have been dispensed
with at the railroad shops in this city.
They we're notified yesterday that their
services would not be repaired for one
month at least. The business Of the road
is said to be very light at pressnt.-Tueson
Citizen.
Gen. Dodge. Of the Fort Worth & Den.
yer road. says: II think the merchants
and people should pay more attention to
the development of their agricultural re-
sources, south and north. The great ques-
tion is water, and there is plenty of water
in these mountains. Colorado could afford
to incur dept Of 800. .OOO, 900 for the pur.
pose Of storing that y ter and developing
her plans. 1t would be money we'll spent.
1t would bring her returns ten-fold in ten
years. 1t is we'll enough to wait upon the
national government for such aid, but it is
better to act yourselves. understand
that there are provisions is the constitution
Of the state that prohibit this. II So
change the constitution.
New Mexican: Col. Leigh o. Knapp
forwarded his resignation a. receiver o
the Santa Ee land Office to Washington on
the 18th of last month. AZ soon aS his
successor is appointed and qualified he vii
seek lower altitude BY advice Of his ply
sieian.
St. Louis Republic: Santa Fc people il
st. Louis say that the eyes Of immigrants
are at present turned towards New Mexico
and Arizona. Several parties from the
eastern aud northern states will leave fol
these Territories during the coming season
The st. Louis Office is constantly in receipt
of inquiries about them.
Bulletin: Mr.. G. II. Clemens informs ui
that depth of 400 feet has been reached il
the arteslan we'll at Thatcher, and the in
dications of water are good.
Enterprise: The Florence Canal Com
pany Is making preparations to at once re-
sumo work Of construction Of its reservoir
and the remaining portion Of the canal Il
the railroad, and force will be put tC
work so soon as the arrangement are com
plete. The whole system will now be per-
fected as fast as it is possible to push il.
A. K. Cutting, of Mexico and United
States fame, is in trouble again.
special TO the St. Louis Republic from Lit
tie Rock, Ark, says he was married II
that city on the 9th ult. His claim fol
$4,000 damages against the Mexican gov
erment it still pending.
Kingston Shaft; Judge Burns is thu
owner Of a phenomenal hen. It wal
hatched with only one wing. In its in
fancy it was supposed to be a mugwump
and therefore was looked upon with disfA
vor by the judge. Recently il has becOm'
the favorite chicken Of the Aock. Las
week the wineess pullet began TO lay anC
at the present time it is laying two egg
every day. When the weather gets warm
er 1t is to be naturally supposed that thi
prolific hen will still further increase be-
production.
Range: Ration now has plenty Of water
to supply town Of twice our size. ThI
increase was secured by sinking an add
tional we'll in the vicinity Of the old vel
used by the water works company. It ha
also been demonstrated that plenty o
water can be had in every direction b.
sinking wells.