Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1889-01-04
NEWS NUGGETS.
Various Items Of News Gathered from Our
Exchanges and other Sources.

dent to thes rushing life Of ours there iS
danger that full credit for ColoTow's death
will not be ascribed 10 the United States
army. COlorow died Of pnumonia, to be
sure, but the pnumonia was due to his
having taken cold when the regulerS we're
chasing him several years ago.
The irst car load of native corn eyer
shipped out Of the Mesilla valley by rail
was sent from there to Lake Valley.
Silver Belt: An alleged attempt to de-
fraud the Government was unearthed at
San Carlos on Thursday last, the parties to
it being Harry Temple, Superintendent Of
the Agency Indian School, aud Robt.
Holt, of Globe. 1t is charged that Tenn
pie had given Holt sack Of Government
-four in exchange for vegetables. holt
was arrested and placed in the guard
house. Temple was discharged as superin-
tendent, but has not left the reservation.
Optic: A sweet potato weighing thir-
teen pounds and grown on the Cunning
ham farm near Roswell was brought TO
town by DIR. f. II. Skipwith and placed
on exhibition in the Plaza hotel pharmacy.
Doha Ana acounty has added the salt in
dustry to her other rich produdts. She
now ships salt to less favored sections.
From late advices it is learned that the
factional fight between the John Good out
/ 6t and the Cooper crowd, at TularoSa,
growing out of the killing of a son of John
Good, is still IN progress, and it is feared
that more blood will be spilled before the
end of the difficulty is reached.
Two Apache boys ran off from the gov.
ernment Indian school at Albuquerque a
day or two since. Officers were sent in
pursuit but could not find them. The
boys will have hard walk Of more than
200 miles over snow covered mountains
and plains before they reach their homes.
1t is stated on the authority of Senator
Plumb, of Kanses, that there are seventy
FIVE applications from that state for the
governorship OF New Mexico.
Socorro Chieitain: We've worked under
difficulties in the ChieftAin Office this
week. A mud roof is oar lot, and while
we write water, mud and old timbera are
rushing down our back and trying to
carry US away. We've tied our suspenderS
around our waist and formed a dam, and
hope to ride the storm if nothing gives
away, but feel, nevertheless, that it is
lucky our readers don't like dry reading.
Wen come out all right # fog don
spring up and the devil run into Us With
the lux keR.
Frank and Emma Buck. two Kingston
children, tried the William Tell act. Elm.
ma put the apple on her head and Frank
with a target gun represented the immor-
tai William. Unfortunately he was not
as good shot as the late Mr.. Tell, for in
stead of hitting the apple he hit his sister
in the arm. The doctor says the wound
is not dangerous.
Democrat: 4 new industry has started
up in Las Cruces-the manufacture Of
Mexican blankets. On Court street, one
door west Of the pOstofhc, Mexican has
set up his loom and started to work. lii
quite an interesting sight To sec the man
working at the machine, built entirely by
himself out of wood and raw hide, as the
pattern, different in each blanket, fOrmH
under his hands. He buys the wool,
cleans, spins, dyes and weaves it himself,
and .he gaily covered blankets which he
turns out are as warm and durable as can
be got anywhere.
Prospector: A large number of our ter
riterinl exchanges insist upon it that there
is no such thing as polygamy existing in
Arizona This is an assertion that does
not bear up under the existing state Of af-
fairs A man who will make such an as
sertion is either a knave or a fool.
The surveying corps of the Houston
& Texas Central railroad, passed through
Roswell on their way south. They are in
interest Of their road.
A letter from Eagle says that the
tornado was covered with snow last
Monday The l4gnnas ars full Of water
and the cattemen are corresspoh dinghy
happy.
/ A carload Of fence wire has been re-
ceived at Springer and taken out TO the
Maxwell company's farn where several
+ thousand acres will be put in cultivation
next spring
There have been building contracts
let in Socorro the past few days amoun-
Ting to $4,000. This will give carpeu-
ters, masons and painters lots Of work
for some time to come.
There has heen an order made on the
New Mexico division of the Santa Fe pro-
hibitinR passenger trains from cunning
= faster than thirty miles an hour. aud
freight trains faster than twenty miles
per hour.
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