Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1889-03-29
NEWS NUGGETS.
Various Items Of News Gathered from Our
Exchanges and other Sources.

" ~ 0ehtphs buo eulbot VI Toe HaNors
ite saloon and publisher of the Enter
prise, at Clayton, in a recent issue Of that
sprightly sheet. wrote: The Hon. E. B.
Franks has declared war on the newsl a.
pers throughout the territory that have
been pitching into him and criticising his
actions in the recent session OF the leRisla-
ture. His opening battle WAS a libel suit
against Major II. Sturgis OF the Colfax
County StOckmau, which he followed up
by beating that gentleman over the head
with heavy cane. He says he has also
got it in for the editor Of the Clayton
Enterhrise 2 SO we can look out for an at
tack at any time, but whether it will be in
the shape Of a libel suit or beating We
haYe no way Of ascertaining, which, at
present, is keeping US in a constant sus-
psnse; not that we dread one more thau
the other, bnt because we don't knew
whether to retain the services of q doctor
or q lawyer. During eur dozen yearI Of
fronter experience rs "cow-puncher,
Texas ranger, ETC., We have had to do some
lighting and also some judicioss running,
but tactics used in fighting indians and
border roughs must tecessarily differ from
those used in battling with real live, hu-
man Statesman armed with we'll seasoned
four-years old club. We don't know what
modus operandi to adopt but stand on the
defensive with fear and tremb bling await
ing the attack.
Optic; Pete Roth. the butcher, killed a
steer few daye ago in the course Of his
professional duties, and on one Of the Jaw
bones of the esteemed deceased an extraor-
binary dental phenomenon presented it.
self. Each tooth in the iNw-bones was plat
ed with a metallic substance which looked
like copper or dull gold. The teeth we're
rs neatly plated with thin layers of the
metal as though scms bovine dentist had
been operating upon the steer for bad
teeth. Who can account for this extraor-
dinary fact2 A New Mexico steer is of
course superior to any other steer in the
world, but his most sanguins friends and
champion did not suspect that he had re-
ached such a stage Of developed that he
was compelled to call in the services Of
tooth carpenter to take care Of his grinders.
! This freak Of nature (the tooth. not steer),
can be seen at the St. Nicholas hotel.
REton Indipapdant, It was repsrted in
Springer yesterday that the accident to
the freighr train near Upton station was
caused bv the spreading Of the track, due
to Gov. Ross travelling over the road after
the appointment OF Abbott, but this is un-
true, as the wreck WAS cansed by the
breaking of the chain and the separation
of the train. freight of all kinds was
strswn along the road for some distance
and the loss will be considerable.
The country about Gallup has been
wonderfully populoa' at some day IN the
worlds history, as is shown by the great
number OF fragments OF prehistoric pot
terry which are found everywhere on the
hills aud in the valleys.
There experiments at New York in the
instantaneous execution Of criminals by
electricity, show that death may be produ-
ced by a current Of eight hundred volts,
with contact of from fifteen to twenty Sec
onds. This will be great improvement
over the present barbaroHs methods,
which, even at their best, stretch out over
several minutes the agony of the con-
demned in The scahold preparations.
Epltaph: The number of freight teams
constantly on our streets doesn't seem to
be a very striking indication that Tomb
stone Is ready to be buried Just yet.
Slippery eels are abundant in the Rio
Grande. which NGAbles the Albuquerque
ans to secnre three square meals every
day.
Fort Worth Gazette: The imam with
money" did not pave the way for the set
tlement OF the west, and the man with
money" is not now going out into the west
to encounter deprlvatiOns. The poor man
with the ''yaller dog end covered wagon
and tow headed ehidren" has done more
for the growing west than heis given cred
1t for by those who are clanloring for "men
of money"
Epitaph A large mountain lion was
observed yesterday morning a little after
day break, near the Lucky Cuss mine, but
after view of the surroundings he made
hasty exit to more eongenial quarters.
The next session Of the grand lodge Of
knights OF Pythias will be held In sOeOrrO
in June.
Optic: The latest invention to hang in
the family dining room is the gum board.
1t Is neat little circular board, PLAIN or
decorated, fastened TO the wall. The
name of each member of the family is
painted on the circumference and thus
marks the spot where the gum is left till
wanted.
Ayers Catharlic Pills are known to be
the safest, surest, and best purRatiye med
icine ever offered " the cubic. They are
mild yet certain 10 their effects, give tone