Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1890-05-16
NEWS NUGGETS.
ltStious Items Of News Gathered from Our
Ezohaagos and other sOaroos.

Argus: Eddy people lhngh 10 scorn the
threats Of the weather. Hhqy know that
such threats generally signify soothing.
Here it has bses threatening tremendous
rain for two weeks. but it has only rained
enough to lay the dust. When 1t wants
to rain goes aboye the dam or away out on
the plans beyond cattle range where il Is
not needed and literally PourS dOwA.
Albuqusrqus ia goi Bg to have a con
nierciRl club with cash capital Of $780,,
900 and owninR its building.
The stockholders Of the propOHed new
bank held meeting at Albuquerque
Bank Of CommerO will be its name, and
the new iasltu IiOn expects to receive de-
pOsiti and do general banking business by
July lst, 1880.
It it now decided fact that the new
Presby ytsrian church will be erected ut Las
Cruces this uumm"r. 1t will have seat
ing capacity to accommodate 400 persons
and will be built Of brick and ornAm ented
with marble from the qusrrieS in the Or
gan mountains. The brick work Of the
tower will be thlrty-two feet high with a
spire seventy feet in height.
One Of the dssPsst mines in the world is
At ST. Andre du Poirier, France and year.
ly produces 100000 tons Of coal. The
mine is worked with two shafts, one 9. 0j9
feet and the other .0S3. The latter shaft
is now being de$peued and Will SOon touch
the 40c0 iootlsyel. A remarkable feG-
turs in this deep mine is the comparative
low temperature experinced, which sell
dom rises above 75 dcgrces Fahrenheit.
The gold and silver 'nineI Of the Pacific
coast Of our own country. at depth OF
less than half th at of ths French coal
mine. often have msch difficulty in keep
ing the Temperatures low enough to sd init
of working. In some levels If the Com
stock lode the temperature rises A. high rs
$50 degrees.
A very simple assay tor cerbonatss, and
one that you eau do Yourself, is TO take
and poand into powder the ore 70 be as
sayed. Mix with it an equal part Si
bora1 or snlt Put IN a clean clay pipe
and heat in forge, Lskink care to pnt or
H gradual heat, so that il does not spit thu
mineral out of the pipe. If there is sny
mineral in it you VIII fad small baton
in tho bottom Of the pipe
For several nouths the Indianapolis,
Decatur and Western railroad has been
using electric headlights On its locomotives
with gratifying results. Rabbits and cats
can bo seen half nile aha4d Tho sx-
penss OF the apparatus Is 500 per engine
Among other improvements made this
apriog At Fort Widgate, Is the placing Of
forty acres Of farnring lands under n
stroag wire and board ieHes.
The SocorrO Chicaains Washington
correspondent tells the following good one
on the New Mexico delegation now in
Washington; Immediately after after the
delegation arrived in Washington Gov
Prince started uut to rent quarters for the
delegation. After renting suitabls ROOM
the lady Of tho house remarked, May
ask you wAers your delegation is from.
Said the governor, New Msxico "Yor
cannot have the ro0ms" said the ladl
those Mexicans will break all Of IN,
furniture IL the rooms, and she did mo-
aud would not let him have the rooms a
any prics. Rooms we're rented elsewhere
llhe sherfTs efice IN Mohave county
tho coming term, will probably be
picnic The Miner says; "lhe shvrliTe Q
second aud third class counties are mad
TX x-ofHcio assessors and collectors by la'
passed by the last legislature, an ~ tai
collector he is allowed not more than fv
nor less than four per cent Of then colloe
tious in third class counties ara contnust
che sheriff Office for the next two year
will bv worth something like $4,000 0
} $4,000.
rhe hunting season in this territor!
closes May /, and until September ! it
urlavful to kill deer, turkey, quail an
grouse. The fishing season Legins May
and lasts until November 1 The law per
nits the taking OF hsh With hook and lin
only. Ssine4, nsts exploslves sud drug
are Sapr ssly prohibited, under heavy pen
atIcs.
Argus; E. G. Shields recently found o
Lake View farm piece Of tooth thre
and halt inches long, inch aud ha
broad aud Que inch thick The f-Sgmen
is now presevefod and the enamel perfect
Tie tooth is apparently that OF bah
Bronolhsnuul, an herbiyerous animal tha
proceeded the elephant and WAS more lha
elephantine 10 size, ard the family G
winch became extinct about the end OF th
Mioeens epoch of the rertary pOri6d.
s whagit Costs
Must be carefully considered by the Rrea
,,;orit,,- of neonle 1h bnvtnO even nhc.s