Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1890-08-01
NEWS NUGGETS.


Various Items Of News Gathered from our
Exohanges and other Sources.
Seven thousand personfbaye been em
ployed il getting out Mt. stanlsy's new
book and more thar six hundred tons Of
paper have already bssn used IN England.
The Rneliah edition aiohs rsquirsd 240
tens Of paper.
New Mexico will havs Abosi ten million
pou nds Of wool this year to safket. The
quality is mvch better tha- usual.
Albert Chapman aud Harry Crawford,
Of San Marcial have issued $500 ehal-
lsngs to rope three steers zach against any
two other parties with the same terms.
Challenge good fer sixty days
The funding act for the territory Of Ari-
zona was approved BY tbr President June
2sth. The Phoenix Republican says the
bill passed just as i; was drawn BY Cover
nor Wolasy; With the exception Of the
limit Of the bond, ehicais 6xsfat twenty
years instead Of Fifty The objsct Of the
bill is 10 fund the entire dsbt, terrtori-
al, county, municipal and school in bonds
at per eeut, interest, which Is Nv in the
form Of warrants, bearing 10 Ber cent.
The Republican, claims that the Swing tf-
ipoted the first year will araOant 10 sl45,-
OOO
Elorence Enterprise: Tha pbmp that
will supply water for the RsJnsrt mill
from Queen Creek ia solid appearing
piece Of naeaery. 1t has a kylinder lS
inches in diameter, IA iueh std Ike, 6 inch
P'ungsrs, and makes % strokf \ per min.
ute. Its capacity is 100000 gallons Of
water in ten hours.
The Yuma school trustees Fe advertis-
ing for man to take the pritipalship in
the public schools. They haR tried lady
principals 10 their hearts dent and snd
that IN order to make the schools success
fal tbs youth must have a male teacher
oyer them
Prospqetor: Our Charleston special re-
porter says two soldiers fbm HHaebuea
are sent to that burg every day to hunt
Indians. They take nice oag sleep un-
der perch in the "desIrtsd village
and report mo Indians in yht at head
quarters.
Eogales Herald: They Ore not making
much noise about it but th management
Of the Sonora and the New Mexico & Arr
zoaa roads are diverting ! good deal Of
Mexican trade from Europe to the United
States Ia this way Superintendent Rich
ards and General freight Agent Naugle
are doing a good deal Of valuable work
that there Is not much being said about.
Optic: There is a Las Vegas family
which dsvotes an hour each day to devo-
tional exercises. Every member Of the
household efFsrs up prayer and between
each petition there is hymn and remarks.
It may be proper to sld that there is only
enc family Of this kiHd in Las Vegas
The gNnrir". 'imon pare. Imported Ha-
wanna cigaris going o bs ticksted Each
box is going to be decorated with spe-
cial stamp bearing the seal Of The king
dom Of Spain and the seal Of the city or
Havauua. besides tbe signatures of she Of
dcers Of tbs cigar manufacturer union in
HayarHa
Prospeetor: An Arizon6 pospeotor
writes that in the Colorado desert grow
ing in saRdy and gravolly soil and along
railway tracks betuesn the ties is creep.
ing vine with small leaf and delicate
pink flower As our saaacious mother ma
ture always places the antidote beside the
poison, SO here, where the rattlpsnakss are
most numerous and venomous, grows this
so called rattlesnake grass. Gather the
whele plant, steep It -roots, flower, leaves
and all-into thick reddish brown tea
and bottle it, When the snake bites you
Immediately apply the decoctioa to the
wound and You are cared.
Five hundred fruit baskets arc being
manufactured IN Las Cruoes every day
and that amount tses not nearly 6ll the
demand.
Tho Wild cherry crop in New Mexico is
reported to be the largest ever known in
the territory.
A movement is on foat among the farm
srs Of the Mssils valley to organize a com
papy to explsrs for artesian water. The
plan is to secure sufisieAt money by an
eqval assessment to bore ven. when the
selection Of the ranch on which it lie to be
barred ii to be made by lot
Range: Raten is the emily tows in New
Mexico that has its streets aud basiasss
houses illuninSted by the best improved
insaRdsseent lightS.
Wool buyers we're offering esly thirteen
SAINTS per pouNd for native wssl in Clay ton
last week, SqllArs rsfuse 70 take the price
prsferrinR to sonsign to sommiasioB hoeses
back east
why II IsPoiuIar.
Because It ha, proven its absolute merit