Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1890-07-18
NEWS NUGGETS.
Various Items Of News Gathered from Our
Exchanges and other Sources.

An engineer on one Of the Southern Pa
cihe locomotives told story at Bsnsoa a
few nights ago that be vOuchsd for He
was running along this side Of Dragon
summit, when a COW was sten on the
track. shs ltood locking directly al the
approaching engine. apparently waiting
for the iron horse to end her life. The
owner Of the COW sent word to Vic Wilson,
who adjusts cattle losses, but the latter
refused 10 allow anything for the aninsl,
an from the evidence before him he eOuld
give no ether verdict than that The csw
committed dshberats Suicide.-Prospsc-
tor II is base libel on COchisS county
that, rather than starve to death, the fam-
ishnR cattle deliberately face the railrOsd
With suicidal intent, cut Of consideration
for the snancial interests Of their owners.
Florence Eaterpriss.
TIE ChsJsHss Tribass has discovered &
place called "BrewAs Hole, which is le-
Gated Al an AlmSst Inaccessible place in
the mountains where Colorado. Utah an6
Wyoming all come together, the place be-
ing in about equal proportions IN the state
aud territories naRed. Ii is said to be in
habited by gang Of cat throats, many Of
whom are known to be among tho worst
characters in the west and either erimin-
ais or in sympathy With thsm. The start
ling part Of the information is that this
lawlsss communiiy is about to send cat
band Of robbers 10 hold up some railroad
train, bat just how the Tribune got this
information SO long in advance is rot
knewn. Train robbers and road agents
are net in the habit Of announcing their
contemplated raids by special wire.
Chisftain: All the appointses Of the
Cleveland administration, from outside of
this territory, with the exception Of one or
tive, have left ihe territory. Judge
Brinker is IN the state Of Washington in
the real estate business; Judge Henderson
is thsre also pr4ctieing law; Judge Reeves
went to his home in Texas; Judge Long
has opened law oiica ia the territory; R.
2. Walker, the special agent Of the in-
terror department, is back ia Mississippi;
George w Lane is in Denver, Colorado;
Col. Tom Smith is eoq1attinR between
New Mexico and Virginia aad Col. Cow
art, ths Mrsealero Indian agsut, has gone
back to Alabama.
Albuqusrque Citizen: Tbs bin to ss-
tablish a United States law court for tie
settle nent Of priyats laad claims in GER
tain states and territories, growing out Of
Msxiean and Spanish grants, was callsa
np in the senate last Friday. Senators
Edmuuds. Teller, G,ewart sad Fispb speke
il favor of the bill, while Senators Rea
gan and Morgan opposed 1t, Some meas
are like thls should be promptly passed.
1t is great outrage against New Mexico,
Arizona and a portion of Southern Colo
rado that some action licking to The
prompt settlement Of these qOs1tieEs vas
not taken forty years ago.
Denver Republican: A strange legend
c. mes to US from tho Sioux, who alone
can tell the true Aistory OF that deadly
ambuscado. They say that on ths hillOck
whore Custer fell now grows a piant never
seen there before--a curious plant with
tall. slender loaves, curved in the exact
for,a of a sabre, with edges so sharp as to
lnaict deep wounds upon unwary hands,
aud those wLs pluck it Ohcs soou drop it..
20 strangely cold and elammy are its
leaves. It bears a geldsn-husd heart
shaped blossom and in tho cPntsr is one
saisll spot Of brilliant red, like drep of
blood. The Indians regard it with super
stiiious ave. They call it Custer 5
heart. and cannot be induced TO touch it.,
claiming that the blossom crushed IN the
hand leaves a blood red stain impossible
10 remove.
Yama Times: G w. Lang came into
town on Friday last With band Of 29S
steers and 32 horses, the same having been
driven from Alter, Sonora. coming by way
Of Sonoyta. The stock was duly entered
through the United states custom house,
and we're shipped to Beaumont Calif0rHia,
by train. An interesting feature to stock
asn in connection with the trip was a
drive Of 125 milss without water, taking
up four days and nights aRd losing but
Eve head en- route This record has rarely
# ever been surpassed and illustrates the
possibility Of making lose drives during
the summer moHths without water and
with hat nominal percentage OF loss.
Black Range. 4 territorial eontsn-
perory pops up and informs ua that NO
man who had urder tho Edmnnds law
been sent to the territorial pen, gave birth
10 child three msuths after cop6nemept,
theron. The event, IT, true, is certainly
remarkable, hut does not equal tho Ar-
zona woman who gave birth to child ir a
jail in that territory after eon6nsmeHt Of
oyer two years.
YouTake No Risk
In buying Hoods sarsSpsrilla. for II is
eTsryvhsrs recognized As the standard