Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1890-06-27
NEWS NUGGETS
variou. Items Of New. Gathered from Our
RzehaRe,. and other sources.

Various Items Of News Gathered from Our
ExehAness and other sources.
Las Vegas Democrat: Army officers
persist in making the statement that the
murders aud ro5beres which are being
constantly eompittsd in southern ARIZONA
are not the work Of the Apaehes, who nre
kuown 70 be OF lhs reservation. It is
difficult le imagine why nss who hold
official positions VIII make stalsmsBss
Wbieh nobody believes, and which requirs
only few weeks or noAthslo be proven
untrue. During ths last campaign
sGainst Geronimo Il was repeatedly sGalsd
by high army officers that only about
thirty lDdisps were OF The restrsation.
Yet as more thar ninety surrendered with
old Mana. thjrty-two with Geresino, ten
with ManRus, and Eve never surrendered
at all. there must have been from one hun
drsd and City TO two hundred of the res
ervAtiqn at the very time tine reports were
being made. The number Of Indian
now GeprsdatinR in ArizonH is estimated
by the prets Of that territory at from
twenty 10 6ity.
Optic; During the present term Of
conrt in Albuquerque several queer P1am-
pies Of what New MEXICO jury iS Liable
to do were given. la one case man was
proven guilty Of a cold blooasd murder,
he proof was conclusive and lsl no doubt
Of the mass guilt in the minds Of those
hearing the evidence. The Jury pArAly.
zed the judge and spectators by returning
in few minrtes.wits a verdict Of "not
gnilty" No wonder territorial papers are
kisling.
Tucson CitiIcA: Advicss from Phsni
indicate that Chief Justice Gooding re-
fuses to admit to eitizenship any one who
does not know and underptaad the con-
utitution. 'This was the ruling Of Judge
Richard Sloan, Of the lst District
when hr took Office last fall and refused
citizenship to applicants who did not
know enough of the form Of our govern
mpnt to answer he provisions of It's con
stiiution
Juan Muuia, of Prnos Altos, ia furi-
tive from justice. He made an assault up.
on the person If his ten year old step
dauQhter the other night. Deputy Shor-
if ChriEtuan was informed of the assaul.,
but when he arrived at the house the
wretch had gone, and has not sinea been
seen Ii is n good riddancs. and Il he re-
tdrns he will get warm receptiOo.-En
lerprise
Edwardv. of the Las Vrgls Demoerat
has Parqrio TrujIlo camping on his trail
! Whllr F. lwardv was bHsv at his otffcO the
door opened and in walked the redouht
able Poriirio with As Colf's revolver
thrust partially into tn front of his pan
falcons, and held in his right hand, ready
to fire. MIR. Edwardy saw him Ms h.
started to come in tho door. and he had
/ no sooner crossed the threshold than h..
| Ind him covered wj.h u revolver He DE-
Tanndsd his business and rrUiln. seeing
| that h. had run against the Irang man.
collapsed and dropping his hands from III,
wranon replied that he wanted paper
Re was given the paper md departed
presumably to await a more convenient
season to carry ont his threats. Mr.. Ed
wardy has bnen advised by h,s friends Ia
have TrujiIo arrested hut declines 10 4,
so. aud says he feels abundGntly able IA
takr care of himself.
Phoenix Republican: Yesterday there
came into the city from the Pima reserva
ti0n - rarty,of about twenty Indians, eaci
driving before him bprrO upon th- l,srl
Of each WAS packed two sacks Of whsA
hight and clean. just thrcshed. TIL =.
Indians, although some of them Rre Sup
,hed with tools by the government. as
rule farm and harvest their crops by tn
rrudest mrthods-and yet they are srl
supporting farmers and have been suci
for hundreds of years. In fact they ar
more than srlf supporting, for IN eKeeF
tionally good years there has been raise'
on the reservation mlrs than 100000,
bushels Of wheat, leaving she ladlan>
hnRdsomr surplus over thrir ewn Rr"d4
The wheat brought in yesterday! fort.
sacks. was disposed of at good prices.
Stotkman; On Saturday last W. J
Adams shipped trom San SiuIpn to Kan
sas City 828 steers which he had pur
chased from the Cbiricahna cattle com
pauy and 6s head that he had purcht>ec
from Other parties. The cattle purchased
from the Ch,rcahuS company came irOH
their Graham county range and were
splendid lot, netting The company s22 pc
head
The Rres that have been burning ia th
Jemez mountains, BsrRalillO Couuty, still
continue. They started about thre'
weeks ago and have burned 6ereely eve
since, extending over space Of more thar
forty miles.
The PureSt aud Heat.