Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1890-10-31
NEws EUaaETa.
Various Items Of News Gathered from Our
Kxohanros ana other Sources.

ExohanGes ana other Sources.
Albuquerque Citizens A good Joke
is being told on P A. Simpson. the
civil engineer. Peter is a rustler, as
all well informed persons know, and
when the boom in mesa lands was on
Peter, with many others, took yp
claims. The other day he had Fox &
Rutherford build him small frame
house, paying them $50 for IT, The
next day he took the house to the
mesa and placed it on the land he had
located. Yesterday he took NJ. G. zir-
hut, Jesus Armiio, J. r. McCowan and
Judge Oaks out with him to see the
Hand and his house, but on arriving
discovered to his dismay that some
time during the night some person or
persons had stolen the house. The
parties spent nrarb half the afternoon
in looking for the,h house, but it could
not be found and has not up to the
time the Citizen goes to press this af-
ternoon. Who took the house, and
where they hid it, is one of the dark
est mysteries of Pete's life.
! Phenix Herald: Ben Goodrich has
struck something bigger than the
Wham robbers down in San Jacinto
valley, California. H. T. Jewett set
tied there years ago, kept a supply
store for the whole county and picked
lup Spanish grants at about four cents
an acre. Bye and bye the boom of 81
and 'SS came along His acres went
to $500 and 1000 each, while 25-foot
lots brought nearly as mich He be-
came the land baron Of that beautiful
artesian valley. On Sunday, Septem-
Der 2lst, in quarrel with young
Spaniard, he fired pistol and killed
the latter's brother The fight was be-
gun by Hewitt and mis- case looks dark
enough. In such an emergency he
summoned Ben Goodrich from San
Diego by the sea TO defend him, and it
is safe to say no hemp will hoist Hew-
lit While golden coin and gilded acres
remain to reward the keen, cultivated
counsellor whose name is a household
word ali over Arizona.
The Indian "Saycs" a member of the
Kid band who murdered, Sheriff Rey-
nolds and Deputy Holmes in Pinal
county, and captured recently, was
tried in Florence last week, found
guilty and will be hung.
Wilcox Stockman; The Bowie
station and Fora Thomas stage has
again been rojhed-for the fourth or
fifth time. The hold-up- occurred Oh
Friday afternoon of last week near
Kreigh's ranch and about seven miles
from Bowie. The thieves were two
Mexicans-probably Geronimo and
Federico. They rined the mails, but
secured very little booty. No arrests.
El Paso Heard; A few days ago
seven bunco men who had come from
New Mexico, while en- route to San
Antonio roped in a New Mexico stock
man at a game and stuck him for $3.50.
The stockman squealed to the con-
ductor who runs into this city, and
that he had been cheated
out of the money. The conductor
the men to return the money
OF. be arrested at the next station.
They gave it upand the trouble ended.
There is a great deal more bunco busi-
ness being practiced on the people on
trains than is ever heard Of by the
public. Some of it is caught up with
but the majority Of it is never heard
of.
Optic: A miner died at Gallup and
his widow married in less than two
weeks, and she had no big pile of in
money either. 1t was all ow-
ing to climate and altitude.
Arrangements are now in progress
for the erection of two immense plants
in Pennsylvania and one in Chicago |
for the manufacture of tin plate. This
is owing TO the effect of the tariff law.