Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1890-09-12
NEWS NUGGETS.
vArious I,ssas 81 Nevu Gathered From our
EashanEss end sal.sr seurosa.

'AAaeNa A~eAAa - NeWn 1aAaoroo nom oor
E=shanEss Aad ether Sources.
Republican: The fetal assessed valus-
tion Of DOhA Ana county, fer 1890. iu 49,
4ll,35167, The teal auount Of taxes
tS be collected is SOS, 222,SI. The rate Of
tAIAtisA IL l.6l-ths lsWeiE lin the terri
terry
A new postsEies has bees established
at the Graphic settlement, near Cocks
peak. 1t is called Hadlsy. after the nan
aE'r Of the Lake Valley ninsS. James
Martin has been appointed postmaster,
and the mail is carried three times each
week from FlOridA station.
Sleek Grower: Crops in New Mckee
this year are loOking exceeding well, and
nSarl every section premises large yields
The partial failurs Of competing produsts
in the eastern states will result in an en-
hSaesd vRlus for the product Of New Mexico
farms, aHd make Of this prosperous year
for the farmers Of the southweDt.
PrOspSetvr; Sargent, who is the grand
master Of the Brotherhood Of EnEinserS,
was a private In the ranks during the par
salt Of VictoriO in 1880. After this cam
pAiEA was ever ks applied for an homer
able diSniSsal fren service, which was
granted. Ne thsR went to Tucson, whore
he took the Grat Job OFsred as wiper on
Southern Pacific engine. In thrse months
he was promoted to the position Of Gre
man en- 4 cOnstrustien train and from that
to fireman on PaSSeAEOr. After rSturn-
ing east, he joined the Brotherhood Of Rn-
Kinsors and rapidly went to the top in this
organization, being elected grand master
IN 1885, position which he has held ever
sines The recent events in the hiatory Of
the New Yerk Central strike brought his
name into prOminsneS, As a failure or con
tinuaHee, Of the strike depended upoa the
Brotherhood. His cOOl and calculating fore
sight did not desert hin ard his address
10 Powdsrly was the prOduotlOn Of a no
small mind.
WASHINGTON, Sept. Commissioner
Croft to-day issued to registers and re-
cSivars Of land Offices cir.
eular releasing from reservation lands Of
the arid region. 1t calls attention to thut
portion Of the act approved AuE. 30,
1890, which rePsAls 50 much Of the act Of
Oct. 2, 1888, as withdrawS the lands in
the arid rsgieR Of tho Unitsd GtatOs from
entry, occupation and settlement, With the
exception that reservoir sites heretofore To-
Gated or selected shall remain aggregated
ahd reserved fron entry or settle
nent until otherwise provided BY
law, Aud reservoir sites hsretSfOrS losated
or selected. Public lands shall in like
manner be received from date Of loea-
ton or SelsStiOn. Circulars Of Aug. 5.
1889, and AuR. 9. 1890, are rsssindsd.
Entries validated BY this act will be acted
On in regular order, aAd all patents issued
or sites made subsequent to this act and
on entries 80 Vali dated west Of the Tooth
meridian, will cSntain a clause rsssrv-
ing the right Of entry for ditehsS,
and lands eonstruetsd BY the United
States. Particular attention is called to
that portisn Of tho law which restricts the
aequirenent Of title uAdsr the lazd
laws to 800 acres in aggregate. You will
require frOm all applicants to Gle or en-
ter under aAy Of the lsud laws Of
the United States an affidavit showing
that Isines Aug. 80, 1890, they had
net filed upOn or entered under aids laws a
quantity of land which would make, with
the tracks applied for, more than 800
acres, provided the party sheuld claim BY
Vlrturs Of eTesPtion as to settlers priOr
to the act Of Aug. 80, 1890, You will re-
quirs an affidavit OstSbliIhinE this fact.
The Srdsr assigning General MeCook to
the eOnaand Of the department. Of Ari-
zonA has bSsn revoked, and General
Brook will be Me ssnnaadsr Of this de-
Psrtmsnt. The headquarters Of the de-
pArtmORt will be continued at Les Angeles
uAtil nsxt sprinG.
Entsrpriss: Parties uho have recently
Visited the cid Casa GrandO ruiAs state
thAt the severe Stsrms are fast destroying
the walls Of the Prs-hiItoris structure and
that unlSSI prOnpt measures are taken to
preserve then they will sOOh fall to the
grOuAd.