Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1891-01-23
NEWS NUGGETS.
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Various Items os Nows aathored froua Our
Bsehansss and ether Sources.
Advocate; Mining nomenclature
is peculiar. There is no law govern
ing the naming of mining properties.
A whole column could be filed with
names, odd, absurd, wicked and even
vulgar, names that cannot appear in
print and when the mine or place be-
come noted must be changed. The
n 1menclature around Tombstone re-
fuses to be comforted, to be changed.
The name Of the ragged, determined
desperate prospector who resolved to
make Tombstone furnish his grave or
his fortune, will be forgotten long be-
fore Tombstone goes into oblivion.
The last campaign furnished Kingston
prospectOrs names for their new loca-
tions on the 1st, OF January, 1891, and
"Bawling Bull" "Posey Pimphole"
and THE Pismire Of Percha" are
names Of mines, that If they turn out
to be producers will live long after
those prominent politicians after
which they are named have moldered
to dust.
At the meeting Of citizens at Tucson
last Saturday to protest against the
abandonment of Fort Lowell, a busi-
ness man of that city made the state
ment that from s75O,OOO to s1OO,OOO
per annum is brought annually to the
city. The pay roll of the fort aggre-
gates some s65, 900 per year. In ad-
dition to this the supplies from the
surroundings are a considerable sum.
One party has supplied the fort with
$4,000 worth OF wood this fall, and an
other about $4,000 worth. The in
direct expenditures Of the fort form a
large percentage OF the financial bene-
fits Of Tucson.
Citizen: Not a single business fail
ure has occurred in Albuquerque this
year. Every man who has wanted
work has found plenty to do. There
are very few vacant houses in this
city, and the demand for good build
ings is on the increase.
A Texas man has hit on a happy
expedient for utilizing the vast tracts
Of alkali lands in that state, which
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value. BY experimenting he has dis
covered that he can actually raise
soap, and this promises to become
promineng industry. He plants the
castor bean which grows to a good
height, but instead Of producing the
fruit from which castor oil is made,
the alkali Of the soil blends with the
oily substance of the bean and pro-
duces fine quality Of toilet soap
ready for use, which is said to surpass
even the choicest manufactured
article.-Unknowp Liar
Antonio Ortiz y Salazar was probate
clerk Of Santa Re county for twenty
seven years and has been territorial
treasurer for over twenty years.
Counterfeiters are flooding the
with spurious coins. Last
week three men quietly dropped into
Gallup and unloaded a large quantity
Of bogus half dollar pieces,
Congress has passed bill for the re-
lief of Paymaster Wham who was
'whamed" of some twenty-nine thou
sand dollars over in the Gila country
in 1889.
Reporter: A San Marcial lady
wishes to know If cotton-tail rabbits
turn into jack rabbits when they get
old.
To accommodate various shades Of
faith and opinion there are in the
United States, according to census re-
turns, l40 distinct religions.
The total expenses for running the
affairs OF Mohave county for the year
1890 amounted to something over
5000.