Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1891-04-17
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va4ious Items Of News Gathered from Our
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Exchanges and other Sources.
tits currently reported that the
friends Of Eskiminzin, who is in hook
at San Carlos for harboring Kid, are
going to give Kid away in order to get
Eskiminzin released. A scouting
party is nov out after Kid.-Belt.
Editor A. ]. Allen, of the White
Oaks Interpreter, died at his home OF
acute pneumonia. His death follow
ed after an illness OF about "a hours.
He was about 60 years of age, being a
native Of Pennsylvania He had
knocked about the world a great deal,
having spent several years in Austria
liza. lie came to White Oaks in the
fail of 1881, and two years ago pur-
chased a two-thirds interest in the In
terpreter. Messrss Hoyle & Watson,
who own a one-thied interest in the
paper, will continue its publication,
Justice Harlan, in the United
States supreme court, has rendered
decision Of great Importance to all
shippers Of live stocka and to all rail-
road companies which own stock
yards. The purport Of the decision is
that railroad companies can not make
a charge for "yardage.p and that they
arc required to furnish suitable yards
for live stock the same as they are
depots for Messengers.
1t is said that arrangements are
being made to establishin San Fran
cisco a big sugar factory to compete
with Spreclles and the trust refineries.
Steele s. Co., sugar merchants Of San
Francisco, are prominent in the pro-
ject.
Black Range: John Saucier is a
good shot. One night this week,
hea ring an unusual disturbance out
side, he went out to see what was the
matter, aud through the darkness he
saw some kind Of an animal prowling
around the carcass of a beef he had
killed the day before, some dis
tance from the corraB and as noun
tain lion tracks had been quite plenti-
full thereabouts, he took it for granted
that the animal he saw was lion.
He went into the house and got hi
Winchester and proceeded to do up
the brute, and, at the crack Of the
rifle the animal dropped. Delighted
with the good shot he had made he
went to gather in the king of the
forest, but his astonishment and
chargrin can we'll be imagined when
he discovered that, instead of killing
lion, he had killed a fine young colt
that had come into the world during
the night. John says that good"
shot stands him $40.
Citizen: The Optic disputes our
claim to being the first city organized
in New Mexico, on the ground that
Las Vegas was once a city, though it
is now village. That's the difference
between us-Albuquerque was once a
village and is now a city. When a
town starts out to grow, it makes a
heap o. difference which way it grows
Some weeks ago while travelling in
the mountains of Socorra county,
Judge Blanchard of Las Vegas STUN
bled on another one Of those old Indi-
an mines. This vein is said to be 64
feet widea nearly pure lead.
Prospector: The county OF Cochise
will soon be on cash oas.s. All of
the outstanding warrants win be call
ed in by June l, 1892, after which an
interest bearing floating Indebtedness
will be a thing of the past.
Metropolitan: For the survey Of
public lands in New Mexico congress
has appropriated $40, 600 and SO, 900 for
the survey Of confirmed land grants.
Surveyor General Hobart let a con-
trast for the relocating the eastern
boundary line OF New Mexico to L. NJ.
Brown Of Santa Fe. 1t is expected
that the survey OF this line will throw
a strip of land about two miles wide
in this territory which was formerly
claimed by Texas. Should this be
the case Colfax county will receive
quite an addition to her taxable
wealth.
Charles f. Lummis, of Isleta, the
well-known newspaper correspondent
and writer of tales of western advent
ure, was united in marriage to Miss
NJ. Cunningham, at San Bernardino,
California.
Governor Irwin win not probably
made any appointments OF move at all
in the Ranger measure till he learns
how the measure is regarded in Wash
ington. The chances are that the
department will look with suspicion
upon this Phoenix
Gazette.
A Ray of Hope
For all who are held by the chains Of
scrofula or other diseases Of the blood
comes from Hoods Sarsaparilla, which
by imparting the elements Of good
health and strength to the vital fluid,