Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1895-09-06
THE CUNNING APACHE.

The cunning Of the Indian is pro-
verbal, and the Apache is especially
apt in catching onto the tricks uf his
white brother, as was evidenced by an
incident that happened last week,
according to Il story 10 the Globe Sill
yer Belt
For two weeks past the San Carlos
agency Indians have been out in fOrce
on their annual nut-gathering an J
hunting excursion. Tuesday morning
a small band Of Apaches located a
grove of bearing walnut trees at Pho
neer, on Pinal mountain, and began
gathering the nuts. Later another
party OF Indians, appeared, and were
chagrined to find that they had been
anticipated
The disappointed bucks held brief
consultation of war, and one quietly
slipped away. The nut-pickers cor-
tinued at work unconscious Of danger
In few minutes two shots were fired
from the brush in rapid succession.
One of the squaws gave cry Of de.
spair, the buck in the play yelled ''the
KID, and there was a general stam-
pede A buck who was up in wal
nut tree dropped from his perch and
ran like frightened deer never stop
ping until he reached the foot of the
mountain, above the Kennedy ranch,
five miles from Pioneer, where VIII
Anderson and Louis Willman were
cutting poles. The terror-stricken
Indian was so exhausted that it was
minute or more before he could ex-
claim "the Kid" and when he had
further recovered his wind he told
Anderson and Wlllman how the kid
had surprised them, killed sQuaw
and carried Off two dusky maidens.
The report was brought to Globe
and was soon the absorbing topic of
conversation Capt. Meyers was in
formed by telegraph of the tragic oc.
currence, and scouts were sent out to
the scene. When arrived at Pioneer,
all was as peaceful as Il New England
Sabbath. There was no dead squaw,
no signs of a tragedy visible, neither
were there any walnuts. The trees
had been stripped bare.
The Kid would take malevuleut de-
light in this story illustrating the
dread his name inspires, and il he will
send us his address we will mail him
marked copy.
In the immigration office is bass,
in perSeying fluid, that weighs six
and one.quarter pounds. The fish
was caught in North Spring river
Roswell, on the 18th Instant, 10y Ed.
Slmonson. The largest bass ever
taken from the river weighed two
onces more than this one, but was
not so long. Scott Truxtun was the
lucky taker, and he sent the catch to
the Columbian exposition. Last
week Mr.. TruXtun and Il companion
caught two dozen bass in the Bcr-
renda. The spring rivers all have
many bass yet, aud the lakes south
west of town teen with the fish,
Eddy Argus
Myrads of graSshuppers have ap-
peared since the rains and fairly cover
the fences, houses and cottonwood
trees. They are as hungry as popu-
lists, and deydstate vegetable and
flower gardens exposed to their fam
ished sight. In consequence many of
our good housewives have been com
PEELED to cover up their gardens with
sheets, quilts, etc.-Hillsboro Adyo-
cate.
The gasoline carriage which recent
ly won the prize of nearly forty thou
sand francs by dstancing all the com
petitors in a speed trial from Paris TO
Bordeaux, three hundred and fifty
eight miles, aud back again, made the
round trip in seven minutes less than
twenty-four hours.
Messrs. Hampson & Smith still have
their construction outfit, teams, wag-
ons, etc, in this valley, ready to ex-
tend the valley railway to Kansas
City connection at Washburn, Teas,
when the orders to do so Eddy
Argus.
Moissau, the great French chemist,
says that he can now furnish brandy,
not to be distinguished from the best
in fine restaurants for four cents
quart. The new material is acety-
line, and is extracted from coal tar.