Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1899-06-02
pis. ana witcheraft.

ence.
Pigs and witchcraft.
Two women Of the lower class were
quarreling violently the other evening
in Heavitree suburb of Exeter. One
yelled to the other "You wretch. you
always keep black and a white pig
80 that you can witch usi You ought
to be scraggedi" The one so addressed
1t seems, has lived in her cottage some
90 years She has during this period. it
is said, always kept a couple of pigs
one Of each color, and her neighbore
consider she does this so that she may
enjoy the very questionable powers Of.
witchcreft, No butcher in the neigh
borhood win buy her pigs, as if he was
known to do so he would certainly lose
the local custom upon which he relies
Notes and Queries.
The late Geo. Hearst bought the
Washington niue in 1880 for $4,000
but afterwards abandoned II, as the
amount of silver in the ore was not
sufficient to pay, and everybody was
then mining for silver. Large bodies
OF what was called ''mundic" were en-
countered and this was thrown over
the dump as worthless. 1t has since
been shown that this "mundic" carries
10 per cent copper, and it was as a
copper mine that it was sold the other
day to Denver capitalists for Sl20,000.
After the property was abandoned by
Mr.. Hearst, it was relocated by Frank
Olsen and Jerry Nevill as The Pride Of
the West, and IL is now shipping forty
tons Of ore daily at big profit. The
mine is in Washington camp, which is
named after it. Thus it will be seen
that even such a successful miuing
man as Geo. Hearst, who died worth
ten millions, occasionally made mis-
take. Yet he once. told the writer,
who was well acquainted with him,
that il one mine in ten that be bought
was good one he was perfectly sat
isfed. Florence Tribune.
A boy named Robinson, at Taos
picked up bottle OF bi chloride ot
mercury, and thinking it some kind Of
candy traded the tablets TO severa
other children, who each ate two OF
three OF them. 1t was only 10y quick
discovery Of the fact aud prompt treat
ment that the lives of the children
were saved, One boy named Adair is
still lowering between life and death
and he may not recover.
A new time card is TO 20 into effect
on the Southern Pacific June is
There is also a report that on The
same date the sale Of any Intoxicating
liquors will be prohibited in any
building or station along the line oi
the Southern Pacific company.-El
Paso Times.
In the Long s. Murphy tunnel al
Richmond the miners were engaged
during our visit on Tuesday, getting
out block Of solid sulphide ore esti
mated to weigh 700 pounds. for exhibi
tion at the Forthcoming Albuqucr
que fair.-Hillsboro Advocate.
The United State supreme court, b.
a recent decision awarded the owner
ship OF the DAILY group Of mines 4
Bisbee to Martin Costello, OF Tomb
stone. The four claims adjoin th'
Copper Queen mines and are yer,
valuable.
Hydrogaphic Engineer llarrOun say
the Rio Grande now flows only 20
cubic feet per second at San Marcial
the lowest record ever made at thi
season. No rise is expected until rail-
comes.
The Albubuerque Wool ScourinI
works now have on 100000 pounds o
wool on hand aud 5000 pounds to ar
rive; are running full timc, and turn
ing out 40, 900 pounds Of clean wool
week
BY actual count 1l5 men arc dr.
washing at present in the Hillsbor
gold placer
An effort is being made to reorgar
ize the militia company at AlbuqueI
Que.
Awarded
Highest HOnors-WOrId's Fair.
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