Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1901-07-05
WESTERN LIBERAL.
LoRDsBUBG. JULY 5, 1901.

}. o. Phillips has had carpenters at
work this week enlarging bis saloon.
Jack Rutherford and William
Charles were in from Stems Pass last
Tuesday.
Russell Agee was ia the city this
week. He is travelling for Sweet Orr
s. Co., the manufacturers Of clothing.
The Southern Pacific pay car was 10
the city Tuesday in ample time to put
every body in condition to celebrate
the glorious Forth yesterday.
Sunday night at Clifton a Mexican
went home and found his wife and an
other Mexican in a somewhat compro.
missing position, and shot aud killed
the man.
Owing to a breakdown Of the ice
factory there was no ice 10 town Do
the morning Of the Fourth. A supply
was received from Clifton on the noon
train and then everybody cooled off.
J. d. A. Smith aud family were
down from Clifton Tuesday, IN route
for Colorado, to spend a few weeks
high enough up in the mountains so
that the weather will be comfortably
cool.
The Fourth passed of very quietly
this year. The most of the celebra-
ing was done by the small boy and the
festive Gre cracker. There were not
enough crackers exploded to set any
building on fire, for which everyone
was duly thankful.
The brick are being brought on the
ground for the rebuilding of Tom
Tong's restaurant. Work will be
pushed on it as fast as possible. II.
L. Cannon, the contractor, is anxious
to get brick masons, there being a
shortage of masons in this Vicinity.
When Lawyer Schuyler returned
from Silver City the latter part Of last
week he had a thrilling tale to tell Of
being lost in the mountains, camping
out without a thing to eat and the
beer bottle empty. He started from
here horseback, following Oliver
Williams and Jack Perry, a couple Of
alleged ball players, who had been
toyed with that day by the Lordsburg
team. They had told him that they
knew the way to Silver City, and as
ne had never been owe the road he
wanted a guide. Williams knew the
way, having travelled owe the road
several times, and as for the country
around Silver City, he knew every
arroyo and mesquite bush within ten
miles Of the town. They started late,
passed through Gold Hill aud made
their way along towards Silver City.
After travelling many weary miles
Williams stopped. his horses and
waited for Schuyler to ride alongside,
and then announced they were off the
road that they should have turned at
the last fork in the road. The road
had been described to Schuyler, by a
man familiar With it, aud he persuad'
ed Williams to travel on. In a short
time Williams stopped again and
swore they were on the wrong road,
and if they continued they would
bring up at Haywood, or Mogollon, or
some other out of the way place. II
they were on the right road be would
know it, he explained, and as he did
not know the road they must be lost.
The matter was finally compromised
by agreeing TO camp until daylight.
The moon had gone down, they could
find no wood, there was 20 water, and
Perry had emptied the last bottle OF
beer. 1t was cold, no n had al over
coat, and a dust robe and saddle
blanket are poor substitutes for heavy
blankets. They waited, rather than
slept uutil morning. With the hrst
beams Of the morning light, they we're
awake and wondering which way to
90. Finally Schuyler suggested they
20 to the top of a near by hill, aud see
if there were any familiar landmarks
10 sight. On reaching the top of the
llli NC ouW WudJ uPPSNANN W ~
large water tanks but a few miles
away. He drew Williams attention
TO them. The unhappy ball player
murmered- Lyons s. Campbell" and
refused to speak another word. HE
returned to the road and all the time
Schuyler was questioning him, tryinl
TO and out something Of their loca
tiop. but never a word could he geI
out OF Williams. AS soon as hi
reached the buggy Williams climbed
in. and without turning around to hnt
the road he declared the night beforl
to have peer missing, he started
ahead. Schuyler followed along o
his horse. and after they had travelled
a few miles rode into a town where b
had never been before. He asked
bow the name Of the town, and founI
out it was Silver City. He haI
reached his destination. The onl
time that Williams spoke after gel
ting into the buggy was a vain a
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