Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1902-08-29
WESTERN LIBERAL.
LoRDsBURe, AUGUST %, 1909.

Mrs. NJ. B. Emerson and two child.
rem we're 10 town yesterday, en- route
from Clifton to Phoenix.
J. A. Lowe has been out in the
C%hiricahuas the past week, and re.
ports the discovery Of some fine de.
pOsits of bat guano.
S. NJ. Chase LETT for Ell Paso
Wednesday. He said he was going To
to see an oculist and a dentist, which
is all that anybody knows Of the
object Of his trip.
VIM. Morris returned from his east
ern trip. When he started east it was
rumored that there was a woman in
the case, whom he would bring back
as a bride. He came back alone and
said these rumors were all Tommyrot.
A. r. Gibson was in town Friday,
returning from a trip to Clifton,
where he is interested ia some mining
properties. Ee went from here to his
home in Santa Fe, where he is
negotiating for an extensive electric
plant, which the mayor of Santa Fe
is opposing, probably because he is the
president Of the local electric light
plant.
q. X. Davis, who has been looking
out for the interests of the Ontario
company during the absence of his
father, VIM. Davis, left for Wheeling,
West Virginia, last Friday. He met
his father on the road, had a little
visit, and the two passed on. Mr..
Davis reached here Wednesday, and
has been busy in the mountains ever
since.
During Of the recent storms
lightning has played some queer
freaks. In Que of the storms light
ming hit a post in McGrath's corral,
smashing it and tearing down
a portion Of the corral. When it was
discovered all the cattle but two
had got out and wandered away The
two which were left in the corral were
dead, and we're on the opposite side Of
the corral from where the lightning
hit, The two dead ones were three
year olds, and those which were not
harmed were twos and yeariings. The
lightning like the rain, which is said
to fall alike on the just and unjust,
took a crack at the corral belonging
to the Roberts & Leahy butcher shop,
and killed a beef COW and a hog.
Some time since the cattle sanitary
board put a quarantine on the cattle
of southern Grant county because the
ticks which cause Texas fever had
been found on the cattle of the Vic
tofia land and cattle company, the
Diamond A cattle. The board took
the matter up with Delegate Rodey,
and asked'him to ecure permission to
have the line between Grant county
and Mexico, and the line between
Grant county aud Arizona fenced, Sc
as to keep out ticky cattle, which are
known to be in Arizona, and in Mexi
co. After considerable correspon
deuce the apermission to build the
fences was secured for the board by
Mr.. Rodey. The board thinks tina
with these fences built it will be able
to stamp out the disease in thi'
county.
Two of the finest games Of base bal
ever played in this section were pulled
of at Clifton Sunday, betweet thu
Clifton and Bisbee teams. The FIRE
game was in the morning, ard was II
a large extent a pitchers game, tht
men going out in a one, two, three
order. The score stood, two to one, il
favor or Clifton, which shows it was
good game. The one in the Afternoon
was a better one. Both pitchers hat
a wonderful control Of the ball, an(
when nine innings had been played
neither side had a score. The tent
innings was without result. In tn
first half of the eleventh, with BisbeI
at the bat, u of the strikers saw
vacant place out in the field, ant
managed to land a ball there, and go
to third base before the ball got int
the diamond. The next striker foun'
the ball for a long fly. AS soon as
was caught the rune touched tn
base, and beat the ball home
When the Clifton men were retired il
their half Of the innings with onl
three men to the plate the game wa
finished in favor Of Bisbee by one ruI
in eleven innings. One peculiar pla
made by the Clifton center helde
created a great deal of excitemen
and applause. Bisbee had a man o.
second base, a fly raj hit to cehte
and the fielder went after it on tn
run. He stumbled, fell and role
over endwlse once or twice. AS 500
as the man on second base saw th
fielder fall he thought the ball wa
safe and started for third. When th
fielder stopped rolling he was on b
knees aud the ball was coming towaI
him. He had not time to get to h
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