Silver City Enterprise — 1888-1890 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1890-03-21
source date: 1890
availability: public-domain

Our handsome sheriff, Mr. Whitehill, while engaged in hunting for Brock, the murderer of the Chinaman, had the misfortune to tumble into one of the many Mexican shafts on the Pacific vein openings. His rotundity alone saved him; the Mexican who timbered that shaft must have been gifted with prophetic foresight, and evidently divined that some day a large man would tumble into the opening, and whose safety depended on an extra amount of adipose, which would lap over the timbers and thus check a downward course. It required but a moment to extricate him from his uncomfortable position. At Deming yesterday, sixty bucks, squaws and papooses, were on route to Fort Union, to be “eddicated”. Among the lot was “Kids” family, who has been committing depredations in Ari- zona. An officer in command gives it out cold that there are seven Apaches on the war path, besides the renegades in Old Mexico. A rich one is told at the expense of the Pinos Altos constable. Wood Poland and a few companions came into camp from the Mogol- lons, and proceeded to have a good time, and it may be that they carried out their pleasantries to excess. At any rate the next morning a war- rant was sworn out for them and given to the

nos Altos constable. Wood Poland and a few companions came into camp from the Mogol- lons, and proceeded to have a good time, and it may be that they carried out their pleasantries to excess. At any rate the next morning a war- rant was sworn out for them and given to the A victim of Cash Keen is W. H. Donaldson of the “Jim stock” ranch. On the night of the 19th instant, a valuable mare was stolen brand- ed 14 circle H on left shoulder.