The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1883-12-21
GENERAL.

to nominate candidates for president
and vice-president of the United States,
is called TO meet at Chicago on Tues
day, June Sd, 1884.
Col. NJ. G. Gillette has disappeared
from his accustomed haunts. Dame
Rumor says he has run over INTO the
corn belt to sample the crop and see
how it runs to the a His report will
be anxiously looked for.-N. Y. Finan-
clal and Mining News.
Hon. Horatio Buchard's report, as
director of the United States mint,
on the Black Range is way up" The
Apache district comes in for a notable
share of attention. The report could
be discounted one-half and still make
this camp worthy the attention
of untold capital. II won't be long I'M
til the capital will come. Mark 1t.
The people of the Black range desire
a wagon road west of the range, to
connect with the old North Star road,
and have petitioned the county COM
m~issioners to build such a one. Their
prayers should be granted. as it would
benefit the people of Socorro county
generally, and Of the town of Chloride
and of the Black range particularly
Santa Fe Review.
In W. NJ. Cheunning, deputy coun-
ty clerk at Socorro, this portion of the
Range has a friend at court. Hearing
of the effort here to maintain a school,
he is moving to secure al apprOpri-
alton from the school fund in behalf of
its support. Cheunning used to be about
here, and was at n time interested in
mining property in the Cuchillo's. His
effort to help along with the school
question here is appreciated, and in
the future will be remembered.
The petition to the County Com
missi0ners, of SOcOrro county for .
wagon road and an appropriation
therefor, to connect the Engle road at
Chloride with the North Star road at
its crossing with Diamond and Turkey
creek, has about one hundred names
attached to it. This will prove a very
important road as 1t would lessen the
distance, between the ranches on the
other side the range and Engle, by
fifteen or twenty miles. 1t would also
bring the %ranching population, over the
divide, nearer to their best base of sup
Piles here at Chloride. The County Com
missioners should not hesitate a mo-
ment in ordering the road laid out, and
then support the order with q liberal
appropriation.
The editor Of this paper started east
last Monday morning with a cigar box
full of pionon nuts to spend the holt
days with the boys in about Peorla,I Hi
nois. His wife in there, having left
here about three months ago to visit
with her friends. Beckett is sure to re-
turn with his wife by the first day of
January for his passes run out Deem
Der 3tst.. and walking is bad during
the winter season. In the meantime
if anyone wants to settle up his little
book account, 1t will be remembered
that "the devil is to pay"
The failure of c. P. Crawford's Bank
ing house, and at the same time the
Grant County Bank, both of Silver City,
is a very serious affair to southern
New Mexico. Crawford's bank was
considered one of the strong institu-
lions of the southwest and he had the
entire confidence of the public of south
ern New Mexico. AS a result the de-
posts in his bank were very large.
Crawford has friends who offer to
come to his relief, and the cashier says
every dollar will be paid, and it is to be
hoped that such will be the case.
Report has 1t here that our old friend
, Can't. Thos. Burns, of Kingston, has
sold out his interest in the Superior
for $4,000. Good enough. No better
man ever came to New Mexico, than
this same man-Capt. Burns. He has
had a fortune two or three times, but
has always been too generous to hold
it. He has helped many a man that
has failed to know him when he was
oyertaken with disaster. About a year
ago he arrived in Kingston with just
forty dollars, and 10 he has as many
thousand. No one knows better how to
enjoy good fortune than he, and no
man in the world is more of a phlloso-
pher in adyersity-ready to do any
thing his hands may find to do. He Is
no blower of his own horn; when he
was in bad luck no one eve heard him
tell of what "he had been" He has
hundreds of friends. all over the coun-
try, that will be as glad to hear or MS
fortune, as if they had made it them
selves.
If you don't believe republics are un-
grateful, what do you think OF some OF
the citizens? just try it by giving
some fellow credit until you run clean
down IN nothino Notify VOur debtor