The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1883-03-02
NEWS NOTES.

talked Of in New York City.
Eighty eorps,s have been found at
the disaster in the Diamond mine al
Braidwood neal Chicago.
Five children and a servant persisted
in the flames Of a burning residence in
Montague, Muskegon county, Mich, on
the 18th inst.
The president nominated ]. w. Fost-
er, of Indiana, to be envoy e%xtraordi-
nary and minister plenipo.entiary of the
United States to Spain.
The wife and three children Of VIM.
Bush, living neal Corsicana, Texas,
died from the effect of morphine, nd
ministered through mistake.
some of the %conyicts in the Missouri
penitentiary mutined and started "A fire
in that institution, and then endeavor-
ed to frustl ate efforts to subdue it.
The chamber of commerce relief
committee OF Cincinnati, received a
HuECh lOi CSofOO HUN III. H. ' daiucI-
bilt for the benefit Of the flood suffer-
ers.
The tin roof, which was blown off the
exposition building during the storm Of
January 18th, has been replaced, and
the entire roof is now battened down
and securely fastened. The cost was
eI5O0.
At an auction sale of gnoalled for
packages in the express office at Pueblo,
COLORADO, recently. James Thompson
risked one dollar on q box which he
found contained two gold bricks, worth
over $1,000.
Frank James appeared before tn
court at Kansas City on the Goth inst,
and plead not guilty to the indictment
brought against him, and after a lengthy
Argument his trial was fixed for the
third Monday in June next.
The mills of the st. Joseph Lead
company, at Bronneberre, st. Francis
county Mo, were totally destroyed by
fire, together with a large amount Of
valuable machinery, on the 25th inst.
Loss S25O,O00. Several hundred men
we're thrown out of work.
The lives of fifteen little girls were
lost by the breaking out of a fire in the
school house ATTACHED to the Roman
Catholic church on Fourth street, New
York city, on the goth inst. In their
alarm those in the upper story all rush
ed to the stairs, which gave way and
precipitated them to the floor below.
BY an explosion Of a kerosene lamp
~ d farm house near Bracket, Texas,
recently. four children, aged from two
10 seven, were burned to death, and
their mother, Mrs. Michael Mcdonald,
who was alone in the house with them
was compelled to witness the scene, the
flames having cut her off from the
children's room.
Notwithstanding the most strenuous
efforts to throttle it the smallpox APP
pears to be getting the upper hand of
the authorities at Leadv,lle. The pub
lie schogls have been closed, 2 new pest
house Is being built, and the alarm,
which is becoming general, is reaching
into the surrounding towns and some
Qf them are establishing a quarantine.
Jem. Mace and Slade gave a boxing
exhibition at Washington last Monday
night. A number of persons of d~istiction,
including several members of congress
were IN the audience. Slade visited the
capitol and was followed through the
corridors by a large crowd, and even
some of the dignifed senators and men,
berS of the house left their seats and
vent into the hall to get a sight of hlm
Reports from northern and western
Kansas and southern Nebraska indi-
cate that so far but little damage is APP
parent to growing wheat, and that, not
w~ithstanding the very severe winter,
the plant is strong and thrifty, with a
condition above the average. Along
the Central Branch of the Union Paci-
nc road, farmers are unanimous in this
sentiment, and those in the Kansas Pa
cifc country the same; but FROM the
Atchison, Topeka Il Santa Fe territory
the out look, as reported by them, is
very gloomy. The most disastrous
period in Kansas for wheat is in March,
when high winds from the south, usual
ly warm, blow the earth from the
tender rootlets and expose them.
MINING NEWS