The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1883-02-09

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brought onto the premises of the Santa
Fe road at San Marcial. 1t Is propos-
ed that no more confagrations like the
one which destroyed the depot some
time since shall take place.
Senator Pendleton has introduced a
bill by request which is particularly in
tended to compel the closing of national
banks and winding up their affairs in
cases where the reserve fund is per-
mitted to fall and remain below the
amount required by law.
A gentleman fresh from the Sand
wich Islands says that the race of ma
tives of those far-off GASES of the sea is
fast disappearing; that there are less
than 10000 full-blooded natives, where
100 years ago 100000 existed. The
cause IS attributed to disease.
Sheriff Poe, of Lincoln county, has
recaptured two of the prisoners who re-
Gently escape dfrom the Lincoln county
Jail. House is one of the recaptured pris-
oners. They made their escape on the
night that the man Pearl was lyinched
by the soldiers from Ft. Stanton.
Richard K. Fox, of the Police GA
zette, and Adam Harding were arrest
ed on the 30th ult,, charged with ar
ranging prize fight between Slade
and Sullivan. They gave bail and await
preliminary examination. Fox, in a
card, claims the interference of the po-
lice is an outrage, and says If sparrlng
entertainments are illegal, then duels
in drama are Illegal.
A disastrous prairie fire swept over
the country in the Panhandle of Texas
last week. Nearly all the range between
the Canadian aud North Fork was de.
stroyed, besides great deal of hay and
corn and corn-cribs were burned along
with it. The wind was perfect gale
and the fire Travelled almost as fast as
"A pony could run. The origin of the
fire is not definitely known. but it is
thought that it was intentionally fired
Treasurer Giliillan recently received
conscience contribution of $40 accom-.
PANIED by the following note: "Estima
ted amount Of customs due on articles
brought home from Europe. If could
have made head or tail out of the tariff
II would have paid the duty honestly
at once and not have suffered myself lC
be overruled by other members Of the
party and beguiled into paying custom
house inspectors instead of the United
States"
A statement is published as coming
from prominent railroad men that tie
Vanderbilt special train to San Fran.
cisco will be run on anew fast schedule
and that before next summer the pas
senger express will run from New
York to San Francisco with reduc.
tion from the present time of from
thirty to thirty-six hours. Thus the en-.
tire journey can be made in about foul
and half days. instead of over six
days, as at present.
A duel with axes took place between
two Mexlcans at a little plaza few
miles from Socorro on the 30th ult. Both
had been paying attention to the same
girl, and she liked neither well enough
to discard the other. The two rivals
in love determined to settle their claims
by an appeal TO weapons, and accord
ingly locking themselves in room OF
an adobe they went at each other with
choppers axes. The fight lasted fifteen
or twenty minutes. The weaker mar
was horribly mutiated and his head
severed from the body by the other,whC
is himself now In state bordering on
death.
Snow slides are making sad havoc in
Colorado. On the Goth of last month 9
slide started from the summit of Ruby
peak, near Irwin. and Travelled with
fearful velocity one mile TO the bottom
of the gulch, totally destroying houses
and other buildings connected with the
Ruby, Chief. Howard, Extension, Du
range and Oaks mines. Eight men wert
carried to the bottom and bnried in the
snow, one being killed and two seriously
injured. On the 9th, J. w. Goodspeed
superintendent Of the Paradise Gulcl
Mining company. while crossing {
mountain to inspect work in one of biz
mines, was hurled to the gulch below
by a snow slide aud buried at least ont
hundred feet under the snow, where
tie body must remain until summer
On the 3Oth an immense slide on thu
Gothic mountain, near Gothic. wen
down with such frightful force as II
shake the town like an earthquake.
MINING NEWS.