The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1883-09-14
NEWS AND COMMENTS.


bass.
If the wells of this country could be
built with spring bottoms they'd wear
better than they do.
Now and then we hear of some kind
Of doings which will take place at
Albuquerque next month. Wonder
what it is?
Ignorance among pOstmasters which
develops numerous errors in making
out postal notes are making this inno-
walton very unpopular.
Practical printers will remark that
the financial report of Bernalillo county
published in the Journal is very skill
tul piece of table setting.
John Mozier at San Francisco, felt
as if he wanted something. He found
Anna Thing and married her last week.
Could anything be happier.
Speaking of styles going out of FASH
ion an observer remarks that nothing
has become more Questionable IN
Amerca than stiles of any kind.
If talk will construct anarrow gauge
railroad the Albuquerque papers Will
do magnificent business in the neal
future. The RANGE hopes that it will.
A carrier pigeon flies a mile in one
and quarter minutes. About every
one and quarter minutes bank CASH
ier or treasurer flies thousands of
miles.
The Golden Retort enters grevious
complaint against the Santa Fe and
Albuquerque papers because they do
not always in their mention of the
city of Golden. give it the individu'
ality desirable.
The solitary printer on the Springer
Stockman experienced religion and
went to hold a revival leaving Miss
Gordon to get out her paper as best
she could. A religion which prompts
a man to do so mean trick as that has
not much christianity about it.
A nicely told fable concerning the
discovery of Noah's ark is finding
wide circulation at present. 1t purports
to have originated with the Levant
Herald, paper long since dead. Thi:
is good season IN which to resurrect
this old craft. In time Of drouth pre-
pare orrain. you know.
President Arthur and party have ar.
rived in Washington safe and sound
from the Yellowstone. If fish are the
brain food they have the reputation OF
being and if Arthur caught as many
fish as we hear he did, and if he ate
half of the fish he caught. there should
be an unprecedented exhibition OF
brains in the government of the Uni
ted States during the next eighteen
months.
Clifton, Arizona, is very bad place
On the Sd inst. John Farrell, Michae
O'Hara, j. H. Hovey and Billy Marony
filled up with fire water and INDUCED il
shooting match IN which the two for
mer were fatally wounded. Also on thu
following morning w. E. Delaney ant
Henry Sawyer fought with pistols ant
Sawyer was instantly killed. Then two
days later German was held up anC
robbed of fifty-fve dollars on the street
a Mexican and American had a fght
over horse which both claimed, and
Mike Welch fell 125 feet down the shaft
of the Horse Shoe mine and broke botl
legs. Evidently there's some lite in
Clifton.
The Watch Dog of Silver says that il
has never made living by lying anG
now it is going to take a new depart
ure. Almost everybody has thest
spells of good resolutions but they sci
dom last long and the Watch Dog will
soon drop back into the old rut. The
Dog has however had the spell on. long
enough to tell the folks that the much
vaunted Bear mountain strikes are moi
such great shakes and are not at al
equal in value with many other mining
properties in that county. This il
what visitors to Grant county have al
WAYS told, though the newspapers there
never before corroborated the state
ments. The Watch Dog can do a good
work and help its city greatly by being
honest and telling both sides of The
story.
The trial of Frank James at Gala
tin, Missouri, which has been progress
ing lately closed last week with a YER
diet of acquittal. The result was OBJ
tanned on the second ballot of the jury
Frank has several other crimes to get
clear of in Missouri and then he vii
90 to Minnesota to answer for compile
ity in the Northtield bank robbery ant
murder of the cashier. There is ne
possibility of a conviction of him by ;
Missouri jury but he will find that b,
Is in different hands when be gets intt
Minnesota. He found that Mlnnesot;