The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1883-05-25
GENERAL LOCALS.
This weather gives a faint intimstion
Of early vegetables.

n large assortment OF dress buttons
of the latest styles at Westerman 4 Cos.
The 10Y storm of last week was gen.
eral throughout the territory, it being
lighter here in the range than in many
places.
Summer jumped into the ring with
both feet and a war-whoop, Tuesday
night. Citizens of the range may now
confidently expect a good long run of
fine weather.
Alex Rogers brought Col. Robinson
and MFR. Sellers to the range with an
extra. Alex says that the stage COM
pany is doing fairly well IN the way of
accommodating wealth, but the ferry
company have a veritable bonanza.
Mexican justice is wonderful in its
conception and attributes. Andrew
KELLEY was arrested and taken before
the Mexican alcalde at Canada de Ala
mosa last week. charged with taking
water from the Canada creek on the
4th of May. Mr.. X. proved that he
used no water on that date, but the
judge said that if he did not take it
that day he did some other day, and
consequently fined him ten dollars and
costs. Upon Mr.. Kelley's giving notice
that he would take an appeal to the dis
trict court, the justice averred that
there was no opportunity for an appeal,
that there was no higher court for such
cases, Mr.. Kelley paid his fine and four
dollars costs and has goae to Socorro to
see what he can do in the premises.
Jack Farrell met with a narrow es-
cape from death, last week, in the shaft
of the Americana, at Hermosa. He
had set the tapers to the fuses of four
blasts and was being hoisted from the
shaft, his foot in the loop of the wind
las rope. When about twenty-five feet
from the bottom his hat fell off, and
with his prOverbal careleSsness be let 60
both hands from the rope to grab at the
head gear. OF course he fell backwards
and landed on the rocky bottom of the
shaft. The fortunate part Of the occur
renee was that when he landed he ex-
tinguished the fire from all four of the
snutfs and thus prevented the explo-
sion which would otherwise have made
mince meat of his anatomy. The fall
bruised him a little, only.
Col. A. A. Robinson, chief engineer
OF the A. T. & S. +. railroad, visited the
range this week with a view of ascer-
tanning for the company what induce
ments this country offers to the build
ing Of a branch. Under the guidance
OF Judge j.. b. Adams of Grafton, Mr.
Robinson spent Wednesday in ramb-
ling on the hills, and many Of the best
ore producers here were visited. Judge
Adams is probably as well acquainted
with the range as any man in it and he
was therefore fully qualified as a guide
What MI. Robinson did not see he
heard of, and from what he did see ht
could form a very correct opinion as tc
the truth or falsity of that which hi
was told about. Mr.. Robinson stated
to the RANGE reporter that the com
pany was ready and willing to buil(
branches into all sections where there
was sufficient business, present or i'm
mediately prospective, to justify, anC
he gave it as his opinion that worl
would begin on a line beading this wa.
at an early date. He seemed to be yer.
f~avorably impressed with the numbe
and size of the ore dumps that he say
and it is fair to suppose that his repor
upon the construction will be Favorable
He could not say whether this lin
would come from SOcorro OF Englt
nor where it would end. but that i
would not be long in making a start a
dirt throwing. This is good news, TO
with a railroad handy the ore her
could be cotton to smelters at figure
within the bounds of reason, or Their
could easily be works got here.
The trouble on Canada de Alamos;
creek as the Mexican residents thereo
call it, or Caliente creek as the Amer
can settlers have named it, growing GU
of the water question is proving seri
Gus and the end is not in view. Th
Mexicans last week arrested AndreN
Kelley for taking water from the cree
and the alcalde fined him ten dollar
and costs. Later a party of fifty Mex
cans, armed, came up and tore up tn
bitches of the Americans, arrested Ho,
ace McGinnis and tore ]. E. Wheeler
clothes in the attempt to take him. III
RANGE of the 18th instant contained
tale of trouble from the Mexican sic
obtained from Jas. Ryan, a gentlema
of integrity, who c~ultivates ground
Canada de Alamosa town, which
briefly stated WAS that Messrs, Kelle
Dodds and others by settling on IL
stream above the established town
Canada de Alamosa. ana using wat'
from the creek to irrigate Their eroup
were shortening the water snptiy
the extent that the residents OF sa