The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1883-06-29
NEWS AND COMMENTS.

Silver City and the s. c. D. & p. rail
road takes the business.
Grant county through its commits.
sioners appropriated $500 for the ex.
Pense fund of the Tertio exhibit al
Santa Fe.
The constant assurance is given by
the captured renegade Indians that
Charlie McComas will be brought in
but he is not brought.
The Missouri and Mississippi rivers
are bank full and running over in
places, and daily rains in the country
drained by them are keeping the floods
up.
Ell Paso has dumb barber. While
engaged IN his business he never
speaks. He is a Chinaman. This is a
model that American BARRIERS might
copy with credit.
General Socfeld wants the Indian
prisoners taken by Crook put back
upon the reservation just as they al
ways have done. His advice will prob
ably be taken and the late campaign
will go for naught.
5. NJ. Ashenfelter has charge of the
Silver City Southwest Sentinel now
As surely as the wheel of time goes
round and the paper changes its name,
Mr.. A. leaves and returns to the edi-
toral chair of this office. He makes a
good paper.
Fountains militia by its active work is
making the office of sheriff IN Dona
Ana county a slnecure. The sheriff
complains because the warrants are
not placed in his hands rather than IN
the militlamen's. Other people, how
ever, are too well satisfied with the
work of Major Fountain to ask what
the sheriff was elected for.
Gen. Crook went down into Mexico
and captured nearly.four hundred Indi-
ali squaws and papooses and hardly
gets into the United States ere his BIO
graphy as published in the newspapers
goes gallvanting about over the land.
He knew of course that there was
much public feeling against destroying
poor Lo or his family, but he could
hardly have expected that this action
would instigate such unkind treat
ment.
About the middle of June a train
running out of Monterey, in Mexico,
ran over Mexican, and an armed
force of natives, after the body was dis
covered, stopped the next train that
passed and arrested and jailed all hands.
The second train was stopped and held
there for some time. That is the way
that railroad accidents are regulated
in Mexico. 1t stands train men in hand
to be careful what they run over in the
land of the cactus.
Work on the switch which the Santa
Fe road will run out to the Billings
smelter-said smelter to be of one hun
dred tons capacity and yet to be built
has been begun. A railroad to the
Magdalenas will be showed out at once
and this line will be extended to the
Black range, probably this coming
season. If it could be put through at
once the Black range would be able to
keep the Socorro smelter running with
out assistance. There are immense
quantities of ore lying here ready for
home works or cheap transportation.
Queen Victoria has scheme for in.
suring her succession to the throne OF
England by the Prince of Wales. She
will abdicate before she dies in her sons
favor trusting that there Will be nc
demonstration in favor of republican
forms during her lifetime whatever
may be the sentiment of the people re.
garding the prince. Her theory is
probably correct, and if the gentleman
of Wales is wise in his official capacity
he may be allowed to continue during
his life. If he is not it will be small
matter to dispose of him when his
mothers protecting skirts are removed
A company has been formed in New
York City whose object Is to connect
that city and Chicago by means of pne'
umatic tubes for the purpose of trans
mitting letters, grain samples, jewelry
and other small and light packages, at d
charge of five cents for letters, and ten
cents for parcels. Way stations are tc
be established at Cleveland, Buffalo and
other points. The pipes will be of iron
four inches in circumference, and the
cost is estimated ut $4,000 mile. A
capital of $4,250OOO is said to have beer
subscribed. The boxes, which will con
tain the matter intended for transit
are expected to make the distance II
four hours.
Silver City in giving out its patron
age to foreign newspapers gets badl,
sold out every time. 1t is only yea