The Black range., 1883-02-02
THE BLACK RANGE.

THE BLACK RANGE.
Friday, February 2, 1888.
FURIIsHED nv THE
Black Range Printing Company.
Red Cloud, the Sioux Indian chief, is
at Washington, demanding restitution
for horses stolen from that tribe by the
governments agents.
a bonfire built on hillside near
Troy, to celebrate Garfeid's election,
Is still burning. having communicated
with bed Of coal l'enealh.
IT is reported that the President has
decided 10 call an extra session of con
Rress Immediateiy after the 9Th of
March, TO dispose OF the revenue ques-
tion now pending. M Maft ..-t..t
No cne'ever Supposed the prairie dog
towns to De Of any value in the west
until n Yankee beseiged one and began
TO capture the animals for their skins,
which, it IS said, can lie made into
gloves that rival the finest kid.
a preacher, the Rev, J. Splinters, Wis
tied the Red River country last week
and before he could get away the
people had pressed him INTO serN ics TO
bury woman. baptza baby. marry
four couples. and play the fiddle at a
dance. t....r. ,.....,. ,....
Jem Mace. the English ex-pugilist,
and S!ade, the New Zealand thumper.
were arrested at New York on the
10Th inst, under warrant charging
them with abont to engage in a prize
Tight, as they were TO meet for gate
money. r.s.t
The fastest time that has ever been
made since railroads came into exist
ence wis made during the fire ut Mil
waukee. Tie fire departments In Chi
cago were telegraphed for aid. The
Chicago & Northwestern 70 ks made up
II trait of five cars, and three fire EN-
gines were placed on them, with d crew
for each engine, eight extra men and
1000 yards of hose. She was given
clear track and told to 60. She went
and made tie ninety miles in 4 little
over sixty minutes. " fi"+h' '.
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A seYere wind damaged Denver to
the amount of many thousand dollars,
on the gath inst. A dozen or more
buildings were completely demolished,
while the roofs Of many more Were
torn off and carried, in some instances.
two hundred and fifty feet. The eec-
trio light tower which was blown over,
stood near the residence Of Hon. John
Homer. a guy rope which swayed The
tower In falling probably saved that
gentleman aid family from terrible
death. A CAR on the Circle railroad was
blown from the track, and the roof of
the Denver 4 Rio Grande shoIs was
torn off. Several persons were serious
ly injured, though none fatally.
Three women are making more
money this season Oh the American
stage than any Ten men, 1t is impos-
sible to get at the precise figures, rs the
pay of the performers is s0exaggerated,
bHt,itis assertedthat Pati receives 81.
006 a night. As she Is to sing thirty
times duriug her tour through the
states, she will therefore receive SI2o.-
900. Nilsson will get about 100000 for
fifty concerts. Mrs. Langtry is said to
receive one third of the gross receipts,
and will get about $4,000
AS Il post-edltor-general-ln-cliief, Mr.. !
Hatton isunique As an editor simply,
he was commonplace. Solely as a post !
master he was sometimes thought an
impertinence, but in the extraordinary
of both he is grand and
peculiar The union is close one.
Theieditor ddesn't seem to know in alb |
solute certainty what part of himself
is purely pastepot and what part Who'll
~ is postbag. lie is never 50 much a
postmaster as when an editor-never
so much Of an editor as when pest
master. 1t y 3 coordination which
in himself, he commends
to Others. = Thus, when he left the
Hawkeye and Burlington post office, for |
the Republican and general post-Oflicc,
he made the managing master of tile
Hawkeye the leading editor of the Bur
lington post-ofiice Chicago Times.
A fearful accident occurred on the
Pacific railroad at Tehachapi |
station near Los Angeles. by which
twenty-one persons lost their lives.
The Overland express which left San
Francisco at 20 am, on the 10Th, |
stopped near Tehachapi station To cut /
out an extra engine taken on at Sum. /
1er to assist pulling up grade. While
making achange by some means the
rain got away, and started down a |