The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1883-11-23
FAIRVIEW.

lug dI tue saw Hill.
Mrs. Kingsbury of Grafton paid Fair.
view a flying visit this week.
There Is a rumor current that the
Black Knife is likely to start work
again In the near future.
The herd of cattle quartered at An.
derson's ranch are rapidly depicting
the pasture in the immediate vicinity,
Quite a number of ranchmen in the
Cuchillo valley are making out paper
for their ground lying north of Robin.
son.
Robinson has quite a deserted ap-
pearance Of late, only three families
remaining in the phantom metropolis
OF the range.
Major Day is at Socorro in attend
ance on the grand jury, while ]. A.
Anderson is paying the city a visit on
business.
L. G. Marsalis has taken leave of
Fairview for his home in Dallas, Tex.
as. Eds well connected in Dallas and
his return to the range depends on the
growth of the country.
Capt. SAMSON has been increasing his
stock of groceries and putting in a par
titiOn to shut off his ire.side custom
ers from the general business portion
of the store.
w. Z. Taylor and j. Q. Wills have
been spending a day OF two around
Fairview for sport. Their Wednesdays
game bag lays owe anything heard of
before in this city. Forty.6ve qauails,
four rabbits and a big black crow
ought to be enough game to please a
bonanza king.
Anderson's ranch at the mouth of
Dry creek, is 0rnamented by a Halli-
days windmill and pump, which has
just been erected for the better supply
of water for the cattle. When every
thing was about ready to start it was
found that a brace was needed for the
pipe somewhere below terra Grma and
John Mcbride descended to make the
necessary repairs. John imbued with
the idea that position is everything,
had spread himself across the well
shaft and was firmly hugging both
sides with his store boots when be found
he wanted a saw to cut a notch in a
board, and accordingly reached for it.
Just at this stage something gave away.
John says he has not been taking les
sans in tumbling and therefore by the
laws of specific gravity his head must
be the heaviest and best part for it
struck water first and impelled by the
amount of body behind sunk deep into
the aqueous solution, finally stopping
when good resting ground was reach
ed and an opportunity to turn round
was effected. John climbed out a lit
tie slower than the last half Of his
descent and after arraying himself in
Mr.. Anderson's cast-off clothing, some
gunny sacks and a shawl started for
Chloride to find out if the Chinaman
had sent his last washee home. Be-
yond a vicious cut from the saw which
got mixed up with his hand and a
bruise on his shoulder no injuries were
sustained, but he objects to 50 cold &
reception where he pays sudden and
unexpected visits.
Fairview has been having a series of
disgraceful occurrences of late which
are enough to dishearten peaceful citi-
zens whose pride is the general good
behavior of their city. Hoodlumism
and lawlessness are poor recommends
to people looking out a location for
home, and many a desirable place has
been passed by on account of undesir'
able citizens. A social scandal thai
has long been an eyesore to the bettel
portion of the community, eliminated
lately in an attempt to shoot and Other
outrageous demonstrations. This was
followed shortly by a specie OF hood
lumism, which while not so criminal
shows a spirit that only originates Will
the low down class that are void Of
self respect for themselves and care fol
the rights of others. The mode OF pro-
ceeding in this case was by firing gian'
powder so as to annoy parties by whom
they considered themselves sighted ant
keeping the whole neighborhood II
confusion and fear. A stabbing affray
in which a prominent merchant got
slight wound at the hands of a miner
and giving a black eye in return. Tit
above and sundry minor occurrences
eliminating last Monday evening by
pugilistlc encounter In which Kean st
Charles and Billy Ensley figured al
principles. Billy being drunk and hav
ing more tongue than activity, com
menced abusing and using insulting
language towards Kean for the short
ness arising out of his Occidental
troubles, when Kean returned it givinl
Billy a black eye and making his hea'
appear like a chrome map by a begin
ming geographical scholar. The pun
ishment inflicted in this case (bide pub
lie opinion) was merited ard every