The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1883-03-16
GENERAL LOCALS.

Judge Adams has eight men at work
on the Alaska nine, they are moving
the machinery down TO where work is
being done on the main shaft.
The boys on the Foster ranch on
Turkey creek, caught several wild pups
in the mountains a few days ago, which
they are trying 10 domesticate.
Mr.. Frank of Grafton, has semi to
Kansas City for one thousand pounds
of seed potatoes, which he intends
planting on his ranch on Bear creek.
Blum Brothers will give a dance at
Fairview tomorrow evening. A good
time is expected. a general invitation is
extended TO all the different towns, and
a full attendance is desired.
An unfortunate circumstance occur
red last Wednesday. which resulted in
Ike Hunnlcutt having his leg broken.
He was having a settlement with Mr..
Cantwell, the cattle man, when a dis
pute arose between them, which ended
in a scuffie in which Hunnicutt receiv.
ed a blow which staggered HIM against
a stump, breaking his leg square off
above the ankle.
The Black Range newspaper, n of
the best mining Journals in the terri
tory, has suspended. Want If patron
age is the cause asslgned.-Socorro Sun.
Who told you? We can't recollect of
any week in the past in which the
BLACK RANGE has not regularly APP
peared and a copy been addressed to
the Sun. There is more complaint of
want of patronage in the n copy OF
the Sun from which the above extract
was taken than ever appeared in the
RANGE. We have seen put two copies
of the Sun in the past eight weeks, and
those were shown us by one OF u citi-
ems
A meeting at an early day, of our
prospectors and mining men, to con.
slider the question CT representation al
the coming Denver exposition ,seeIns
to us quite advisable. The exposition
last year did a "world of good" for our
territory, and if we take the question
of a proper representation Of our min
erals at tie Forthcoming exposition in
hands, in time, we IA make All exhibit
which Will turn the attention of tht
entire country towards us with thought.
tul consideration. DR.. Haskell's cabi
net would be a tribute to this range o.
itself that would do us incalculablt
good. The DR.. is preparing his cabi
net with agreat deal of care and intel
iigeilce of the subject. and u miners
ard citizens ought to vote him as tht
Black Range commiAS and pro
vide him the means to prepare his cabi
net to ship it to the exposition so as
to make it representative, and they
should also vote him the money to e
and represent US as no other man can
Let our miners take early steps in this
this direction.
On Thursday of last week occurred
the first hOld-up that has come to oul
knowledge in this section, by which
the Southwestern Stage company lost {
valuable horse and the station keeper
at Willow Springs a few dollars in cash
Jack Carpenter and Geo. Parker were
doing some work for j. p. Armstrong
on his ranch near the station, having
in use n of Armstrong; teams. A
dispute arose between them in regard tt
some matter, w%hereupon Parker com
menced firing at Carpenter with a Win
chester, wOunding him In the foot anC
killing his horse. Parker then went tt
the station keeper who was just water
ing his horses, brought bis gun to beal
on him, and demanded which he though
the most of, his life or n of the horses
TO which the station keeper answered
that he thought the most of his life
He was then told to take the saddle
from the dead horse which Parker ha(
just shot. and put it one of the stag,
company's horses, and to be in a hurr.
about it. AS may be imagined, the de
mand was speedily complied with, ant
after getting whatlitLle cash the keepe
had, Parker got on the horse and speed
ed away, and he has not been hearC
from since. Mr.. Carpenter succeeded
in escaping without further injury, ant
made his way to Fairview.
HHI ORIDE