The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1883-12-28

ans OF Graft0n, and are all on the Pye
lode. Kruse says the Lost Heir shows
well.
The virgin docket of Judge Holmes
was first despOiled, on Monday last
Westerman VS.. Mcbride. Judgment
for Westerman, $500. Don't forget to
note the Judges artistic taste in ar
ranging of the wall pictures of his office.
Caldwell and GIllem are working the
Pawnee Boy assessment, heal the head
of the Range. Every mar nthe Range
will wish them abundant success. for
they are COED, square, honest men and
have had their share of hard luck.
D. B. Lewis and E. Payne have done
the assessment work on the Mammoth,
up Chloride, and are building a wagon
road up the gulch to the Pearl. Lewis
saved enough time from the ham mer
and drill. last Saturday, to kill a deer.
j.. r. Vance, of Marshall, Mo-, came
into the range last Monday. He is
interested with Magner in the Black
knight and other claims, and has come
to arrange for working the same. He
will spend a couple weeks in the range.
Las Vegas is red hot with excitement
owe the fact that the town and ada
cent territory is a big placer. A con-
solidatIon of placer mines have been
effected and prospect work is progress
ing, while a good many fellows.on their
own hook, are panning colors from dirt
all about town.
Freight wars are contagious. The
railroads are not to %mOnopOlize that
luxury. Armstrong Il Co. are fit
ting up big teams to run between Engle
and Chloride. In the mean time Sulll-
van and TafOya are canvassing our
merchantmen for their business at
eighty-hve cents per hundred. and no
commission charges. Don't this look
like "A boom; like there is something in
the air for Chloride.
The BLACK RANGE predicts for 1884
a revival of interest in mines, on the
pant of capital an opening up of new
territory, and ON a scale larger than
ever before known. Flood aud Mackay
have bought for S450,O00 the Quijota
mines in southern Arizona. and in the
north IIaggin aud TeviS put out $780,
600 IN machinery for the development
of newly acquired possessions in cop
per and silver property.
{. F. Winters s. Co will be heard
from early in the year witha booming
stock of goods at low figures, for the
big trade that Is coming. Westerman
& Co. r figuring in the same direc-
ton, and l.. Corson, though young in
the business says he will be on the turf,
and don't propose to run behind. DR..
Blinn says he will keep up with the
crOwd-will do the surgical work, and
treat medically the crushed and over
done crowd; will furnish news for
those who imagine they have leisure,
while those who are slck-with no time
TO go to bed, - he can load down
with patent medicines advertised in
every language under the sur.
Miss Barnes Christmas school enter
tainment, last Friday afternoon was
pleasant success. 1t consisted of me.
morized recitations, us also readings
from quite a number of her scholars
and the distribution of Christmas pres.
ents, from a Christmas tree laden with
pleasant remembrances for all the chill.
dren. The ladies present were, Mrs
Barnes, Mrs. Lundy Mrs. Chamberlin
Mrs. Andrews. Miss Hart, Mrs. James
Mrs. Blinn, Mrs. johnson, Mrs. Rickert
Miss Montoya, Mrs. Caldwell, Mrs
Smith, Mrs. DUNES and Miss Hamil.
ton. We were sorry not to see more
gentlemen present, there being bul
four, Messrs. Turner, Gray, Klttrell ant
Chamoerlin. The following children
recited pieces very c%reditably, viz
Fleta Caldwell, "The Oriole;" Clifford
Chamberlin. "The Prairie on Fire;
Annie Cooke, eyes VS.. Nose;" Henry
james, Charlie and his Kity;" Sam An.
drews, "St. Nicholas" "Orlando He'd
agon, Charge of the Light Brigade; :
Edith James, christmas Day" Lula
Johnson, kitty. Kitty, My Pretty
White Kitty" Harry Anderson, "Tht
Robin Johnny Duines,-;' and
Cora James, beautiful Grandma
Fleta Caldwell, Clifford Chamberlin
and Willie Sharon read pieces, and read
we'll. Two Christmas pieces were sung
by the children, which added to the
pleasure of the occasion. The distri-
button of the presents, was the signal
for, EXPLANATIONS of surprise and mani.
festations of jolity among the children
1t was really an enjoyable entertain
ment, and we wish every body in camp
had been present. The question natur'
ally suggests itself: If Miss Barnes can
accomplish so much. in the training of
her children in one month, what may
we not expect in one or two terms.
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