The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1883-06-01

the law as a means of redress, and both
parties were successfully persuaded to
settle their difficulties in some less ex-
pensiye and notorious a maniAF.
J. j. Dalglish has sold to Mr.. Moore,
a brother-in-law of d. G. Cantwell, his
bunch of mich cows, comprising fifty
nine head in all. The price paid was
twenty-five dollars all round, the year
ling calves running with the herd being
thrown in. Jack is now looking about
for an occupation.
Parker & Son, blacksmiths and wagon
makers, turned out their hrst piece of
new work this week which presents
the shape of a blackboard which was
built On order from i. NJ. hampton.
To an unprOfessional eye at least. the
vehicle presents a handsome appear
ance, and Knight Parker says he will
warrant it to possess all the qualities of
the celebrated ION boss shay" for dura-
bility. As Knight has not yet learned
the tricks Of the trade his work is bound
to be good.
An effort is being made to establish
a Knights Of Pythias lodge in Chloride.
A. Kelley while In Socorro fell in with
a gentleman named Leason who is
empowered to organize lodges and Mr..
X. brought a blank application out
with him and left it here to secure sign
ers. No secret order has as yet obtain
ed a footing in the Black range and as
the Knights of Pythias is a very pretty
society it might be a good idea to get up
a lodge here.
Tom King the .darkey miner who
worked in the Superior at Kingston,
and who the Tribune says ran off and
left his creditors, with III mors of other
dark deeds committed by him, and
whom a dispatch to the Leadville Joul-
nal says was accused of having at
tempted to commit rape upon a little
girl, has been hanging around the Mex
lean quarters in the vicinity of Chic
ride this week. Deputy Sheriff Smith
had the notion to arrest him once but
concluded that the charges against the
man were too vogue and uncertain in
their character.
Chas. Stephenson, editor of the New
Mexico Mining Gazette of Silver City
visited the range this week in the inter-
est of his paper. Nearly two years ago
be visited this region and he was well
pleased with the improvements which
have been made since then. Mr.. Ste.
phenson is on his way east where he
goes to solicit advertising and other
patronage for his sheet. If his trip is
as successful as he has reason to hope
for he proposes to make Il weekly pub
LEGATION of the Gazette instead a BIZ
weekly rs ut present. Mr.. Stephenson
did well in the matter of taking sub
scriptlons here and he will give the
country a good write up in his paper.
J. NJ. Briggs, superintendent of the
Hagan's Peak Tunnel company, depart
ed for Albuquerque Thursday morning.
lie has made arrangements for continu-
ing the work by letting a contract to
Ben Cook for six hundred feet. The
blacksmith shop at the mouth of the
tunnel is finished and a powder house
is being constructed. Several resi-
dence cabins are nearly completed. The
tunnel is about ninety feet long at
present writing and is below the por-
phyry Gaping and in a sort of lime rock
which carries large quantities of white
iron disseminated through the rock
and lying IN sheets in the crevices. The
outlook is quite promising.
w. w. Jones is proposing to con-
struct a map of the Apache mining dis
trict which shall be approximately cor
rect and in all particular. He will
show the streams with all their tortions
winnings and the locations of such
mining claims as he can gain inf0r-
nation Of shall be located as lear its
proper position as it is possible to place
it without careful survey of each sep
arate tract. He proposes to go into the
mountains with his compass and other
wise conduct the work in business
like style. The RANGE reporter has
seen some of Mr.. Jones' work which
was tirst-class and it feels confident that
he will do his subject justice in this in
stance. He estimates the expense of
the work of draughting and printing at
two hundred and fifty dollars. He So
licits subscriptions of five dollars each
to insure the purchase of a sufficient
number of maps to cover the expense.
He is meeting with good SUCCESS.
Major Beebe's kitchen. one Of the
tents of the bunch situated up in the
canyon at the mouth of Chloride creek,
was discovered to be on fire Tuesday
afternoon and most of the canvas was
consumed ere the impomptu fire bri-
gade could tear the frame apart and
scatter it we the yard. Beside the
burning of the tent but very little dam
age was done by the flames although if
the discovery had not heen mada as