The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1883-02-09
NEWS NOTES.

Edgar Allen Poe's housein Richmond,
Va, is to be used tor hotel.
The public debt was reduced $685.
ss3 during the month of January.
The Clmarron cattle company has
sold its ranch and stock for S5OO,0OO.
1t is reported that an offer Of $1,000
900 for the Chicago Times was refused.
Fort Union, this territory, was con-
siderably damaged by terrific wind
storm.
All the Pueblo Indians in the terri
tory are TO be vaccinated as soon as
possible.
Commercial drummers give Silver
City wide berth rather than pay $40
per day license.
The A. T. & S. F. company are laying
out new town eighteen miles north
of Socorro, to be called Of La Joya.
One hundred and two thousand new
five cent pieces were put into circu-
lation at Philadelphia on the 1st inst.
Gen. Charles +. Henderson, of Omaha,
was nominated for Unite | States sena-
tor from Nebraska, by the republican
caucus.
The Windsor hotel at Socorro is
closed. f. w. Gnrney, the proprietor,
lost $4,000 within the three months he
has run 1t. ...-- rllt-t4s
The New York chamber of commerce
has adopted petition to congress ask
ing the suspension of the coinage of
silver dollars.
Tranquilino Luna has served his
answer upon Frank A. ManZanares to
the latter's notice of contest to the
seat for delegate to congress.
Forty bandits recently captured the
town of Ahuacaltan Pueblo, Mexico,
and are now holding the preftct, justice
of police and municipal judge for ran
som. ~ -.tS 2lC ,@Sit ~
An aged Pueblo Indian named Gala
basa, an ex-governor of the pueblo of
San Domingo, was run down and killed
by the cars one mile below Wallace, re-
Gently.
Damian Romero was hanged at
Springer on the End instant, for the
murder Of Broeksmit Oh tie 18th of
January, 1882, on his ranch in Colfax
county.
At Springfield. Mass, on the 2nd inst,
Henry F. Gillig, manager of the Amer
can exchange in London, was robbed
OF $4,000 worth Of diamonds, j"welry
and bonds. '
AT Bombay on the 1st tant,twenty-
three persons were killed and twenty
eight injured by panic in a woolen
factory caused by the dust blowing in
to the room.
Oliver E. Cromwell and Thomas j.
Shinik of Albuquerque are about to
engage in the enterprise of artificial
chicken Matching by means of the Hal
stead incubator.
Secretary Teller has affirmed his de-
cislon to the effect that contest
ant to timber culture entry must file
his application of the date of contest,
to obtain status as contestant.
The man who has been post, master
longer than any other man in the Uni
ted States is James Gordon, of Peoria,
Wyoming county, Ohio, who is known
as Uncle Jimmy. He has been post
master of Peoria for fifty-two consecu-
tive years.
A party of fifty men from Kansas
City and another delegation from Rich
Hill, Mo-, recently joined Capt. Payne
at Coffeyville, bound for Oklahoma,
Materials have been provided for the
founding of IA town. to be called Bondi-
not City, and Il press provided Tor the
publication OF newspaper
Acknowledgement Marshall of Cali
fornla has commenced suit against the
Central Pacific railroad company to re-
cover $2,OOO,00O with interest and costs
on the grounds that the road has re-
fused to carry public messengers, luna
tics, prisoners. etc, free of charge IN
accordance with the terms made with
the state.
Franklin Pierce. claiming to be a
physician. was arrested at Worcester
Mass, charged with manslaughter in
causing the death of Mrs. Bemis. He
treated her for internal erysipelas by
bathing her in Kerosene and rolling her
up in bandages saturated with that oil
The woman was literally skinned alive,
and died after week of terrible suffer
ing,
| A Mexican attempted to cross the
Rio Grande with his team near Socorro
a few days aFO. and the whole Outfit