The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1884-10-10
NEWS AND COMMENTS.

ing result:
f0r Gov. Robe lRepl = 7sol2
Redman DEM. O0OJl
Republican majority 1851
-Four years ago the democratic major
ity fur Plaisted. candidate for governor
was ls9. -------..--..----
The big Brooklyn bridge is delicate
thermometer. During the hot Gather
last week the slip joint in the center Of
the bridge showed an expansion OF
about twelve inches. With the $3.50
tons in the superstructure. and the
heavy weight of the planking, II works
freely, ana is wonderful for It's delieacy.
Arizona is not, as is supposed, tree
less waste, but has in its center an ex.
tensiye white pine forest. Last year
the mill at Flagstaff cut 3G,OOO.OOO feet
out of l,OOOOOO.UOO feet of lumber the
forest is said 10 contain. Yards stock
ed frUm this mill will be established at
all the principal towns on the Mexican
Central railroad.
Since the Rev. DIR. Collyer grew pa
thetic over the early indiscretions OF a
bachelor Of forty and fJrgave him the
sins Of his youth. we wish to point out
"A child-a mere baby in fact, in some
respects--ot seventy years who needs
to be instructed with u lghtning-rod
and forgiven with ience-rail. The
! first three letters of his name are
Henry Ward Beecher.-llalstead.
The Sharon divorce case has ended
after eighty days of actual trial in a
San Francisco court. and more than six
months of nutoriety. Each of the lead
ing counsel talked tor SIX days and the
judge and spectators were worn out by
constant repetition of the leading In.
cldents. The labor of The judge IN
reaching decision is no light one, as
the testimony fills twelve large volumes
and the speeches of the counsel half us
many more.
The manager of Brooklyn lecture
bureau recently wrote To Gen sherman
asking his rates for delivering Il lecture
Gen. Sherman wrote as follows: "Dear
Sir: My regular charges for 'lecturing'
is II million of dollars; for my soldier
comrades, once year, nothing. For
the former never has this fee been nc
cepted; for the latter my book of EN-
gagements is full for the natural period
of my life. With great respect, GEN. 7
SHERMAN"
1t is asserted positively by the New
York Star that Grover Cleveland, while
Sheriff of Erie county, New York
charged iii one year for Se3 days atten.
dance ut court. The record showing
this was IN existence in the archives OF
Erie county two months ago. 1t ha.
since disappeared. An investigation
shows that Cleveland hardly appeared
one day in the court during the Who'll,
year, vet he drew S2,537 compensation
Gath, in the Cincinnati Enquirer
gives the best pen portrait of Car
Schuiz. lie trutllfully describes hin
AS a natural derserter. with ingratitud,
us characteristic feature of his dis
position. He traces his history. in hi'
varied itineratlons, shows how he hai
sold out his German friends. and al
other friends, for his own personal pro
motion-in all cases desplsing the bant
that has helped him, aud hating th,
man who does not bow in ohelsance Il
him. One sentence in Gath's letter i,
u graphic description OF the man: I'll,
looks to me like "a skull which retained
one sense, that OF smell, and had lv
ing enemy held under its nose"
1t is generally understood that thu
hair and nails grow faster IN hot wealth
er than in cold, but, says the Popular
Science Monthly, few probably ar,
aware that any temperature of the
weather can impart 50 great a stimulus
to the growth as Col. PJevalsky. th,
Russian traveller. says the centra
Asian heat did. during his journey il
those regions. In June the ground ant
the air became excessively hot, so tina
1t was impossible to travel in the day
time. The hair and boards of all of thu
party grew with astonishing rapiditl
and. strongest of all, some youthful
Cossacks, whose faces were perfectly
smooth, all at once developed quite re
spectacle boards.
The following is the language OF th
constitutional amendment which WA
Q ratified in Maine: "rhe manufactur
OF Intoxicating liquors. not including