The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1884-03-14
FAIRVIEW.

BUNS windmill is in full blast and
is a boon to the loose stock around.
Part of Major Days complement for
the German has arrived the balance is
expected shortly when work will be re-
sumed.
The windStOrm on Monday raised
the roof on Cloudman's building op.
pOsite the hotel, lifting it partly off
which necessitated a bee on Tuesday to
replace it.
There are rumors Of the finding of
rich placer diggings somewhere west of
the Luera range and Alex. Barascher
of Fairview has taken a trip to the
scene of the discovery TO learn if there
is any truth IN the report.
A matched team consisting of a big
blonde mule and a little brown burro
was m of the attractions on our
streets last Saturday. 1t takes a Mexi.
a to lead the fashions in fancy rigs.
The many friends of Captain SAMSON
of Falrview will learn with regret that
he has determined to move back to
Texas. There are many things about
the Black range that pleases him, but
he thinks that he has better oppOrtuni-
ties offered him in Uvalde county Texas
and therefore he will go hither.
John Silver and NJ. G. Levy had a
foot race Saturday evening. The dis
lance was fifty yards, Silver giving
Levy fifteen feet. Levy winning by
a length. Silver not being satisfied
another race was run the distance in
this case being n hundred yards with
Levy twenty feet start, Silver coming
out ahead. The stakes ytkre so large
that it took two locomotive end a jack
train to get them home.
The Sullivan family, from the Boston
slugger to his Fairview namesake are
bad men to fool with. Over at Canada
de Alamosa last Friday night, a meet
ing was held to discuss the water ques-
ton, and thereat a Mexican bully of
whom the whole town stood in fear
made himself very obnoxious, so much
so il fact, that Mr., Sullivan felt called
upon to invite the fellow out of doors
and to give him a sound thrashing
which he did in style worthy Of a pro-
fessional. The Mexicans have great
respect for John.
Captain J. W. SAMSON returned this
week from his late visit to Texas. He
reports that times in the Lone Star state
this spring ale unusually prosperous.
In Uvalde county where he stopped
longest the grass Is extremely early and
luxuriant in growth, and stock is doing
remarkably well, while as a consequence
prices on both sheep and cattle are
already high and still going up. He
says also, that Texas everywhere is
stocked to the limit and that the com.
ing summer and fall is bound to see a
large exodus Of stock from Texas into
New Mexico.
The race at Fairview caused a little
more than ordinary stir in the dead
center of the Black range. ella, Ojo
CaIiente and New York were repre-
sented as usual, and with that strange
consistency of fete and Sunday school
picnic days, the early morning opened
full of promise-fOr a stOrm-but the
weather prophet recognizing the impor'
lance of a gala day in Fairview gra'
ciously withdrew his sombre clouds
and winklng slyly at old Sol and Boreas
bid them get in their work. Noon
found the noted sporting fraternity OF
the range meanderlng towards the
common center, cracking their jokes
and ventilating wit with the persis-
tency and %pertinacity of flies in sum
mel time. Shortly after two O'Clock
the horses that were fated to contrl'
butte to the happiness of one and woe
of another. started for the track fol
lowed by everybody and quite a few
nobody's. Buggies freighted with the
fair descendants of Eve and theil
darker hued contemporaries of this
southern cline Joined the motley GROVE
in its onward course. till by the TIME
the track was reached n of the larg
est crowds that aver thronged those
sacred precincts had collected there
The starting of the race was to b'
task aud answer" and the jockeys
Messrs. Hildebrand and Stevenson, re
presenting Chloride and Grafton re
%spectlvely, were soon stripped ant
ready for the fray, but proved them
selves not too anxious to get it over.
At least a dozen starts were made con
Stunning an hour and forty minutes be
fore they came laundering down tn
track as if bent oR.aRRsglasS "
> Chloride horse leading I'll meaIpn
close when the Grafton Representative
made quite a squirt coming over tn
score close together, according to th
judges decision, a tie. After consider
able w%rangling the judges of start de-