The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1884-02-29
LOCAL NEWS.

II lyOOu dSho W DOlION lulS pa
per just say its lent, for it is lent. Lent
began on Wednesday,
j. ". SAMSON of Fairview, is down
In Texas, and JEFF SAMSON manages
business an his absence,
Manuel Aragon is having a 12x14
frame building erected upon his lots
between Drs. Haskell and Blinn.
DR.. Reekie is pushing the work on
the Blue Dandy mine and road in the
Cuchillos, just as rapidly as possible.
There are now thirty-one ladies resi-
dent in Chloride which is more than
has ever lived here before, at the same
time.
Sixty thousand pounds of corn is of
fered for sale at two and a half cents
per pound by Alphonse de BourQuet,
at Canada de Alamosa.
Some more work has been done on
the st. Cloud road. As originally built
it was entirely ~impracticable for get
ting over with a loaded wagon.
The Chloride school will begin again
Monday, probably, and will likely he
held in Tom Barridale's building on
lower Wall street. though this is not
fully determined.
There is talk of getting up a fifty
mile go-as-you-please foOt-race between
Kean st. Charles and the Saucer Bros.
Mexican. to be run at Chloride in the
near future.
NoTICE.-All persons indebted to me
are respectfully requested to call at
Oncea and settle the same with my broth
er jeff SAMSON at my store in Fair
view, n. ii. JOHN W. SAMSON.
The Midnight has discharged its soil
tary force and the superintendent are
debating whether to continue work or
rest for the summer. They will doubt
less rest.
D, D. Mcmillan and w. II. Moore
departed on Saturdays coach bound
for their homes back east. Mr.. Moore
expects to be back again In the course
of a month or so.
The gathering Of friends at the resi-
dence of j. M. Smith, last Friday even
ing, to celebrate the first anniversary of
his wedding day was unanimously con-
ceded to be very pleasant.
Capt. Grozier, passed over TO his
range on Diamond creek this week with
%thirty-fve head of cows to add to his
herd there. The increase of the herd
Is just beginning.
NJ. III. Chamberlin collected twenty
dollars yesterday with which to defray
any necessary expenses of the trip OF
V. B. Beckett to Socorro which he
makes in the interest of the town.
The owners of the Midnight at the
request of H. Bradford, of Philadel.
phia, and the Fort Scott concentrating
works, will send fifty pounds. Of theil
ore to both places for concentrate test
BY applying to the general freight
agent of the A. T. g. s.. F. road Mr.
Castle has secured the transportation
of the school DIES ks free from Halsted
where this road receives them to En-
gle. Some corporations have souls.
The next sOciable of the Ladies I'm
provement society is set for the 18th OF
March-"St.P athrick's day in the morn.
In" These entertainments have become
quite popular and the third one is
awaited with interest.
Col. Young has his family here now
Mrs. Young and child rrrived from
Albuquerque where they had been stop
ping, Friday night and they are now
Housekeeping IN a portion of Austin
Crawford's house occupied by Jacob
DUNES.
Business has been lively in court
of Judge Holmes lately. He has now
two cases from Engle on the docket be
sides three or four nearer home. Judge
Holmes has proven himself a wise
Judge and gives unusual satisfaction il
his decieiOns.
Taylor & Brockwsy, late of Robin
son, have departed from the range. A
constable with an attachment for theil
stock on account of a suit for debt be
gun against them, but failed to fine
them although they were supposed tt
be somewhere in the Iron Reef district
A horserace is on the tapis for mex
week, Friday. between j. M. Smiths
brown mare of Chloride and the sorre
horse of Jimmy Boyd Of Grafton. The
race is a single dash, distance six hun
bred yards, stakes forty dollars, ant
will be run on the Fairvlew track.
In lieu of the footrace expected al
Fairview aast Sunday but not run.
pony race was fixed up between M. G
Levy of Fairview and Tom Chambers
Of Grafton, six hnndredf yards, single
heat. stakes twensyoE~dS.+sxapside
The Grafton horse won the race b.
three feet.
The RANGE heans it stated that