The Black range., 1884-10-24


ine. Was he'd In Chloride last evening
The Pelican mine At Hermosa Is TAX
ing out rich ore and sacking Il for ship
ment.
Gus Duvall Is a candidate for con
stable Of the Chloride precinct Gus
Is Just the man for the ofiite
Come out 10 listen 10 the speech by
Judge Prince tomorrow evening. The
ladies are respectfully invited.
District court in Sierra county will
he held on the 10th OF November. and
In socorro on the i7lh Of November.
This week l.. Corson purchased Of
All. Norton a lot on the south side Of
upper. Wall street for thirty dollars.
Ths sheep men Of this vicinity report
that iheir iiocks are fat and fee OF dis.
ease and In splendid shape to begin the
winter
The Kingston Clipper has a new city
editor and is greatly improved In news
matter as well as In English compo-
sition.
Messrs. James and Crawford went
up to their ranches on Chloride creek,
this week. TO complete the building of
their houses.
W. J. woTden republican candidate
for assessor. and c c. Crews democratic
nominee for probate clerk are the lasest
candidates to visit this section.
Sierra county needs n sheriff who
will give tax payers an equal show
with. himself for their county war.
rants. They certainly do not have II
now.
George Richardson supplies the mail
service from Chloride to Hermoso, with
hls meat wagon. going down on Tues
days and Fridays and returning on
Wednesdays and Saturdays.
The BLACK, RANGE Is placed under
Obligations to Anthony O'Neal, j. +.
of Dublin, Ireland. father of Anthony
.0'Neal of Fairyiew. for copies Of Dub
lin papers frequently received.
Messrs. g. NJ. Fuller. chairman o.
the board of county commissioners, ant
w. L. Pratt, probate clerk, spent mos
of this week with their friends in th,
north end OF the county. fixing fences.
The gophers were making serious in
roads ON Frank LeCrafts garden OF
Mineral creek, until he turned himsel
loose on them and now they are falling
all along the line. The regulation
weight Of Franks cabbages is twenty
five pounds.
. People having business TO transac
at the land Office at Las Cruces, or VIII,
desire to purchase any kind of LAM
scrip have their attention respectful.
directed to the card of q. ID. & u. i
Bowman, land and general agents. pub
lished elsewhere,
Thos. Dodds of Caliente creek, bet j
p. Blain twenty-five dollars that Call
.flrnia would cast her electoral vot
for Cleveland. This is the safest bet ye
heard of-for Blain. Chloride ha
plenty Of money TO bet on California
going republican with odds of two t
one.
]. II. Drake has made q strike in tn
Fairview which makes that propert
show up in fine style. The shaft ha
a depth of thirty-fve feet, ana ther
has suddenly appeared both walls som
three feet apart. with u soft gouge o
each and SIX inch streak Of handsom
ore running through the vein matte
Jack Farrell has traded for J. i
brakes Monongahela claim, situated /
the vicinity OF the Palomas Chief. 4
Hermoso, and has gone to work upo
it prospecting for mineral Since 1t
claimed that one of the ore streaks {
the chief is running in that drectio
there is a fair prospect of catching oil
on the Monongahaela-
]. W. Wolfort, a short time since, b
came discouraged and concluded 10 pu
out for Arizona. lie bid the boys goo
bye and prepared to start but final
thought that he would give his be
claim a parting shot for luck. And
did so. The result was that he unpac
ed his animals and has been hard
work ever since developing his ,mine.
]. L. Curren writes that it is mi
take about his having purchased u
Kingston Clipper to run in Ryne
sons interest. The bill Of sale of Il
property was made out and filed in u
probate clerks office but after tn
there was failure to agree ud Il
trade fell through. Mr.. Curren is st
holding the Headlight for Prince.
The Lake Valley New Era h
swamped its proprietor &C. Noel az
turned up its toes to the daisies. New
papers in Lake Valley appear 10 n
with hard luck. The fault undoubte
ly lies in there having been no man
the helm yet who understood his bu
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