The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1884-05-23
LOCAL NEWS.

Chloride the nrst OF The week.
SIR. Mooney has purchased the DR.
Dewey house adjoining DR.. Blinh'A and
a. Citing Il up for occupation.
work has BEEN discontinued on the
Sunrise miGe. The lessees thereof
moved down town Tuesday last.
Messrs. Holmes. Bryant. Caldwell
and Gillem are putting In a goodly por-
ton Of this week nj HermOsa.
B. Lahrman has his dwelling house
completed. No residence in town is
finished of In better style than this.
The RANCE learns that last week
Alex. Rogers turned over bis buildings
at Engle and ranch property In the vi.
cinIty TO the purchasers thereof.
On the west side 81 the range the
landscape Is carpeted with green grass
and cattle are rolling fat. On this side
the grass is just beginning to show it.
self.
j. j. Best, n prospector who figured
In this country In nm early day along
with G. A. Cassil is at present In Hart
ford Connecticut. in the employ Of the
electric light company.
W. j. Jones OF Querida. Colorado. ar
rived in Chloride Monday evening 20
assist In the concentration. Mr. Jones
Ia practical mar understanding ore con-
crntrating thoroughly.
George Richardson has entered into
partnership with Vim. Cloudman IN
the butcher business ut Fairview. ana
the new firm will run a meat wagon to
Chloride every other day. to the great
accommodation OF our people.
The new buildings lately constructed
in Chloride. being added TO those al
ready awaiting tenants should reduce
rents considerably below the present
figures even though they are very rea-
sonable now.
During the past week the coach has
come In without mail three times. The
trouble was caused by w%ashouts of the
railroad in the vicinity Of socorro. The
Rio Grande rise of last week has sub
sided to get a better start for next
month.
Mr.. Turnbull is taking a thorough
look at this portion of New Mexico
these days, rs lie expects to return to
his Illinois home soUn and don't want
to go away without haviag seen every
thing worth seeing that the country
affords.
Sam Foster anne up from the Iron
Reef last night. 1t was his first visit
TO Chloride for four months and he was
not a little surprised at the improve
ment which had been made In the
town in this time.
The territory OF New Mexico has
more champion pugilists than any 9th.
er region yet heard from and they re-
tain their championship by keeping
peace. They are very free with chal-
lenges but they never fight.
Il. Lohrman took passage this morn
ing for Ell Paso, Texas, or any other
place where he may see a promise of
remunerative employment. Lohrman
Is too highly impreguated with energy
and ambition to find satisfaction In
idleness.
The New Mexico Stock Grower, pub
lished at Las Vegas, is a model paper of
Its class. 1t is exceptionally neat and
handsome. contains a large amout Of
such information as stockmen need, and
every cattle and sheep nan in New
Mexico should be a subscriber to it.
Judging by the bunch Of newly
sheared sheep which were about town
yesterday we would suppose that the
Mexicans pound the wool off the ami
mails with q very crooked club. 1t is
no wonder that they get no more wool
and that 1t commands no better price.
Four gentlemen of Kingston have,
according TO the Clipper. formed a
company with a capital of $4,000
whose purpose is to build a wagon road
from Lake Valley to Kingston direct,
The route is a billy and tedious one
and 1t is hardly probable that the CAPT.
tai stock of the company Will be suff.
cient to put it through without an In
crease.
The American Flag at Hermoss sent
up to the concentration yesterday by s.
s. Staley's teams twenty-three hundred
pounds of second-class ore for a test
run. If this experiment proves salts
factory the Flag has five hundred tons
which will be sent along Immediately
There are ten or twelve men at work
upon the mine at present piling up the
ore on the various dumps.
l. Fl. Gray's horse. Jim. some months
since had u small growth appear upon
his right eye-ball. Twice 1t was burn
ed of but each time it reappeared and
30 rapid was Its growth that it finally