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

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appointed time.
The sports of Chloride are building a
race track on the mesa south Of town.
1t will be six hundred feet long and
sufficient labor will be put upon it to
make it equal to any racing track in
the territory.
The heavy SHOWS now lying upon
the mountains Of Colorado give quite
plain assurance that the Rio Grande
river will next spring rise to an unu-
sual height and people who live on its
banks should make preparations for
this contingency. Don't be caught
mapping.
John Mcbride has returned from his
visit to his mothers residence in Ne
braska and his friends in Kansas. He
speut two months there and had such a
pleasant time that he was 10th to re-
turn at all. On his way back he stop
ped at Denver, but no Won Wendt with
his recent threats of vengeance APP
peared and Nc was unmolested.
Hop Kee has a we'll Of his own now
with an abundance Of water. The
other day Hop Kee was descending into
the well by means of the rope and the
wlndlass broke when he was about
half way down. letting him fall about
twenty feet, and tumbling the windlass
after him. Fortunately the well nor
nothing was injured.
Tom Higgins and Sam Tate. old
G~raftonites, write to their friends IN
the range from the state of Seneloa,
Mexico, stating that they have struck
rich placer mines down there, have a
company organized in the states east
to back them and that they are work
ing on a large scale and rapidly &C.
curing fortunes.
The BLACK RANGE acknowledges re-
ceipt of miles Pacific Coast Poultry
and Stock Book" published at Los
Angeles, California, by VIM. Niles and
offered for sale at fifty cents per copy.
The title of the book explains its char
acter and so practical is its treatment
of the subjects dealt with that it must
be invaluable to all stock and poultry
ralsers.
j. M. Smith took a shot in one of the
butchers pigs, the other day, not to
kill it but just to scare it out Of bis
yard. The gun was loaded with shot
and the range was long, so of course
the wounds would hurt nothing even
if the shot hit, so Smith supposed, but
he was evidently mistaken, for no
sooner was his gun off than the hogs
life vanished. Smith is a dead shot.
Colonel R. G.. Ingersoll and family,
J.B. Alley and others to the number of
fourteen persons, all important person
sonages from the east. are expected to
arrive in Grafton soon and that little
burg is on a tlptoe of expectation.
These people arein the territory hav-
ing been enticed hither by the sale of
the OjO Caliente reservation, and 1t is
not improbable that they will visit
their extensive possessions here.
The Ladies' Improvement society
received a contribution this week from
Ed Fest of Cuchillo town, in the sum
Of ten dollars to be devoted to schooI
purposes. The money was thankfully
received and Mr.. tests generosity wa.
highly applauded. Ed has no little
ones of his OWE to send to the school
but he takes an active interest in thu
affairs OF the range and is glad to help
along . worthy object.
The attention of the RANGE readers
is called to the advertisement in this
issue, Oh the concentration here at Chic
ride which being nearly ready to rur
asks the mine-owners to bring in theil
ores. The range is prolific of ore
dumps, but they are Of no use to any
body as they stand. If hauled in tC
the works here they Will pay the own
ers handsomely and assist greatly in
making a success of the plant. There
should be full bins for the trial run.
This country has been having tn,
most delightful weather for the ter
days past that a be imagined. The
nights are mild and salubrious and thu
days are calm with the thermometer
reaching n~inety-six degrees in the shade
This marking of the Thermometer how
ever does not bring the oppression thai
people in the northern states expect
but is simply what is required to make
the air just warm enough and not too
hot. Nothing could be finer.
The FIRST north extension of the Even
ing btar lode in the Cuchillos was las
year called the Moonshine but on thu
first day Of January it was relocated
by several of the Fairview men as thu
Emma. The original shaft showed
fine vein Of ore q few inches thick bu'
a new discovery has been made by thu
present owners, north of this opening
which at a depth of six feet exhibits
creYlce Of mineral nearly four fee'