The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1884-06-27
LOCAL NEWS.

George beebe and j. III 0ung mAae
Auup 10 the eOunty-seat this week.
Sunday school Is held at the resi-
dence VI Mrs. Rleker nowadays
Thanks 10 delegate Manzsnares for
an armful Of public documents and
speeches which are appreciated.
Superintendent Drake Is erecting a
twO-stOrY lug baIlding at the silver
Monument mine for the employees.
Trumbor and Mac6owan caught
three hundred fish with hook ana line
IN a couple of days ON Diamond creek,
". II. Beery has finished assessment
work on the Dreadnaught and Mime
haha claims and Is now at work on the
Yankee Boy.
Brown paper Is becoming fashion
able with the newspapers OF southern
New Mexico. The late washOuts run
many of them short.
C. IL. Laidlaw of Fairview packed
his KIT of tools u few days ago and de
parted in the direction Of SOcorro Oh
the lookout for work.
jacob Dimes and family came back to
Chloride from their ranch last week
and Mrs. ID. and Johnny will remain in
town for some time TO come, anyhow.
A twelve ton shipment Of probably
the finest ore that ever went out of the
range was sent TO SocorrO Wednesday.
where IL will take the train for Denver.
1t was from the Silver Monument mine.
On Tuesday the route agent on the
railroad dropped the paper sack at
Engle but forgot the letter pouch, 50
the range had no letter mail ON We'd
nesday.
There has been more rain In the Mog-
ollon mountains this season than ever
known there before. As consequence
grass is fresh and green and knee high
and stock looks splendidly.
This is the season Of the year when
the big green dies up in the mountains
are on the rampage and they are out in
force. 1t is well that their race runs
out in a couple of weeks.
Billy James and Austin Crawford
have located ranches on Chloride creek
at the lode and placer cabin and vicin-
ity and have been occupied lately in
building a cabin on one of them.
When the Occidental battery was
brought down for the concentration
only five stamps were taken. Teams
went out for the remaining five yester-
day and they will probably reach the
mill to-day.
Moreland's teams went out TO Socorro
last week loaded with concentrates foi
shipment. There is another carload
At the mill yet that Is ready to go out
and its shipment will probably not be
long delayed.
The board of county commissioner
did not meet at Hillsboro last week as
the RANGE had been informed thai
they would, and 1t will not meet unless
some unforeseen emergency arrives UNI
I'll July It'll.
Jim Wilson Of the st. Cloud mine
has quit work on that property ant
gone to Kingston where he has the Soil
taire and other excellent properties
Forrest and Pitcher are working alone
on the st. Cloud now.
The railroad between Las Cruces and
Rincon Is in such bad condition thai
its use for Il long time is despaired Of
so the citizens of Las Cruces have pu
on a hack line to Rincon in order TO ge
to and from the outside world.
Judge V. Moore came back from thu
Mogollon's last week and Is now assist
ing in the roundup of his cattle on thi
side of the range. He thinks the west
ern side of the Black range Is ia
ahead of the Mogollon's as a cattl
range.
The board of county commissioner
of Sierra county have agreed to erect
court house at Hillsboro, the total cos
of which will be $1,000. When thu
bonds are negotiated and the cash is II
hand the board will be open for bids OF
the work. This is the report but |
isn't true.
w. F. Caldwell writes to Judg
Holmes from Larned. Kansas, that tn
wheat crop of Kansas this year !
tremend ious and that land cattle, horse
and everything in those lines are eS
ceedingly high. Kansas is having es
cellent times.
Ed. Magner mourns the loss Of hi
horse at the Black Knight. Monda
evening he tied him to a tree and hat
hardly lett him whea he put his foo
over the rope and in attempting to Ugh
flies in this position he threw himseI
and broke his neck.
The new town of Socorro WIS loot