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

Hs sxFcts 10 run the cattle On the
other sld- IN tie summer and over here
In The winter.
Last week l. Couson sid 10 John n.
CoOk eighiy feet OF Dot number three
u block numb~r luur Of Chloride. the
front being on Wall street Iii Mr..
Cookis intention O. h-gn the eTectiun
u a buIlding thereon At once the size
being axg5.
This week the concentration cleaned
up It's run on the 81 Cloud tAilings. and
put through the Blue Dandy and Mid
nteht ore. The run IL now or the De
lance. The sunrise will then BE- taken
hold Of. The silver Monument will he
left until the machinery Is put In order.
Grafton has arranged for a basket
picnic on the 4th OF July. The people
propose 10 90 Of 10 some quiet nook
where they can lounge ON the grass
and talk and sing and eat their dinners
in quiet enjoyment, and not make a
days work OF II which shall require n
weeks rest 10 GOV from.
A 24-page pamphlet bound in boards
containing the bylaws Of the New
Mexico Stock Growers association. the
officers and members Of the local stock
associations, aud the territorial laws
relating TO stock is received at this
Office through the kindness OF Max
Frost, secretary of the territorial asso-
citation.
NJ. II. Koch is increasing his stock
Of furniture gradually. He can sup
ply the needs of the range m this line
now 50 that people here are relieved of
sending to SocorrO or elsewhere n they
desire 10 purchase chairs. bedsteads,
tables and the like. This institution
has been badly needed In the range and
1t will lie appreciated.
John Stone has been over 10 the ella
hot springs, partially for his health.
He thinks that any other hot water Is
Just AS e~iicacious rs that spring water.
He says that there is a man in Wash.
ington nov engaged in having a tariff
put upon alum sufficiently high as to
make the working Of the alum mines
in the vicinity of the springs profit
able.
The Rio Grande has gone into a de-
cline and is again confined to its bed.
After 1t assumed the downward ten
dency it dropped rapidly, sinking six
feet in twenty-four hours. Trains are
running all right again on the Santa
Fe except on the FL Paso line, which
was so badly broken up that II will not
be in working condition for some
weeks yet.
The families of w. ii. De Courcy
and VIM. Jones. foremen Of the con
centrator, arrived in Chloride last even
ing. Their former home was at Bias.
sickville near Silver Cliff, Colorado,
and owing 10 washOuts on the RAILROAD
they were nearly Il week making the
trip to this place. Mr.. De COurcy
went to Engle to meet them. They
will make their residence on Terrace
Row.
Kean st Charles is not. as reported,
entered as u competitor in the three
hours foot race ut Fairvlew. He says he
is too busily employed with his hoe TO
pay much attention to his heels and he
!, does not care TO tire himself with a
three hours steady tramp. He is will
/ ing to run a short race howeverif there
} Is any money III it. The trouble with
Chloride is that there is nobody here t.
run against him.
About a year ago congress rebated
/, the tax on tobacco and everybody who
had this commodity on hand was IN.
vited to send in the amount to head
quarters and get his money back. Geo
Turner sent IN his claim along with the
rest and Tuesday he received a check
for twenty-five dollars. 1t is just like
finding 1t in the street. The govern
ment may be slow in its movements
: but it is exceedingly sure.
: Col. David Branson writes from his
home in Philadelphia. that it was {
mistake that was published conce rninl
: his beir in Washington, working fol
the appointment as governor of New
: Mexico. He has not been in Washing.
ton this season and he has made no eff
fort to yet the g~ubernatorial appoint
ment lie is attending to his own pri
vate business and will continue so to dc
a The Santa Fe Review will please note
/ this since it was the first to make the
charge that is here denied.
Ike Gray's dog, skip, died Tuesday
morning from the effects of poison
t from an unknown source. Skip was
good dog-in truth, was the only dog il
e town worth his keeping and no human
q ever had a more sincere mourner owe,
8 his demise than Skip has in his master
8 He was laid away beside the graves o