The Black range., 1884-08-22

less DO considerable work upon them
this year.
In tie account of the bear chase pub
ilshed In last weeks RANGE mention
was neglected Of the fact that Miss
Sadie Staliey was ou the Eronnd 20 see
bruin breathe bic life away. Thls
oversight ON the part Of the RANoE re-
porter was entirely unintentional.
From WAierville. Me. paper hand
ed into this Office by /. II. GRAY. K Is
learned that tue father Of Lu White
died on the soih OF July. Of the illness
which called The sou home. aud which /
an autopsy proved TO be cancer Of the
stomach. The deceased was part own
er and manager Of q wollen mill. His
age was slxty-one years. A married |
sister m0urns with Lu the loss Of the
parent.
The democrats OF Sierra county were
represented at the territorial conyen-
ton held at Albuquerque Tuesday. by
d. G.. Meredeth of Lake Valley. Alex
Rodgers of Enge. and A. &. Lowrey Of
Kingston. IL was solidly Manzanares.
The county convention at which these
delegates were elected was so called AS
to preclude the possibility of any repre-
sentation being made from the north
part Of the county. The notice of the
meeting was received here few days
after the said meeting was held.
ID. G. Cantwell, j. b. Petrie, A. Rush
Bowe aud Roy Dresser went out TO the
railroad Tuesday bound for Albuquer-
que 10 attend the stock Growers As
sociation meeting. ). w. Campbell
and George Wright accompanied the
party, the former being on his return
trip to Missouri, ane the latter going To
Dodge City, Kansas. Before he re-
turns. Mr.. Bowe. will visit New York
City and other places, and MIR. Can't
we'll will go TO Kansas City and thence
TO the Texas Panhandle where he has
a bunch of cattle yet to dispose of.
There was another killing at Lake
Valley last Friday. Tom Boyd butch
er shot and killed John Foundation,
a saloon keeper. Boyd was dealing a
faro game iD Cotton's saloon and
Foundation was playing, Foundation
grew angry because OF the ten dollar
limit imposed and after few angry
words went into his own place for "a
gun. Boyd got shot gun and follow
ed and AZ Foundation reappeared with
his cooked pistol in hand Boyd fired a
heavy load of No. | shot into his heart.
lie died in fifteen minutes.
Cattle in the Animas valley are re-
ported rs suffering greatly for the
want of water. Places that have not
been known to go dry for years ART
now without drop of water. If the
rainy season holds off any considerable
time longer the ranchmen will be com
PEELED to remove their cattle from the
ranges. Ashton ahd Powell have al.
ready sent portion of their herd t.
San Barnadio creek, Arizona. and it II
believed that others will be compelled
: to follow their example.-Silver City
> Enterprise.
One of Saucier Bros. oxen died the
: other night from cause unknown anc
| h.sp ali nF aa4 /.
camped at the sawmill of the Cole
Riley. Ut al, outfit fully a dozen heat
. gave up the ghost. These last losse
. were attributed to black loco, bat JohI
: Mcbride thinks If this was the caus
. it is very odd that the sawmill cattl
: do not get hold OF it. All the cattl
deaths in this section since new gras
came have been among oxen and calves
: the latter being killed by bears.
= Some weeks since u young chap wa
a camped upon Mineral creek with
. couple of yoke of oxen. After remain
!. ing there awhile he departed for s,
zorro and on his way out was ovel
taken by Long and Criger loaded wit
: ore so heavily that they gladly increa'
= ed their OK power by the purchase {
;, the travellers animals. On the occasIo
y of the recent trip to Engle one yok
e of the cattle newly purchased by Crigt
was claimed at Cuchillo and take
with writ of repleven by citizer
j. there. Criger contested the repleve
n and In the suit which was tried las
70 Saturday the Mexicans proved the
Is claims to the oxen and showed tn
I. they had been stolen. Mr.. Criger hi
u had the worst kind of luck with {
e teams since he has been in the range.
The boys ut Hermosa say that IL
IN Palomas Chief is the dandy mine I
n their district at the present time. III
lg fine showing which induces these !
'k marks Is made in the end of the l0i
I'd tunnel where no ore was visible Hh'
OF the present work begun. The preyio
8 work ended in barren place. but Z
tirst shot of the new work broke In
he the ore which has presented a fa
| ~ ta f,,nxAat sst,