The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1884-10-17

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hoFse Isi ms h-ad tsts-ru hs kneez
ard keitd vNu. 10 thv discamhture al
themselves and the drm.lishmeni ~
the bugv. Tee b~sys -so4l-=l with =
fes bruises. not serious
The Grafton boys are settling up tie
Affairs II Tom CHAMBERS. dsceascd. sell.
iug his thrds. saying his debts and
getting whatever residue there my he
iuto shaIe for forwarding 60 his rcla
tives whenever they nav lie beard
from. The articles that have bsen sold
brought better prices than were ex.
pected and every body At Grafton takes
an interest In seeing thai hts anairs are
settled up fairly aud squarely.
oio Caliente has a sinng band at
the present time which II unexcelled
In the county. TIE orchestra consists
Of John ST. Charles lst violin. y. shan
non end violin Nose Deduek 3rd violin
kean ~ Charles sth violin and Char.
ley Stevenson banjo or guitar. This
Will be the band that will aficiate nj
the ball next Monday evening aud II
will make good music 10 dance 10.
The advertisement OF the livery sta
BILE Of Blmn. Crawford and Cameron,
appears in this issue OF the RANGE
Jim Blain has friends scattered all
over New Mexico who visit Chloride
occasionally aud who are mot yEt aware
that he has a livery business here. and
he finds he loses considerably patron
aga that lie ought otherwise have had.
His friends will please notice the nd
vertisement aud he governed accord
inglg.
sam Michaells and Bob Norton who
attended the circus at Soeorro were moi
pleased with II. The performance was
going on IN three different rings at
Once and a person could not keep track
Of them all. sam says the clowns wert
no bueno and in the absence OF alma
nae jokes there was nothing TO laugh ut
People who failed TO See the circus can
be consoled by these reports.
w. 5. Hopewell and Arthur Donald
sou of the Grayson s. Co. cattle ranch.
visited Chloride Wednesday. Hope
well is an enthusiastic democrat and
Donaldson is the chairman of the re
publican county central committee, sc
they travel together to bold each Other
level that neither party may gain IN
undue advantage through either's eft.
forts. They are both gentlemen aut
jolly men 10 he with.
The Lynch brothers of Colorado
fCOlOrowl. Dona Ana county have lost
about two hundred head of cattle il
the past month from Texas lever
They claim that some cattle brought
in from Texas by Grayson & Co, start
ed The co%ntagation. If this il true |
Is strange that so few of the GrsysoI
stock have died for only u small nun
her have been afflicted. The diseas,
STAYS about the river and has not gon,
into the mountains at all.
Cattle thieving is nearly squelcheC
in Sierra county bat there is still II lii
tie of it going On. Last week MI
Hopewell of Grayson q Co. FOLLOWED
robbers who had eighteen head o
the Grayson cattle In their possession
aud secured the stock but failed t.
capture the thieves. The thieves die
not get much the start of iiopewell an'
were pressed st closely at RincoR tina
they abandonded the cattle TO saw
themselves. Grayson Il Co. are on tn
alert constantly and the thief is
dandy who gets away with their stock
The first candidates of the season T.
visit Chloride. came In Saturday an'
departed Sunday. They were J. \
Webster, republican nominee for pro
bate clerk, and G.. w. Gregg nominee TO
commissioner from the Kingston dis
trlct. J. L McArdle a citizen OF Kings
ton accompanied them. Their stay wa
too short for them TO make the acquant
ance of many people. but those whom
they did meet were favorably impress
ed and will double vote for then
and the whole republican ticket.
The philanthropic citizens Of IIei
mosa sent Henry Westerman Il rar
specie OF female dog The present wa
sent up by the butcher wagon accom-
panied by a complete pedigree OF tn
brute showing that il was an impol
tation from a foreign shore, bu
strange to say HeHry kicked 1t out an
refused to receive it. Henry has a WI
peculiarly his own Of getting dogs an
apparently allows no man or set Q
men to force their CANNES upon hin
Neither small nor large favors OF thi
kind are thankfully received.
Jacob Long and a gentleman name
Freedom from Leadville are yisitin
the range with Fairview as their stoI
ping place. Mr.. Long was n of tn
discoveries of the noted Long and Del
ry mine which made him n fortune. II