The Black range., 1884-08-29

MulEH AttrN FiltEI me MtNhis
Richard winn rtiufned from bis irsi
trip 10 Socorno Weines.ias. lie thinks
that times ~ that place are better than
usual There Is no boom bot trade u
steady aud there i no complaint
There was born b Dr.. aud Mrs. + Y
Bllnu. Yesterday. which was Thursday,
August 2Sih. a fat hearty hoy. which
weighed eight pounds. IL Is the irsi
Of the family and the doctor is con.
ssquently As proud and happy over the
event a. fathers are expected 10 be
The mother Is getting along nicely.
The present stock tender for the
Southwestern Stage company at wll'
low Springs station. John Anderson
has resigned the job and his place will
be supplied with George worthington
now Of Lake Valley. who will move
his family of wife and two children up
to that place. The stage company will
build them a new house TO live In.
There Is no place in New Mexico that
appears 10 be- more dull than Santa Fe.
Even with the influx of delegates who
attended the republican convention
this week the old city seemed hardly to
wake up 10 a realizing sense of duty to
make itself appear young. Chloride is
not lively, but Santa Fe seems TO be
less so.
Ed. Fest at Cucmllo Negro has a
neat and tastefully arranged store and
keeps very full and complete stock
OF general merchandise. such rs Is
suited To the wants of the residents
of his town and possible travellers. Be
tween the store. the post-ollice. corral
hotel, county eommissionership and ms
outside interests he manages TO keep
fairly busy.
Judge Holmes received a letter from
Frank Caldwell who is now on farm
near Larned, Kansas. Frank ha:
bought 500 acres acres OF land, one-hali
improved. He is liking up in good
style aud writes as If he proposed tC
stuck to the charms of quiet home life
and abandon mountaineery. Still. h,
he says, If he gets restless he may tax,
TO the mountains.
John Il. Alley, the Boston million
aire who is SO heavily interested IL
stock ranches in New Mexico alons
with II. j. lngers0ll. paid Il visit to IN
ranches in this section this week. liz
came in his own conveyance from LAX,
Valley sunday and departed by tn,
same means To return whence he cam,
ON Tuesday, Mr.. Alley has a rancl
south Of Lake Valley and another il
the north part of the territory.
If the miners of the range SHOULD
hear of another coneentrator goinI
into operation, in the neiphborhood o
Chloride, in the next three months
they need not be surprised. Tn
parties talking means it viii be sue
cess from the day it starts. IL will no
conflict ut all with the one alread
built, as there is sufficient ore in til
range to support two cuneentrator
with abundance each.
Armstrong Bros. were awarded tn
contract of carrying the mail on tn
new route established last month iron
Engle to Cherryville (Ojo Caliente
The mail sacks are carried on the Blac
range route to Cuchllo Negro AM
there change vehicles. The Paloma
mail is dropped from the Black rang
wagon mt Fest's old raEch near Cuchi
Ito Negro instead of ut the river, an
goes on the sulky from that point I
its destination.
If nothing OCCURS TO interfere tn
construction force will be put bac
upon the Magdalena branch during til
month Of October and the road CON
pleted as soon as possible. The Bill
ing smelter is running but two stack
now owing to its inability to get It's or
from Kelley. The manager of tn
smelter fully expected the railroad I
be running ere this time and in thG
anticipation he allowed the OK team
to be taken away and he now tilds hin
self short of hauling force.
T. w. Smith the station agent /;
Engle has yielded to the solicitation
of several of the Black range me
chants and will engage in the busine
of forwarding freight from his static
to the range. Persons expecting fregil
consignmeuts can address "A card to NJ
Smith on the subject and be sure
getting their goods 10y the first team
which go over the road. His char,
for services will be the minimum rat
A large force of men are at Eng
this week engaged in the work of su
stituting steel rails for the iron on
! heretofore used on the Santa Fe traC
: immediately north of that point. For
). men are employed. The rails Whit
: are being taken up north OF Eng
' when lit to he used longer are |
ing put down between there and ri
con, the wherefore for which the wr
Il ar of fins knowath MT