The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1895-04-26
LOCAL NEWS.

IN the city.
Judge Russell and wife were over
from FaIrYiew.
Harry Chandler was over from Fair
view Wednesday on business.
Jas. Wing has rented Mrs. Corsou's
residence for aterm of six months.
Mrs. ]. f. Thompson has returned
from a pleasant visit to the McAughan
ranch.
Mrs.S E. Cgrson contemplates 60
ing to Colorado Springs IN about a
month.
Mrs. E. P. Blinn and Mrs. w. O.
Thompson visited Fairview friends
yesterday.
Robt. Howe. of Grafton, who has
been somewhat i%ndisposed of late. is
reported better
Chas. Bishop was up from Hermosa
last Friday. He informed us that he
was about to go to the Mogollons
The Fairview smelter folks are max
ing a fight in the district court on the
attachments against their property.
The frequent showers of late have
been very welcome. but rain and more
of it would be most beneficial to the
country.
Eggs bring only twenty cents a
dozen and, ever at this price, find a
very poor market during these good
old democratic times.
Mrs. Rugsegger expects to go to Santa
Fe soon to take care Of her brother
George Blain, brother of Jlm Blain,
who is in very poor health.
The extended drouth has killed many
of the shade trees in the town. An
other year of extreme dry weather
would about exterminatethem.
A number of our citizens contem-
plate making ap extended visit to the
ella and Mogollon country this sum-
mer. The expedition expects to start
sometime next month.
Now with a gravel walk That spans
the sandy plain Which doth his
front yard decorate, Yet unceas-
ingly In toll doth he wage-He's now
sowing wheat For his neiqhbors'
chicks to eat-is Billy Dawson.
A refreshing shower of rain, the
first for many moons, fell last Monday
greatly refreshing and purifying the
atmosphere. The shower was heavier
to the north and east and good streams
flowed down the dry gulches leadinn
down from the Cuchillos. About an
inch of hail fell at Grafton.
The usual calmness of our town was
somewhat e~nlivened "Wednesday even
ing by a brisk dog-6ght, wherein one
grown person and n two-thirds
grown kid added establishment to the
grumous conflict, as the fading twi-
light cast a ghost-like tinge upon
weird scene. by their frantic e%ndeavors
to separate the combatants, and a wild
cheer from an interested crowd of
spectators would rent the air when
the qusrtette occasionally doomed
upthrough the cloud of dust that ell
-
veloped the battle field.
Knowing ones predict a genuine
rainy season this summer. No doubt
this prediction is founded on the al
legged fact that the existence of a
mo~use-colored pig, six months old,
with D white snout, a yellow dot over
each eye, and a tail that kinks nine
times to the left is a sure rain indicator.
Full returns would indicate that
some Of our Black Range young men
have proven very easy picking for the
llghtrdngered gentry, hold-ups. etc that
lay for the unsophisticated country
jake. The Grst of the u%nfortunates to
report was S. g. Dilley, who left Graf
ton for Cripple Greek, Colorado, and
was held up between Denver and Grip
pie Greek to the tune of $4,000. Ac-
cording to current report Mr.. Dilley
was Misguided by bis Colorado friends
who insisted that he would certainly
be robbed or perhaps murdered if BIZ
remained In New Mexico; and in &C.
canoe with the wishes Of bis friends
he goes to Colorado, where he was rob
bed before he got home. Next comes
John Fullerton who was relieved o.
his surplus cash 10 Ell Paso and bad tt
beat come honest railroad company ou'
of his fare to his home somewher'
down In Texas. Next comes Jim Bur
son. who whIleon his way to his HON,