The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1895-03-15

sueahlhg ousy-oouy VIII inform on an.
of their neighbors. Informers are dis
plseable.
Our farmers are not as active as las
year, owing to the general d~istrust. 4
small area viii be placed owing to TIN
present democratic prices, and still
inclining two years more.
Our mineralOSlsts are very numer
GUS, in fact, it would be hard to 6nt
one in III midst that could not tell th,
difference between a piece of graphite
and a box of Fraser's axle grease.
Mr.. James, a former Kingston butch
er, has gone into rebellionin California
He has called a public meeting tor the
purpose of forming a Pacific republic
Mr.. James evidently needs a good lick
ing.
Fresh Kingston eggs, the most cele-
brated in the world, are now only
worth twenty cents adozen. The aei-
tator, is talking of organizing a strike
among the hens, the regular breed, not
the sage variety,
Thomas Cochran, owner of the Big
Republican Reef. on TERRA Blanca,
and a local capitalist of repute, drove
MP in a buggy Saturday from Hillsboro,
where be is now operating a gold mine.
Mr., Cochran is a graduate of the Mcken-
zie river gold delds, and knows all about
the business. lie says she will make
Hlllsboro get a move on itself, A
regular howl"
John Askew, one of our old pioneers,
was recently married at Big Bug, Ari-
IONA, to Miss Bessie Lane, who was
reared and educated in this community.
The nuptial epitbalaminm was render
ed by a full orchestra, and Joe sends
greeting to all his friends in Sierra
county, and wishes them joy, hope and
success; telling them to 60 into bust
ness, get married and settle down with
some big bug.
Our people are much pleased with the
announcement of the bimetallic league
to run a candidate for president in 1896.
The Kingston league will at once
take the initiative, and start the cam
paign for 16 to l in Sierra county.
Members of all political parties will
lend a helping hand to elect a good sill
yer mar for president. the bimetallic
league has given them an opportunity.
Many of Jul populist friends are ready
to join, and have signiied their inten-
tion to abandon the Omaha platform
in favor of the league.
The good, strong, open-hearted men
of the town turned out Saturday and
spaded Widow Mead's garden, and pre-
pared it for planting. She is the widow
Of Lockwood Mead, and was left with
alarge family of small children. Mr..
Mead was an old soldier, and a PEN
sioner, and his widow and children are
legal and just pensioners aud should
have been on the rolls long ago.
Hickey Pokey" and his minions have
kept her out of an income for nearly a
year, aud We presume will hold the
case back as long as possible. The adj
nlnistrationha pinched the veterans,
their widows and orphans out of
twenty nine millions, but, they at once
turned around and gave the b0ndhold-
ers ten millions of it, Great men,
Grover, Carlisle, Hoke Smith s. Co.
The prosperity and wealth of the
county depend largely upon its mineral
resources, and the ability of the people
to produce wealth from the ores. With
this idea in view many of the claim
holders of Carpenter district, adjoining
US on the west, have requested a gener-
al rally OF miners holding claims in
said district on April 1st., with the OBJ
iect of combining and opening up
some of the largest ore bodies in the
district. Every claim-holder is expect
ed to bring his own tools, a supply of
powder and provisions to last thirty
days. The scheme is a good n and
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will demonstrat g the future of the dis
trict if heartily entered into, as by
unity of action greater results can be
accomplished than by any other me-
thod.
Morris Hickney, a veteran, and a
resident Of this place, has at last been
allowed a pension at six dollars per
month. Mr.. Hickney is not able to do
q days work, and yet he has been plac-
ed on the roll at the lowest rating. A
few months ago he was notified that be
was not entitled to pension. In short
time he was notified that he had been
placed on the roll beginning from date
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