The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1895-07-26
Friday, July 90, 1895
LOCAL NEWS.

W. 3. DawS0n came in from the
railroad Wednesday.
Prom every quarter come tidings of
bouniiful rains aud grass.
Jim Blain and family moved up to
Camp Wing the early part Of this
week.
Several of our correspondence failed
TO reach US this week. The humid
condition of the country has no doubt
headed them OF.
Jas. Wing and sister Alice, and Edith
and Ed. James came in from San Mar
eial on Tuesday. They report plenty
rain and mud and The roads in bad
condition.
During the floods Of two weeks ago.
Frank DOdds who has a ranch some dis
lance above Monticello, had his stable
destroyed aud two work bOrses drown
ed. Mr.. DOdds and son had been
blowing and when the rain SET in they
put the horses in the stable and start
ed for the house, but the food came
upon them SO suddenly that they had
to climb a tree frOUa where they watch
ed the destruction Of their property.
Mrs. Guenther and Miss Mccoy did
not 90 TO tie City OF Mexico but went
to ManiboH Springs, Colorado. The
ladies not wishing TO crOss the treach-
erous Rio GIaude on the EDgle route,
they engaged a Mexican to take them
to San Mareial, and after a hard strug-
gle the Mexican landed them at their
objective point on the fourth day out.
Unusually, with a reasonably good team
and good roads. the trip from Chloride
TO San Marclal is made in n day.
1t is reported that a terrible cloud
burst occurred at Silver City. This
information, says the Albuquer-
que Democrat, comes from Denver
papers. Owing TO the demorslizsd
condition Of the railroads and tele-
graph lines through the agency Of
high water and floods, no further in
formation has been received concern
ing welfare or fate of Silver City.
Later information from Silver City
SAYS that town was visited by a ter
Iifc food that did thousands Of dollars
damage TO property. The food occur
red Sunday evening and was the most
destructive in the history of that city.
The stage outfit that pretends to do
business between Engle and this place
has, apparently, about come to a stand
still 50 far as public service is concern
ed. The agent at this place was mott
fed last Saturday that no more paSsen-
gers nor express would be brought in
untilt the road was fixed" TbeToad may
be in abad fix" but this is the first time
in the history of staging from Englt
into the Black Range that passengel
and express service has been absolute
" declared of on account Of bad
roads. In 1881, a easOn of excessive
rain and floods and bad roads. wheI
the Rio Grande was impossible ther'
were temporary delays, but when the
river could be crossed the condition o.
the roads did not prevent the carry
ing Of passengers aud express. Ii II
evident TO the public mind that tn
outfit could, if it would exert itself
bring passengers and express occasion
ally. OF course, the outfit after hay
ing solicited the patronage of the PEG
pie to bring in express at the rate o
three cents per pound, will be perfectl
willing to make good any and all dam
age that may occur to ~peIishable good
while stored az Engle waiting for th
HrOads TO be fixed"
SOmef0lks have a maniafO investn
their money in cheap newspapers o
foreign production that are not at a
in harmony with the surroundings O
requirements Of their local community
and, many Of this class Of individual
are densely ignorant of what is gOin
on in their own county. Mind you nc
all the people who invest in cheap fOl
eign literature are not well posted 0
home affairs because many OF theI
subscribe for the home paper. Nov
for instace, not long since. in q tow
not over a thousand miles distant frol
our s2uctum, there appeared upon Il
streets a young msn soliciting SUI
scTibers for avery cheap paPeT-maE
weeks for ten cents-with a promise {
a fair representation Of the sllF'
question, and she took, and the tooAeI
got took II, and nsw they, the 1--we
tors. areanxiOEsly waiting their tern
of subscription 70 expire LIS pure