The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1895-03-29
Silver. "a. Lead. ss.g5.

The paraSOl and straw hat season Is
upon us.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rugserger have moved
down from Camp Wing.
THE BLACK RANGE is fourteen
years. old to-day.
Mr.. and Mrs. IL. a. Schmidt left the
early part of this week for Lake Val
lev.
Jim Blaln wears a straw hat that
makes him appear quite English,
d%ocherknuw.
The trees are leaying-out, and, the
local wag says If they keep on leav-
ing we wont have atree left in town.
Within two months tliee deaths
have Oycuried on Sunday and as many
burials have taken place on Monday.
Those superticiously inclined are sus-
piciously watching the dmk corners.
A good road should be built to the
cemetery, IA good grade could be had by
following along the greater part of the
trail leading thereto. Several Fair
view people have offered to assist III
building Il new read, ct there he a
time set and agreed upon FOR doing the
work. The matter shGald not be de-
layed.
If all reports are true, the mining
camps of northern sierra cOHnty will
soon be flooded with mining experts
and capitalists. TIE gold properties
Of Chloride and Grafton and oegpnlng
to attract attention, aBd il the develop.
ment of our gold mines start up with
careful, liberal investors and develop
ers, Cri. PIE Geek WI have "a strong
rival;
jim Burson LEFT tGls zee for his
home ID Ohio, lie look Nith him a
euro in the shape OF a g eat American
silver dollar which represergs his gross
earnings for one day s labor which he
performed during his live months So
journ here. When he received this coin
its market value per ounce WIS about
fi~fty-nine cents and now it is worth
about sixty-four cents, and jim thinks
if he can hold on to it until the coun-
try is presided oyer by "A republican
president it will be worth 100.
Hon. r. NJ. White r0t9 into town
Monday looking very much az ne did
when he first rode into Chloride gulch
IN March in 1881, when there wasn't
any town here, and when MS rec hair,
red sunburned face, and red shirt,
gained him the name o. TIE Red Scout.
from the memt er5 Of the Jack Dali
glish party with whom he came; now
Bob Howe said his hair was a 6ligree
work of gold around his face, and
Harry Chandler called it a LangtrY
twist, whilst others referred to Dick
White as the sun flower. How happy
could we all be were t'other fellow
;wly.
Death, that inevitable reaper, has
again visited Chloride and removed
from our midst one of our most re-
spected and enterprislng citizens, Mr..
Charles Clauser, Nho. after a long and
painful illness, peacefully passed away
at 2O'clock sunday afternoon. Though
his dtmise was not unexpected, his
death was a shock to the community.
The cause of his death was that ever
fatal disease, consumption. He bore
his sufferings uncomplalnlngly. and
when the time had come for final
separation he summoned his family to
his bedside and babe his wife and
children the last farewell; he fully re-
tanned his faculties until the last and
his parting words were calmly and
llelligently spoken. The funeral was
aid at the residence of the family
at 2:3O Monday afternoon, Mr.. Charles
Russell, of Palrview, conducted the
service. The remains were inferred in
the cemetery and were followed by a
large number ofsypathlzing friends and
acquaintance. Mr.. Clauser leaves an
interesting family, a devoted wife and
daughter and two smaller children to
mourn his death. Mr.. Clauser was
born at Pekin, Illinois in 1850, and by
occupation was a railway engineer of
the irst grade, apd his illness, which
finally resulted in death, was due TO IN
juries he received in a railway aecl-
dent In December, 1855, he came to
New Mexico and located in Grafton
where he embarked In general mer-
ehgAdlse, remaiplug there until No