The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1896-04-17
LOCAL NEWS.

Ed. DaVlSBOn ToCuTu6u Nlouudy AAVh
a trip to Silver City and Demlng.
The local roundup has been in camp
here for the past two or three days.
John Saucier has built a new corral
at his place at the lower end of town.
DIR. E. P. Blinn and Lew Kruse re-
turned from Magdslena last Saturday.
Westy Petersen has the tunnel of
his line Grove under cover sixty feet.
The summer term of district school
commenced last Monday with Mrs.
Gill teacher.
E. Payne has opened up a new lead
ing of high grade ore in the Free Com
age OIL Mineral creek.
Hugh McTavish and John Fulton
write from Globe. Arizona, that they
arrived at that place about the first of
April.
Tom Scales was over Tuesday and
informed us that a boom, in the
form Of adouble-header, would strike
Fairview and Grafton the latter part
of this week.
That odoriferous little beast, COM
monty known as the skunk. which has
been remarkably scarce in this locality
for several years, is reported to have
appeared in force. lie is reported
very sleepy and stupid. yet, while he
lacks his usual animation and activity,
his righteousness is said to be as
vigorous az. eyer.
Parties who recently visited the
Midnight mine report a bad cave-in IN
the sIiasy ninety feet from the surface.
The cave.in was caused by the decay
ing of the timbers since the closing
down of the mine five or six years
ago since which time the mine has
been closed up tight without venti-
lation, hence the result of laundering
stupidity. The extent of the cave-ln
Is not known.
According to an act passed by the
last legislature the time for holding
terms of district court In the third
judicial district is as follows: Dona
Ana county, on the third Monday in
March and the third Monday in Sep
TENDER. Sierra county, on the fourth
Monday in April and the fourth Mon
day in October. Grant County, ON the
third Monday in Hay and the third
Monday in November,
Prof. Guion, the celebrated juggler
and magician, will be here with his con-
gress of novelties on Thursday even
ing, April 2Srd. His exhibition will
consist of Japanese, Egyptian, morden
and Oriental jugglery; Side-splitting
dialect, character representations,
songs and limitations; startling ex-
periments in legerdemain, second
sight, spiritualism, exposing many
tricks of the same.
Section 4 of an act passed by the Goth
legislative assembly reads as follows:
"That it shall not be lawful to kill, or
take or have in possession any trout or
other food fish taken or killed in any
of the public waters Of this territory
during the months of November, De-
cembar. January. February, March and
April, or either of said months, in
any year, and the possession OF trout
or other food fish obtained as afore-
said during the months above meu-
toned shall be prlma facia evidence OF
the violation of the provisions of this
section"
The Bureau of immigration Of New
Mexico has in hand a descriptive pam
phIet of the of New Mexico
We understand that the publication,
which is under the supervision of the
secretary of the bureau, Hon. E. g.
Ross, is about ready for distribution.
The pamphlesy will devote great deal
of space to the mining resources OF the
territory, and the Black Range country
will occupy a leading position in the
publication. The best data secured Oy
the secretary comes from the mining
districts of the Black Range through
the able pen of Mr.. A.. F. Reynolds,
whose logical newspaper sketches OF
the mineral resources OF the BLACK
Range have attracted widespread at
tention during the past few months
Secretary Ross Is exerting himself 10
give every portion OF the territory q