The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1897-04-09
LOCAL NEWS.

Dick Steele has gone to Hlllsboro.
John Saucer is doing Magdalena
this week.
Some of our citizens are spearing
trout on Diamond creek.
A bevy of capitalists are expected to
arrive here in a few days.
Mrs. Nellie Wilson visited Chloride
friends the early part of the week.
The fruit crop at Monticello has
been quite badly damaged by frost.
John James shot at and wounded a
large mountain lion on Mineral creek
yesterday.
G. H. Laidlaw has moved back to
Hillsboro where he will open al assay
office and become a permanent fixture
of that town.
The James Bros. have completed
the wagon road from the Wing mill to
the Wing mines and are o hauling
ore to the mill.
Chas. Bayless left Yesterday for the
City Of Mexico, where he goes to write
u the railway shops in the interest of
American railroad journalism.
The nice young nan who invited his
particular friend to view the interior
of his "~unoccupied" house and found
therein a sewing machine, a baby car
rage and a clothes line full of "little
things" has gone further south.
P. H. McAughan was down from his
ranch Yesterday. Nc. has recently
returned from a trip to Pueblo, Colo
RADIO, where he went for medi-
cal treatment at the hand of a special
ist and he has returned much better
by the treatment he received. His ill.,
ness was caused by the rupture of a
blood vessel in the head. He says there
are hundreds of Idle men in that por-
tion Of Colorado waiting for the COM
ing of the wave of prosperity that
would come when Mckinley was elect
ed.
Last week was a period of unusual
events in this burg, inasmuch as two
of our floating population skipped out
by the light of the zoe Chapter L.
1t seems that Bazel J. Meek and Will.
liam Woods got tangled up in attempt
ing to settle up some business affairs
between themselves. Woods threat
ed to sue Meek, and Meek meekly re
taliated by threatening to prosecute
Woods for shooting up the town, ant
Woods came back at Meek with tht
hardwood proposition that he woulC
have Meek snatched for shooting deel
out of season, and for a day or 81
things looked squal]y. Judge Bon'
attempted to pacify the would-be liti
giants, but they we're bent on having
justice doled out in huge chunks, so
His Honor, decided to no further stant
as a barrier between the seekers o
justice, and he cleared decks for actor
and prepared himself to intelligent,
dispense righteousness In the bull pei
of his humble court. All these pre-
parations, however, were of no. avail
for between the setting of the sun Fri
day night and the rising of the sun Sat
urday morning Bazel meekly hied him
self to an unknown land, leaving sever
al creditors to mourn his timely depart
ure. Chapter 2.-Whlle the dizlden
Of the town were yet earnestly dis
cussing the night departure of Baze
the Chillicothen, the feline intestine
of the gossipal guitar were screwe
up several octaves by the announce
pent that Billy Woods, the tonsoris
mechanic, had parted his cable and d.
parted the city under cover of darl
ness that filled the space of time b.
tween Saturday evening and Sunda
morning. We will not dwell upon tn
merits or dement's OF the followin
case, but will simply report the case o
reported and reported. Billy, 1t is a
legged, did, with undue regard for fan
lily ties, toy with the affections Of
buxom matron who has a husband an
two children. Now, William. th
Magdalenan, 80, It's said, was, vel
snamored with the matron whose hu