Salt River herald., 1878-12-07
SALT RIVER HERALD.
saturdaX.....December 2. 1878.
TERRITORIAL NEWS.

tlnues 10 improve.
 Work on a 1,9O9-foot shaft for the General Lee mine will shortly be commenced.
 Attitudes: Pinal mountains, 3,925 feet; Pinal creek, 3,112 feet; Picket Post, 2,669 feet.
 A stage line, now running from Tucson to Arivaca, is to be extended soon to Altar, Sonora.
 John II. Pierson has been appoint ed postmaster of Antelope valley, Yavapai county, Arizona.
 The name of Hon. Milton w. Stew art is presented by the Sur for the speakership of the house of represent atives.
 The Belt says: It is reported that Archie Mcintosh, Of Grapevine Spring, on Salt river, was recently killed by squaw.
 The case of J. c. Loss, indicted for manslaughter of J. c. Robinson, has been continued until next term in the district court in Florence.
 The Arivaca mill, near Tucson, will commence crushing orc on January 1st. The mines in tho district give promise of great richness.
 Passenger travel into Arizona is fast increasing. The. impetus lately given to railroad progress has induc- ed many new people to come.
 D. B Req & Company have sold five mines in Mule Pass, Pima coun- ty, to E. A. Corbin & Company, of Philadelphia, at handsome figures.
 Seatinel: Yuma county is growing richer at the rate of $6,OOO per day that is about the rate per mile atwhich railroads are assessed. Prosperity?
 On the morning of the 24th of No vember, an unsuccessful attempt was made to set fire to the large mercan- tile establishments of Lord & Will. Hams and Jackendorf S Co.
 The report of the teachers of the public sdhool of Tucson district for November, shows that there are 143 boys and 70 girls in attendance, mak. ing a total of 212.
 A register of mining men is kept al the office of The Engineer of the Pa cific, No. 5O7 Montgomery St, San Francisco. New arrivals from Ariz ona are requested to register theil names for the convenience of theil friends.
 Mir. J. B. Hume, detective for Wells Fargo & Co.,, and MT. Paul, arrested two men on November 2S, in the low CT part of Thompson valley, upon tho charge of stopping the stage on No vember 11th, between Kelsey'S an( Gilson's.
 Tramps are becoming a nuisance in Yuma-big, lusty fellows who vii not work. They manage to "beat' their way out here on construction trains. There will soon be enougl here to hold sand lot meetings. Tht Chinese must go!
 The residents oc Globe.district hay, circulated a petition, which has beer generally signed, asking the author ities at Washington for another slic, of the San Carlos Indian reservation The part asked for is entirely minera and of no benefit to the Indians.
 Gov. Fremont pardoned Jesus Mo lima, Nov. 20. Molina was convicted at the October term, 1877, of the Dis trict court of Pima county, of tn crime of murder in the second degre, and sentenced for the term of twelv years in the Territorial penitentiary.
 Thanksgiving was quite general. observed in Tucson. There wer services at eleven o'clock in mornin; under the auspices of the Presbyteri an church. All places of bushes were closed at noon and the remainde of the day given up to pleasure ant festivities.
 Governor Fremont has offered a re ward of $500 for the arrest and deten ton of Louis Rondepoach and Johl Mullen, who robbed the Unitid State mail, near Wickenburg, Arizona, ol 10th of last April. For the apprehen sion of either one of the robbers $25 will be paid.
 Rosalio ColOma, Manuel Lucero Madaleno Caldaron and Juan SedillC indicted at the June, 1878, term of tn district court for the killing of on Peter Clanton, q desperado, at s Johns, in October, 1877, have all bee acquitted of tie crimes as charged i the indictment.
 Arrangements have been made { establish a bank in Tucson and will be opened as soon as a propC building, safe, etc. are provided. I'll : chief promoters of this enterprise al