Mohave County miner., 1883-09-02

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 fastening the moose on other people, , horses, and one for shooting at mark which happened to be moving spirit-afte
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 Secretary Gosper returned from trip tC Boston, on Thursday evening" accompanied
 by several gentlemen who come here to look at the country and if favorably impressed
 with the grazing and mining outlook, pre- 5 pared to make investments.
 U. Mccormick is fixing up his harness scrapers, blows and wagons to move over
 from Williamson Valley on the line of the
 A. & r. railroad to commence grading tho
 Prescott branch. In addition to his own
 teams he is hiring others, and preparing to do large share of the work. He is also fix ing up boarding houses and employing com petent help here in Prescott to run them.
 The preliminary examination of Seeley Owens, one of the three men arrested for complioity in the recent Ash Fork stage rob- bory. attracted numerous visitors to Judge NoYes' court to-day. Owens is about twenty eight years of age and is attended by his mother wife and sister, whose sad position has created considerable sympathy for the accused. The examination promises to be a lengthy one, as there are present nearly a score of witnesses. for and against the pris- oners, who will for their defense rely prin- cipally on their ability to prove alibis.
 Florence Enterprise.
 We would advise the citizens of San Pc dro precinct to take prisoner every Indian they find off the reservation and bring them down to the county jail. If whites cannot cross the imaginary reservation line with out being subjected to the indignity and inconvenience of being arrested, insulted and dragged down to San Carlos by breech- clouted savages who can not speak English l the Indians should certainly be treated to the same style of persecution.
 The Reward company are still boring for water at their mine, in the Casa Grande | district. They have attained a depth of | 100 feet and struck an ample supply of water for camp purposes. They are drilling in porphyry and will continue on down till | they strike the contact between thIs DOT phyry and limestone. As near az they can determine by the pitch of the formation the contact will occur at depth of 200 or 250 feet and they expect to find an abundance of water for milling purposes when they reach the point of contact.
 TombstOne RenubIioan.
 Ben Joyce walked up to the captains of fee yesterday afternoon, and enriched the city treasury to the amount of $69. the sum tsse ised to him as 8 fine by Judge Swain for violating the opium ordinance.
 On Sunday morning last, the east bound freight, while near Benson, parted, and ar Indian fell between the cars and got both oi his legs amputated. He lived four hour after the accident. He was one of the Mar ioopa Indians. and his remains were placed on the passenger train and carried to Mar icops an turned ov,r t. hls friends for in torment.
 Pinal Drill.
 John H. Collins, the murdered messenger. was buried in Florence; numerous friends and aoqusintances following the body. He was native of Virginia.
 J. Champions adobe warehouse. which was completely destroyed during the storm, is being rebuilt of lumber, and larger than before At Silver King the enormous boulder blocking up the culvert has been blasted away promptly for fear of another inunda- ton. John Carter and Dick Debb, both at work on the Frankfort, narrowly escaped being drowned. AS the rain began they left the shaft and took refuge in the tunnel, but the water entered it and would have drowned . them had it been lower down the hill. All he ore on the dump was lost. Mir. Donnellv, the miner who lived on the ( ,reek at Silver King and who was washed Iwav by the torrent, together with his louse, was found about 15 miles down the : 'reek; as he was being carried away. his l comrades who had been waking him up { ried to save him by holding out long han : He'd shOvels to him but it was nselesS; the { water was too strong. He was buried on ! Tuesday. $500 were found on his person. He was living with his son.