Mohave County miner., 1883-02-18
MuItum News in ParVo Type.

Otto F. Kuencer has gone to the Needle
 on business.
 Eastern flour, bacon and hams at Watkin
 Bros.
 The end of the track is less than ffteei miles from Blackberry.
 Ed. RoeIle has gone out prospecting, bu we don't know what for.
 Ariosa coffee, condensed milk and candles at Watkins Bros.
 Sheriff Steen is out on the railroad as sessing and collecting property taxes.
 Harmonicas, soaps, cigarette papers, etc., at Watkins Bros.
 T. A. Coin has been quite sick during the past week from the effects of vaccination.
 Our shoemaker, c. W. Fehr, has been under the weather during the past week.
 A new lot of pipes, pocket knives, sleeve buttons and perfumery at Watkins Bros.
 BoRN.-In Mineral Park, Feb. 18th, 1883, to the wife of Wm. M. Krider, a daughtes.
 VIM. Krider and Caldwell Wright are expected back from Washington almost any day.
 E. P. Crooker has gone to Gold Basin to attend to his extensive mining interests there.
 The suit of T. J. Christie vs. James Dun. don has been postponed uHtil February Fist by consent of counsel.
 There are nearly as many people about town with sore arms as there were with sore heads after the election.
 G, W. Beecher has been appointed a deputy Sheriff to reside at the Needles. - Gus. will mak good officer.
 Caldwell Wright was in Chicago on the 9th of this month and our thanks are due to him for Chicago papers of that date.
 T. J. Christie has sold the lot on the southeast side of Main street and south of the Court House to Chas. E. Sherman for $1OO.
 The Board of Supervisors met last Thurs day afternoon and again on Friday and transacted large amount of necessary bus mess.
 Major Arnold, Inspector General of the Department of Arizona, and escort passed through town last Friday on his way to Fort Mohave.
 Hon. LamsOn Melton arrived home from Prescott last Sunday for few days rest from his legislative duties. He was accompanied by Mrs. Welton.
 In the course of another month we shall be able to got oysters; fresh fish and other such luxuries. Some of our citizens have not seen anything of the kind for more than ten years. What is the matter with rthe Prescott postofice again? We have only had two or three mails from Prescott in the past two weeks and the last one took just eight days to make the trip.
 Jean Laporte, an old timer, is back again with us after three years sojourn in Tomb i stone. He formerly owned the Laporte mine below the Ithaca and will probably go to work on it again. Moses Steen has sold his house near the 1 Keystone mine to the county. Ii is to be U sed for hospital purposes. The price paid by the county was one hundred dollars, | which is remarkably cheap.
 We call attention to the advertisement of | John Barry in this issue. He has a good stock of almost everything one can need, Give him call and patronise man who is identified with the interests of the county. W.M Krider returned from his eastern trip late last night. He informs us that the track is now laid to a point within seven miles of Blackberry. This is cheering news and looks as though the railroad was goiEg to make up for lost time.
 Caldwell Wright, one of the principal owners of the Moss mine. Arizona, called at t he editorial ssnctum of The Evening Tele- gram, and exhibited some very fine speci mems of rock from mines that he represents. Mir. Wright is quartered at the Briggs, and will rema in in the city for some days, work ing up the interest of his mine.- Chicago Telegram.
 The Board of Supervisors, at their meet ing on Friday last, awarded contract to Howard Watkins to paper and paint the Court House throughout, also to whiten all the ceilings. The county is to furnish the paper. and we hope a suitable pattern will be selected. This is much needed i'm provement and will meet with the approval of everyone.
 H. Bucksbaum, clerk of the Board of Supervisors, informs us that he received a box of stationery for the use af the county last Sunday, and that the same box was shipped by Wells, Fargo & Co.'S Express from Prescott or the 22d of October last The box was just 112 days coming from Prescott to Mineral Park, distance of 128 miles, making very little over mile day, which is rather slow for express time. This is only sample of the way the express bus mess has been conducted between Prescott and sMineral Park during the past six months.