Mohave County miner., 1883-10-21
MuItum News in ParvO Type

Pay your taxes.
 The town is out of butter.
 Lou. LasselI has invested in new hat.
 John Howell is expected at Blackberry al most any day now.
 w. H. Hardy is about to erect large warehouse at Kingman.
 Butter, eggs and cheese seem to be scarce commodities in this town.
 Roe Bros. are receiving large quantities of groceries every few days.
 We hear that Dr. Burdick contemplates a visit to New York before long.
 Now is the time for some one to make us present of cord or two of wood.
 Taxes will be delinquent on the second Monday in December and don't you forget it.
 James Root, formerly of this place and lately of Powell, has made his pile and gone east.
 Ghas. Gross and family, and Wm. S. Hod- 9es have gene down to Signal for short visit
 Mrs. pr. Burdick and child returned yes terdaY from few months visit to Los Angeles.
 Louis Cuzino was up from the Sandy last week with load of vegetables which found ready sale.
 On and after tomorrow the stage for Kingman will leave the postoffice here at 1p. m. sharp.
 Dr. Burdick seems to be pretty busy these times, but very few of his patients live in Mineral Park.
 John Watson Thompson, one of the fu- ture cattle kings of Mohave county, was in town yesterday.
 Louis Greer, the irrepressible, was over from Blackberry last Monday and livened us all up little.
 Fresh oysters on ice made tkeir appear snce in town last Monday for the first time since Adam was a baby.
 w. F. Grounds left suddenly last Mon- day for San Francisco, having been called there on urgent business.
 Found! gold locket. The owner can have the same by proving property and paying for this advertisement. Sheriff Steea returned from his trip to 1 California last Sunday, and left again the following day for the Sandy and Signal.
 We would like to know what becomes of all that fine French candy that Watkins 1 Bros ship to Blackberry every day or two ? Tine price of grain is coming down all the | time, but it still costs just as much to get freight from the railroad to town as it used | to.
 Judge Murphy went over to Kingman | last night to meet some San Francisco min | ing men who are expected to arrive on to- dsy's train.
 Col. Murat Masterson, late editor of the | Arizona Democrat and a member of the last legislature. will practice law in Socorro. New Mexico.
 EEider Bros, at the postofice store, is the best place in town to get hardware and 1 mining material. They always have large stock on hand,
 John Buckley, tine old and reliable pio- neer blacksmith of this c3unty, will do | your horseshoeing. etc., in good shape and | at reasonable rates.
 H.H. Scott of the Benson shelter, who | has been staying with US for the last ten | days, left for home on Fridays stage. He 1 will return in three or four weeks, Chas. F. Maxson of the Needles was in | town last week. He informs us that he has boupht out the store and saloon formerly | owned by James Root at Powell,
 Mrs.L.J. Watkins of San Jose, Cal., | mother of Mrs. Hyde of this town. is ex- pected to arrive in Mineral Park abont next Thursday for few weeks visit. She will | be accompanied by her grandchildren. Master Watkins and Miss Edna Hyde, who | have been in California for the past year. James Keys, who was sent over from ! Kingman few days ago for examination l ss to bis sanity was partially examined last | Wednesday by Judge Atchisson, Dr. Bur disk and the District Attorney. On the | advice of the Doctor his case was postponed | for week and iH the meantime he was re- rnanded to the custody of the Sheriff. The jury in the American Valley murder case which was on trial last week in Albu- | Querque failed to agree and were discharged. | It was openly stated that the trial jury, | which consisted entirely of Mezicans, had been tempered with, and the matter was brought to the attention of the Grand Jury by Judge Bell, who at once ordered a new trial which has probably been commenced by this time. I One reason that currency is so scarce in Mineral Park is that over $500 per month is sent away in the shape of money orders from the postofice. This is in excess of that paid out here on orders payable at this office. If parties who are having money sent here would send postofice orders instead of checks on eastern banks, all of this cur rency would be kept in circulation at home. As it is the supply of currency is insuffi- cient to meet the ordinary demands of bus iness.
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