Mohave County miner., 1883-08-05


 by Nature, and Can, wllh proper asslStance very soon be made a lopulous country Give us sure transportation and fair rate and we will make plenty of business fo both roads. It is said that Mf. Riordan, agent for tn Nava]o Indians. will resign and take q DO sitiou at the Black Hills smelter.
 Bear have been killing young and old cat tic III and around Walnut Grove.
 Those who ought to know assure us tha Garland & Co. will build a railroad iron the A. P. to frescUtt.
 Supervisors of this county receive ten dollars day.
 Yuma Sentinel.
 The development of the mines of Vii Iiunls Fork district IS being pushed ahead with commendable energy.
 Driftwood has so matted around the pierf of the bridge that the service of the switch engine are required to dislodge the debris
 Hall Hanlon and Tom Freeman are send ing splendid grapes to town. from their farms on the Colorado river. The grapes ara iucy and sweet and have been in market for some time past.
 The water gauge op the Colorado river at 1 this place gives the height of the water at ! 70 feet. The river has been falling at the rate of about inches per day since the list of July.
 On Wednesday morning Capt. Isaac Pol 1 hamus left for a short business trip tO San 1 Francisco.
 Prescott Journal.
 Hon. Alfred Allen expects to leave Pres colt very soon on account of his wife's ill health.
 Watermelons have made their appearance in the market, and sell for S1 each.
 Mr. F. P. Damn returned Saturday from St. Johns, Apache county, where he had been in attendance on the term of the Dis trict Court there. MT. Damn was appointed Assistant District Attorney for the term and had charge of the prosecution of crim- inals. He made many friends and is highly spoken of by the paper published at St. Johns. for the very efficient service rep- | lered.
 The District Attorneys fees ID the case If the Chinamen, convicted of violating the law against opium dens, amounted to $70 each, while the fines amounted to $5 each. md yet there are some people who inquire why the county should pay fee of Sl,50O in case involving $4O.OOO or S5O,000 an- nually.
 "WiIi the Republican majority of the l board of supervisors rise up and explain the | Rhy and wherefore of their act in having | iven MT. Churchill $1, ,500 of the peoples honey for few hours work in the railroad 'ase?"
 4 prominent citizen this morning, Or. 'eading the above i'll the Uoufie-, p;1.npt,, replied to it,-because the Board did no lave sufficient confidence in the Democratic county Attorney to entrust him with th. itse.
 Silver Belt.
 Ice has gone up to three cents psr pound. The warrant i'll favor of B3ard & Go. for 1 tue Jail bnslness has been p.id. Now le | hem give back the money and take the jail Mr. Nipple, the new metallurgist for the Old Dominion Go. has arrived. This gen .Ieman was one of the rty that found the 'podies of J JIdge MdComs IS and his wife. IL < | safe proposition that he is not an In lian lover.
 Tie jail birls took to themselves tht ginIs of the nornin. last MondIy night sxcuse tue ,radox-and skipped the couu- ry. Tbe Supervisors should do somethin :o make the county |. ."lookup" in the strict st sense of the term. Among the escaped $ Jacks n t murderer.
 Preaoott Miner.
 Governor TrItio is at the Denver Expo sibion.
 The Feass of San Augustine will be oele bra5ed with grals pomp ani spieudor at fuos0n next mopt+. C. W. Beach left oil Sunday on an eight days trip to San Francisco. Ee went via the 4, & P. route.
 Phenix complains of the oinohing pro cIiyities of it's ice manufacturer who taking advantage of being monopolist during tho hot spell charges seven cents pound for l his ice.
 Mineral Park, which at one time was the most difficult place to get to in the Terri tory. is now reached in two and half hours from Kingman, station on the A. < P. railroad.
 Some of the workmen at Wilson q Has kelTs mill captured 8 Gila monster, on Sat urday, under pile of lumber. His lord ship undoubtedly found the southern climate ''leetie'' too tropical and came up here to enjoy the mountain breezee.