Mohave County miner., 1883-08-26

The lightning struck the telephone wires
 between Tucson and Fort Lowell last week lie wire wes melted, and he inside of the
 telephone boxes at places were scorched.
 Prescott Miner.
 Hay is selling in Prescott at $20 per ton.
 Judge Tweed is again sick, and seriously so.
 CochiSe ccruty taxes fer 1883 will be S4 on tLe $l0n. '1o in ;Le city Of Tombstone $4.40 on the $10J.
 W. F. Witherell, called Frank WitEerill. who has operated ill mining matters in this Territory. is denounced by Chicago parties as d swindler, etc.
 Several army officers stationed at Fort Huachuca are rumored implicated in vari- ous fraudulent transactions which have re- gently occurred at that post, and by which the Government lost heavily.
 Many persons are applying to Secretary Van Arman for copies of laws of 1S79' 1881 and 1883. Only very few have so far been received from the publishers, but the others are on the way hare and are expected within ten days. when all persons entitled to re- ceive the copies will have them immediately | forwarded.
 Florence. A. T., August Il. The stage running between this place and Globe was | held up last night by stage robbers. Wells Fargo & Co.'s shot gun messenger was in- stantly killed and the stage driver mortally | wounded. The robbers got away with $3.- POO. The intensest excitement prevails and strong posse of citizens are in pursuit of the rhurderers, who will be summarlly dealt with as soon as caught.
 Prescott Journal.
 Yavapai's county jail has only two pris- oners at present. There is room, however, for moro, and some ought to be there.
 Pat Hamilton expects to complete his Resources of Arizona" ready for publica ton about November.
 Chief Justice French is busily engaged il preparing decisions in cases heard durinl the last term of the Supreme Court. Owiny to the removal of Associate ] Justice Hoove and the apathy of Judge Pinney, a great portion of the work devolves upon Chief ustice French, who is without doubt the hardest working Judge in the Territory.
 Ii. NJ. Van Arman, acting governor, has ffered a reward ot $1.0G0 for the apprehen ion and conviction of the Globe stage rob- sers. and $200 for the apprehension anC ,nvic:ion of he Ash Fork stage robbers. To D .rtiGular objs3tioa is made to furui L. ng their curpses, provided they are accom- '2niel by sufficient proof of their guilt. anj he necessity exists f'r killing them.
 Florencs Enterprise
 Ad lpd Neinnlan retu rred this week fTo1. he Plpago country, and will go b4ck i | nat attractive region soon. lie II. Ge n. 'ew loc .tions both copper and silver. Tuosday night Final WAS visited by th. everest wind and rain storm ever witnesset. here. For time 1t looked as if the buiic- ngs would be unru,f fled or totally demo- shed. Mir. Harter's saloon building was ,reened so that the doors were thrown our inches out of plumb and could not be lcsed and 1t is said that the water ran 'ot doep in some of tae streets. z Sheriff Doran has been having little roubie with some of his prisoners thi, eek. II has three men serving out sen, 9nces in the jail, and wlntel them to d. Ome work on the streets but they refuse 3 labor and he had to pilce tha,n on 2 de bread and w&ter to clGqpe: tiseir d;s.r ination to toiI. Tte R.lp h.s psovsI G.. setive. After few days of water an, read the boys felt industrious and went to igging like dredging machines.