Mohave County miner., 1884-01-27
A. E. Davis left on Mondays stage for short trip t 5, n Fra cisco

There are now six subordiAat
 lodges of the Knights of Pythias il
 Arizona.
 An interesting communication
 from the Irish Lord" appears il
 another column.
 John Howell and Judge Russell oI
 Blackberry paid us visit last Sun
 day, returning the following morn ing.
 T. L. Ayres has been appointed
 resident agent of the Champion Con
 solidated gold and silver mlning company of San Francisco.
 Watkins Bros. have been appoint ed agents of the Lion Insurance com pany of Lopdo2, England, one of the oldest and most substantial com pany's in the world.
 c. R. Williams who has been gen eral freight and passenger agent of the Atlantic & Pacific railroad for upwards of year has resigned, his resignation to take effect on the first of February.
 The card of J. M. Murphy, at torney at law, appears in this issue. Judge Murphy is too well known all over the Territory to need any en- comiums from us. We are pleased to have hlm locate in Mineral Park.
 Asa D. Porter, proprietor of Por- ter's hotel in Tucson, died in that city on Friday morning last at 1 o'clock. He was the stepfather of P. l.. Crovat, formerly kookkeeper for Welton & Grounds of this place.
 The first volume of the Arizoua Reports will soon be published, un- der the supervision of Chef Justice French. It will contain every opin- ion rendered by the supreme court of the territory since its organization up to 1884.
 The Champion Con. gold and sil yer inning company has commenced | 5ult in tine District Court against Harvey Hubbs. D. J. Canty and Laura A. Canty. his wife, to recover he possession of the Eureka, Twins md Champion mines near Cerbat.
 The largest check ever drawn on a Prescott bank was made out by Judge IazeIdine, solicH6F O. the th atIAdGItic taAGI de s 'acific, last Thursday, h favor of Sheriff Henkle. It was on the Bank f Arizona, for S23, ,514.2O, being in nll settlement of the taxes assessed gainst the road for 1883.
 On Tuesday, about nine o'clock in he evening, the building recently by the Board of Super isors for county hospital, took fire nd burned to the ground, nothing eing left but the stone walls. The ause of the fire IS a mystery as no , ne had occupied the building for ; lonths. '
 The Court House had a narrow os- ( aps from destruction last Wednes- f ay morning. The chimney in the reasurer's office caught fire and ! lazed uD several feet A few pounds salt promptly applied prevented ny damage. Considering that the ind was blowing furiously at the e me, it was very lucky escape. f A County Division Association" as been formed at Flagstaff, having " IT its object the formation of new n ,unty out of the present Yavapai f ,unty. The new county will take
 all that portion of Yavapai E trough which the A. & F. railroad U asses, and, as matter of course, flagstaff will be the county seat.
 W. H. Taggart $ Co., the enter d 'ising merchants of Kingmdn, are !, II It with a new adv. in this issue. '" is making things very teresting among the merchants iu O is county, but Taggart & Go. don't t, oLose to get left by any of the hers. Give them a call and they " Ill be sure to give you satisfaction. ,l On the first of March next the hiking institution of Blake & Go. oi Il be merged into the First Nation S' Bank of Prescott. with F. w. ake as its President, and Alfred th ,ff, at present an attaehe of Wells, st Irgo < Co.'S bank of San Francisco, in cashier, and the following board II directors: Henry Wadsworth, E. w w HawleY, Alfred Eoff, prominent siness men Of San Francisco, and
 w. Blake, Thos J. Butler and c. Head of Prescott.