Mohave County miner., 1884-02-24

.24, 1883.
 J.H. A. Marsh gets away with the Pres colt postmastersHip.
 Joe U~s6er is chloriding in the Music Mountains and doing well.
 Work Has been shut down on the Cupel mine, but only temporarily, We hope. Several of the old adobe buildings in Chloride went under during the storm.
 Apache coanty. according to the Orion Era, is m debt thirty thousand dollars.
 RIM. Weymus, the Irish Lord" cane in from Fl Dorado Canon last Tuesday.
 Haas has six of the finest "Job's Comforters' ever seen on the back of his neck.
 good practical joEeler with a small and veil assorted stock would do well in Mineral Park.
 There will be plenty of work for adobe makers and brick layers when the hot weather sets in.
 Wo hear on all sides nothing but exprgs- siens of sympathy for t&e sufferers by the late Prescott fire.
 L. s. Welton came over from Kingman last Monday so as t. be in time for Wash ingtOn's Birthday.
 Samuel Rowley, much respected citizen of YaYapai county, died in Prescott lately, from the bite of a pole-cat.
 The telegraph line between Prescott and Ash Fork was to have been completed and in running order yesterday.
 If some entsrprising individual wozld burn about twenty thous md brick this he.wo1ld find. ready sale for them.
 A good biz paper mail from the east came in on Thursdays stage, but very few letters and no western mail of any description whatever.
 Alfred v.r Nfesr and his bride cau1o over from Kihgm III last Sunday. They are oc- cupyius Johnny MoKenLie's house for the present.
 It is certain fact tliat Justices of tue Peace are very poorly paid for their services. Next Legislature u1Cht to give them little more iustice.-Courier.
 The Sherman House in Prescott was de- stroyed by fire last Friday morning and S. N Holmes, editor of the Arizona Miner, perished in the flames.
 Oar photographer succeeded in getting several fine views of town last Tuesday. The town looks well with the capped mountain peaks ill the background.
 Six inches of snow feH at Fort Mohave during the late storm. If this kind of thing keeps on we shall be crossing the Colorado on the ice some of these days.
 l.. Blakely, our old-time ''devil'' has re- sumed his former position in the office. He bids fair to become a first-class printer if he makes good use of his opportunities. Our boss printer has been under the wea- thsr part of the week consequently the work in getting out this paper has fallen on the editor and the deviI-priucipally on the devil. -
 The weight of the snow on the school house roof caused it to givo way last Sun day. It was promptly raised and supported with iron rods and school was held as usual the next day.
 The high wind and driving rain last Sun day played havoc with some of the single wall adobe buildings in toHn.T. J. Christie, J. Qaaid and c. E. Sherman were the great est sufferers.
 < Supervisor Grounds accompanied by MT. Danenhaue, mining man, came in from Blackberry or Sunday evening, and have been visiting some of our prominent n7inos during the week.
 Wm.Jackson's dog "Don," which is known all over ArIzOna from Tombstone to Miner al Park was poisoned last Monday. He evidently got a dose set out for some other and meaner dog for no one would intention ally poison "Don.'
 The territorial school board met in Pes colt on the 18th of January and apportioned the territorial school fund nong the sever al counties. The amount apportioned was SI5, 5,470. 40, on a basis of $1.65 for each child of school age. Mohave county's school fund will be enriched by the sum of $254l0 in consequence.
 Our citizens were treated to grand dis play of horsemanship last Wednesday morning. Johnny Mackenzie carried away the honOrs, with Bud Grounds next. Dan enhauer's mule was so impressed with the importance of carl ying mining expert and capitalist that he oould not get up a single buck or even a mild jump for the edifcation of tho bystanders.
 We admire Charley LavSsoRis style of do- ing business. Just as the town Was out of beef with no prospect of getting any more for week CT two, Charley comes oveTSSou Kingman last Monday with a load of baef . and mutton, and in fifteen minutes afte& wards was desling it out to his old custom CTS just as if t was an every day occurrence, SAe are glad to know that Charley has de- eiGsd 10 qiit roaming sEound and that he will hereafter Pake his headquarters at Mineral Park