Mohave County miner., 1884-03-16
Local BreVities.

Tomorrow will be St. Patrick day in tLe
 morning.
 F. Mandsll, of Albuquerque, was in town
 last Sunday.
 District Court convenes three weeks from
 tomorrow.
 The firm of M. Abornethy Co.,, of Hack
 berry has been dissolved.
 M. Abernethy and Judge Russell left for
 home on Friday morning.
 Henry sohafer of G old Basin was in town
 last Thursday and Friday.
 Residents of Gold Basin complain that
 they have no mail facilities.
 It is about time for the boys to take t.
 the hills to escape jury duty.
 Nicholas Cautoo. of Mountain Springs, is
 confined to his house by illness.
 All dispatches for Prescott, Arizona, now
 go via Albuquerque and Ash Fork.
 The first lot of San Francisco mail we have had for a week cane in yesterday.
 Messrs. Jackson and Davis returned from
 their trip to the Sandy last Wednesday.
 We have quantity of old type which we will sell at very low rate to get rld of it.
 Tie resent actions of ths School Trustees have caused good deal of adverse Oriti- cism.
 J.W Thompson, of the future cattle ! kings of Mohave county was III town yester- i day.
 Charley Pfifard is about to take a short | trip to California. He will be gone about a month.
 The entire amount of the Sinking Fund ($1s0Oy WAS taken up last Monday at 95 oshts.
 Tbeie vas dance at the Court Houselast Monday msht, bat4'ty yfTas I0t7sFy wan al tended.
 The sale of property flor delinquent taxes took place at the Courth hdss last Monday and Tuesday.
 J. H. mol'erlH9 i9 m EowA. He hfss been appointed postmaster atl Henning, which is the new name for Yucca st ttien.
 Ell. Thompson, the FSop,alar clerk of the firm of Welton & Besthef took flying trip to Kingman last WtdnAsday.
 Mrs. J. W. Hyde basT fna eisPiay of lhyaoinths and other fi'~s rs 1t her Tesid Nce (which are the admirationiof all beboidelt
 W. s. Clark, of the Magnolia Saloon, vii I s portly occupy Eandsomer and more conmo' i Nous premises, next d0o.. to the present a sst loon. E AFessrS Tomokins and bat5ey Of Cedar dist riot were ln town yesterday after min ingl supplies. We are indebted to them for iteut of interest.
 Thle town has been soInewaat excited over scho1 1 matters during the past week. |, bas owsver quaeted d'wil iFnow, only to breakt out again at the nexf ee.icn. ] The fverhow of the andy has destroyed the TO- Id and cut of cottimu ication between Cedar nd Signal by wagJ Barro loco- motion ia1ti mountain trails fJr thorough ( fare IS the 6n1y resort. I
 An Ohio papsr has gall enough to ask us ( to give it five dollars worth of advertising for the privilege of getting it one year. It C also wants four dollar local free. announc- , ing that it's editor will soon go south to r write up the country. He can go to a still warmer climate and grow up with the coun- T try for all we care. {
 4 special to the San Francisco Examiner of March 11th says: The Gila river is rising rapidly, andis six feet higher than during ! the great flood of 1862. Citizens are con- c structing q levee, but this will not prevolt the lower part of the town being swept away i' .t the river continues to rise. The railroad t prs.2ae will probably go. The people arc exc5te SasEeid tQ ge away. The Cobra t ] 9g s isine zapidly. Adonde sta Ii 6sAsS tf s5 sEi 0 s4truction. u Sfhel1f lEsIs~ h. a. few days for Flagstaff to make Arrangements for the q. erection and maintainance of e local jail at n hat place. the supervlsors having author $, zed him to ezpend S5O1 of the county ii funds in doing so. When completed, the at aiI will be under the charge of J s. Black, ,,. leputy sheriff at that place, and will be lsed as a place of confinement for all per oRs convicted of misdemeanors in the -I owns along the Atlantic < Pacific in Yava- '- pal county, thus saving the expense of transporting petty offenders to Prescott for ol in the county jail.-Prescott Miner. of Frank Nj. Murphy and Douglass Gray ap- nl oeared before Chief Justice French to-day yt md had administered to them their oaths 'f office as, respectively, Commissioner and Alternate to the New Orleans Exposition. n a conversation with the Miner reporter both gentlemen signifed their intention to IT Tisit every mining camp and settlement in he Territory, for the purpose of securing pecimens of ore, cerea!s, wood and botan:- al plants, for exhibition. In addition to which, they contemplate the publication of 50 pamphlet descriptive of the exhibits, and S'' he sections from which they are taken. As 10 funds are available for meeting the ex- ar enses of collecting and transporting these Nc xhibits to New Orleans, Messrs. Murphy er' nd Gray intend to pay all charges out of la' leir own pockets and trRst to the generosit5 Th the next begI stature to compensate them du Prescott Miner.