The Arizona sentinel., 1884-08-02
TERRITORIAL ITEMS.

able property in Yavapia county
amounts to So, 3,54O'436, of which
sum 50, ,573, ,O39 is personal proper
ty.
A pork-packing establish hment
to be furnished with all the latest
devisesI In the way of refrigerating
is one of the projects of Phoenix.
The United Verde Company's
3O-ton smelter near Prescott ran
out in June 800 tons of copper and
silver bullion, worth just $685.
coo; of this the copper was worth
s84, 900; silver $50, ,OO0.-
The assessment roll of Maricopa
county for 1884 shows the total
value of taxable property to be-
$2,56S, ,7O7. For the year 1883 the
total valuation was 81. .934 ,501-an
increase for the present year of
s6}4,2
The last term of court cost
Pinal county $3,O57.55, and yet
the court was adjourned before n
single case had been tried. The
fact is to be regretted, but there
was no help for it. The sickness
of Judge Fitzgerald could not be
foreseen or prevented. Pima coun-
ty suffered the same misfortune.
Florence Enterprise.
Atabout9 o, o'clock Friday night,
says the Phenix Gazette, a bolt
oflightning struck the field OF
F. NJ. Flower, on section 8, three
miles west of his house and
twelve miles fromI town. 1t i'm
mediateIy set fire 10 the stubble,
also burning the straw stacks, but
fortunately all the grain had been
removed, and the prompt arri-
val of a number of men who
fought the fire with a will pre-
vented its spread to fields of grain.
The Quijotoa Prospector thinks
the genius who will invent some
new and improved "cuss words"
carrying about IS per cent of pro-
family. for the special use of prin-
ters, will indeed fill a long-felt
want. There are occasions when
the existing vocabulary is entire
ly inadequate to express a prin-
ters's sentiments for instance,
when a galley of type is 'pied"
half an hour before the time for
going to press.
The report OF Asa Clark,
proprietor OF the private insane
asylum at Stockton California, for
the care and treatment of insane
from this territory, for the quarter
ending June 30th, has been
received by Gov. Tritle. and a
I warrant was to-day drawn by
Auditor Clark for the sum OF
S4,352 40. The report shows the
number of inmates from this
Territory to be 60. Of this DumDer.
Ii have been committed during
the present year, as follows:
From Mohave county, 8. Pinal,
Pima, Maricopa and Yuma,
9 lcl ; Yavapai and Cochi. e. 1 each,
Deaths during the quarter were
two, Msjore Reas' of Maricopa
and S.Bartlett, of Yavapai-Juor
nal.
Some time ago three brothers
named Tewkesbery, with a mum
I Der of friends who had settled il
J Yavapai county, and whose peace
full residence there interfereC
with the schemes of a dishones
gang in the neighborhood, wer'
. arrested on a trumped up charg'
4 of stealing cattle. The principle
q witnesses against them wer'
= John and Thomas Graham, who's
g testimony was so manifestly fas
L that Immediately upon the con
y clusion of the trial, which resulte'
e in the acquittal of the accused
g the courtordered the arrest of tn
.. witnesses for perjury. Considers
s BILE excitement is said to have fC
% lowed this prompt action of Judg
j. Howard, whose able and impair
Z tiaI administration of justise ha
already secured for him the high
n. est respect and strongest conf
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