The Clifton clarion., 1885-12-02
TERRITORIAL AND GENERAL.

CallfOrnla mas nau ralu Iall averaging two inches.
 The Southern Pacific has had 50 men working at the Yuma bridge.
 Mir. B. A. Fickas has been ap- pointed Clerk of the District Court in and for Cochise county.
 Judge ". H. Barnes has ap- pointed his son-in-law, John H. Martin, to be the Clerk of the Dis trict Court of Pima county, vice c. s. Jeffords, resigned.
 Judge Barnes has appointed A. R. English, Esq, Court Con- missioner, in and for Cochise County, vice G. G. Berry.
 Hon. Owen T. Rouse, the newly appointed United States District Attorney for Arizona, IS from Mo bsrly, Mo, and is very highly spoken of by his homo paper.
 The Rev. Thos. H. McNIullen of the Christian church has arrived in Phoenix with his family and proposes to make that city his home and to preach there regu- larly.
 The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad and the Southern Pa cific Railroad have come to terms and signed a contract whereby both use the track be tween Los Angeles and Colton in common.
 It is denied by friends who were allowed to see his body that Riel's hair was cut of after his death by curiosity-seekers among those al- lowed at the hanging, or that the body was in any way disfgued.
 Arizona is beginning to assert her importance as a stock growing country. Thirty carloads of beef cattle were shipped lately from Huachuca siding by the Cameron brothers. These cattle went di- rect to the Kansas City market.
 It is asserted that an improved process of making Bessemer steel has been discovered in works at Pittsburg whereby steel equal in quality to crucible steel, which costs Il cents a pound, can be made for a little over one cent a pound.
 Attorney General Garland has informed the authorities at Ia coma, w. T., that he will afford legal assistance in prosecuting persons lately arrested in the Ter ritory for attacks recently made on Chinese residents.
 It is rumored in Washington that a strong movement will be made to revive the rank of General in the army, in order that Phil H. Sheridan may be promoted, and that Hancock may be made Lieu tsnant-General before his retire ment, which will occur in 1858.
 The citizens of several towns on the Pacific coast have driven out the Chinese recently. The move ment has become general and the Mongolian must go. It would be well for Arizona to start in and re- lieve herself of the almond-eyed sons of Confuclus. They are detriment to any country or com munity.-Florence Enterprise.
 Mr. Charles R. Wores recently returned to Tucson from an ex- tended trip through the Territory from Yuma to Clifton. He says Clifton is the liveliest camp in the Territory. Saturday evening the town was thronged with residents from the Longfellow, Metcalf and Morenci mines and from Solomon vile. and things were lively in deed. The best oi order prevailed.
 Hon. J. s. Armstrong, of Tempe, informed our reported that the Territorial Normal School build ing at that place would be com pleted in the course of the next six weeks. The brick has been burned, the lumber is on hand and the foundation has been com pleted. Ten men are at work on the building and this force will be augmented as soon as it can be done with advantage. - Phenix Herald.
 Judge Henderson has decided the case of Wade vs. Ashenfelter, after long and learned argument by all parties, in favor of E. c. Wade; holding that the Governor has not the right to remove or sus- pend The judge has shown him. self to be hard student and well read in law, and the short time he