The Clifton clarion., 1885-06-03
TERRITORIAL TOPICS.

the Yavspai grand jury, for mak- ing counterfeit money near Flag staff.
 The Maricopa Supervisors have purchased 16O acres of c. H. Vail, two and a half miles from town, for $3,500 in county bonds, as a site for the insane asylum.
 4 Silver City correspondent of the Albuquerque Journal charges a U. s. District Judge with having brought to the Territory young woman who shocks modest people and ''is as free as water"
 The Mormons are now compar- ing themselves to the Christian martyrs. The martyrs, though, gloried in their sufferings, and did not lie out of it or hire lawyers to get them of, or try to pack juries.
 The Albuquerque Journal in clines to the opinion that Hon. John G. Campbell is the Arizo- nan over whose shoulders will be thrown the Gubernatorial mantle by President Cleveland on the exI piration of Gov. Tritle's term.
 And now another Richmond is in the field for Surveyor General of Arizona. This time 'Hise," of Globe, with headquarters in Chi cago, is the solid Democrat that wants this piece of chicken pie. Some one Is liable to be disap- pointed
 Acting Governor Van Arman has issued a requisitlon on the Governor of Sonora for the extradition of Wm. Covington, Thomas Salcido, Gabriel SalcIdo and James Jamieson, who were implicated in the murder of James Claiborne.
 A Mexican miner at Pinal, who had been imbibing too freely of fire water and imagined he was going on shift, slid down the rope in, the town we'll. When found he was standing in water up to his waist, shouting: Hoist away; the buckets fulln'
 Is it possible that in a free coun- try men have to be kept in jail for eight months before they can get trial? 'Tis too true. D. Duncan and N. Duncan and James Me Farley have been in custody for eight months in our county jail, and in one hour after they could get trial they were acquitted Daily Tombstone.
 The collections of internal reve- nue of the district of Arizona and New Mexico have been several thousand dollars greater this year than last. Collections from May. 1884, to 1885, S72,9O3.S9. The col lections during the year previous were something like S59,000. Tail ings accounts for the increase by the fact that more whisky is being drank.
 Sheriff Paul allows the perpe- traitors of the Claiborne homicide -one of the most dastardly mur- ders ever committed in Arizona ito go scot free, yet by his sense less demonstration against the peaceful Papagoes, threatens to destroy friendly relations existing between that tribe and white citi- zens. Such a man should not be tolerated in so important an off cial position.
 Salt River valley and Tonto Basin, along the route of the Globe and Tonto Stage Company, are rapidly filling up with a thrifty class of people, and there are now between 5000 and 1, 900 people liv- ing on or in the vicinity of this line. The amount of mail matter that goes on the Salt river and points beyond has increased and is now quite large. Residents of that section are engaged in stock raising and ranching, and are gen orally well-to-do.
 At Florence, on May 21st, after a careful examination conducted by District Attorney Blair, before Justice John Miller, and in which all the evidence given before the coroner's jury was admitted, John D. Burgress was honorably acquit- ted of the charge of killing Kelly at Mammoth City, on April IA last. This will be pleasing intelli- gence to Mir. Burgess friends in Gila, but is no more than was expected by those familiar with n