The Clifton clarion., 1885-11-25
TERRITORIAL AND GENERAL.

Cattle theives are on the ram- page in Pinal.
 The roundup on the Gila has been completed, with 5000 head of cattle on the ranges.
 It is said that very rich ores are being taken out of the Morgan's Kid and Pine Spring mines, near Prescott.
 Yuma county, Arizona, produces and ships S5,OOO worth of gold dust monthly, all got out of the dry wash process.
 The Phenix mining company are working day and night force trying to complete a 600 feet working tunnel.
 More than eighty per cent of the cattle owners of New Mexico control stock of less than one hun dred animals each.
 A rich gramma grass beef of Arizona is now acknowledged to be even superior to the famous white sage beef of Nevada.
 Arizona's new Secretary was ed heated at the University of Vir- ginia. and has recently been teach ing school and studying law in Maryland.
 In Phenix chickens bring only S4 per dozen, turkeys 75 cents each, butter of the finest quality 25 and 30 cents, and other farm products in like ratio.
 In Phenix a fine legal point has arisen and the pros and cons have been largely argued: If man steals a burro, is he, in the eye of the law, a horse thief or is he not?
 The land sales of the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad for the past year have nearly reached a total of million and half acres. Most of the land was purchased for stock purposes.
 The Copper Queen mining com pany, of Bisbee, is erecting a fine building at that place which, when finished, will be occupied as a free library for the benefit of the miners and residents of that pros porous camp.
 Frost has fallen, says the Silver City Enterprise, and cattlemen have ceased to yell "Texas feverw The cry now is "Pleuo-pneumo- mia" Anything to prevent more cattle from coming into the Terri tory of N ew Mexico.
 The Citizens Committee held a meeting and decided to call a mass meeting of the voters of Tucson, to be held at the City Hall, on the evening of the 24th instant, for the purpose of considering ques- tions connected with the approach ing city election.
 An enterprising restaurateur, of Prescott, subscribes for and keeps at his reading room one news paper from every state in the Union, and also Dublin and Liver pool papers. Ho patronizes the press literally and succeeds in his business.
 It is thought that the Normal school building, at Tempe, will be finished in about six weeks. The foundation is completed, and the brick and lumber are on the ground. Ten men are employed on the work and the force will be increased at once.
 The destruction of the Pioneer Mill, at Globe, Sunday, week is a very great misfortune, entailing heavy loss upon the owners and interrupting the operations of the camp. It IS difficult to understand the utter depravity of the person who could deliberately and wan ton!y set fire to such a valuable structure.
 Five young ladies were recently baptised in the Salt River, at Phe- nix, and became members of the Methodist church at that place. The ceremony was witnessed by large number of interested spec tators. The ladies were young and pretty and screamed in a most be- witching manner. The bald heads are anxiously awaiting for more baptisms. Exchange.
 Thomas W. Stackpole and F. J. Lincoln, says the Los Angeles Times, have signed a contract with the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad, by which they will take control. De- cember 1st, of all the hotels of the road from St. Louis to the coast. l