The Clifton clarion., 1885-07-29
TERRITORIAL TOPICS.
Segregated from Our Exchange.

btdI ttu 1OI OcuScI Ou uluiuS Duol- ness.
 MT. Bryan, a we'll known liquor dealer in Benson, has been ap- pointed postmaster at that rail road center.
 The Orion Era, the Mormon pa per published at St. Johns, says 1t will have to cease publication, If it don't get more support.
 The Tonto Basin road bonds have been sold to Hon. B. W. Wells, of Prescott, for 90 cents, the amount of the bonds being $6,OOO.
 There are more happy faces in Tombstone than have been no ticed for months past, all on &C., count of the starting of the pumps on the hill properties.
 MT. Samuel Katzenstein, one of Charleston's merchants, has been appointed postmaster at that town, and will soon enter upon the duties of the office.
 No matter how dull business may appear in Tucson at present, it is much better in proportion to the population than any point between here and St. Louis Star.
 The Florence Enterprise says that the Catalina mine and five stamp mill which were sold at Sheriff's sale were bought by Zeckendorf & O., of Tucson, for S6,OOO.
 By order of Gen. Crook, a company of cavalry will be sta tioned at Rockers Hot Springs for the next two. months; the Regimental band will also be sta toned there.
 Tucson has new daily news paper, the Fronterizo, which makes five daily papers now being published in that sleepy old city. It ought to get walked up after time at that rate.-Record.
 The Indians will not be taken out of Arizona this year, as there is law in Congress against it. This being the case, those resolu- tions will have to be kept on ice, for further use-Champion.
 Placer mining has become an important industry in Yuma coun ty. The large number of people employed in this business seem to make it pay, as great deal of gold dust IS being received in Yuma Sentinel.
 The east bound train on the Southern Pacific, which passed Benson last Saturday, was wrecked near Wallace, N. NJ. Engineer Wilson and two fremen were killed, and one passenger had his leg broken.
 Charleston, Fairbanks and Con- tention are all gradually climbing the scale of magnitude and all have their future, which is un- questionably good one, all having the advantage of splendid mining and agricultural surroundings.
 A prominent citizen of New Or leans, at present visiting Prescott, expresses the intention of begin ming the erection of frst-class hotel, to cost not less than $50,00O, as soon as the first ten miles of our branch railroad is completed.
 The Hot Springs ranch in Ora ham county is advertised for sale by a Socorro, N. M., agent, for S35,000, including 500 graded cattle, 50 shorthorn milk COWS, 50 Golddust and Percheron brood mares, stallions, farming utensils, etc.-Tailirgs.
 The Prescott Miner says the re- cent advices from Walnut Grove state that Col. Bigelow and Jeff Davis have "struck 1t rich" and taken out several hundred dollars worth of gold dust from a couple of pockets they recently encoun- tered in their placer claims.
 The Courier don't want Gideon J. Tucker appointed Governor of Arizona. He is not a Democrat, is not a resident of the Territory, and while publishing newspaper at Prescott, pretended to work with the Democrats, and then betrayed them. We want no such man for Governor.
 Phil S. Montague, formerly put- fisher of the Wilcox Stockman, and who ID connection with the Benson Herald, ran by Jas. J. Nash, advocated the division of | {bic c0rnfr ctarfed for Auefro1io