The Clifton clarion., 1885-08-05
Ex-Delegate Oury, who was

Ex-Delegate Oury, who was commissioned by the pioneers of this Territory to proceed to Wash ington and lay the Indian question so far as 1t concerns Arizona, be- fore the President, has returned, and IS now at his home in Flor ence. MT. Oury was accorded long interview with the President, who, while he did not declare what course he would adopt re- garding the Apaches, stated en- phatically that there would never be another Indian raid in Arizona. The President gave assurances that a policy would be adopted that will relieve the settlers and give satisfaction to all the people, but that he was not prepared to make his intentions public at this time because 1t would create grave obstacles to its successful consuma tion. It is enough for the Presi- dent to assure the people of Arizo- na that no repetition of the Indian raids and bloodshed will ever oc- cur again.
 Judge ". B. Fleming, the lately appointed Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of New Mexico, arrived at Santa Fe last week, and attended court. He is now prob ably in Silver City. The New Mexican speaks thus kindly of the Judge: "He is of that type of man who will have no trouble in making friends with the people of New Mexico. He is a dignified, cultured gentleman, in the prime of his life, an astute lawyer, and has calm, quiet, methodical demeanor that is calculated to render him most fit person for administering in becoming man ner the laws of the land. Judge Fleming is a graduate of the Uni versity of Toronto, Canada, stud jed law under the eminent Madi son c. Johnson, of Lexington, Kentucky, and completed his course at Paris and Berlin.
 Companies D and B, Tombstone militia, recently held a meeting at their new armory, at which the following resolutions were passed
 Whereas, The San Francisco Chronicle and other newspapers on the Pacific coast came to the rescue of the citizens of the Terri | tory of Arizona in her unfortunate strife with blood-thirsty Apaches therefore, be 1t
 Resolved, By D and B compan- ies respectively that we extend our sincere thanks to the Chronicle and other papers who advocated our cause in bringing to light the injustice of retaining the Apaches in our midst.
 Resolved, That we, D and E companles, denounce certain state ments made in the Argonaut, 1T relation to the character of the citizens of Arizona, as utterly faulse, slanderous and unde- served.
 William Matthews eloped witt the wife of James Secrist, O Comanche county, Texas, ano when he afterwards called upo1 MT. Secrist for the personal ef fecis of the lady that gentleman shot him dead. It served hin right. He should have know that his last act was an unpardon able breach of Texas etiquette After you have eloped with an other mans wife it is not prope to look at him except over tn sight of a self f-cocking revolver Lone Star.
 The Albuquerque Journal says The temperature registers 12O de grees in the shade at the Needles One day last week one of the va grant Mojave Indians loafins around the Needles got hold of glass of ice cold water and gulpet : 1t down. He was dead in twent. minutes and his brethren gav
 hun a red hot burial by crematins the body. To be roasted aliv by the climate and then roasted after death certainly takes tn bakery, and no pun intended. Mountain lions, bears, wild cat and other carnivorous animals o a predatory character that destro.