The Arizona sentinel., 1886-08-21
TERRITORIAL AND EDITORIAL.
Notes and Comments Cleaned from the
 Territorial Press.
Rain all over the Territory.

The Clty of Phenlx will vote SlO O,UOO bonds to build water works.
 E. o. Shaw, of Pima-co., is candi- date for the office of Sheriff.
 Hon. S. M. Franklin, of Tucson, is candidate for District Attorney of Plma-co
 The democrats of Phenix want A. Ct Baker to go to congress. Baker is ne t the man to be elected.
 Judge Peel, of Tombstone, ismention- ed as a candidate for delegate before the Democratic Convention.
 The Pima Indians have sold the Hayden Milling Company, of Marico- pa-co., over 100000 pounds of wheat this season.
 The Board of Equalization of Apache county, declined to reduce the as sessment of the Atlantic and Pacific railroad as rendered by the Assessor, and the amount stands $l,757,000 as returned.
 The Prescott Grays have rendered their services, and are ready to wallop regiment of Mexicans. Tender of services has been made to Acting Gov ernor Bayard. Good for you, boys Prescott Courier
 An American by the name of Reu- ben Stanton and two Mexicans are sup posed to have been the murderers of the Barney Martin family whose remains were found last Tuesday some six miles west of Seymour.-Tempe News
 A very rich strike was made in the Ground Hog mine, body of ore being uncovered at the 200-foot level which assays over $500 per ton, and Mir. Fish CT, the superintendent, says there is lots of it, too.-Tombstone Democrat. The Epitaph learns that the wash outs on the Sonora railroad in the neigh borhood of Altar, are very severe, so much so, that, although over hundred msn are working at repairs, 1t will pro bably be two weeks before through tra- vel is restored. Several passengers for Guaymas returned yesterday to go down by way of San Francisco.
 Last night Mexican by the name of Miguel Rivera, was run over by the cars at Laguna, nine miles out from town and had both legs crushed. He was brought in on wagon abont 2:30 o'clock and taken to the house of Q friend and medical aid summoGed. The extent of She mans injuries could not be ascertained before going to press. -Tucscn Star.
 The agents for French colony COT sisting of seventy persons, from Louisi ana, are endeavoring to purchase all the ranches lying above the Stiles place, north of the river. If they succeed sIi these ranches will be converted into sugar plantations, and thus another profitable industry will be established here. This, with cur agricultural, and viticultural, horticultural, and mining industry, will eventually make Pinaj one of the most prosperous counties on the Pacific slope Florence Enterprise Hon. John G. Campbell, of the firm of Campbell & Baker, the largest cat tie owners of Yavapai county, furnish ed the County Assessor with & sworn statement of the number of cattle own, ed by them. In the face of this the Assessor entered on his roll double the number of cattle as sworn to by Mir. Camp bell The matter was argued be- fore the Board of Supervisors, by able counsel, and the Board decided that the return of the Assessor must stand. Messrs. Campbell x Baker have refus- ed to submit to this arbitrary action, and will, it is said, appeal the case to the courts for final decision. This is a matter which directly interests every tax payer in the county, and the result will be looked for with anxiety by all owners of personal property. There has always been an irrepressible con tiict between the Asses sor and the tax payers and 1t IS high time that the powers of the one and the rights of the other were definitely settled.
 As stated in The Democrat last week, Superintendent Cheyney of the Tornbs- tone Mill and Mining Companyreceived instructions from headquarters to sus- pend operations on or about the 10th instant. In accordance with these in structions, small detachments of men working outlying properties of the con- pany have been 'laid off from day to