The Arizona sentinel., 1886-03-20
PERSONAL.


EgMr. Sam Cutler returned from Sal
Francisco during the past week.
sEGeneral Andrada of the Lerdo Colony
passed through Yuma to the Colony.
fgMr. C. V. Nee ten has gone down tx
the Colony for couple weeks recreation.
"a Johnny Meyers. an old timer of l.:
Paz. is in town recuperating and seeing Lis
old friends.
EgHon. A. G. Hubbard returned home
yesterday. He will return in few days
and take trip to San Francisco.
ETDetective Burke has returned from
the Colony where he has been on business
connected with the burning of the r. L.
bridge.
EgHon. W. c. Davis, ex-Treasurer of
the Board of Prison Commissioners; was in
town this week settling with the new
Board.
EgThomas Halleck, of Aubrey Landing,
one of our prominent cattle men, is suffering
severely from the effects of an old gunshot
wound in the knee -Mohave Miner.
sgHenrv Swift. of Clip, superintendent
of corral. is in town under the care of DR..
Targart. He was thru IN on to the pommel
of his sad lie while riding an ugly mule.
eJMr c. Bites, of the firm of Freeman,
Johnson & Bates. Sacramento. has been TAX
ing look at the imperial Moha"k valley,
| and in c>I5al1elc, hasiavestel heavily. lie
was in Yuma last Sunday on his way home
sEMr. A. A. Abbott, cashier of the Cali
fornia Bank of Sacramento was in Yuma
last Sunday. He took a look at the Mohawk
valley and was so well pleased that he has
become heavily interested in the ccnal com
pany.
ryHon Geo. H. Stevens, treasurer of the
Board of Prison Commissioners. has been
in town this week attending the special
meeting of the Board, and has added many
new friends to his already large list.
tzTMr C. B. Serventi left this week for
his home on the Sonoita river in Sonora.
Mr. Serventi is former resident Of Yuma,
hut is nov carrying On nice mercantile
business in Sonora; he buys most of his
goods in our town. and believes in patroniz-
ing his old friends in preference to new
ones.
EJThe appointment of Mr.. Thomas Gates
superintendent of the territorial peniten-
tiary will give general satisfaction, not only
to the democracy of the territory Init to
many of the most substantial republicans |
The salary is $1,000 The appointment of
a large number of subordinates comes with |
in the gift of the superintendent.
sgMr ]. F. Brown and Mrs. Brown, of
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, having been stop
ping a few davs in our city. Mrs. Brown
is sis er Of Hon. Geo. H. Stevens. of Sole
knoxville, whom h has not seen for tren-
t.. one years. which was the cause of their
rrolongel stay in Tucson. Mr. Brown is
in the Wholesale liqror business and
is travelling for health and recreation. They |
left fer Los Angeles !esterday.-Star
fgG. W. Bert p|lacci, who formerly
clerked in George Martins drug store here,
has been arrested at Guaymas. Mexico. He
was arrested at Florence for robbing drug
store, but escaped into Sonora. lie is now
arrested for conspiracy with telegraph
operator to obtain money from fugitive,
who was wanted in Arizona, by not giving
the authorities of Guaymas dispatch for
bis arrest.
ES'Hon. P. r. Brady. of Florence, Chai'-
nan of the Board of Prison Commissioners,
las been in town the past week attending
special meeting of the Beard. Mr. Brady
esided in Yuma in 1857 and he has been
pending his leisure moments in comtanv
18th his old pioneer friends and companions
n anil about Yuma, talking over the good .
4 times, and the amusing "reminiscences
Old by these oil timers would make vol !,
mn of interesting reading, and valuable
I 20 Sisters of Charity arrived Tuesday
lorning from Los Angeles. and it is rnmor
| that they will take charge of the Indian :,
chcol across the river, but it is hardly cred
able that snch is the case, as it is the poll
7 of the government to ignore sectaran :,
,achers, but if it shonld lie so it is the duty ;,
every American citizen to enter his pro- ,
st. If any religious Institution wants to Y
ZACH the Indians their religion les them dc y
at their own expense and not at the gov !
'nment's. If they have secured this school
is not SO much to teach the Indians as ii
to establish "a school. at the government
lpense, where they can send the Mexican
lildren. and take them a way from the pub :,
; schools of Yuma, where cathoi. ism or "
~ religion, is not Taught. u
On Tuesday night between eight and nire 81
clock, some person ] r Ike into the show
II. low of Hoo BOxin and stole Smith & Il
'estou revolver and two gold watches, al n
lined at about SIPS An arrest was made L
It as there was no eviden:e against the IL
an the Court discharged him. The great il
t diligence should be exercised by our il
erchauts as there is a large number o ii
spicious characters and tram?s constantly
ssias through YUM. They shorld b,nd =;
gether and prosecute such cases as this. =,
The attention of those who are preparing tn