The Clifton clarion., 1886-12-15
TERRITORIAL NOTES.

The sixth ten miles secton of the A. c. $ P. railroad was completed last week.
 Kingman dwelling houses which cost $500 to build, rent readily at S20 per month.
 The rush to Stein's Peak fir om Tombstone threatens to depopu- late that town.
 Progressive whist and euchre is all the rage in Tombstone social circles at present.
 4 train load of beef cattle was shipped from Wilcox on Saturday last to Los Angeles, California.
 Two United States prisoners were discharged from the Yuma penitentiary on the 9th instant.
 The Phoenix Herald says that from $500 to $500 will fully com plete the insane asylum ready for the reception of patients.
 The Courier says: We see it stated that some rash man will very soon plant a weekly paper in Winslow, Apache county.
 A Wells, Fargo & O., treasure box containing about S1 500 in gold bars and dust, disappeared at Pres colt Junction one day last week.
 The Wilcox Stockman says that it is stated that the San Simon Cattle Company will ship 2,200 head of beef cattle to Chicago this month.
 The charred rem ains of Richard Fitzsimmonds were found among the debris of Montano's celler destroyed by fire last week in Phoenix.
 The stores of G. Allison & Son. and l.. Zeckendorf, & Co., of Tue son, were entered by burglars, last week, but they got but little for their trouble.
 A number of Tucson capitalists have formed a mining company for the purpose of locating mines, and several outfits of experienced prospectors will soon start out.
 Arthur Hamlin, the brakeman who was scalded so severely by the recent railroad accident on the s. P. at San Simon died in the hos pital at Tucson on the 9th inst.
 The City Council of Tucson has assigned a plot of ground in the cemetery to the Ancient Order of United Workmen for burial pur poses. They will fence and i'm prove it shortly.
 The Fowlers, at their ranch, some ten miles west of Phoenix, have already devoted some so acres to orchards and vineyards and will probably double the same the present season.
 The treasurer of Cochise Coun- ty reports that the taxpayers of that county are paying their taxes more promptly than last year and up to the 18th instant over S35,- 900 had been paid in.
 The Apache Critic says; A. W. Harris, known as the 'Iron Gall Kid" and John Pearson took the train to-day for Fort Yuma, ac- companied by Sheriff J. L, Hub bell and deputy Garcia.
 The Smith, Wyman and Kendall mine at Stein's Peak, has been sold to Arizona parties for S60,000. This is the mine that started the boom for Stein's Peak, S40,000 was taken from it last month.
 Chas. Cohn, who killed his part her Chas. Spencer, near Blackberry, Mohave county, on the 23d of last month had an examination at Prescott last week and was dis charged. The evidence showed that he acted in self-defense.
 The Southern Pacific Employees at Tucson now contains 1250 volumes, and 400 more new volumes are expected to arrive soon. The library was organized a year ago on the 9th of this month, since which time S1200 have been expended for books and periodicals and S350 are now in the treasury. It has 150 members. |
 Several months ago, Samuel his wife, and adopted 1 daughter, a young white man and a negro, started from Apache county, intending to go to Wash ington Territory. Clevenger had | with him some S6,000 in money. l between 30 and 40 mules and horses, etc, etc. Lately, Cleven- gers remains were found near the | Utah line, in the northern part of | Yavapai county.
 We understand that over 50 ap plicatlons have been made for ad- to the territorial normal school at Femme. but that PrOfes |