The Clifton clarion., 1886-11-24
TERRITORIAL NOTES.
Gen. Miles is East, on leave.

ment.
 Apache county gave the Demo- cratic Territorial ticket 260 ma iority.
 A hotel is to be built at the Grand Canyon of the Colorado, in this Territory.
 There are 420 pupils attending the Tucson public schools, and 2S5 attend private schools.
 Miners of Gila and Mohave counties are working and ship ping a great deal of rich ore.
 The Walnut Grove, Water Stor- age Company have two hundred men at work on their dam on the lower Hassayampa.
 Al. Sieber, one of the best and bravest Indian scouts in America, is in Prescott, on a visit from the San Carlos reservation.-Courier
 The A. c. &P. railroad, are pay ing hands on the construction work, from SIPS to S1 60 per day and want all the men they can get.
 Vanadiun is quoted at a high price but the Mammoth mine of Pinal county, find it a difficult matter to dispose of one ton per month.
 The St Johns Herald says that Col. Harry Reed of the Holbrook Critic has left for California and will probably make that state his future home.
 The district court in Cochise county adjourned Friday last un- til the first Monday in February next. Judge Barnes returned i'm mediately to Tucson.
 Briggs Goodrich, of Phoenix, deeming it for the best interests of his county, has concluded not to contest the election of Dr. L. H. Goodrich to the council.
 The Mohave County Miner de- nies the charge made by the Pres colt Courier that Judge J. NJ. Murphy was defeated by railroad and county seat influence.
 Major John I. Ginn, lately pro- prietor of the Nogales Frontier, at the request of General Miles, will probably join one of the two scouting parties soon to be sent out.
 The case of Barney Riggs charg- ed with the murder of Richmond Hudson was tried at Tombstone last week the jury disagreeing. A re-trial has been set for the 18th instant.
 Last week at Springerville, Apache County, Lee Renfrow shot and ID ortally wounded Isaac FL finger. The difficulty was in re- gard to the ownership of a piece of land near Springerville.
 The Apache County Critic says: Passenger trains to the west are daily packed with people who in- tend settling on the Pacific coast. San Diego and Los Angeles get the majority of the emigrants.
 From Mir. Hartson. who return ed Friday evening from the Cana neas, Sonora, reporter of the Tombstone learns that band of six or seven Apache Indians are raiding in that vicinity, they are doing no killing but are stealing stock. Mir. Harrison says they are evidently trying to get back to the reservation.
 Deputy Sheriff James Randall, of Graham county, on Wednesday morning, turned over four prison PTS to Superintendent Gates: Antonio Martinez, Cristoval Rival, P. Medina and J. R. Ward. The ;hree first named are sentenced for one year each, and the other o one year and seven months and 500 fine. All Tn for grand larceny. Yuma Sentinel.
 Private advices from Washing on state that the department has lbout concluded to segregate the Deer Creek coal fields, this county rom the reservation. It is to be sincerely hoped that the informa- ion is correct. These coal fields should have been cut off long 'ince. They are of no value to he Indians, but of inestimable 'alue to the people of Arizona. The coal is needed for mining en- erprises and for other purposes. Enterprise.
 The following are the officers ,1ocfad bv tho Tarritoria1 Grand