Mohave County miner., 1888-08-25
TERRITORIAL ITEMS.
Tempe, Maricopa county, is to have
branch Jail.

eSfiai rAif at FnHniX.
The Graham county Board of Superyis-
ors have raised the assessment on a
goodly number Of her taxpayers.
The Nogales Herald says that the
weather Is 80 hot In Guaymus one can
take drink Of ice water and spit steam.
I. w. Otis has about 10000 bricks now
In bis kiln. He will continue until he
gets l00, 900, and il the weather continues
favorable viii make 10000 bricks
Prescott Journal-siiner.
Deputy U. s. Marshal Breckenridge
returned on Saturday to Phnnix from
his trip to Columbus, Ohio, where he left
the wild Apacheg who were sent up for
trying to kill one another. Herald.
From sleepy, quiet town of few hum
dred inhabitants, Phoenix has grown
during the past four years to busy,
busting, thriving city of six thousand
people, which gives promise to more than
double in the next two years.
At st. David's, a Mormon settlement in
Cochise county. the people will neither
send out nor receive the mail on Sunday.
The st. David's mail Is thrown off the
train at Canisteo station, but as there il
no house there no mail is brought out
from Benson on Sunday.
Diptheria has broken out In st. Johns
and vicinity, and there has been several
deaths already reported from it. This Ia
probably the FIRST time this deadly malady
in its true type has visited this locality,
and we trust all proper precautions will
be taken TO prevent its spreading.
Herald.
The Immigration Union is putting up a
quantity OF elegant fruit in alcohol, under
the supervision OF Mr.. Parish, the Secre-
tary, in gallon and two gallon jars.
Apples, nectarines, grapes, peaches,
pears, prunes, etc, several varieties OF
each. together with a jar Of potatoes, have
so far been put up.--Ph@nix Herald.
Papers have been fled for the incorpor-
alton Of the Citizens Bank OF Flagstaff,
with T.. s. Gosncy as President. The
capital stock is 10000, held mostly by
local stockholders. Mr.. Gosney has been
In Flagstaff geyeral months from st.
Joseph, NO. John Varies, recently from
Leavenworth, Kan, will be cashier
Champion.
A party consisting Of one man ami two
women, with couple Of wagons and a
band OF horses, paseed through town yes
terday from Mason county, Texas, en-
route to Payson, in Tonto Basin. About
month ago another party of emigrants
from the same county in Texas, with
eight or nins wagons and about 100 head
Of horses, went through, destined for the
same locality Apache Review.
The Eastern press says that Geronimo
and bis Chiricahua followers return to
Arizona has been determined upon. This
can only be done with the sanction Of the
President. Should they be returned and
turned loose upon the land which they
incarnadined with the blood Of settlers,
war to the knife and from iae point 10
the hilt should follow upon the landing
from the cars OF such ill-omened freight.
Silver Belt.
J. VI. Dennis, a highly respected citis
zen Of Tempe, accidentally shot and killed
himself at that place last week. Mr..
Dannjs was bird hunting and in some
mysterious way shot himself. 1t is pre-
sumed that he was in the act Of loading
his gun, which Is a muzzle loader, and
the load was received In his lett side.
The deceased was about sixty years Of
age and was universally liked by bis
townsmen and neighbors.
Arrangements are being made by agents
of Mr.. Hooker, the Sierra Bonita cattle
king, towards placing this winter on our
alfalfa fields and feeding grounds several
thousand head OF beef stock. The pasture
on the southern ranges gets rather slack
toward the middle Of the winter, and this
plan Of shipping hither and feeding is apt
to become very popular with cattlemen.
Our alfalfa fields are extensive enough to
stand considerable Of it.--Tempe News.
Mr.. Albert Stienfeld wrote from Crit
tenden Sunday stating that two men had
been killed between there and the Hua-
chucas and that the deed was supposed to
have been the work of Indians. The
men killed we're Mexican vanqueros.
Scouting parties were to leave at Gnce TO
ascertain the cause Of the killing, which
had been confirmed. The impression
prevails hereabouts that the renegades
killed the men while en- route to Sonora.
Tucson Citizen.
The Table Mountain copper mines are
Just beginning TO awaken IN interest
commensurate with their worth. The
recent examination Of the ores by DR..
Triple gave return of 80 9-l0 per cent.
copper. 'Buring the recent visit Of Captain
Burgess to the property large iron look
ing ledge that 80 lies as to form part Of
the main ore body was found TO contain
gold. A sample was brought here and an
assay made, which gave the astounding
figures of $703.4s. The mine is now under
bond TO FucSon parties.