Mohave County miner., 1888-03-03
TERRITORIAL. ITEMS.

"h OAsh@ookC oayo' Abo ~ - q y.
F. Railway, Magdalen branch, IL 10 b
extended TO Benson, A. T."
About 5000 Nsvsjo sheep pershed
this winter during the heavy SHOWS. The
loss Is said to be unprecedented.
There are more canals in course Of con.
struction to-day in Pima county than in
any other county in the Territory.
There is now a tri.weskly mail service
between Camp Thomas and Fort Grant,
and daily service between Grant and
Wilcox.
A creole woman known AZ Anna Mar.
tillo committed suicide at Wilcox On
Tuesday nigh, by taking thirty grains OF
morphine.
Chief Justice James II. Wright deliver.
cd a series Of lectures at Flagstaff last
week for the benefit OF the VI, <. church
at that place.
". F. Salter reports 500 acres more Of
grain sown by Indiana at San Carlos the
present year than during any previous
season. Globe Belt.
The name OF the postoffics at Aztec.
Yuma county, Arizona, has been changed
to Wilgus. William W. Smith is post
master ut that Office.
Phoenix paper says: "Alfalfa twenty.
three inches high is now growing on the
Ingalls, ranch. In a few more weeks our
hay harvest will open"
The 8. P. Railroad Company is about
to appoint an agent at Mohawk, Yuma
county. A telegraph and Well-Faryo ex-
press offi"o wil! be opened there.
Chas Reed, an employee of the Arizona
Lumber Conp'ny IT Flagstaff, had the
| misfortune IL. lay to nave three
ingers vi his LIT hand CIT of by circu-
l4r saw.
An accident occurred on tils Prescott K
| Arizpna Central K .ilr1ld tao miles north
OF Prescott on .he 2Gth inst. Three f-ei: :ht
carr Jumped the t. ~ ard rolled dom an
embankment.
A special engine came up this NOR Ing
10 haul two car loads OF giant poGder 10
Sonora. The laws OF Mexico 90 not per
NIT cars lo4dsi with powder to be attach
cd TO regular trains.-Nosales Reserve.
II IL claimed that the live stock inter
ests pay over onethird of the taxes OF our
Territory, and that horned cattle alone
represent nearly ons-folrth Of tho entirs
taxable property.-FlagstAf Champion.
NJ. J. Sullivan, who has the contrars
for building the University, is very busily
engaged in taking Oh. 1000 perch OF
stone from the quarry west o! town. Ac-
tive work on the hill will commence now
within two weeks.-!Tucson Citizen.
| 1t 10 strange AZ it is true that when u
dox-poisoning epidemic prevails the best
CANNES succumb the first. Nearly all the
good dogs Of Florence have gone 70 bark
ins heaven, leaving only lot Of worthless
ours to poster the ublic.-Enterpriss.
Six Indian chiefs from the Gan Carlos
Arizona. reservation. passed through thi.
morning bound for Washington to inter
view the great father. They were fSt and
wore the regulation garment and looked
like they were corn fed."-Albuquerque
Citizen.
Tue Star says that Tucson has entered
upon new lite. The old pueblo appears
TO have been born again. The people are
inspired with . new lie, and they are
showing fixed faith and confidence in
the future Of this metropolis Of Anzons
never before exhibited.
! Irvine Hamilton, Q miner at work on
the Moore 4 Daggett mine in Walker dis
trict, Y4vapai county, fell down l6o-foo'
shaft In which there Was - or 50 feet o
water. aud was drowned before assistance
could reach him. DECEASED was % years
old and native Of Broad Top, Penn.
A party OF capitalists have gone up u
examine the Blythe ranch near Ehren
berg. They will Try to purchase the plac'
if 1t proves to be as represented. Th'
ranch consists OF some $1,000 acres, mos
Of it being very good land. 1t is to bs
hoped that they will buv the place. .-Yu
ma Sentinel.
/ Careful estimates OF tho amount Of lanc
being put IN trees and vineyards in th'
part Of the valley lying west Of Ph4nil
indic .tes that there will DO fully 900 acre.
OF an increase in that section thus year
Probably not less than 1000 acres will b
planted in the valley on both sides Of th'
iver.-Hsrald.
As there are about forty claimanfs TO
the reward for the arrest and conviction
OF the railroad mail robbers which Mar
shsl w. X. Meade ferreted out, it doe
seem az though tho Tucson press ought t.
come in As a claimant. for furnishing
clues and inspiring hope in the detectives
and otherwise aiding in the business. Le
us PIT in our claim Star.
Mrs. J. ?. Bruce found a piece Of quart;
on s s.turday, near her residence, which
contain d = large percentage Of gold
Nr. Bruce has been prospecting for thu
lsdss. and 1t would not be any surprise i
q gold mins were developed right undsl
our beautiful city. While testing the sr
t.si4n we'll boring apparatus by sinking
near Cortez street, q quartz ledge carryin,