Mohave County miner., 1888-04-21

Capt. Layne, Of Laync Springs, spent
several days in Kingman this week. MIR.
Layne is one Of Mohave's s oldest and most
successful miners.
Watt Thompson was in from Coara
Springs Monday. Mr.. Thompson says
that cattle look fine and that the country
never looked better.
Mrs. ID. B. Snody, Of Cuba, Missouri.
arrived in Kingman this morning and
will spend several weeks here visiting her
daughter, Mrs. C. NJ. Funston.
Foster s, Dennis has rented the resi-
dence Of w. III. Taggart. Mr.. Dennis will
go to San Francisco next week and on his
return bring Mrs. Dennis with him.
A daughter was recently born TO the
wife OF Hon. 4. Cornwall, OF Molave
county, President OF the Council OF the
Fourteenth Legislature. -Journal-Miner.
The west-bound passenger travel on
the Atlantic & Pacific keeps up remark
ably we'll considering tie season of the
year. From seven TO twelve coaches is
the daily haul, and all are packed.
Col. Eb. Williams left Thursday night
TO attend the Republican Territorial Con-
yention, to be held at Phoenix on the 25th
inst. lie viii represent the Republicans
Of Mohave county in the convention.
County Assessor Ewing turned into the
County Treasury yesterday his collections
for the month of March, which were as
follows: For personal property taxes,
$32 .4S; for poll tax, $3.50. Total, $2l2.49.
A special car filed with Baptist min
listers, on their way to Washington City
to attend the National Convention OF
Baptists, to be held there next week,
passed over the A. & =. road Thursday
night.
County Assessor Henry p. Ewing re-
turned Thursday from trip to the north
ern portion OF the county. He will remain
in this neighborhooi for several days and
says that the work OF assessing is pro-
crossing finely.
Frank L. Smith bid good-by to his
many friends in Kingman this morning,
and took his departure for California,
where he intends TO reside in the future.
His friends, however, leok for his return
inside OF year.
Mr.. Alex. Rothenstein, Past Supreme
President Of the United Order Of Honor,
arrived here this morning and will en-
deavor to organize lodge Of that order at
this place. Mr.. Rothenstein is accompa-
MED by his son.
DIR. Sherman, John Blakely and Miss
Nellie Blakaly left Thursday morning for
the ranch Of &. Cornell. on the Sandy.
They will be absent several days, and
Mrs. Sherman and the children will re-
urn with them.
The A. 4 p. Railroad find it difficult
matter to get laborers. On many of the
sections along the line Indians and
Chinese are employed, while the com
pany would prefer to employ white labor
could ii be obtained.
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| w. L. Frost returned Monday from q
fve-weeks' trip to Utah, where he had
gone 10 buy beef cattle. Mr.. Frost says
he has fine lot of cattle on the way here
and they will probably be in next week.
He went as far north as Pioche, and re-
ports cattle such as he wanted scarce and
hard to get.
Mr.. T.. J. Ryan, oil Chicago, arrived in
Kingman Friday morning. Mr.. Ryan is
an old friend of G. III. Lawrence, and
comes to fully post himself on the mining
and other resources Of this county. 1t is
his first visit to Arizona and he is agree
ably surprised 10 find SO delightful a
climate here.
| One day this week as w. r. Jones was
going down the shaft in the Golconda
mine the ladder broke and he fell to the
bottom OF the shaft, striking on'h his head.
Our informant did not know the extent
Of Mr.. Jones' injuries, but presumed that
they were not serious, as a physician was
not sent for. A miner Famed Wilkins
was descending the shaft at the same
time, but fortunately in falling he struck
on his feet and was not hurt.
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