The Clifton clarion., 1888-12-26
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chuca where he was attending as a member of q G. c. NJ in the case of Lieut.. Fowler, 4th Cavalry. Col. Pearson is a splendid com manding officer, strict but just to officers and men.
 Grant will be a fine post if they keep on building and making i'm provements as they are at present There are IL cars loaded with lum- Der at Wilcox for this post and more-on the way. Next week they commence building the new Q. NJ. store house with rock. It was to be built with adobes, but the late aims washing the adobes away, they have now concluded to build with rock.
 Diphtheria is raglngin the Post; one death so far, little boy of Sergt. Johnson's. Dr. Taylor, post surgeon, is doing everything in his power to stop the spread of the disease. He is sanitary officer at the post and is thoroughly ex amining the sewers and drainage of the post.
 The paymaster has paid the troops here and the boys are all happy now for a few days and the post trader will be few hundred richer.
 We have had several Mormons from the Gila here for the past two months. The straw contract will be finished in a few days and they will return to their wives and homes on the river.
 Several of our neighbors at tended the ball given by Sheriff elect Whelan last Monday. All came home happy and some have not got over it yet.
 ". W. Moriarty is building a reservoir in his pasture to hold the winter rains and supply water for his cattle during the dry season. Mir Moriarty has a fine place and is still improving its appearance.
 Our school is progressing nicely under the management of our ef- ficient teacher, G. W. Nash, with a regular attendance of IL pupils. Our school trustees have taken great interest in the school. The school is located at the most cen tral point in the district, at Kelly's ranch, and it gives every person around the benefit of it.
 H. c. Hooker started to-day for Phenix with 1000 head of beef cat tie which he intends pasturing on his extensive alfalfa fields at Phe- nix for the winter. This makes Mir. Hooker's second drive.
 We are anticipating a mining boom before long in the Clark district, nine miles northwest oi here, as there Is strong talk of putting up a mill at the Morris mine in what IS known as the fa- nous Shot Gun Smith camp. There are several locations in this camp which will no doubt prove good ones when developed.
 News has just come in from Fay Tor canyon by Thos, Bell, aranehel living at the head of the canyon, that there are Indians around and that he found a marc of his shot with an Indian arrow, he also found q dead beef and a horse be- longing to someone else. Both were shot and he had the arrows with him as proof. Lieut.. Johnson with 9 men started at once to hunt the trail.
 An Indian prisoner, sentenced for year for some crime commit ted on the Indian reservation, es- caped from the guard last week and has not since been recaptured.
 Miles L.Wood has been awarded the contract for fencing the mili- tary reservation-eighteen miles All the boys here are glad that Miles got the contract, as they are sure of a job and with a good boss.
 J. H. Norton left today for Cal ifornia to spend the holidays. Mrs. Norton has been there for the past month.
 A shooting affair occurred here at the dance house on the night of the 18th. \ 1st sergeant of 10th Cavalry was shot by Corporal Washington of the 10th Cavalry, the ball taking effect under the right ear and coming out on the left side of the face at the mouth. The wounded man is in the hos pital and may recover, while Wad- dington is in jail at Tucson, where