Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-10-06
ARIZONA NEWS.
lSt Johns Herald.l

Siti ndNOc among llle CHllUf6h Ol tulS | locality during the last two months.
 Yuma sentinel
 Two new meat markets will be open ed next week
 T. D. Lockwood has been appointed 1 deputy sheriff of Yuma county.
 Green corn, canteloupcs, watermel- i ons and "lots" of luscious vegetables continue to be plentiful.
 The Indians are deriving quite handsome revenue by trapping quail for the Los Angeles market.
 Game is daily becoming more album dant. Numerous Aocks of wild geese and ducks are frequently seen flying southward.
 By order of Judge w. W. Porter the District Court for the term was adjourned until Monday, November l2th.
 Tom Sawyer, Pima Indian, was discharged from the penitentiary Thursday, his term of imprisonment having expired.
 A large force of railroad carpenters arrived here this week and will remain for some time. The ice house will be overhauled and extensive improve ments made on the Southern Pacific hotel.
 The Yuma Indians have buried large quantities of watermelons in the sand, so as to have plenty of them during the winter. They keep melons sound in that way for over six months.
 Hon. Henry George, the newly appointed Indian agent of the Colora- do River reservation, arrived here on Monday and went up river the follow ing day. Mr. George is an old news paper man, and paid this office a very pleasant call during his stay in town. [silver Belt
 The survey for the new military reservation near Gilson's Wells is still in progress.
 Last Saturdays rain was one of the best of the season. The precipitation was 32 inches, and it all soaked into the ground.
 T. A. Pascoe has a fine stand of sor- ghum on his Wheatfelds ranch, which he will cut soon. He considers it one of the best crops that can be grown in this Territory
 Alexander Armand, who has been sick for some time in the hospital was found dead in bed at quarter past eight o'clock this morning. His sud- den demise can not be accounted for as he was supposed to be convalescent, was on the street yesterday, and was up at five o'clock this morning.
 One hundred and eighty-three head of prime beef steers from the TontC and Salt river range, and the property of Messrs. Mills, Cline, Flippen, Wat
 kins and Usher, passed through Globe
 last Monday en route to San Carlos
 for delivery to the beef contractor
 The cattle were in charge of Cline and
 Mills.
 Indians recently paid two surrepti
 tiOus visits to Bremen's mill mes,
 house and stole about twenty pound,
 of sugar and other provisions. They
 also raided B. F. Pascoe's mountain , ranch, dug up abont-an acre of pota toes -and-tt00K his sacks to carry then
 in. Mir. PascOe recovered some of tht
 potatoes from Indians camped in tn vicinity; they had neither tags no passes.
 Walter Fitzimmons, aged 54, na tive of Ireland, died in Globe, Ari zona, September g, 1888. During tn , rebellion he served in the 79th Nev : York regiment, and at the time of hi l death he was an exemplary membe 9 of Colonel Alexander Post G. A. R. 0 3 Globe. His funeral was largely al 9 tended by members of the Post and b. l citizens.
 . Through the intervention of Genel l al Miles the order to abandon Cam t Thomas was rescinded and, instead, ] ' will be increased and made six con e pany post. This will be approved b t all persons familiar with Indian ma y ters on the San Carlos reservation, an }, is in line with Miles general policy t i control the Apaces and minimizing tn d danger from emeutes on the reserv;
 ton.
 Every time we see beef steers 2
 from Gila county ranges to San Carlo i' to be sold to the beef contractor ther " we ask ourself why the Globe Liv : Stock Association, or other cOmbin. U ton of our cattle raisers, do not bi t for this contract, and for supplies [ Il other posts in Central Arizona as wei If they can sell to the contractor an r allow him to make profit, they coul certainly take the contract as low 1; ]" anybody. The trouble has alway : been in this county that stockmen, il It stead of pulling together, have pu = sued a policy of obstruction that hi been suicidal
 I' Wilcox stockmanl T, A murder took place at Fort Grai '4 on Saturday last. The victim W. o James Cox, trumpeter of troop E Tenth Cavalry, and the murderer Ro u ert Campbell, a private in the san oi troop, both negroes. Cox dunno d Campbell for five dollars which u le latter owed him, when hot words pas u ed between the two. Cox final aS threatened to slap CampbelPs face, al n the latter told him if he did he wou Se kill him. Upon Cox carrying | H. threat into execution, Campbell, dre lG pistol and shot him dead Campbt II was turned over to the United Stat | civil authorities, and was taken to TU IT. son Wednesday evening by Depu
 Marshal Underwood.
 Horses for cavalry service contin ,J to arrive here. Thirty-fve head we as % received this week from St. Lou n and were taken to Fort Grant. Wh