Mohave County miner., 1888-03-17
TERRITORIAL ITEMS.

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Eighty acres Of farming land have Just
bssn sold near Phoenix for $500.
The Colorado River Is reported 10 be
twelve feet above high water mark at
Yuma.
An exchange states that the San Carlo
Indians have planted 800 acres more grain
this year than during any previous season.
A townsite company has been formed
in the Gila Bend section and another al
Texas Hill, both Of which have been In
corporated.
The name Of the postoffics at Lochiel,
Pima county. has been changed to Ssn
Rafael. Mrs. Brewster Cameron is post
mistress there.
A Hre at Fort Lowell on the morning o.
the l4th inst destroyed tho post library
loss about 800. The building was a'so
destroyed; Ices 5000.
A sheep herder named McCaw was
murdered near St. Johns, Apache county,
m the Sd inst. by Alex. Rudd. Rudd
made good his escape.
A force Of men are engaged In repairing
the boilers OF the Arizona Lumber Com
pany's burned mill. preparatory TO their
nss In the new mill TO be erected this
spring.
D. NJ. Riordan. President OF the Ari
IONA Lumber Co, Flagstaff. courts in.
vestiga.ion OF the charges made against
his company Of unlawfully cutting timber
on Government land.
1t ia rumored that the Grand Central
and Contention Mining Companies. OF
Tombstone, have made an agreement TO
Jointly put in new pumping machinery In
the Contention mine.
Sheriff slaughter Is good slayer. He
has nov bean on the trail OF the murderer
Williams for two weeks, and when last
heard from was at Rsdington, on the
Lower Fan Pedro.-Epitaph.
The Phenix Gazette has again changed
hands. Col. G. w. Johrstone will man
age the business for the sssignees and o.
J. Dunbar will occupy the tripod. 1t will
continue to be Democratic.-Herald.
Geo. Parker, a brakeman on the Ari.
coma and Sonora road, was killed in Ben
son ON Friday last. While unconpling
car in the Santa Fe yard he caught one
OF his feet In tho switch frog, and being
unable to extricate 1t was run over and
killed. His body was frightiully nangled.
The we'll sunk by the railroad company
about mile below town Il down n feet.
BY continuous pumping at the rate Of
200 gallons an hour since the pump was
put In place, they have succeeded in low .
ering the water but two fset.-Tucaon
Star.
The Superintendent Of Public Instruc.
ton has apportionsd A,6oo TO the differ.
ent counties a. follows: Apache, t505. IS ;
Cochiss, &4s2 70; Gila, &llo.7o; Graham,
$47s.S0; Maricopa, $s92.35; Mohave,
$4o.5o; Pima, &sll.so; Pinsl. $aos.l5:
Yavapai, toss.35; Yuma. $ls3.so.
The Arizona newspapers do more graf
uitous advertising In the interest Of the
development Of the country than all other
influences combined, but there are few
Of tho property holders and those ben
efitted by the same who appreciate this
gratuitous work Of the press.-star.
The Tucson Citizen says: According
TO a statement made by Detective Thacker
the Stein Peak robbers secured several
valuable diamonds and about 5000 in
money. Among the diamonds taken was
. large solitaire, q cluster pin and q pair
Of ear drops. the latter valued at $50.
A very large body Of gold ore has been
encountered In the tunnel on the Masto.
don mine. south Of Casa Grands, In Z
ledge parallel with that bearing silver
ore. The developments being made
promise TO create considerable mining sx'
element 10 that section Of Pinal county.
Florence Enterprise.
A train load OF stock, consisting OF 5000
mutton sheep and four cars Of beef steers
from Huntsville, Texas, and destined 10,
San Diego. passed through here Wednes.
day. Thousands Of head Of Texas sheep
and a good many beef cattle from tina,
State are now going forward to Californis
markets. Wilcox stockmsn.
Tho wind storm Of last Wednesday
afternoon caused considerable damage
Several houses were totally or partially
unroofed, two outhouses blown down
awnings torn into shrsds, etc. One o
the most notable examples Of the siren kth
Of the wind was furnished by lsrgs
wooden building at North Clifton. nsal
the bridge, which was moved from III
foundation fully three feet. Clarion.
Indians have again been interfering
with communication over the Globe and
San Carlos Telegraph line by cutting ths
wire and taking out about 80 or 100 fee,
of It. The detached piece was finally
discovered secreted in the brush. Ths
author Of the mischief. If discovered, viii
bs interviewed by the U. 8. Marshal and
afforded the opportunity Of appearing be
fora thu Eadaral Court. In Shnnix. u