Mohave County miner., 1888-05-26

grasshoppers TO feed the birds.
William III. Studley, a private soldier
Of Company A, Ninth Infantry, stationed
at Fort Mohaye, is advertised as desert
er and reward Of $50 Is offered for his
arrest.
John Williams, wellknown miner OF
this county, left Thursday night for Butte
City, Montana, where he goes 10 take the
position Of foreman on one Of the mines
near that place.
Mining matters in this county arc be-
ginning to look up. Leases are being
nlade,on mines, mills are being started
and ore is coming in and things are as
slIming more hopeful outlook.
Dlsir;c. Attorney Eb. Williams, receis-
ed telegram last Friday night, the 18th
inst. containing the sad intelligence Of
the death OF his mother at her home ia
AiIeghany City, Pa, at the age OF So
years.
Our county officials have this week
been demonstrating their ability to carry
water, and each succeeded in carrying
heavy loads. None have acquired the
accomplishment Of carrying water on
both shoulders.
WAsTED'-An active, working agent,
(gent or LADY, TO sell our machines in Mo-
have county. We have the finest and
best high-aTm machine made, and sell
eitherior cash or instalLDenta Address
The Singer Man'f'g. Co, Tccson, Ariz.
John X. Mackenzie has received the
government contract to furnish the post
at Fort Mohayc witt, 253 cords OF wood,
g 600 pounds Of barley, 1900 pounds Of
bran and 5000 pounds of native hay.
The contract is tor the fiscal year ending
June Goth, 1889.
Stxsion Agent Copeland's office andth
waiting room are being repainted this
week. When the job is done the depot
will be as attractive inside as out. The
A. & p. Railroad has made q number Of
improvements here this year, which are a
great accommodation to its patrons.
Frost & L.rkin have seventeen feet OF
water in their well recently dug in the
Wallapai wash, about six miles above
town. The water is syphoned from the
well TO point several hundred feet down
the wash and they hare water enough to
supply all the cattle they can put on tie
range.
Thursday Of this week M. ID. Howell OF
the C. o ID. mine, discovered at the Sam
pIing Works in this place three sacks of
ore which he readily recognized az COM
ing from his mine. Never having shipped
or sold il, he concluded the mine "leakcd"
and accordingly he got out a search war
rant for the ore, and the ore is now in the
possession Of the Justice Of the Peace.
The engine pulling the second section
of the east-bound passenger train on Fri
day night Of this week while taking coal
hero, and while the engineer was oiling
up, took a sudden notion to back up.
which it did. The cab caught on the coal
chute and was torn off and the whistle
broken. The engineer stopped the train
before further damage was done.
Foster s. Dennis, proprietor OF the
Kingman Water Works, has commenced
work on the sinking OF another well within
u few feet OF the one which now supplies
the town with water. When the new
well is completed and connected with
the old one there will be no lack of water
and an abundant supply can be had for
all purposes. So say the water works
folks and il ia hoped that it will prove so.
w. NJ. Claypool, of the Prescott branch
Of the Arizona Ore Company, arrived
here Wednesday and has taken charge oi
the works at this place. Mr.. Claypool
was connected for several years with the
Grand Central Mining Company at Tomb
stone, as assayer. Prior to that time he
was an assayer for the Pueblo Refining &
smelling Company and had charge Of
their Sampling Works at Deming, N. M.
He bears the reputation Of being com
petent assayer and is a genial, pleasant
gentleman.
J. II. Mollering, Justice OF the Peace at
Peach Springs, on "Wednesday brought 10
the county Jail Hell Water" Wallapai
Indian, who will serve sentence Of sixty
days. "Hell Water" loaded up with
''firs water" and undertook to run the
town, and when demonstrated with went
10 his wickiup and procured his six
shooter, with tile intention OF putting a
hole through tho objecting white men.
He was disarmed by his squaws and
arrested. Sixty days work on the streets
will probably teach him that the Indian
must obey the law of the white man.
On Thursday Of last week the section
men Of the Yucca gang discovered the
| remains OF a man about four miles east
OF that place and about eighty feet from
the railroad track. Station Agent Wood
telegraphed for the Coroner at this place
and G. NJ. Funston, Justice of the Peace,
went TO Yucca Friday last, and held the
desired inquest. Nothing was elected as
10 the identity Of the dead man or the
cause of h!s death, but he was probably