The St. Johns herald. (St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory [Ariz.]) 1885-1903, 1888-07-05
miscellaneous Items.

or 1000, and from this valley few
years from now will come a world
beater.
The Arizonan was informed by
Roht, Archer last Wednesday that
a party Of prospectors, three IN
number, had discovered a rich pros
pect near the Black Canon road
above Gillette, and sold it for $S000
Joe Adkins was acquitted Of muir
der in the Socorro court, but was
Immediately re-arrested and placed
under $4,000 bonds for his appear
ance at court to answer other grave
charges which have been preferred
against him.-Lordsburg Liberal
! An Oregon paper announces the
re-discovery Of the lost cabin mine
in the vicinity of the Lookout noun
tain. An old shaft has been found
in which was an old rusted pick
and a four-foot ledge. Three hui
man skulls are said to have been
found close by.
y 1t is reported that Mormon lead
I
ers from Salt Lake City have pur-
chased 100000 acres of land in the
State of chihuahua, Mexico, and
extensive emigration from Utah
and Arizona has begun. An eXper-
mental colony was sent out to the
vicinity of the tract just purchased
some two years ago, and it proved
a complete success IN every respect.
Sheriff Laird took the following
prisoners to the penitentiary this
week: Leon Helfca, murder in the
third degree, three years Pomposo
Baldonado, horse stealing, one year
Chas. Whitlock, assault, 6 months;
Charles Harris and George Mitch
ell, larceny, three months. Already
the pardon machine is beginning to
work, and a petition is being cir
culated requesting the governor to
pardon Poncicno Sanchez.-Lords
burg Liberal.
The supreme court Of California
has affirmed the decision of the
lower court in the case of DR.. J.
Milton Bowers, who was convicted
of the murder Of his wife by pois-
oning. The case, remarkable one,
owing to the prominence of the
man, recently had added to it a
very sensational feature in the sup
posed suicide of Henry Benhayon,
brother of the murdered woman,
and the finding of a written doc
ument purporting to be confes-
sion by BenhayOn that he was the
one who committed the crime. Cir
cumstanccs, however, strongly
pointed toward foul play, resulting
finally in the arrest of a man by
the name of Dimmig on a charge Of
killing Benhayon. The alleged
murderer has had one trial, which
resulted in hung jury.-Clifton
Clarion.
The Queen of Scryia the other
day was visiting museum in Wen
na and persisted in taking her um-
brella into the galleries with her.
This the man at the door, who did
not know her Majesty, insisted in
not allowing her to do, whereupon
the Queen got excited and told the
man who she was. The official re-
fused to believe her, and her Maj
esty, who is not distinguished for
the smoothness of her temper, lost
it entirely, and gave the man
sharp blow across the face. On this
he cried out for assistance, and per-
haps for the first time in our cen
tury queen was arrested. The
amusement of everybody concern
ed when they discovered that the
lady of the umbrella was indeed
the beautiful Queen of Servia can
well be imagined. Her Majesty,
however, took the thing in a good
tempered way, and admitting she
was very much ashamed of herself