The St. Johns herald. (St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory [Ariz.]) 1885-1903, 1888-04-26
Miscellaneous Items.

latter's denial of the application of
J. A. Reavis and wife for a prehmi-
nary survey of the alleged Peralta
land claim, also declining to enter
tain the claim for an appeal from
the surveyor generals decision.
Commissioner Stockslager thinks
if the grant was actually made, as
it is alleged, in 1853, it is strange it
was not publicly asserted, authen-
tically surveyed and reduced to in
disputable property-right during
the sixty years which the country
remained under the Jurisdiction of
the granting government, nor dur
ing the existence of the Mexican
government in the territory, for at
least fifty years, nor for thirty years
after the cession of the territory to
the United States. The Commits
sioner regards the alleged grant as
an unmitigated fraud, without any
foundation in fact.
Ignacio Valdez, who was arrested
soon after the murder of Captain
Gribble and party, and charged
with being accessory to the murder,
appeared before Judge Wood on the
18th for a preliminary examination
and was held without bail to await
of the grand jury.
The trial of Hamilton for the
killing of Gambrell has been in pro-
gress at Brandon, Mississippi, for
four weeks, and the excitement is
so great that all who attend the trial
are searched TOR weapons before be-
ing allowed to enter the court room.
A South Carolina newspaper says
that not long ago, New Yorker
wrote TO the State Treasurer, that
he had found among his papers q
lot of old South Carolina bonds,
and he wanted to know if they had
any market value. The Treasurer
Investigated, and replied that they
were worth 100 cents on the dollar.
The bonds were worth $2S, 800, and
the New Yorker has just drawn
$21 900 accumulated interest.
The st. Paul Farmers Alliance
created an odd political sensation
a few days since, by adopting the
Democratic platform and endors-
ing the administration of President
Cleveland. The next day, Albert
Schepper, a wealthy st. Paul Re-
publican, was nominated for Gov
ernor by acclamation. The gran
gers of Minnesota appear to be
little off, First, they adopt the
Democratic platform, endorse the
present administration and then
nominate red hot Republican as
their standard bearer for Governor.
1t is related that one of the pages
of the United States supreme court,
once found under the chair of q
of the court, noted for his
Observation-Disclosures, and who had
gone on a trip out of town, a slip
of paper on which was inscribed;
Mem. Things to take along: One
pair of socks, one shirt, two col
lars, one pair of cuffs, one wife"
He was from California.
AS an evidence of the marvellous
growth and prosperity of Arizona
and its various sections, we call at
tention to our southwestern neigh
Dor, Graham county. In 1882,
when this county was created, the
assessment roll of the new county
footed up s2S3,OOO, and in 1887,
five years later, the tax roll of that
splendid county amounted to ST.
180,000, an increase of 1,797,0OO,
or little over six hundred per cent.
What other country, we ask, beyond
the confines of Arizona, can make
such showing as this? Maricopa
with its marvellous resources
is the only one in this Territory