Mohave County miner., 1888-07-14


night from q several weeks visit TO Ios
Angeles, where he had gone for his
health. He has taken new lease OF life
and thinks that he win live to be q hun
dred years old.
Five candidates for Sheriff of Yavapai
county have announced in the Prescott
papers. The Democratic candidates are
Chas. s. Kathrens, @. Douglas Brown
and Jas. r.. Walker. The Republicans
are A. w. Callen and 8. @. Rees.
The Democrats Of Yavapai county viii
hold their primary election-o Saturday,
July 18th. The Republicans Of that
county win hold their primaries August
l1th. The date Of holding the county
conventions will be made public later.
The machinery OF the new soda works
has arrived. An soon as II can be arrang-
ed the works win be put in operation.
The machinery Is from the mandatory
Of Jas. w. Tufts and Is first class in every
respect. L. o. Cowan viii have the
management Of the business here.
Major Chas. Long, Manager Of the o.
X. Mining Company, is now in Albu-
querque. He expects to meet the officials
of the Land Department Of the A. & p.
and hopes to receive some encouragement
from the railroad company in the work Of
drilling for water in the Wallapai Valley.
Jno. Lynch this week completed his
assay Office. He has supply Of new
material and everything about the place
is as neat and clean as new pin. When
the reporter called Mr.. Lynch had fifteen
assays in the furnace and had made
thirty.two the previous day.
John McGregor, of Kingman, Arizona,
son Of Chas. McGregor, is home on =
visit to friends at this, his native place,
after an absence Of twenty years, in which
he has Witnessed and participated in
most phases of mining and other frontier
life in California and Arizona. Delhi IN.
W Republican.
On Saturday last in the District Court
at Prescott Judge Wright passed SEN
tences as follows: Patrick Ford, arson,
one year in the penitentiary; Jerome
Ford, arson, one year; Samuel Smith,
burglary, three years; William Downing,
grand larceny, three years; Henry Nc
Dowell, grand larceny, eighteen months.
Three Wallapai Indians, Tholer, Ossa-
watainie and Thopema, were brought
down from blackberry on Wednesday and
charged with intent to commit murder
before U. 8. Commissioner Jas. J. Hyde,
who set the examination for Friday al
O'Clock. They got a little too much
whisky aboard and attacked O squaw
with knives. ....
The assessment roll of Mohave county
for 1888 foots up 1888, ,700.75. The A.
& p. Railroad was assessed for 2,56O, ,00C
acres of land at twenty-five cents pei
acre, amounting to $64O, 900, and on i'm.
provements ~ ,270, 900, making a total Of
q, ,497 600. The assessable value of the
property OF the county aside from the
railroad property amounts to 81 ,2S6, zoo. 75.
On last Tuesday night the following
officers Of Kingman Lodge No. 7, I. o. o.
F., were installed by Jas. J. Hyde, d. d.
q. NJ: Foster s. Dennis, N. g.; NJ. G.
Copeland, V. g.; Jas. J. Hyde, r. s.; G.
NJ. Funston, p. s.; w. H. Taggart, Treas
urer; A. Yer Mehr, Warden; r. Taggart,
Conductor; w. G. Blakely, Chaplain w.
III. Taggart, X. s. N. G.; Ed. Harrington,
L. s. N. g.; w. Richards, X. s. V. g..
r. steen, L. 8. V. g.; J. Rosborough, K.
s. g.; L. o. Cowan, l.. s. s.; w. Il.
Frost, /. g.
The o. X. Mining Company last week
received a lot Of additional machinery for
their well boring outfit. The energy OF
Mr.. Chas. Long, the manager Of the COM
pany, In prospecting for water in Walla-
pal valley is certainly commendable.
There have been many things to discour-
age him in his work and less determined
man would have abandoped the work
long ago. Fully 5000 has been sxpend-
cd on the project already and the well is
down but few feet, but Mr.. Long is
fully determined to push the sinking Of
the well.
Since the working on the streets several
months ago Of gang Of tramps, King
man has been given a wide berth by
them, within the past week however they
have again pat in their appearance beg
ging from house to house. There is no
excuse for this as every man can fne
work here who wants it. The A. & p.
road cannot find men enough to I'LL up it's
section gangs, and cannot push the work
Of repairing the road bed on this account.
All tramps may as well take notice that
II they visit Kingman and follow their vo-
cation they viii be put to work on the
streets.
The semi-annn.l election OF officers OF
the Kingman S.,bbath 81 s"ooi took place
on Sunday last. The following oi.'
were elected: p. 4. Ceilings, superin-
tendent; W. q. Blakely, Assistant Super
intendent; Miss Eva Potts, Secretary;
Mrs. Eb. Williams, Treasurer; Miss
Birdie Shredder, Organist; Miss Ethel
Beecher, Librarian; Albert RYAN. A.