Mohave County miner., 1888-03-31
TERRITORIAL. ITEMS,

Who attehu Daiis, Win sharp STICK.
There are over fifteen hundred stock
brands on record in Yavapai county.
A new enterprise il soon to be started
In Tempe under the name OF the Tempe
Furniture company.
Detective X. III. Paul is Of the opinion
that had not Marshall Meade's posse been
detained at Janos, they would have been
ambushed and killed.
1t is reported that Thos. Gates vii re-
sign the superintendcy of the Territorial
prison and that j. II. Behan will be ap.
pointed TO succeed him.
The Atlantic & Pacific railroad com.
pany's gross earnings during the month
Of February we're slso, 1856 decrease Of
S,676 during the same period last year.
The first American lady who settled in
Salt River valley arrived in 1868, just
twenty years ago. This lady was Mrs. C.
III. Gray, wife Of the Hon. G. II. Gray, oil
our valley.-Hsrald.
The report, recently published, stating
that Colin Cameron and other cat,lemen
had been arrested by Mexican officials
for violating the customs laws was wholly
without foundation.
A private letter from Washington states
that II. G. Hooker has received the neat
sum OF sl4,50O in payment from the gov
eminent for his loss sustained during the
Indian outbreak Of lss1.--Prospector.
Charles Ferguson, young man who
recently arrived in the Salt River valley
from Tonto Basin, accidentally killed him
self near Phoenix, last week, while show
ing some boys "how cowboys handled
pistols"
Tucson Is 10 have tannery, and the
contract has been let for its construction.
The new patent process will be used for
tanning, the principle elements OF which
are the tannin root which grows most
prolific in that section Of Arizona
Tens OF thousands OF acres OF COOL rye,
wheat and barley lands are here awaiting
farmers who will plant seed in the fall
BY doing so, crops can always be raised
all over Apache and Yavapai counties
and in many places in Mohaye county
Prescott Courier.
A "nossback" upon noticing a fine
double seat carriage drawn by miserable
looking horse, upon which was a silver
mounted harness remarked to the report
er, II am a Hassayamper, and am at q
. loss when I zee $4o0-rig hitched to a
$40 hoss. "--Arizonian.
Two convicts, John johnson and An.
tonic Chaine, cut out Of the Pima County
Jail on Sunday night and made their es-
cape. Both were candidates for the pen.
itentiary. Their sentences were fixed for
the next morning. A reward is offered
for their apprehension.
The Pima and Maricopa Indians on the
Sacaton reservation are selling their sur
plus grain Of last years crop. They have
acquired wisdom from experience and
always retain enough grain TO carry them
over to another year until they are sure
Of new crop. This year the abundance
Of water ensures their crops and the re-
serve supply is therefore being Sold
Enterprise.
There are now enough irrigating canals
in the progress Of construction in Pima
county, which, when completed, will have
capacity 10 irigate over two hundred
thousand acres Of land. This much land
under cultivation in Pima will give as q
result, degree of permanent prosperity
little dreamed Of even by the most san
guine believers in Arizona's future.-Tuc-
son Star.
X. II. Paul, the s. p. detective, found
the STEMS Pass train robbers in house
about 10 miles west of the city Of Chi
huahua, and secured the cooperation Of
the Mexican troops to assist in
capturing them. The robbers refused
to surrender and when burned out
they made running fight in which
the three robbers--Lary Sheehan,
Dick johnson and Dick Hart--were killed.
The United States Commissioners
bound over Jose Alvarado TO appear be-
fore the U. s. Grand Jury; he was charg
ed with selling whiskey to Indians, and
was taken TO Phoenix Sunday morning.
The Indian who 30 seriously stabbed
Sweet Root at Fort Yuma, got drunk on
whiskey which he bought Of Alvarado.
A Deputy U. s. Marshall took the Indian
into Los Angeles on Tuesday morning.
Yuma Sentinel.
From all accounts Arizona Is entering
on an era Of prosperity that bids fair TO
rival that OF California in a smaller way.
Her mines are being developed most sat
isfactorily, her mills and smelters are be-
ing pot in shape for long runs, agricul-
turists are putting in heavy crops where
soil and water permit, large numbers Of
strangers are daily arriving, and al
together the outlook is most satisfactory.
Los Angeles Commercial Bulletin.
Sulphur water Ia reported to have been
struck in . well now being dug by Mr. z.
J. Brown, Of Fl. B. Dodge & Co., on his
ranch about four miles north Of Tucson.