Mohave County miner., 1888-05-12
TERRITORIAL ITEMS.


New alfalfa hay sells for s5 per ton in
Phoenix.
sheepshearers In Apache county are
paid at the rata Of five cents per head.
There are forty Indian children attend
ing school at the Fort Yuma reservation.
Winslow Lodge, knights OF Pythias, In
stalled eighteen candidates one night last
week.
Water can be obtained anywhere on
the mesa near Tucson at depth Of from
10 to 20 feet. and the supply is inex-
haustible.
Col. j. A. Zabriskie has been invited
to deliver the address on Decoration Day,
May 3Oth, for John w. Owens Post, q. A.
r., Of Ph1nix.
The Courier says: Thousands Of small
black winged bugs, much like an ant, are
destroying trees and vegetation Of their
verdure in and around Prescott.
Raphael Arvixa, sentenced 10 three
years In the Territorial Prison from Gila
county for horse stealing, escaped last
week while being taken TO Yuma.
The side tracks Of the railroad yards
have been filled With fiat ears during the
week, loading ties for the reconstruction
OF the Atlantic & Pacific road. d.--FiagstafY
Signal.
III. X. Tweed, = prominent merchant Of
Tombstone, made an assignment to Ben
Goodrich last week. The assets are re
ported 10 l,e 50 500 aud the liabilities
as s3o.o0o.
Strangers visiting this section and de-
string to $50 something curious shonld
take trip to the petrified forest near
Los Flores, about twenty miles north oi
Yuma. a.--Sentinel.
Frank Porter, known a. Long Hair" /"
a cattle thief OF western New Mexico and
Arizona, was killed at San Jose, New
Mexico, on the 24th ultimo by Deputy
Sheriff Cook, OF Socoro.
The Tombstone prospector says: Lead
ore for fiux can always find ready sale II,
this camp. Many OF our paying proper
ties are lying idle for lack Of this necessary
mineral 10 make the smelling OF the ore
profitable.
John Waters, an employee Of the Cop
per Queen, was badly injured last week
by falling distance Of 65 feet down a
manway. He received bad cut on the
back OF his head and both ankles were
sprained.
The Tucson Star says Hon. Melville
w. Fuller, the new Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court, is personal friend Of
Judge w. II. Barnes, and OF Surveyor
John Hise, and is also one Of the present
bondsmen Of the latter.
Tie Yuma Indians aEs preparing to
hold grand pow WOW for the purpose Of
confirming the election o Miguel AZ chief,
or 70 elect some one in his stead. Miguel
was elected about twelve months ago for
the term OF one year. s
The Colorado River steamers with
every trip bring down several bars Of
silver bullion, the results OF working the
tailings Of the Clip mine. A considerable
amount is also transported to the Needles
for shipment to san Francisco. Sentinel.
Pat Holland, welLknown pioneer OF
Southern Arizona, died near Florence
on April 30th. The deceased at one time
ran an mate on the Colorado River boats
and was the protector Of Hollands irri-
eating canal in Pinal county. He was a
native Of Ireland and was aged 56 years.
Coronado Lodge, =. & A. NJ, was or.
ganized at Clifton on the 5th Inst, The
lodge Is the eighth In the Territory and
starts Off finely with twenty-eight men,
bers. The officers are: j. Abrams,
Master; A. Brewer, Senior Warden; C.
Hogsstt, Junior Warden; Thos. Smith,
Secretary, and Lawrence Russell, Treas
urer.
II is reported that the United States
has attached the Mammoth mine for
3i3, 600 for cutting wood on government
land. The wood sasd no doubt was for
running the mill, and the company prob
ably was not aware that 1t was cut from
the public land. II such Ii the facts the
U. s. Attorney should withdraw the suit.
Tucson Citizen.
A fh9niE dispatch Of the 7th inst.
says: An encounter took place in the
street to-day between ]. B. L. Alexander,
Secretary Of the Insane Asylum, and Cam
eron II. King, Commissioner Of Immi-
grafton, In which fine cane was demor-
allied and pistols drawn. Before any
damage was done they were separated
and marched TO the Justices Court.
Attachments were recently issued by
Probate Judge ONeill against the admin
istrators Of over thirty estates, represent
ing value Of over O,00O, in which no
settlements have ever been made, either
with the creditors or heirs. The instru-
ments were placed in the hands of the
Sheriff for service, who has just returned
them With the endorsement Of either dead
or left the Territory, Judge O'Nejll has
done more TO get the affairs of the Probate
Court in good order than any Of his pre-