Mohave County miner., 1888-05-05
TERRITORIAL ITEMS.
Tombstone wants A sewerage system

shto snoaftst.
Apache county has three Touring mills
In agricultural importance II ranks AZ
second in the Territory.
Rev. G. ii. Adams, Superintendent Of
the M. f. church missions for Arizona,
has gone to New York to attend confer.
ence.
o. l.. Mahoney has resigned his posi-
ton as superintendent Of the Territorial
insane asylum, to take effect the first day
OF June.
A Tombstone man is about TO plant two
acres Of cucumbers. He denies the rnmor
that the doctors are backing him in the
enterprise.
II Is said that the Americans win join
Mexicans at Nogales in celebrating the
anniversary OF the battle Of Pueblo, on
the fifth Of May.
G. T. Hayden, OF Tempe, has resigned
as member Of the Board OF Education
Of the Territorial Normal School Of the
Territory OF Arizona.
II is stated that small pox has broken
out in some Of the Indian villages in the
Quijotoa country, and large numbers Of
the Papagos are dying.
An Apache Indian convicted OF man
slaughter in the United States court at
Tucson, was, on last Thursday, sentenced
to ten years in the penitentiary.
II is reported that there is to be one
more newspaper in Phoenix. II viii be
in Spanish and run by Senior Carlos Vel
asco, editor Of the Tucson Spanish paper.
Under Sheriff Smith. Of Graham county,
was tried last week In the United States
District Conrt at Tucson on the charge OF
branding Indian cattle. The jury re.
turue6 verdict Of not guilty without
leaving their seats.
The phsrnix city election was held on
the lst instant and resulted in eiec,ing A.
Leonard (Repabliran) Mayor, defeating
Judge Alexander, the Democratic candi-
date. j. w. Blackenship Was elected
Marshal and w. B. Morris, Treasurer.
The FLORENCE Canal Company. In addi.
tiou 10 the two machines for constructing
the canal, have ordered two smaller ditch.
ing machines with which the laterals are
TO DO bailt. They are increasing their
force Of men and will push the work to a
rapid completion. n.-Entcrprise.
Pete Burke, son Of Paddy Burke, was
shot at Signal Station last Saturday by a
Mexican. Burke, it seems, opened the
firing, but the Mexican seemed to be the
best marksnan. This is the same young
man who was concerned in the killing Of
a stage driver at Calabasas about year
ago.
At Phoenix on the I'd inst. fire broke
out in a small frame house occupied by
George Peake and family. The house
and everything belonging to them was
destroyed. Mrs. Peake, In her attempts
10 save something, was very seriously
burned about the hands and arms. A
few weeks since they lost two small chill
dren by sickness.
Twenty-Five men are at work on the
yekol mine taking ont rich ore from
newly encountered chaIabsr. So soon as
the custom ores on hand are worked up
the mill will resume work on yekol ore,
Of which there is an abundance In sight.
The marvels Of this peculiar mine are not
yet all known and each succeeding dis
covery seems more wonderful than the
last.--Enterprise.
Capt. Pierce returns this evening TO
San Carlos to turn the agency over to
Lieut.. Jones, the new agent, after which
he will take leave Of three or four
months to obtain good rest, which he is
very much in need Of. Capt. Pierce is an
officer that stands very high in this de-
and whose services the COM
general of the department will
regret TO lose ,szCitizen.
Loco Jim, an Ayache Indian, acquitted
Of horse stealing in the District Court at
st. Johns, Apache county, while being
to Fort Apache by Deputy Sher-
III J. G., Kay and assistant, escaped from
The officers Friday night. His shackles
were removed by the rect Of the prison
srs. He struck the officer with rock,
him badly. Loco Jim was held
in the guardhouse at the fort charged
with killing another Indian.
Dan Mckinley, while at work yesterday
afternoon in the shaft of the l.. w. John |
,on mine, vas instantly killed by the ex.
plosion Of q "shot" which had bsen put in |
he day before and had failed TO discharge. |
The accident occurred at $50 p. m,
while the miner who had been working
With him had gone to get powder and
use for putting in "shot." McGinley is |
supposed 10 have drilled by accident into
The side Of the "shot" which had failed. |
His body was terribly mangled.-Phenix
Herald.
Alta meeting of the Board OF Directors |
of the Territorial Insane Asylum on Sat |
,rday night last consultation was had
With the Attorney General. After hear
ng his opinion as to the powers possessed