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The Clifton clarion., 1888-01-18

One of the handsomest and best written pamphlets that has found a place upon our table reached us this week with the compliments of Geo. H. Tinker, the author. It is entitled "A Land of Sunshine; Flagstaff and Its Surroundings" That Mir. Tinker is a fcrcible writer and understands how to present matter in a readable way, is clearly evidenced by this work, and the citizens of Flagstaff and vicinity surely owe the editor of the Champion heavy debt of gratitude for the masterly manner in which he has presented the re- sources of that section to the out side world.
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The Engineering and Mining Journal presents some very inter- esting figures regarding the pro duction of copper for the year 1887. The total output from the United States was 177,200,000 pounds, of which Montana fur nished 7S,9O0,OOO pounds, Lake Superior 74,66O,OOO, Arizona 1S,- 100000, Colorado 2,000,000, the balance of 3,64O,OOO pounds being the production of lead smelters and the combined production of other States and Territories. The heaviest producing mine for the past year has been the Anaconda of Montana, whose output was 57,000,000 pounds, distancing the Calumet and Hecla by about H. 100000 pounds. Of the Arizona mines tue Copper Queen of Bisbee leads with 5,945,550 the Arizona Copper Co. beng a close second with 5,714,000, the Detroit follow ing with 4,404, 1921 pounds. The Old Dominion of Globe, which was shut down most of the year, pro- duced 1,444,770 pounds. In the production for the past three years in this territory our local company leads, the output for that time amounting to 17,796,S8O pounds against 16,466,550 pounds by the Copper Queen, 1O,7O1,075 by the Old Dominion and 9,995, ,321 by the Detroit Mining Co.
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Attest:
atteSC:
 P. MIcHELENA, Clerk.

The copper miners of Califor- mia, Arizona and Montana can congratulate themselves that the French syndicate succeeded in eff fecting the corner in copper, though consumers of the metal will naturally take another view of the matter. Copper was for so long a time depressed in price that many mines were compelled to shut down, failing to make any profit. This was notably the case with some of the Arizona mines, which, though having the advant- age of good ore and plenty of it, easy to work, had the disadvantage of long distance from market and high freight. In California also the production was restricted. Some of the Montana mines made very little money, notwithstanding their immense resources. When, however, the price began to go up producing mines increased their yield, and mines that had been closed down were again started up. The copper industry has not for many years been in so good a condition. New York advices are to the effect that a gentleman thoroughly conversant with the copper market is reported as say ing that the story that an agent of the French copper ring is trying in London to induce the Spanish copper companies to keep down the output of copper for four years is probably true. Some time ago syndicate tried to form a combination of the Rio Tinto, Mason & Barry and Harriss com panies to limit the production of copper. It was unsuccessful. The Anaconda people were willing to go in, but the Calumet and Hecla would not. The fire in the Calu- met and Hecla mine has so dImin- ished it's output that the Anaconda people are said to be willing to ioin the combination with the three great Spanish mines and help keep down production during the next two or three years. It is known that the latter are ready and will be satisfied if the Ana conda joins them.-Mining and Scientific Press, San Francisco.
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SoLoMoNvILLE, Jan. 3, 1888.
P. MICHELENA,
 Clerk.

SoLoMoNvILLE, Jan. 3, 1888.
 The Board met at 9 o'clock a. m !, pursuant to adjournment.
 Present, Hyrum Weech, chair man; H. c. Boon and Wm. Whe- Ian members, and P. Michelena clerk.
 The Board proceeded to ex- anime the offices of the county recorder, clerk of the District Court, District Attorney and Pro- bate Judge, which, after care ful and minute inspection, were found satisfactorily administered.
 Applications to purchase prop erty held by the Territory for de- llnquent taxes of 1886, were made as follows:
 Vim. NJ. Whipple, property as- sessed to Benj. Carter, 1886; amount of taxes, charges, costs and penalties, as advertised, S31.75,
 Buck Tyson, property assessed to the Burke estate, 1886; amount of taxes, charges, costs and pen alties, as advertised, S19 so;
 Lay & Boon, property assessed to Lane Fisher for 1886; amount of taxes, charges, costs and penal ties, as advertised, S69.40;
 Wm. H. Ballard (by Gilbert Webb), property assessed to self for 1886; amount of taxes, charges, costs and penalties, as advertised, S31 S4;
 Upon motion it is ordered that on payment by said applicants of the amounts charged against the property they apply to purchase, together with the legal interest thereon, that deeds be delivered to them conveying the title of the Territory to them.
 It appearing to the Board, upon the affidavit of the following named parties (and the proper receipts herewith presented), showing that they were widows and have been so since and prior to the yearly assessment of prop erty for purposes of taxation for the year 1887, to wit:
 Elizabeth Morris, taxes paid up on one-half share in the Monte zuma canal, amounting to 8 05;
 L. s. Wright. taxes paid upon one half share in the Montezuma canal, amounting to s 05;
 Abeline Olsen, taxes paid upon one share in the Montezuma canal, amounting to S6 10;
 It Is therefore ordered that the County Treasurer refund to each one of the aforesaid applicants the sum set opposite their respective names, being the amounts paid by them to the secretary of the said Montezuma canal for taxes upon their respective shares or inter ests thereln for the year 1887, as evidenced by the receipts here with presented.
 The resignation of Wm. C.. Moody as justice of the peace of Thatcher Is here presented and ordered accepted, and upon the petition of several residents of Thatcher John NJ. Moody is here by appointed to succeed Vim. c. Moody as justice of the peace of said precinct
 Now comes Jose Perez before the Board and presents demand
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Official Proceedings
 OF THE Board of Supervisors.
OF THE

OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF SUPER vIsoRs, COUNTY OF GRAHAM, TERRITcRY OF ARIZONA. SoLoMoNvILLE, December 31. 1888. The Board met pursuant to law.
 Present, Howard c. Boon and Vim. Whelan, members; P. Niche lena, clerk, and P. J. Bolan, dis trict attorney.
 Absent, Hyrum Weech, chair man.
 On motion Supervisor Boon was chosen chairman pro tenn. The Board proceeded to inspect he books and accounts of the County Treasurer and the Sheriff, which were found correct. They counted the money in the Treas urer's safe and found it correct as reported by the Treasurer. Upon motion the Board ad- journed to 9 o'clock a. m., Mon day, January 2, 1888.
 H. c. BooN,
 Chairman pro tenn. Attest:
 P. MIcBELENA,
 Clerk.
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The government of Mexico has entered protest at Washington against the city of Fl Paso dis charging its sewage into the Rio Grande as violation of interna- tional rights to the use of that stream. Senor Romero, Mexican minister to Washington, has laid the case before Secretary Bayard, where the matter at present rests.
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Stockmen of Montana are very uneasy in regard to the condition of stock in that Territory. The thermometer has registered from 14 to Al degrees below zero, with an average of one foot of snow on the ground. It is feared that serious losses have occurred.
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A band of Apaches, supposed to be the same which raided the Cor rallitos ranch last October, re- gently attacked a party of four prospectors in Mexico, and killed two. The rest of the party sue ceeded in making their escape.
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Chairman pro tenn.

SoLoMoNvILLE, January ?, 1887. Board met at 9 o'clock a. m., pursuant to adjournment. Present, H. c. Boon, chairman pro tenn Vim. Whelan member, and P. Michelena, Clerk. Absent, Hyrum Weech. chair man.
 This being a legal holiday, on motion the Board adjourned un- til 9 o'clock a. m. tomorrow.
 H. c. BooN,
 Chairman pro tenn. Attest:
 P. MIcHELENA,
 Clerk.
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Unless reprieve is granted an- other hanging will take place at Prescott next Friday, the victim of the rope this time being Martin Duran, who murdered a woman at Flagstaff.
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against the county for $40 for damages by, and work performed upon the county road; and on motion it is ordered that war rant be drawn upon the general fund of the county for said amount of $40 In favor of Jose Perez.
 Upon motion it is ordered that the County Treasurer transfer from the general fund into the general salary fund of the county the sum of S345O, being the deficit in sad general salary fund to cover amount of warrants drawn upon said fund at the present meeting of the Board; and 1t IS further ordered that said Treasurer transfer from said general fund into the building interest fund the further sum of S3S0 24.
 The resignation of E. M. Kelly as constable of Precinct No. 8, Grant, is presented and on motion ordered accepted, and upon peti- ton of citizens of said precinct Wm Roberts is hereby appointed constable, vice E. M. Kelly re- signed.
 Upon the petition of citizens of San Jose, praying that new pre- cinct be formed out of the eastern portion of Precinct No. 5, and to be known as Precinct No. 14, it is ordered that new and separate precinct be and is hereby formed bounded as follows to wit:
 On the north by the southern boundary line of Precinct No. II, Morenci; on the east by the west ern boundary line of Precinct No. 2, Duncan; on the south by the southern boundary line of Gra- ham county, and on the west by a line running north and south through the middle of section F, in township No. ', south of range 27 east, Gila and Salt river base and meridian.
 The resignation of Jose Con- zales as justice of the peace of Precinct No. 5 is presented, and on motion the same was ordered accepted; and upon petition of citizens of Precinct No. 14 said Jose Gonzales is hereby appointed justice of the peace of said Pre- cinct No. II.
 In the matter of the assessment of J. H. Hampson. upon the ad- vice of District Attorney Bolan to the effect that this Board has the right to compromise any and all suits wherein the county is inter ested: It is ordered that the County Treasurer receive of J. H. Hampson as payment in full of all taxes due by him for the year 1887, the amount corresponding to S73, 3,565, at the present rate per cent; and it is hereby further ordered that the said Treasurer receive from Wm. Teller, as pay ment in full of all taxes due by him for the present year the amount corresponding to S4, ,7O5, at the present rate per cent.
 On motion the Board adjourned until 9 o'clock u. m. tomorrow, Wednesday, January 4, 1888.
 HYRUM WEIGH,
 Chairman. Attest:
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Judge Warner Earll, former well known and much respected lawyer of the firm of Earll, Smith, Campbell & Robinson, Tucson, recently died in California.
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Read the extraordinary induce ments we offer to subscril CTS to pay up arrears and renew their subscriptions. The offer will re- main open but short time.
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:. To ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS MAY COME, GREETING: WHEREAS, I am informed that William c. Drake, late private, Troop G., 4th Cavalry, was found murdered, at Sulphur Springs, south of Wilcox, Arizona, on the 29th day of September last, and no trace of the murderer or murderers has been discovered.
 Now, therefore, I, c. Meyer Zulick, Governor of the Territory of Arizona, by virtue of the authority in me vested, do hereby offer and proclaim a reward of five hundred dollars for arrest and conviction of the murderer or murderers of the said William c. Drake.
 In Witness Whereof, I have set my
 hand and caused the great [sEALl seal of the Territory to be
 affixed hereto.
 Done at Prescott, the Capital, the 26th day of November, A. D. 1887.
 c. MEYER ZULICK. By the Governors:
 JAS. A. BAYARD,
 Secretary of the Territory.
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The Superintendent of Public Instruction has made the follow ing apportiohment of S2000 in the territorial school fund:
The Clifton clarion., 1888-01-18

Arbuckle, the coffee man, was recently mulcted in the sum of S45, 900 for breach of promise.
The Clifton clarion., 1888-01-18

A verdict in a case in Pinal county was recently reached through a game of seven-up.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-10-12
Probate Court.

Judge Smith yesterday transacted
probate business IS follows:
In estate of John F. Miller, deceased
petition for settlement of accounts OF
Administrative came ca regularly for
hearing. Proof oi posting notices of
time and place of hearing made. Order
made allowing and approving accounts
as filed.
In estate of Dimick B. Huntington,
deceased; order made appointing time
and place to hear petition asking that
administrators DE ordered to execute q
deed of conveyance Of certain real es-
tate.
In estate of Charles Holt, deceased;
order made appointing time and place
for settlement of final account and to
hear petition for distribution.
In estate of Eliza Ordidge, deceased;
order made fixing October 23d as date
of hearing petition.
In guardianship of the estate of John
B. Erickson. q minor; order made al
lowing and approving account of
guardian.
In guardianship of the estate of Will
lam B. Erickson, minor; order made
allowing and approving account of
guardian.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-10-12
TT rs BEYOND A DOUBT.
To Sewer ,r Not to Sewer
Practically Settled.
WORK OF THE COMMITTEES.
The Detailed Report From Ninth Of
the District Meeting
Tonight.

The Committee of Nineteen, divided
into half that number of sub COM
mittees, spent the whole of yesterday
in working for the cause CT sewerage,
the duty to which they had been
assigned at the meeting held at the
Chamber of Commerce on Monday
evening. Only one of the committees
had made a formal report to the
Chamber up to last evening, but from
each of them came the most encourag-
ing assurances-in fact. they had sue
ceeded beyond their most sanguine ex-
peotations. Below We give the figure:
in detail Of blocks 81 and 58-the
former being situated on Main Street
between Third and Fourth South, and
the latter being the one on which are
located the Walker House, Cliff House,
etc.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-10-12
FREED FROM THE FErTERS.
Gov. West PardOns George Geatz,
Imprisoned for Grand Larceny.

Many of our readers will remember
the case against George Geatz who was
sentenced last spring to one years i'm
prisonment for stealing team Of
horses. The circumstances surround
ing the case appear hardly to warrant
the affixed penalty, in the Judgment OF
the prosecuting attorney and the
Judge before whom the case was tried,
and on their recommendation a pardon
was issued by the Governor. The
statement asking that the prisoner be
released reads as follows:
Hon. C. ". West. Governor:
SSr:-George Geatz was convicted in
the Third District Court, March 10th,
1888, of grand larceny, and was SEN
fenced to imprisonment in the Peni-
Tertiary for one year.
1t appeared from the evidence on
trial, that on the day the larceny was
said to have been committed, two
young men came to the city with two
horses and wagon to attend the
theatre; they hitched their horses on
First South Street opposite the Theatre,
and there left them while they went to
the Theatre; soon after, the defendant
came along, united the horses, got into
the wagon and drove up in front of a
saloon where some of his companions
were, and invited them into the wagon
to take a ride While driving about
the city, they were unprecedented by
policeman, who placed the defendant
under arrest, and took the horses and
wagon to the city prison, where they
were afterwards found by the owners.
While the evidence may have justified
the jury in rendering verdict of guilty,
yet, the evidence of the intent to steal
on the part of Geatz, was not conclu-
sive.
Taking into consideration Geatz's pre-
vious good character and the record he
has made at the Penitentiary, I think lie
has been sufficiently punished.
Very respectfully yours,
W. ]. CLARKE,
Asst U. s. Atty.
9. s. ZANE.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-10-12
THE TEST CASE sUBMI TIED.
The Defendant Gets in His EYi-
dence and the Arguments
Are Made.

BLAcKFooT, Idaho, October II. -r5pe-
ciai to The HERALD. At the converting
OF Court this morning, plaintiffs rested
and the evidence for the interviewer,
Bennett, was introduced, the hearing
of which occupied the whole forenoon.
This evidence purported to establish
the fact that the Mormon Church, NOT
withstanding the abundant proof
adduced by the plaintiff to the
contrary, did still teach, advise
and encourage its members TO commit
the crime of polygi my. The whole of
the witnesses, four III number, were of
class not calculated to carry much
weight. At one time all of them had
belonged to the Church, but for some
reason or other they had either been
severed from 1t or had broke loose from
Is themselves. One of them named
Dye. of Rexburg, is at present deputy
marshal in the Bannock Stake. His
evidence was all right enough as it
poured forth in answer to the ques-
tions put by Kentucky Smith, but when
Mr.. Rawlins took him in hand he
made sorry exhibition of himself, Of
this the public will be able to Judge
when the full text of the evidence is
published. Another witness, named
Ben Andon, late of Rexburg, showed
up in cross-examination to no better
advantage. 1t was apparent to every
body in the court from his manner in
answering the questions, that he was
simply trying to testify to something
that had never occurred; or if it had,
he endeavored to make it appear
in q different light from that
which was intended. He, too,
went through a terrible roasting
in the hands of Mr.. Rawlins. At the
afternoon session the attorney for the
defendant said he had no further testi-
mony to introduce, and the case pro-
ceeded to argument. Rawlins took the
affirmative, followed by Bennett, Smith
and Spence, who was then followed by
Rawlins who made a mas terly closing
argument. The case was submitted
about $50. The Judge, who has mani
tested great interest in the case through
out, stated that in view of the i'm
portance of the decision, he would
render it at as early a date
as possible; probably on Monday
or Tuesday next. 1t is needless to say
that the decision is looked forward to
with great interest by both political
parties in Idaho, No matter which
may it shall be, it will cause party feel
ing. The opinion as to what the deci-
sion will be, is, of course. a matter OF
conjecture, but the agony will be over
in few days.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-10-12
RAPED BY NEGROES.
A Horrible Story from Ash
ley, Uintah County.
THE CRIME OF THREE FIENDS
Club, and Mother and Daughter
are Ravished

On Wednesday evening, a wagon
drew up at the Pc; itentiary door, and
there alighted from it, in company
with Sheriff French, of Uintah
County, three of the blacklist mig
gers" as Warden Pratt put it. ever
seen in this section. Their names were
Winfield, Nanny and Jones, and they
had been committed to the Peniten-
tiary in default of bail, by Commits
sioner Dodds, of Uintah County. From
what could be learned yesterday from
the officials connected with the Mar
shall's Office, it appears that some
months ago the thee negroes, who are
members of the regiment now sta
toned at Fort Du Chesne, Wis
tied the house of a man named
Reeves who at that time
lived at or near Ashley. What passed
between them and the old man is not
known, but it is asserted that all three
jumped on him and
BEAT HIM sENsELEss WITH CLUBS.
This done, they next turned their at
tention to Mrs. Reeves and her 15-year-
old daughter. both of whom they
brutality ravished, and then fed, leaving
the women nearly dead. During the
scuffie either the mother or daughter
bit one of the negro's arms, leaving a
very deep impression of her teeth, and
it was with considerable difficulty that
the negro shook himself loose. AS
soon as possible, word of the outrage
was conveyed to the fort, and when
roll was called, it was discovered
that Winfield, Nanny and Jones were
absent. Later, when they came in, all
three were searched, and on the arm OF
one of them was discovered
THE TEETH MARKS LEFT BY THE VICTIM.
This seemed to confirm the story told
by the Reeves family, and all three ne
groes were placed under arrest. The
War Department was communicated
with, and an order received in due time
to turn the fellows over to the civil au-
thorities for trial and punishment.
This was done. In the meantime, how
ever, the family. for some reason left
Ashley and on the date set for the ex>
animation before Commissioner Dodds
could not be found. On other testI-
mony, however, the prisoners were held
and being unable to furnish bail were
committed to the care of the United
States Marshal. 1t is understood that
the Reeves family is now living at Park
City. All of the negroes are young men.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-10-12
FIRE AT BUTTE.
The Alice Mill Slightly Damaged
by Flames -"S0On EXtinguished.

BUTTE, Mt, October 11.-[Special to
THE HERALD. Yesterday at noon, by
the overturning of candle in a hopper
in the sixty-stamp Alice Mill, which
was undergoing repairs, the structure
csught fire. Owing to the spler-
did fire equipment and heroic eff
forts of Superintendent Hall aided by
the fire department of the Moulton
Company the fire was soon under con-
troll. A large section of the roof on the
ore chute and 500 feet Of betting were
consumed, but the mill was otherwise
uriDjured. The machinery did not
stop running. A few men were in
jured, but none seriously. Loss about
$1,000.
Mr.. Robert Walker is expected to-
morrow.