Mohave County miner., 1888-08-18
TERRrTORIAL ITEMS.


from $40 TO SIS per ton for working free
milling ores.
Colonel VIM. Herring, Of Tombstone,
has been appointed solicitor for Arizona
for the A., T. 4 s. F. road.
Surveyor General John Hise has OBJ
tanned leave Of absence on account Of Ill
health and has gone to the northern lakes
to recuperate.
Judge George Scott, OF Dudleyville, has
five acres Of sweet potatoes growing
finely. They will be shipped to the Flor
ence and Tucson markets. Enterprise.
II. McCubbin, engineer Of the railroad
pump at Maricopa, fell down into the
well last Wednesday, sustaining serious
injuries Of the spine. He was unconscious
when taken out.
+. A. Wanghtel, who was running the
hotel at Wilcox, skipped for California
last week. Nearly every firm in the
place mourns his loss for amounts from q
few dollars TO the hundreds.
A Mexican, q mule, q bottle OF whisky
and a red blanket derailed ene OF the
street cars yesterday, and the mule took
70 the woods. The only damage done
was three badly scared ladies. Phoenix
Gazette.
The road between here and Globe il in
good condition and large amount Of
coke la being forwarded to that place by
,. Linderman & Co., who are also receiv-
Ing great deal Of copper bullion. -.
Wilcox Stockman.
Ben Morgan, who few years ago was
q prominent lawyer in Tucson, and after
ward made handsome fortune through
mining litigation in Pima county. is q
candidate for Congress in California ON
the American ticket.
THIS City Council of Tucson, Mt its
regular meeting last week, passed two
city ordinances, one prohibiting any boy
under fifteen years Of age from driving
team, on or through the streets. The
other ordinance taxes all lottery agents
tl0 per quarter.
The assessment roll Of Gila county for
the year 1888 gives the total taxable
wealth at 1922 500. The value Of lands
and improvements, outside OF Globe,
shows an increase from s132, 100 to s149,-
$50. The number OF cattle assessed is
Is, ,9S4, an increase Of 2,Ss2.--Belt.
The town Is at present full of high
hated and jacket-brsided Mexicans, said
10 have fed from Sonora TO avoid con-
scription. A draft Of 81, 900 men is said
TO have been ordered in Mexico, and the
boys not caring for conscript service, have
come into voluntary exile until the quota
of men called for has been filled.-Tucson
Citizen.
A fight occurred in the San Juan saloon
last night between Horace johnson (col-
ored) and number OF Mexicans. John
son had done up several Of the Mexicans
pretty badly, when he was hit over the
head and knocked out OF time by Jim
Blanch, the barkeeper, with asix-shootes.
The fight was caused by dispute over q
gambling debt.--Flsgstaff Champion.
Supervisor r. j. White, Of Cochise
county, has been gathering statistics in
the United States Land Office which
show there are l3 900 acres OF patented
land in Cochise county which have not
been listed on the assessment roll, and
number Of patented mines. The amount
of taxable property which will be added
to the roll Mr.. White says will be over
s3O, ,O00.--Citizen.
The carpenters have completed their
labors on mill No. 2 Of the Arizona Lum-
Der Company, located on the Mineral
Belt Railroad, twelve miles from Flag
staff. The machinery has all been put
in and the saving of lumber will begin
Monday. Eb. Greenlsw and William
Powell have the contract for doing all the
work in connection Herewith. Between
90 and 100 men will be employed in
handling logs and working around the
mill.-Champion.
A dispatch iron, Holbrook says: In
formation reached here OF the lyncfing of
James Stall, James Scott and JEFF Wilson
by outlaws in the southwestern part OF
this county. The affair grew out Of re-
cent war in Tonto Basin between sheep
and cattle raisers. Warrants were issued
and the arrests made by unauthorized
persons, and the prisoners were taken
scross the mountains into Yavapai county,
where they were met by preananged
mob Of outlaws and hanged.
p: T. Coleman, Road Overseer at Bush
Valley, was in town Friday last. He
reports that the grasshoppers have de-
stroyed all the crops in the valley. He
says they are "stayers" from away back.
That as fast as the grain and potatoes
grow the hoppers eat them up. The
pests are in such numbers that they have
eaten the flags which grow in the
meadows and all the grass. No wheat
and very little feed will be raised in the
valley, and the outlook is dark for the
people Of Bush Valley.-Apache Review.