Mohave County miner., 1888-12-29
TERRITORIAL lTEms.
Rain all over the Territory.

ihofe are twcnsy-ssx prisoners In The
Pima county jail.
Bogus silver dollars are reported TO bs
freely circulating In Tucson.
Tho Board u Supervisors of Mayicopa
county extended the time fcs paying taxes
until the 2esh instant.
County Treasurer w. q. Rashfosd has
turned In about 10000. tax money re-
seived by him. Courier.
IL 10 reported that Governor Zuliek win
engage In farming in the salt River val.
Icy aitsr the Ash d March.
Gov. zulick on the eash inst. granted
another respite ics sixty days TO Tcrminc.
the Indian whose execution was iixsd fos
the 2lse Inst. ct Tucson.
The Copper Queen Mining Company,
d Bisbse, have procured . physician
from New York, who win la iusnrs al
tend TO the needs of the employees d the
company.
A Aspccial from Fort Grant says; Cor
porai William Wellington. Troop q, Tenth
United States Cavalry, to-day shot and
mortally wounded Sergeant James io-
gan on tho 10th inst.
Grecnlee gold mining district, which.
for number Of years has been kept
down through various cmnses. removed
from Its actual merits, Is rapidly coming
10 the front. Clifton Clarion.
A sale was consumated In Prescott last
week Of the Montgomery group Of mines
owned by Dan O'Boyle. The purchasers
are Kanaas City capitalists, who intend
to erect mill. Purchase price s75 900.
j.. 4. Anderson. chief engineer o the
Walnut Grove Water Storage Company.
has about forty men In his employ pre-
pairing TO put in the new service dam for
the company. The dam win be thirty
three feet high.
A construction train on the Arizona h
Southeastern X. r., with sixty laborers
on board, jumped the track near tho
coke siding, Thursday evening. rolling
down o high embankmens, killing seven
or eight and wounding several others.
Il ID announced that the land depart
ment Of the Atlantic & Pacific railroad is
expecting a colony TO locate ON their lands
soon. II their lands we're little more
extensively advertised they might settle
numerous colonies on them.-Journai-
Minsr.
The minstrel Who shot his companion
at Tempe last week, was fined $50 by the
Justice. The light nne imposed by the
dispenser Of justice was excused by him
On the ground that 22-calibre pistol did
not come within the definition Of deadly
weapon in Arizona law.
A new gold strike has been made In
Lower Caliiornia, about 30 miles from
Yuma and 20 miles west Of the Colorado
river. Great excitement prevails ss
Yuma, and . boat load Of prospectors
left for the new fields on Friday last. The
dirt IL said to bs very Eioh and plenty Of
u.
Charles Meadows, Of Payson, Yavapai
county, publisbed card In "Hoof and
HON" challenging any man In the world
to an all-round cowboy contest for 500
or 81 900 side. He win all also wager
either Of the amounts with any man on q
stesT-sying contest, either three or five
steers TO be tied.
i'm. Montana to-day picked from his
vines bunch Of large, plump and de-
licious sweetwster grapes. This variety
first cssne into bearing early in June, and
the fact that thsy can now be plucked,
on the 18th day Of Decembes, " . good
showing for our semi-tropical climate
Arizonan.
M. Wolf Sachse showed us the other
day bit, known - the "four-ring bit,'
with which he claims the strongest and
nost runaway horse can be held. The
bit il 90 asysnged that when necessary
the animals wind can be shut OF. This
should efEsctually stopthe widest bronco.
Wilcox gtockmsa.
Jesus Ortiz, Mexican citizen, indicted
by the United States grand jury ct Tucson
on charge Of obstructing Q United
States surveyor, has made claim for
heavy dsspsges against the United States,
on the ground Of false impEisonment and
harsh treatment. The claimant Ii now
In the City Of Mexico, and Minister Ro-
nero has the case In hand.
Sam Gillespie, the well-known and
popular railroad conductor, has fine
piece of land adjoining Yuma, on which
he is making extensive improvements. A
Is-ioot Cyclone Windmill has just been
put up on tower 60 feet high, working
two pumps, each throwing six inch
strsana Of water. Mr.. Gillespie will put
out ten acres Of oranges and lemons at
once. The land ID exceedingly uch and
well located--Yums Sentinel.
Superintendent J. 9. Noble has return
ID from o business thp to Yuma and
stsses that there has been quite an influx
Of psople in the Gila valley. At aztec
there 10 population slready Of over one
hundred, and the company has decided
to erect suitable depot and station build