Arizona silver belt., 1889-05-11
TERRITORIAL TOPICS.

Another train-load- sixteen cars of steers belonging to ths Santa Rita Company and destined for Kansas pas lures. passed through here on Satur- day last.-WilcSx stockman.
 Phoenix will hold an election on the 18th inst. to say whether or not ths district shall raise S12.000 for the pur- pose of buying additional section grounds and building an additional school house.
 A successor the special agent Slater has been appointed in the person eff Alex l.. Morrison, ol New Mexico. Mr. Merrlson IS man of some prominence in his Territory, at one time beng 6 candidate for governor,
 '-Lang john" Halford one ot tho train robbers in Jail is suffering from a gunshot wsuad ln the upper por- ton Of his right breast. Where and how and from whom he received this wound is not known. 50 says the ! Journal Miner.
 A count shows that seyenty-fve dwelling houses have been erected in PhgAiX during the present season, yet there Is still demand, notwlthstand- ing the approach of the heated term. A more convincing argument as to the growth of this city need not be made. -Ar!zonau.
 President NJ. ". Stewart, of ths Sierra Bonita Land and Stock Com psny, this week censummated a sale of l eco two yesroid steers to Ar H.
 3oyce, Of Montana, gentleman who has pgrcnssed about l0,0G0 steers in this Territory inc present spring.
 Wilcox Steckman.
 Another enormous canal is project cd fer this valley hy eastern capital, and will. without doubt, So through.
 It is as large an enterprise as the Ari- zons caral, which cost over half mil lion aud will bring in a vast country. which. up to the present time. has been considered outside of the reach ef can als.-Phnnix Herald.
 
 The Governor and Secretary of the Territsry complain that a general
 knowledge dees net prevail that Phe- nix is the capital of Arizona. Half the mail for the Territorial library
 reaches here by Prescott, and even
 some of the departments of the gen eral government address letters to the
 Governor to that place,-Arizenan.
 It is given out that Samuel A. Hawk
 has been appointed special agent of
 the Interior Department, vice Beyans.
 removed. If the new appointee shall
 mind bis ewn business and pay nc
 heed to professional clam jumpers r and mischief makers, he vii! have
 plain sailing in Arizona. If not hls load of trouble will be apt to be prot-
 ty heaYy.-Courler
 Fer tho past two weeks the farmers of thls valley have been busy cutting bay and grain. Tho crop of hay is : something aboye the average and as the acreage has been greatly extended this year 1t will be both abundant and cheap. The barley being harvested is in splendid condition and large crop is expected. The wheat IS looking fine and will be ready for the headers in couple of weeks. The fruit crop
 of the whole valley will be an un- usually heavy one, the trees and vines belng loaded down with it. Figs are ripening and the season of plenty is at band Florence Enterprise. , Sheriff Fryer went to Phenlx last Monday, armed with warrants for the arrest of As-ki-say-la-ha and Macon
 qui-say, the Apache murderers of Wm.
 Diehl near Mammoth, a few years ago, and Ken-tu-zy and Has-nah-who-za, l the murderers of Jones near Dudley 
 l vile last year. These Indians were , tried Tn the United States court, con a vctea and sentenced, but by the re- n cent decision of the United States Su- e preme Court they should have been r dealt with under the Territorial stat i utes. Therefore Sheriff Fryer repared 7 to Phoenix 10 arrest them immediately s upon their discharge by the United : States authorities. They were brought | 10 Florence and are now in the county | jail where they will rest and fatter 0 for the ensuing five months that will e intervene before grand jury is called - -Floreace Enterprise.
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