Arizona weekly citizen., 1889-05-11
Territorial.

A good hotel is one of the needs of Prescott.
 The Centennial celebration was gen eral all over the Territory.
 Hon. H. Orme and wife have re turned to Phenix after six weeks visit to New Orleans.
 An old theater is being fitted sp in Phenix preparatory for the advent of a variety troupe.
 The weather is reported quite cool in Prescott, and the ice man has not yet emerged from his winter quarters.
 The Arizoaan says that count shows that seventy five dwelling houses have been erected in Phenix during the last season.
 DThe Prescott Courier says: 1.-The Pima county teachers resolved in favor of cor poreal punishment" and there adds, "Don't believe in it"
 MT. M. B. Fleischman is the demo- cratic nominee for city treasurer at the approaching city election in Phenix. He is a brother of Mr. Fred Fleischman of this city.
 There has been planted over 200 trees in the Tombstone cemetery this season, and every care has been taken to keep the place neat and clean. This is highly creditable to the Tombstonians.
 Hereafter but one train day will be run on the Maricopa and Phenix rail road. The train will leave PheniX at 12:15 D. m., and arrive at 7:30 a. ID. Paci- fic time. This will give .Phenix close connections with the east.
 Girls who are thinking of coming to Arizona to get married, or who have al ready come for that matter, had better steer clear of Prescott. The Courier says: Girls and women to 3o house work are in demand in Prescott"
 While holding court in Globe, Asso- ciate Justice Justice Porter decided that when mortgaged property is assessed at its full value, the mortgage on the same cannot be taxed. The law, says the Sil- yer Belt. should have been amended so as to cover this unjust provision.
 The Phenix police court report the following transactions for the month of April: Amount of fines assessed, s3IOO0; amount of fines paid and col lected into the city treasurer, after de- ducting the fees, S97,O0; number cases tried, 34: found guilty 9; not guilty g.
 Sheriff Fryer has removed the five Apache Indians, who killed Dlehl and Grace from Phenix to Pinal county where they will now have to be tried by | the territorial courts under recent dec ision of the United States supreme |
 hot no courts have jurisdiction in such trials. |
 While bathing in Salt river, at the foot of Hayden's butte, Saturday last, Curt w. Miller, of the Tempe News, had a narrow escape from drowning, He was taken with cramps and sank the third time, when the Binkley boys, who were also in the stream, dove beneath the waters and brought him safetly to the shore.-Arizonan.
 Carl Jamerson, miner was brutally assaulted by another miner named Den his in Tombstone Tuesday night, who was bent on robbery: Jamerson was badly beaten about the head with a pis- tol. Sheriff Slaughter arrested Dennis and he is now in the county jail. He had hearing yesterday before Justice Easton, who placed him under bonds of S2,OOO, which he was unable to give.
 Samuel N. Hawk has been appointed special agent for the Interior Depart ment at Prescott, vice MT. Bevans, re- gently removed. Regarding this the Courier says: If the new appointee shall mind his own business and pay no heed to professional claim jumpers and mis chief makers, he will have plain sailing in Arizona. If not, his load of trouble will be apt to be pretty heavy. The Tempe news says the barley crop this season will be the largest ever pro- du,ed on the south side of the river. h