Mohave County miner., 1889-02-16
TERRTTORIAg. ITEMS.


their stores hereafter promptly at eight
O'Clock p. m.
The Tucson Citizen says Casa Grande
district will have four mills, sggregating
70 stamps, and . smelter, by April list.
Shull Il Austin have transported the
trsppings of the Territorial Capitol to
II required four six-horse teams
10 freight the goods.
The Tombstone Prospector says: Tom
Fitch, the silver-tonzued orator, has ba-
come the possessor Of q fortune Of sis5 900
by the death Of relative.
During the month OF January there
were fled for record 22 osths and bonds,
IS deeds, 175 location notices, Is bills OF
sale and 8 water rishts.-Jou aal-Miner.
II is reported that the San Simon Cat |
tie Company are about to dispose OF 800
head Of stock cattle 70 an Indian reserva- |
tion In Texas. The parties purchasing
the cattle are here and the sale will prob |
ably take place In day or two.-star.
During the month OF January there
were shipped from Wilcox 1881 cattle.
OF this number ,645 wers steers, "A cows
and IL calves. All went TO the California
markets except 75 steers, which were
shipped 10 Strong City, Kspsas, for feed
ers.-Wilcox Stockman.
There was left at the Office of the Globe
Silver Belt one day last week two well
matured bolls Of cotton, found by Mr..
Jos. Redmsn growing wild in the San
Pedro Valley. Cotton grows TO perfection
almost anywhere in Central Arizona
where irrigation is possible.
Ten cars OF COWS and heiiers, from Del
Rio, Texas, and destined for Los Angeles,
passed through here Tuesday. The cattle
were in good condition and We were
informed that they were intended for
beef. Thus does the process Of curtailing
production by the slsughtes Of the stock
continue. ue.-Wilcox Stockman.
There are several cases Of small pox at
Fort Grant. The disease was brought
there by some colored recruits recently
arri ved from the East, and thus far only
the recruits have been afflicted. An
order has been issued commanding every
one on the military reservation at Fort
Grant to be NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Our statement in reference to straw
berries ripening in the open air through
the winter season on Mr.. J. G. Narrow's
ranch near Salt River, having been ques-
toned by incredulous persons, Mr.. Narrow
brought to our Office on Monday last
vine plucked from his patch on the 18th
inst, bearing q full blown blossom and
four strawberries in various stages Of
maturity, from very green to large dead
ripe berry.-Giobe Belt.
A shooting affray took place at dance
at Browns ranch, In the Huachucas, on
Monday last, between Cal. Cox, foreman
of the Witbeck Cattle Company, and Lilo.
Wallace, until recently foreman OF the
Babacomari ranch. Both men were seri-
ously, though not fatally, wounded, and
are now in Tombstone for surgical treat
ment. An old ieud was the cause Of the
shooting. Neither has been arrested
Stockrnan.
The workmen engaged in excavating
for the foundation Of Clark & Adams
new saw mill yesterday came across the
skull and a portion OF the skeleton Of a
human being. They were found about
five feet beneath the surface, the skull
being about ten feet away from the re-
naainder Of the bones found. OF course,
when or how the bones became deposited
there is q mystery, and, unless some oi
the early timers can explain it, will al.
ways remain such.--Journal-Mi Miner.
Mes-rs. Maish and Driscol will soon
commence the boring Of another well neal
the site OF the old one at their ranch
Evidences are that they struck water al
the depth Of 800 feet, but the breaking Of
the auger at the bottom Of the bore pre-.
vented the water from coming TO the
surface. They have not been able to re-
cover the suger, owing to it's being petty
we'll wedged between bou'ders, hence
their determination to bore in anothe'
locality and abandon the old vel. -
Tucson Star.
The several delinquent tax lists Of Ari
zona, 80 far Is published, occupy the fol
lowing space in the newspapers: Apache
county, I'm columns OF the st. Johns
Herald; Pima, IL columns Of the Tucsor
Citizen; Cochise, IN columns Of MI
Tombstone Epitaph; Maricopa, 6H col
umns ol the Tempe News; ella, 4 column,
of the Globe Silver Belt; Pinal, 2A col
umns Of the Florence Enterprise; Mo
J have, IN columns of the Kingmsn MINER
Yuma, 4 columns Of the Yuma Sentinel
The Ysvapsi and Graham lists have no
yet come to hand.-Arizona Enterprise
On Thursday morning last Charlie
Dennhardt, in charge Of the Centennia
mill, made the startling discovery tina
221 pounds Of silver was missing from tn
bullion car in which It had been locked u]
tho day previous. Mr.. Dennhsrdt imme
diately communicated the theft to s
Klein & Co., owners Of the bullion, AM
the officers Of the Law were notified. Al
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