Mohave County miner., 1889-07-20
TERRITORIAL ITEMS.


T. ]. Butler has taken charge Of the
receivers Office Of the U. s. land Office at
Prescott.
The Phoenix Gazette has been awarded
the contract for printing the premium
list Of the coming Territorial fair.
The Arizona Lumber Company at Flag
staff have recently started up their mill
No. 2 and they have now three mills run
ming. .'.-
The Phoenix Gazette claims that the
Salt River valley contains population oi
abont 10000 people and the number is
rapidly increasing.
The total assessment Of all property in
Maricopa county foots up as follows
1889, n, ,S66, 1900: 1883, s4,l36, ,2S4.00,
Increase, $3.50, 1880.
The Valley Bulletin says that Graham
county warrants are in demand and that
cash can be realized on them easier than
IOI boveIM years past.
Thos. Smith was appointed to Gil the
vacancy on the board Of supervisors Of
Maricopa county occasioned by the resig,
nation Of II. II. Linville.
The Phoenix Gazette has placed Hon
NJ. A. Smith in nomination for Unte,l
States Senator from the new state O
Arizona when it shall become suct
Governor Wolfey and Secretary Muir.
ply express their thanks in the Prescott
papers for the kind treatment shown
them during their recent visit to that
place. -.
The Wilcox Stockman says there il I,
be an encampment Of the troops in thi.
Department at Fort Grant in September
Between / 800 and 1900 soldiers Will b,
concentrated there.
Jim Hathaway and "Gallagher's kid
had prize fight at Phoenix one day las
week for 500 side The former knocked
the latter out in one round. The pr.n
cipals were arrested.
A. ii. Stebbins, an old and well-knowI
citizen OF Tombstone, died there on tn
llth inst. He was popular and pro
gressive citizen Of that place, and hi
death Is sadly mourned.
We are informed that reservation In
dians have been quite numerous in th'
neighborhood OF Dripping Springs, anr
have, it is alleged, been guilty Of various
hefts Of live stock, provisions, etc.-Belt.
Eddie and James Chapel, aged re
spectively eleven and thirteen years, 0
Antelope Valley, Yuma county. recent,
distinguished themselves by killing ;
mountain lion which weighed lO4 pounds
Vim. Ellison, "Cyclone Bill" was ar
rested at Tucson last week for carryin,
concealed weapons. Bill said that h
had been appointed deputy marshal b,
Marshal Meade and az that official denie'
the statement the justice OF the peace
fined Bill SIS or that number Of days
He is now serving the time in Jail.
w. w. ONeill, sheriff Of Yavapa
county, and his deputies put in bill O
mileage for $1,000 miles travelled in tn
pursuit and capture Of the Canyon Diabl
train robbers. The board Of supervisor
cut the bill from q, 300 to 5000. 1t va
a pretty good bill for mileage but tn
sheriff and deputies no doubt earne'
their full mileage.
An old prospector has for some tim
past been in the habit Of bringing sma
quantities Of ore 10 John Y. T. Smith an
having him send it off to be milled
When questioned as 10 where he obtaine
his ore he refuses TO tell. A short tim
ago he brought in 335 pounds, which MI
Smith shipped for him, and the net mi
return was $3.50. This is the richest or
in Arizona and the cid man has indee
| q DOn0UZ1.-I odLtttt.
The Globe Belt says; Jesus Renter
while riding the range ont four mile
from McMfilen, he run onto big bea
and before bYuin knew what was ul
Renteria's lariet was fast about his nee
and he was gasping for wind. The bes
was tough customer to handle, weigh
ing about three hundred pounds, bl
Renteria pluckily staid with him an
finally succeeded In checking bruin
death and dragged him into camp.
) The Prospector states that the Ba
} bacomari cattle company, whose range
D partly in Cochise and partly in Pin
= county, gave in their assessment return
, $500 head Of cattle In Cochise count
and $500 in Pima county. While Il
) assessor was abroad in the performan'
7 OF his duty sale Of one-sixth interest
the range and cattle OF the company vi
q made by Tevis TO his partners, and Il
: deed fled for record placed the numb
2 of cattle at 1900. The discrepancy
r II 900 head is charged to the forgettr
y ness of the management Of the compan
+ A rh@nix press dispatch says Cove
nor WoIfey has just psrdoned Francis
), Baca, ex-Deputy Treasurer OF ApacI
county, who was sentenced in septembe
l 1887, to ten years in the penitentiar
Baca was held up by desperadoes al
y made to open the county safe in Dece'
q Der, 1885, and gave up $4,000. He "
arrested two years afterward on char