Mohave County miner., 1889-08-10

water the next trial.
Families not already supplied should
loose no time in procuring bottle Of
Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diar.
rhea Remedy. 1t is the only remedy
that can always be depended upon for
bowel complaint in all its forms. % and
SO cent bottles for sale by II. ii. Watkins.
A trip to Gatewood's and the Wallapai
springs was made by the writer this
week. There is lots Of good grass on the
range and plenty Of water for the cattle
now on the ranges. Considerable pros
pecting is being done in the vicinity Of
the Cummings mine, but no new discov-
cries have yet been made.
II is seldom that the MINER records an
accident but this week three occurred,
none Of which were of fatal nature.
Tuesday l.. o. Cowan, while bottling soda
water, received bad cut on the wrist
which causes him a good deal Of incon-
venience. Wednesday, Theodore Harris,
while working on the NJ. f. church put
ting mp heavy timber, fell from the
scaifold to the ground distance Of some
fifteen feet, sustaining injuries which
kept him indoors several days. The
same day Lallah Potts fell from swing
and striking piece Of iron received an
ugly cut above the left eye.
Sheriff Lake and VIM. B. stephens are
off this week in the pursuit Of couple Of
horse thieves, who stole a number Of
horses from ranchman on Walnut creek
last week. The thieves in passing by the
ranch OF Wm. linus, on tbs Willows,
were made by him to leave a couple Of
animals which bore brands Of his neigh
bors. The thieves passed through the
canyon south OF town and watered their
stock at Maguires ranch. Crossing the
Colorado river at Fort Mohave. Sheriff
Lake thinks that he will be able TO over
take them somewhere in California and
he has the corporation Of the officials Of
| San Bernardino county.
Mat. McCabe. Of New Brunswick, ILL.,,
offers to pay five dollars TO any person
troubled with bloody fiux, who will take
| Chamberlain's Collie Cholera and Diar
rhI, Romoiy according to directions
and dass not get vel in the shortest pos
| al A.. hall nf
OF this remedy cured him OF bloody finx
after he had tried other medicines and
the prescriptions Of physicians withou,
benefit. Mr.. McCabe is perfectly safe ir
making this offer, ss more than thou
sand bottles Of this remedy are sold eacl
day and it has never been known 10 TAI
in any case OF collie, cholera morbus, dys
entery. diarrhna or bloody fux, wher
the plain printed directions were fol
lowed. For sale by II. II. Watkins.
Dennis HenDessy, the pumper at Pow
ell tank died suddenly on Tuesday night
The foreman Of the section gang a
Powell, who returned from trip Il
Needles, went TO the pump house abon
two o'clock Wednesday morning AM
Iled Hennessy, and receiving no repl.
entered the open door only to stumbl
over his body. A light was procured an'
/ on investigation il was found that Hen
r messy had besn dead some hours. Hen
messy had been last seen alive when tn
, west bound passenger passed, about fou
o'clock Tuesday afternoon. 1t wa
thought that there had been foul play
, and that he had been killed by som
tramp. Coroner Funston was telegraphe'
, for and went to Powell and impanneled
jury and held an inquest. No evidenc
Of violence was shown on the body Of dc
. ceased and tho jury rendered verdic
that Dennis Hennessy came to his deaf
by natural causes Deceased was an oil
employe OF the A. & T. road and som
y wears ago in an accident both Of his leg
, were cut off below the knees and the con
pany still continued TO keep him in the
employ. Deceased gas q native OF In
e land and about fifty years old.
TO. Hurst, who has been agent fc
J the A. & P. railroad company at Peac
Springs for the past two years, has gon
west. He had bsen specializing wit
+ the property Of the company for som
= time past. 1t is the custom OF the con
o pany TO sell ice, coal and other suppl,
, to the citizens Of that town in sue
quantities as they desired, they a
II lowing the agent to make report Of th
+ amount sold. Hurst held back lart
IS portion Of the money thus received. tn
e remittances from this source were 4
small that the officials Of the A. &
;. we're suspicious that all was not straigl
4 at that station. Detectives Holton an
# Smith we're given the case and 800
# caught on to Hursts methods. Is soo
v az accused Of selling ice, coal, etc, ar
not turning in the full amount receive
he admitted it and agreed TO turn
= " to the company 1900, which he did. II
= I, amount is supposed TO fully cover vi
, he has taken, and he was allowed
. depart. Mr.. Hurst was generally like
. . BY those who knew him, and has heret
" foro stood well with his employers. 1t
with regret that the MINER chronicles h
,. first mlsstep. and 1t is sincerely hop
5 that the lesson will be valuable ono
~ him -