Mohave County miner., 1889-01-19
TERRITORIAL ITEMS.

L ~ CuSt FDOpOfS W COfauuCt tfis diidiI5 VI
Cochise county during the year 1883. In
1887 the cost was t67, ,337.03.
Tucson Star says: 1t is reported that
Judge Monk, Of Wilcox, viii be Saperin-
tendent Of Public Instruction.
The Atlantic & Pacific railroad company
have put in pair Of thirty thousand
pound scales at their stock yards east OF
town.-Flagstaf Democrat.
w. A. Cuddy, An old timer In Arizona,
win pass the next two months in Prescott.
He was formerly connected with the press
Of Southern Arizona. Courier.
The tax levy for 1883 amounted to
s77,6l7.I8, Of which amount there re-
NAMED delinquent and unpaid, January
lst, 1889, $51 ,s54.5s.-Apache Review.
Ben Brown, OF Nutrioso, has sold his
herd Of cattle at sl5 per head all around.
and his horses for $50 all around, TO his
brother K. NJ. Brown.--Apache Review.
II Is thought that Maricopa county will
be able TO secure a good sugar manufacto-
ry within another year. The land to be
seeded to cane has already been promised.
l--Arizonan.
Eight dollars head is, this year, the
value placed upon cattle OF this county
for purposes Of taxation. II is, We think,
enough, owing TO the fact that cattle rails
ers are making little, II any, money. Al
this rate full numbers will undoubtedly
be given to the assessors.-
The repairing OF the road from Yuma
to the Centennial gold mines win be
started next week, and will be the means
OF bringing great deal Of trade to this
town. The Yuma road needs but little
work to put in thorough repair and is the
best way TO go to the mines. s.--Sentinel.
The mercantile firm Of j. T. Fitzgerald
4 CO.. at Solomnville, on Decomber cath
moved into fine new store building
which they have constructed. On De-
cember 2Sth the building which they had
| just vacated was destroyed by fire. II
was owned by Pete Bolan and was in
sured.
| The Sons OF Veterans organized in Flag
staff this week, and elected the following
officers: Captain F. NJ. Remssy; 1st
Lieutenant, Harry Hoxworth; 2nd Lien
tenant, George Morgan. They will be in
stalled to night with the g. A. r. and
Women's Relief orps.-Champion.
The Phoenix Herald says that, d. s..
Fotheringham, formerly, the express
messenger OF the Adams Express Com
pany, who was accused Of robbing his
own express car, was cleared of the charge
and recovered damages to the amount oi
$40, 900, has arrived in Phoenix, where he
is likely to make bis home He win pro-
badly be connected with the City Water
Company.
DIR. VIM. Harvey, who resided at Flor
ence, died Tuesday night at the Sisters
Hospital in this city, Of dropsy. DIR. Har-
vey was member of the A. o. u. W.,
which lodge has cared for his remains,
escorting them to the depot last evening
they were sent TO Florence. He was well
and favorably known throughout this por-
ton of tho territory and leaves many
warm friends to mourn his loss.--Star.
II the coming legislature consults the
best interests of the people Of Arizona it
viii conclude all necessary and legitimate
legislation before agitating the question
Of removing the capital. Let the real
| work Of the session be transacted upon
the merits OF the subjects involved, with
out the remotest reference to sectional
prejudice or anticipated reciprocal fayors,
and when all is done, II tits deemed wise
TO remove the seat OF government, let that
be done openly and honestly, without be-
coming mere commercial transaction
Florence Enterprise.
Birdie, the beautiful little daughter Of
Mrs. Hanna Foster, came to an untimely
| death by the accidental discharge of a
pistol in the hands Of John Grice, on Sun
day evening last. Mr. Grice is an old
friend Of the family, and to amuse the
children, was swapping what he supposed
to be an unloaded pistol at them, when it
was discharged, and the ball entered the
abdomen ef the child. Medical aid was
summoned at once, and everything that
the physicians could do, was done, but to
no purpose. The little sufferer died about
II hours after the accident.-Flagstaff
Champion.
VIM. Hart, who is now engaged in re-
claiming q section OF desert land in the
Santa Cruz valley, 16 miles from Tucson,
was in town to-day. He proposes toirrigate
by raising water with pumps. lie Is now
sinking q well IA feet square and is down
forty feet, He has struck water but in
tends to run drift and tap the bed ofthe
river which viii insure him neyer-end-
ing and inexhaustible supply OF water.
Mr.. Hart now has on the ground pump
that will throw LOO gallons Of water per
minute and it is his intention to put in
three more Of the same kind, There are
several persons who are now successfully
and without heavy expense, irrigating
lands under cultivation. Tucson Citizen.
Capt. s. G. Dutton, in response to an