Mohave County miner., 1889-01-05
Sheriff w. Fl. Lake has appointed John

Sheriff w. III. Lake has appointed John
G. Potts as Under Sheriff. The appoint
ment is good one, as Mr.. Potts has had
experience as Sheriff OF the county, which
will considerably tighten the duties Of
Sheriff Lake.
s. r. Myerson, OF st. Louis, accompa-
MED by his wife, spent several days here
this week Mr.. Myerson is interested In
the Golden Gate Mining and Milling
Company, and was looking after the
interests OF that concern here.
A year ago there was several inches Of
snow on the ground and many Kingman-
ties enjoyed the pleasure OF sleighriding.
Thus far this year no snow has fallen
here, although the Wallapais have been
snow-capped tor several weeks.
The A. & p. have all the freight they
can move at present and freight block
ade occurs in several places. Ten loco
motives have been borrowed from the c.
X. & w. road for this division and II is
intended TO keep the freight moving.
The reception at the residence of Mr..
and Mrs. w. III. Taggart last Saturday
night in honor Of Mr.. and Mrs. Richard
Taggart was largely attended, and the
newly welded couple were warmly well
coined by their many friends in Kingman.
Supervisors Crozier, Nelson and John
son held their last session as Board OF
Supervisors on Monday. They had a
busy day OF it, auditing the accounts Of
the various county officials, allowing bills
and winding up the business OF the year.
One dozen more new freight cabooses
have been received by the Atlantic x
Pacific road, making thirty-fye up to
date. They are very handsome and a
great improvement over the old box-car
with q bench and stove. Albuquerque
Citizen.
u. s. Commissioner Blakely this week
held the examination OF John Hancock,
on charge OF furnishing whisky TO Indians.
Hancock was held 10 appear before the
u. s. Curt at Prescott, and was taken to
that place by Deputy U. s. Marshal
Steen os Friday.
A wreck at Belmont delayed Tuesdays
west-bound passenger train eighteen
hours and the west-bound train Wednes-
day took supper and was held here several
hours by wreck near Powell. Accidents
on the railroad are the bane OF railroad
mans existence, but they will occur.
The city election held in Prescott on
the LIST. instant resulted in the election
of the following officers: John Howard,
Mayor; D. Levy and Frank q. Parker,
Counciimen; Jas. NJ. Dodson, Chief OF
Police G.. P. Hicks, Assessor; George 8.
Porter, Treasurer. There were 37s votes
cast.
J. X. Halsey lacked the necessary in
struments to observe the eclipse OF the
sun on Tuesday last, but he made: note
of the temperature during the moons
passage over the sun. He hung a ther-
mometor in the sun at the commence
ment of the eclipse and it registered
sixty-four degrees above zero, but gradu-
ally sunk to forty-six above, and returned
to sixty after the eclipse.
Frank G. Dodge, who has been in Jail
at this place since last September on in
dictment of the Grand Jury for attempt at
rape, was brought before Probate Judge
Beecher on Monday last on writ oi
habeas corpus, and discharged. Dodge
was accused of attempt to rape the eight
year old daughter Of A. NJ. Cunningham,
a conductor on the A. & p, in August
last, at Peach Springs, and the case
caused considerable excitement at that
place at the time. The witnesses have all
left the country and from facts that have
since developed the case would not have
been prosecuted at the next term OF the
District Court.