Arizona weekly citizen., 1889-06-22
Territorial News.
Hoof and Horn,

northern territories.
 We must again remind those of our friends who owe us that we are on the point of losing our virture, that IS, if ''patience is a virture." We need every dollar due to us. s-
 The wedding of John Duke, one of our most substantial and highly esteem ed citizens. to Miss Mary A. Foley. will occur on the IS inst, in the Prescott Catholic church. Miss Foley is most estimable young lady and in every re- spect worthy of the excellent man on whom her favor has been bestowed.
 Phenix is contemplating the organiza- tion of brass band a brickyard simulta- neously. Those Phenix ducks are long headed. By the time the band boys get so they can blow burratone out of their horns, the bricks will be ready to nail them up against the side of an adobe fence with. Phenix has wisdom and forthought beyond her years.
 Hon. J. NJ. W. Moore returned Sun day from trip to his ranch in Salt Riv- yer Valley, where he supertindended the cutting of large crop of alfalfa. Since his return he has pitched into the electric light enterprise with his accus toned energy, and under his intelligent direction the plant will soon be com plete and in full running order. Moore does more effective rustling, and does it easier and with less friction than any man of our acquaintance.
 Mohave Miner.
 The carpenters of Kingman have enough work to keep them busy for the next four months with the work already in sight. Carpenters wages are 8 per day of ten hours.
 The sporting fraternity have been in in some high rolling this week, and the games have been run without limit. Luck seems to favor the Kingman card manipulators.
 John Kennedy died last week in the German hospital in San Francisco few days after his arrival there The deceased had been sick for about two years with and for the past two months his death has been expected. Deceased was a native of Canada, about 45 years old and unmarried.
 Frank Abrams and his partner, who last December went to the river and To- cated ranch near the Needles, return ed to the cool breezes of the Wallapai Frank says he "don't expect hell is any hotter than it is in the vicinity of the Needles now"
 County Assessor, w. H. Lake, has re- ceived notice from the old, or Zulick, board of equalization, that the assess ment of the A. & P. railroad had been placed at valuation of something over oSOO0 per mile. The new, or Wolf1ey board, has not been heard from.
 Miners all unite in saying that the mining outlook is better in Mohave county at present than at any time in it's history. Msners are all taking out ore and capital is looking this way for and the indications are that eastern capital will be in vested in Mohave county this year.
 Prospector.
 A small sized mob of drunks of both city hall about o'clock this morning. Even Fatty Ryan was obliged to get out of bed and come to the front when | he heard the choice language used.
 V. H. Igo is in from his ranch in the | Huachuca mountains today, bringing | with him fine lot ef carp from his pond | which found ready sale with our citi- | zens. They are raised in the Huachuca | where the water is always | cold enough to make their meat hard | and sweet.
 Mark Smith is having a map drawn of the great reservoir near Florence which will be laid before the committee on irrigation when they visit Arizona this fall. He states that water enough can bS stored there to irrigate from Florence to Maricopa and from there to Yuma.
 There was a bill passed by the legis- lature of Arizona few years ago pro- viding that any railroad that should be built from Fairbanks to Bisbee via Tombstone would be exempt from taxa ton for five years The Arizona and South eastern by going around Tomb stone did not receive the benefit of this bill which they might have done.
 Gazette. As the grape product this season will | be unusually large, many grape boxes | and crates will be used, and to meet this | demand MT, Ryder will ship carload of such stock.
 w. T. Smith returned from Tucson Tom purchased several hun dred head of cattle while in the old pueblo, which he will fatten in this val ley.
 In Is notioerble in commercial centers that very few failures have occurred in Arizona the past two years. This speaks well for the business mon Of the terri | tory. Phenix has not recorded failure for the past three years of any conse- quence.
 Mir. Whepley has at his store small apricot branch which contains forty six large apricots. It is one of those curiosi- ties in fruit which is meyer seen beyond the confines of the Salt River valley: The branch does not measure over one foot in length, and the apricots are clus- tered on it similar to a choice bunch of grapes.
 Royal A. Johnson, has, as was expect ed, been appointed surveyor general of We were opposed to MT. JOnn- son, and now regret that he has received the appointment, but if Mir. Johnson deals fairly and honorably by the settlers of Arizona, the Gazette will be pleased to credit hin with the good work MT. Johnson is an able man and can, if dis posed, discharge the duties of the office in an intelligent and able manner.
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