Mohave County miner., 1889-09-14
TERRrToRIAL ITEMS.


horse falling with him.
DIR. Hughes, Of Phoenix, is experiment
ing with the Brown-Sequard "elixir" on
patients in the county hospital. With
but one exception all the patients operat-
ed upon were benefited
A horse belonging 10 George Campbell
was knocked into atoms by lightning at
Olive Camp on Tuesday last Several
men were near when the horse was
killed and report that there was but one
little speck Of cloud visible at the time.
1t was directly over their heads.--Tucson
Citizen.
The Territorial Fish Commission will
apply in few months to the United
States Commission at Washington for
fish for Arizona streams and private
ponds. Parties desiring fish should apply
at once to T. w. Otis. business agent Ter
ntorial Fish and Game Commissioner,
Prescott, Arizona. Miner.
Special Agent Poole will take testimony
Tomorrow, says the Journal Miner OF the
9th inst, in the case OF the Old Walnut
Grove Mining Company against the gov
ernment for $409,000 alleged to have
been lost through Indian denE~sasions
Old timers here characterize the claim as
one haEinsnv very large amount oi fraud
Incorporated in it.
The Tombstone papers report the sale
OF the Turquoise mines, situated in the
Dragon mountains about fifteen miles
east OF Tombstone, to the international
Smelling Company Of I'll Paso, for $50.
coo. These mines were owned by 81
Bryant and George severans. Sis many
friends throughout the county will be
pleased to hear Of his good fortune.
A Prescott Contemporary asks If the
zulick Board Of Equalization has thrown
up the sponge. They went through the
form Of session, but kept from the Her
aid reporter list OF their valuations OF
in TACT Of everything except that they mad
made the Territorial taxes 77}4 cents. II
is supposed that the Zulick board has or
ganized itself into sort OF star chamber
arrangement.-lIera
The Supervisors OF Cochise county at a
recent meeting adopted the following
order: That the peace officers OF this
county be allowed twelve and one-haii
cents per mile, each way, for the distance
actually and necessarily Travelled in pur-
suit OF criminals charged with public o.
lenses committed in this county, which
pursuit, from no fault OF the officer, does
not result in the capture Of the criminal -
A claim located by Ed. WhippIe, TWO
miles east of town, has been worked but
two weeks and thus far develops deposits
OF rich ore. Old miners pronounced the
samples produced as bearing native sill
yer. A depth OF nine feet has been
reached, showing better indications all
the way. An assay Of the ore returns
l460 ounces to the ton.-Flagstaf Cham
pion.
The lessees Of the Sunset made de-
served strike last Thursday. They have
been sinking for some time on the ledge,
following the foot wall with varying sue
cess. Thursday they put shot in the
hanging wall and discovered that the sup
posed hanging wall was only a lime
"horse" separating them from about two
feet Of first-class ore. They will make a
shipment next week.-Tombstone Epi-
taph.
Some Mexicans, says the Nogales Her
aid, captured an alligator in the Yaqui
riyer last week, and brought it to Quay
mas, where it was on exhibition for sew
eral days. After the curiosity wore off
the owner killed it on account Of its enor-
nous appetite, saying that it would bank
rupt the whole State Of Sonora to feed il
a year. This is the first and only alliga-
tor ever known to have been seen in the
Yaqui river.
John o. Dougherty, OF Total Wreck,
may very truly be said to be one OF the
"nOblest works Of God" an honest man.
Recently he took some ore out Of mine
at that place and sent five sacks to
smelter, He received in return 81 800
cash. Now, honest old John knew just
what the ore would assay and that it
would but little more than pay the ex-
penses Of shipment, so he returned the
money to the smelter company and told
them that they had made mistake and
sent him money that probably belonged
to some other poor miner. The country
is not oyerstocked with such men as John
Dougherty.-Sogales Herald.
John Y. T. Smith had big goose egg
OF gold this morning and some dust be-
sides. II was claimed TO be a first ship
ment over the new railroad, and came
from the Garcia mine, out Of the Hassay-
ampa. The nugget weighed upward OF
twenty-seven ounces and, with the dust,
called for thirty ounces at SIS, or total
of $50. The Mexican who brought it in
seemed satisfied. Mr.. Smith has been
receiving such consignments for a long
time. About month ago the same
Hassayampa country sent in $45O
nugget. Not long ago the Union mine
landed gold bar, worth 81 1926 at the
Ea,niIv Grnnory otoro Tbaca ara oply