The St. Johns herald., 1890-04-03
Territorial Items.

man in the nation.-Arizona Gazette.
 T. F. Hudson has sold 300 head of two
 and three-year-old steers from his South
 Pass ranch to Harris, the Kansas buyer, on terms equivalent to $14 per head de-
 livered at Wilcox. One half the pur-
 chase price is paid down and the bal
 ance upon the sale of the cattle when
 ready for market, which will be after
 they have been fattened on Kansas corn.
 -Prospector.
 The rain, which began with light show
 CTS on "Wednesday night eliminated in
 downpour on Thursday, and seems to
 have been general through central Ari-
 zona. The precipitation at Globe meas
 ured .64 inches. Pinal and Sierra An
 cha mountains are covered with snow,
 probably the last fall of the season. The
 mail carrier from Tonto reports the finest
 rain of the season in that section.-Sil-
 yer Belt.
 Central Arizona is secure from the
 land grant thief if we can keep rid of
 the threatened Court of Land Claims.
 With the establishment of such a court every settler on any fraudulent grant
 may be put to unlimited expense and trouble, his title clouded and then he
 finally sold out and robbed For Gen. tral Arizona such court simply means blackmailing scheme of enormous pro- portions.-Phenix Herald.
 Another cutting scrape occurred at the new reservoir Thursday night, in which. a man named c. Howe was severely wounded in the back and left leg by a Mexican who is under arrest. The de- | tails have not yet been learned. Under Sheriff Thomas went down to the reser- | voir early yesterday morning to assist Deputy Gabriel, who has half dozen | hard characters in custody for this and other offences.-Florence Enterprise. ::
 A murder took place at the Florence Canal Company's reservoir on the 25th ut. Two men, Davis and Mullin, had | been playing cards in saloon and quar- seled while under the influence of liquor, on leaving the saloon, Davis slapped | Mullin in the face. The latter imme- diately drew g. knife and stabbed Davis in the right side, severing an artery. ] Davis lived only few minutes. The murderer was arrested and is now in the county iail.-Arizona Gazette.
 From Jack Hicky, of Ogilby, who arr rived in Yuma on Monday. we learn that John Peterson, in January last, located a quartz mine, some little distance be- low the Mother Lode, Blind Lode and Lena claims. MT. Peterson las since improved the property by driving tun- nel along the lead until it now shows two and one-half feet of excellent quartz in which free gold is plainly visible The ore assays very satisfactorily and the owner is naturally in the best of spirits over his lucky find.-Yuma Times.
 The discovery of gold in the Grand Canyon of the Colorado, north of Flag staff, will undoubtedly prove to be the richest mines that have ever been un- earthed. The assays run up into the hundreds, and there are millions of tons of ore in sight. The lodges run from ten to thirty-eight feet in width and are ex- posed from three to four thousand feet up the side of the canyon. Many peo- pie have gone to the new fields, and no doubt other rich discoveries will be made, as the canyon is lined with all kinds of mineral. Messrs. Ashurst and Morris left on Thursday for the mines and, we understand, will at once com mence developing their claims and take out ore for shipment.-Champion.
 c. F. Karns was in Phoenix yesterday. He represents an English syndicate that has recently purchased the Lynx Creek ( placers and other property, near Pres colt, from Secretary Murphy, his brother . Frank, the Congress mine superlnten- dent, and others. A dam that cant be l washed out will be built and water piped | four miles to the diggings, where Little Giants will be used. The head of water f measures about 400 feet, and hydraulic ( operations are to be carried on within ( eight miles of Prescott. It IS said that | Lonesome Valley has ground enough for one hundred years ot washing. Some t very rich bars occur and the whole val l ley has good pay.-Herald.
 There was cutting scrape at the new of the Florence Canal Con- pany last Monday, in which William V. . Elliott came very near being badly cut lp by one of the workmen named Wm n f l