Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-09-20
YUMA COUNTY.
ALL THE HAPPENINGS AT THEGATE-
 WAY OF ARIZONA.
Exhuming the Remains of the Soldiers Broke JaIl--A Fugitive Captured Burglary---Mining Items---
 Other Events.
Yuma Sentinel.

The work of exhuming the remains of the soldiers ill the Fort Yuma cemetery was completed on Tuesday morning last The exhumation was under the immediate direction of T. B. Glover, of the Quarter masters Department U. 5. A., with MT. F. Hartlee in charge of the working force. In all about 159 bodies were disinterred and as considerable time had to be devot- ed to the clearing of the tangled and dense growth of brush and trees, the fact that but eight days were necessary for the completion of the work is worthy of | remark. The remains have been shipped to the Presidio. California, where they will be reinterred at the government cem- etery at that point.
 Trinidad Gonzalez, who has been con- fined in the county jail for some months past on charge of assault to murder effected his escape last night. Gonzalez, l with the assistance of some person or persons outside of the jail, cut the rods which held the iron bar in place across | the ventilator near the top Of the cell
 A blanket was then tied to the loosened
 bar and the prisoner forced his body through the small opening, slid down the
 blanket, and with the assistance of rope soon got over the adobe wall. Deputy
 Sheriff Frank Burke and others are in pursuit of the fugitive.
 James Lynch, a youth of eighteen
 arrived ill Yuma Thursday morning and
 was arrested by Sheriff M. J. Nugent, on
 a telegraphic warrant from Cabezon.
 Lynch was employed as track walker
 and 5. Harley, the section boss, intrusted
 one hundred dollars to his keeping; We'd
 nesday night Lynch skipped out for Ari-
 zona, and when arrested Sheriff Nugent
 found the stolen money minus six dollars
 on the person of the would-be fugitive.
 Harley having refused to prosecute
 Lynch, he was discharged from custody.
 Arthur H. Van Gorder, a graduate of
 the California Normal School, has been appointed principal of the Yuma public school MT. Van Gorder has met with
 uniform success as teacher, and resign ed the principalship of the Garvanza, school, in Los Angeles county, to accept
 the position in Yuma He has first-class endorsements, and was especially selected : by County Superintendent Seaman. of Los Angeles, who states that he is one of
 the best teachers in California.
 The trains are now running nearly on
 schedule time. Should no more serious I washouts occur the long and vexatious
 delays of eastern mails will soon be a
 thing of the past The Southern Pacific
 company is to be commended that the de 2 lays have not been worse. for from reports g received they have Ina much to contend against in the washouts in the vicinity oi ' Tucson.
 e Sister Agnes, of the Convent of St. Jo 5 seph, arrived from Tucson Wednesday U and will remain here as one of the teach CTS of the parish school. Sister Agne: ' 1 was in Yuma several years ago and by s her kind disposition and gentle manner e soon gained the esteem and affection O {, her pupils, who one and all deeply regret $ ted her departure. The good ladys ac $ quaintances here are very much pleased c to welcome her back to the garden city o Il Arizona.
 On Monday morning it was discovere( a that the Popular drug store owned by W
 T. Gonder and Dr. W. Heffermen Ina, 0 U been burglarized some time during tn U night. Two watches and forty five dol C lars Tn cash were found to have been talk II- en away by the thieves. The total los L. foots up one hundred dollars. Severa i Is clues have been picked up but the burg lars have not as yet been found.
 A. J. Dougherty, the owner of the bes
 mines in the Gold Rock mining district | came out from Los Angeles Wednesda t with party of capitalists, for the purpos " ol examining the property. MT. Dough ; erty and associates have determined t :! build a twenty stamp mill within the mex n sixty days. The enterprise will be a sue
 cessful and remunerative one, as the mine a show an abundance of high grade free 'e milling ore.
 g It is authoritatively stated that an offe
 has been made t6 the nzEners of tha-Gli -- n1fue for the purcnase or lease of the prol | erty. The parties negotiating the entel le prise are responsible business men an
 their principals experienced mining opel y ators.
 st Dr. J. NJ. Hurley, good orator and pc
 litical speaker will canvass the territor l. during the coming campaign in th Ia interests of Hon. Geo. w. Cheyney. e Indian hunters are bringing into tow e lately quantities of wild duck, quai 'ee rabbit and geese, for which they fin 'l ready sale at the reasonable prices asked.