Mohave County miner., 1890-02-01
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dfanom county W01K4uO exe u3lu8ln8
l77k Cents.
! Frank 8. Ewing has been appointed
postmastef st Yuma,
Major Combs succeeds Col. Houeh II
the command of Fort Whipple.
Bob Holmes, IN old time Tombstone
policeman, died in the hospital ct that
place Last week.
The Prescott court houss u ssid to b
| in . dangerous condition. The walls are
badly ezscksd and nsy fall any day.
9. 8. Bradshaw an old-time resident
Of Tombstons, died in San Francisco 70
csntly of Brisht's disease Of the kidneys.
Arthur II. williams, IN ex-direcsor d
the territorial fair association, committed
suicide IN Ph@nix, BY shooting himself
through the head.
Ths debt o Yuma county il $3.50, ,016.-
10. The tax lsvy for the last year vas
t2.98 on each 90 hundred dollars tax
able property.
Adjutant- General O'Neil hA, received
the Mustsrroll from Astec, Yuma county
Tor . military company thsrs. with q
msmbership Of 50.
David Duncan was found dead on the
9Th inst. near his ranch. Duncsn's Z
ranch il in the mountains near Tomb
stone. His cabin was ransackpd and il ts
supposed that be wss killed BY Mexicans.
The Florence Alta says: The gsllows
upon which the Apache Inaiians were
hung, has been trssformed into trape-
sium Tor gymnastic exercises BY Jere
Fryer. He has put in place d stationary
bar, flying bar and two sets Of rings.
Although there 10 nothing new to re-
port In the outlook this week, work pro-
crosses etsadily - heretofore by the big
companies and lessees. There is no en-
thuss. no attempted boom snd no false
rumos in regard TO any property which
speaks well Tor sll.-Epitaph.
Citisens Of this section Of Arizona who
have explored the Moqui Indian country
north Of Prescott, roy they are quite Ger
tain that il coal mines arc the most ex-
tensive in the West. John Duke was up
there some years ago and is Of this opin-
lon Courier.
Brother Jobs, Of the PherIix Herald is
accused Of wearing corsets. The poor
fellow should not be bullyingged about
Il. The average newspspir man must
have somsthing TO cinch up with when
square meals ere widely spaced. No
giles Herald.
Reports from the San Pedro section Of
country. are encouraging. Thirty more
stamps, making sixty in IN. will soon bc
dropping st the Mammoth. Grass is
plentiful, crops arc promising and mining
men and cattle holders ara expecting a
prosperous season.--Alta.
J. F. Crowley and WAllspai Clark
have discovered . large ledge Of gold ore
similar to the Mammoth eres. The lis
covcry IL on the Santa Catalina side OF
the 6an Pedro and about len miles from
the Mammoth. They believe il Is the
Mammoth vein.
It is reported that the Hon. Mark
Smith, nov in Washington, is trying TO
prevent the confirmation u Judge Sloan.
The Hon. Marx has . little 500 grudge
against Judge Sloan, but be had better
80 . tsiae slow in trying to get even. or
be ID liable TO burn his liDgers.--Solom-
onville Bulletin.
Prot. E. 7. Ij3ms informs US that his |
brother Wilbef, had the rare good luck |
to eel for him at his ranch near Wilcox
one day Last week, 20 head Of one and
two year old range steers to an Emporia
Kansas, buyer at the handsome figure Of
tlS per head. The buyer got pinched
and wanted 40 or so head Of fat cattle 10
fu out train losd. Heace the price
Bulletin.
Superintendent Jones ,,f the Prescott
4 Arizona Central railrosd. informed the !
journal Miner, that arrangements had
been about completed for the construc-
tion Of Q railroad from Witherellyille,
nrne miles from Prescott, 10 the western
base Of the Black Hills, from where .
bucket line win be constructed to the
United Verde mines ct Jerome. Another
branch also will probably be built to the
Big Bug mining district. where extensive
mining operations are being carried on
BY the blackberry Mining company
Journal-Mi
Charles CowiAs and John Todman dis
covered mine near the, Macy and Mack
gold mine, in this county, principally
owned BY A. Frank a Yuma, and only
about 600 above said mine. The mine
proved very rich and about two thousand
dollars in nuggets wsrs tsksn out the first
day. The discoverers who are partners
Of Capt Jaelk Mellon, Of the river steam
ers, had no supplies, and Todmsn took a
row boat and started down the Colorado
river to purchase what was needed. Two
days afterwards tho boat was found bot
tom, upwards, adrift in the river, and
since than Todman has not been heard
of. II is believed that be has been
drowned. John Todman was an old pio-
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