Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1891-06-24
Territorial Items.
Tucson will celebrate.

Bfrrttortal ttStn-s
 Tucson will celebrate.
 Apricots can be bought for cent
 and half per pound in Phenix.
 W. W. Bass is building road to
 the Grand Canyon from Williams.
 John W. Ross has been selected as
 Fourth of July orator for Flagstsff
 G. Allison, prominent merchant
 of Tucson, died recently, aged 'i3
 years.
 The corner stone of the new
 Methodist church at Williams will
 be laid July lst.
 l Antonio Granada was hanged at
 SolomonTille last Friday for mnr-
 dering his wife.
 #On and after July l. 1891, the
 postoElice at Pratt, which is located
 at the classic precinct of Frog
 Tanks, in Maricopa county, will be
 dircontinued.
 The Yuma Times says a dog be-
 longing to Sam De Corse, was bitten
 under the jaw by tarantala Mon day last. The tarantrIla is dead, but the dog still lives.
 MT. Q. F. Putnam, who was agen. of the railroad company at Yuma station about cue year ago, Is ln
 prison at Juarez, Mexico, charged with smuggling.
 The assessed valuation of all the taxable property in Apache county 1 for the year 1891, according to the assessment roll returned. Is about i S2,oO00o0, falling of of last year of SI,5O0.O00
 The Tombstone ProspectoF says there is an opinion among those who know what k going on, that the Souihern Pacific company will run their main Hue by way of Phenix now that the \. T. X <. |. are get i ting in there from the A. k F.
 With coal beyond Yuma on the ! Colorado desert coal in Yavapai county and coal in the eastern part of Apache county and coal over in New Mexico Arizona Is pretty well fixed for the reduction of her valu- able ores of all kinds as we'll as for manufacturing purposes. - Phenix Herald.
 Judge Barnes party of visiting Englishmen are reported last night to have said that they proposed to build the Calabasas railroad via Tucson and Florence to Phenix where they would unite with the Santa Fe, Prescott X Phenix line. They added that their road would reach Phenix before the proposed road south from Ash Fork, now under survey.
 Judge Joseph Reed. of Iowa. who has been appointed chief justice of the land court, is an old-time personal friend of Collector Christ. of this city, who speaks of him as being one of the able~t men and ripest jurists the west has produced. He has held number of positions of trust and has made an excellent record on the bench.-Nogales Herald.
 Mineral Park has the horse racing fever. and not Sunday passes th st there is not at least two races. Last Sunday there were two races: one between Campbell's horse and Prisks flyer. The race was won by Prisk, and, it Is said. considerable money changed hands on the result. The other race was won by Joe Wagoner's "( (roppy," against She runs mare. Another race of man against horse, for distance of fiftv4 yards, was won by the man.-Mo- have Miner.
 Prescott will undoubtedly have two railroads. The Santa Fe. Pres colt x Phenix will be built and will be some twenty miles shorter be- l tween Prescott and the 4. x r. than the Prescott X Arizona Central. and | wlll be exempt from taxes and the ! r. x X. (. would require much i'm | proYement ii 1t were acquired by the ' new company so that it is pretty ! certain that the new road will be ! built and Prescott enjoy two lines, one of which will reach Phenix.-. Phenix Herald.
 PheniX complains of a nuisance in the shape Of worthless dogs. TEe Gazette says they are becoming SC on the streets that one can hardly drive in trot without having herd of the yelping beasts after him. Something should be lone with them. Only yesterday four or five of the pests, chasing , colt, came near causing Mrs. A. hedewilTs team to run away. It is lot usually the large dogs that are but the little black md tans that run around with their ails curled up over their backs ooking for something to bark at.
 Experiments made in planting 'eets on the lands of the Colorado md Gila valleys have proven very uccessful. The beets grown carry
 heavy percentage of saccharine uice aud it is said the yield per acre , much greater than in California; 'here sugar beet raising has long Ince passed the experimental point. he profits range from $500 to $500 CT acre, realized on but small in estment of both labor and capital. here IS an immense amount of damp md in the Colorado river bottoms hich is admirably suited te beet alture, which will produce heavy . rops at but a trifing expense una Times. An instrument was recorded to- ay, dated March 30. 1891, whereby ie Republican Publishing Go. for l, conveyed to Lewis Wolfiey the epublican newspaper and job rinting offices. and everything con scted herewith, the article of ink aing specially mentioned. The however, has six months ithin which to redeem the proper :, upon payment to said Lewis .