Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1891-05-27
FROM SATURDAYS DAILY.

He uCcon 1lbiAch tcAls Oi a tulflSel
 yesr-old fat boy in that city who weigl
 2S3 pounds.
 Apache county wool growers e1pec
 to realize 20 cents per pound for ,hei
 spring clip this yeso.
 Ben Rybon returned yesterday frou
 an official tour through the Verde val
 ley, and as far as Strawberry valley. Judge Gooding has deci jed that the
 county expense law is valid act. Il
 is an infamous measure in its effect, ht
 it legal or not.
 | Isaac T. Stoddard and R. T. Strick
 land came in on this mornings train
 from the east. Both are identified with the mining interests of this | section.
 Lieut.. Chas c. Clark. Of the Ninth
 Infantry, recently stationed at Fort Whipple. has been assigned to duty at Fort Huschuca, and left for there few days since.
 Every cowboy in the county should come to the 4th of July blowout in Prescott. A guarantee of big purses is given and fair play assured to every one who participates.
 The heaviest hail storm ever known there Is said to have visited Clifton last Tuesday evening. Rain accom- pa nied 1t, damaging the rosdbed, for fifty feet, two miles below there.
 The saddle and bride donated for
 the cowboy feature of the 4,h of July
 entertainment Is a beauty, and shows a
 commendab!e and liberal spirit on the
 part of Messrs. Gales aud Duhn. who
 donste it.
 Reports from Clifton confirm the ru- mor that Whitum was killed by ln- disns. The Indians were ia ambush close to the house aud shot him twice through the body. The Iudiaus head ed east towards New Mexico.
 Information has been received at Whipple from Washington, b. c., AS 10 the probable abandonment o; the above post in the near future. pro- test was prepared this morning and signed by our citizens generally against the proposed removal.
 The Tucson Star says the Fort Bowie and Fort Thomas stage vas held up by | \ Mexican last Saturday sfternoon and | robbed. The stage contained three passengers, all of whom were aIe to- iisgoge. l. is thought that the rob- Der must have secured m the usighbor- hood of $500.
 At old Agua Frea station list nj 1t the river of that name came down booming. EK-Justice A D. McGinnis' kitchen hecame s sm all lake aud hams | aoated abont so lively tha~ even the | oldest rats in the distTi { could scarcely | get nibble. The gente showers n Phenix on Tuesday proved heavy enough torrents up north to thus arouse the usually placid course of this cold water creek. k.--Herald.
 In their report the Maricops county grand jury says: "We desire to invite the attention of the court to the case where the County Recorder has been allowed aud paid the sum oi Sl ,034 for tax deeds. Another, where one Brush, Il criminal, was arrested in Oregon, on a reqnisition of the Cover nor, and on which the county has file. yally paid the sum of $504. We re- quest that the District Attorney be in- structed by the court to commence proceeding against the Recorder and Board of Supervisors, to recover the different amounts
 Although "alum is seldom found in a pure state. and only in the neighboid of extinct volcanoes" says the authori- ties On the subject, yet here m Apache not far from St. Johns and | within six miles of the Atlantic & Pa cific railroad, one of our Mexican citi- Lens recently discogered an immense deposit of pure chrystalized alum. We | have seen several large chunks oT the stuff, and in the taste of it, could dis cern no difference between 1t and the alum of commerce. Send in your or ders and Apache county will supply the markets of the Umled States with all | the pure alum necded.-St. Johns Herald.
 The herGers of Don Pedro Mon amos | sheep, who wintered them on the Gila, | returned with them lew days since | for the purpose Of shearing While 1 en route aud ou the headwaters of | B.ack river, one of the herders (Fran- | cisco Bdca) caEe across a tent, and on l looking into 1t, saw q man lying on q bed, dead. His shoes were alongside 1 the bed, and the tent had the appear | snce of having beeu undisturbed. The | herder was too badly frightened to make close inspection of the prem | ises, but he thinks the man had been dead about two months, and tine body had the appearance of drying up. Mir. Montana came into St. Johns ou Tues day and reported the case to District Attorney Bunch, who wrote Luther Martin, Esq, of Springerville, instruct ing him to find the body, hold an in- quest and bury it-St Johns Herald.
 Deputy Assessor Hubert Mulvenon, of Prescott Junction, took & trip up the A. & P. railroad few days since, on au assessing tour. and surprised number of sheep men near Ash Fork, who were engaged in driving their sheep across the line into Coconino county. Mul-
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