Tombstone epitaph., 1891-03-08
LooAL HAPPENINGS
Monday's Deils.

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 The corner stone of the Mexican custom house at Nogaies was laid last Wednesday.
 News from Clifton under date Of last Saturday states that the river has risen again, causing another flood, and much property has been destroyed, railroads demolished, dams and fumes gone. Work has been suspended by both the Arizona and Detroit copper mining companies. Both apptoaches tire iron bridge at Guthrie, twelve miles south, are gene. ItisimPOssible to estimate the damage done. No su- thentic reports of the destruction Of the farms in the Gila valley have yet been received.
 A dispatch from San Francisco un- der date of February 27th states that
 every building in Yuma, excepting the
 penitertiary and Southern Pacific
 hotel had been washed away. The $.
 P. track was under water for twent,
 miles and the water running over the piers of the big bridge. This was on
 la,t Friday.
 There was an increase in earnings
 of the s. P. road representing money paid by merchants and others of Will cox and yicinity of $l3.OO0 in the year
 1890 as compared with the previous
 year.
 The members of the Ladies Aid Society of the NJ. E. Church tender their sincere thanks to all who in any
 WAY helped to make the 'Deestrick Skule" a success.
 MINNIE J. HART, Sec'y. Sheriff Kelton went over to his ranch yesterday and while he stopped } to water his horse in the middle of the
 river, the animal got his foot onto the , kimbalI jack which was loose, and
 pulled the bridle over his head. The sheriff jumped out of the buggy into the water to grab the horses head but was rewarded with kick in the thigh
 while the frightened animal started for , the opposite bank, tiPPed the buggy , over and circled around the country until he was satisfif d. The buggy was [ seemingly all right in the running ? gear and the sheriff started for home , About three miles from town the shafts broke loose and the horse drag . gad him about g half mile. Hasssl l gren's wagon came along few min utes later and brought the unlucky 3 officer to tOTn.
 Two men who were recently ordered
 out of Tombstone were brought bec
 last night from Fairbank upon word
 being sent from there that they were
 creating a disturbance. Deputy Me 1 Guirk brought them up and they will , have hearing as soon as the princi-
 pal witnesses ge. around.
 The cause of the high water al many points on the Colorado, Gila and at Clifton is due to the warm weather which has melted the snow in the mountains.
 The Yuma board of trade has ap- pealed to Los Angeles for aid for the food sufferers.
 It was expected that the western
 mail, which has been tied up for ten
 days, would come through to-day, but
 our citizens were disappointed again,
 We are promised feast for tomor- row.
 Mir. G. W. Cheyney returned to-day from Tucson.
 Mr. Rosenberg, of Benson, is in town.
 The two disfurhers Of the peace at Fairbank were brought before Justice Alvord this noon and sentenced 10 thirty days each in the county jail.
 Their names are H. Donahue and W. E. Mcbride.
 Not entirely through the fault oI the PRosPEcrOR, mention of the name . of Miss Minnie Hart as the "Deestrick skuIe Teacher" was omitted from the programme of exercises at the ScheifIe-
 lin HaIi last Friday night. We make
 amend by breaking cur resolution not
 to make special mention of any parti- cipant by according to Miss Hart the well earned reputation Of having sus- tained her character in a manner