The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-04-05
TERRITORIAL NOTES.

informed that the company proposes to drift 600 feet along the ledge.
 Reports from various quarters of the county are to the effect that grass is starting up fiuely in every direction, and the prospect for spring gra ss has uot been better for many years past St. Johns Herald.
 At San Xavier the Indians have about p per cent. less land than usual in crops. This is due to lack of seed The land, however, is better cultivated. and the crops now nicely up. present finer appearance than a year ago. The Papagos arc becoming expert farmers
 A new industry has located in Phoe nix and one which was needed, viz. a shirt factory, Heretofore a large per ceutagc of our citizens lave sent out of tho territory to have shirts made but hereafter they can have them made at home and made to fit at less prices than they pay to the travelling salesman for shirt houses.
 The reports from the new gold mines just discovered east of Harqna Hala, grow more favorable daily. It begins to look as if the prospectors in the field would be amply rewarded for their winters work. Everybody has left Harrisburg and that section for the new mines, which are said to be as rich as the Bonanza at Harqua Hala.
 The Mexican smuggler who was shot by Line Rider Finley on sbe l4th of the present month, crawled to wood camp near the scene of the fight and was cared for by some of his countrymen He died the next day and was buried near the summit of the Huachuca mountains. A Mexican friendly to the officers told them of this | few days after the shooting -Prospector.
 It is reported that there are eighteen cases fdiphtheria scattered through the city. A prominent physician said last night that while there were q number of cases of the dreadful disease, the dan ger of an epidemic at this season of the year was slight. Should the malady gain much moro headway, the appoint ment of health officer by the city council would be step in the right direction. Citizen.
 Ex-Senator J. G. Fair, HeibeIt Clark, E. J. Andrade and J. E. Evans returned last week from the Curopah volcanoes, The GX.senator says: ''Thty are pci fcctly wonderful. No one could believe what there is ou the border of Lake Jullula unless he has been there and seen for himself. balhed in the lake of ink, and in the hot sulphdr, soda and niagnesia springs. never had anything do me 50 much good In time, when better known, that will be- come one of the great health resorts of the world.n
 | The Prospector says there are several candidates trimming their sails for the various offices in Cochise county next fall. One of the choicest plums will be the recorders office, which will be d salaried office after next January, worlh S2,500 per annum The treas urcr's office will also he a salaricd one. worth $500 per year. The fee offices will in all cases he worth less than pre-. vious years, owing to the fees having been gut down from D 10 30 per c~nt. by tho last legislature.
 A quick turn was taken in the Walk CT case at Florence on Friday morning and the suit was brought to q sudden termination SD far as the district court of Pinal county is concerned. A vcr- dict was rendered in favor of the de- fcndants, brothers and sisters of John D. Walker. The case was an appeal from the probate court of Pinal county, in which, after long trial, the right of the plaintiff to be recognized as the heir of John D, Walkerwas established. Republican.
 The court of private land claims has handed down decisions in the matter of the San Rafael del Valle, Babocomari, Sonoita and Nogales de Elias grants, finding in favorof the settlers. The holding of the court in these cases is practically the same as it would be in other actions involving the various grants of tbe territory. for the grounds riynn hv thn holders Inf tIoeo Inrtra