The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-01-11
TERRITORIAL NOTES.

l Col, C. w. JohnStone has been ap~ pointed justice of the peace for Phoenix precinct
 Geo. W. Hoadley has been appointee receiver of the Phoenix Light and Power Co.
 Operations at the Harqua Hala prop critics are to be resumed on the broad est scale January 15.
 The expenses of the territorial insane asylum for the month of December were q little over S1 ,600,
 Emile Salignac, of Arizona. has been removed from the position of Chinese inspector by Secretary Carlisle.
 Ex-Marshal Paul and Calvert Wilson, district attorney of Yuma county, had "srrap" one day last week, in the streets of Tucson.
 Company G, National Guard of Ari- zona, has been organized officially and will be mustered in at Nogales on Jan uary 10, by Major John A. Black, of the Third battalion.
 At the election in Yuma last week, F. $. IugalIs was elected mayor, Frank Redoudo and ". w. Woodman council men; Isaac Levy, treaSuper!J, F, Neahr, assessor, and R. s. Hatch, marshal.
 Hon. Frank Baxter succeeds J. Il. McClintock as business manager of the Phoenix Gazette, and MT. McClintock fills ths chair of city editor, instead of Frank King, who has been appointed under sheriff.
 A Mexican woman named Carmen Ochoa was arrested in Tucson few days ago and placed in the county jail charged with having stolen about $700 worth of diamonds from Mrs, Chas. Meyer of that place.
 k. II. Hitler, charged the embezzle- ment of the funds of the Phoenix Flee tic Light Co.,, was dismissed after q hearing before Justice Austin, and the prosecuting witness, Franklin Hall, was ordered to pay the costs.
 Monday morning those at Arizola who were up sufficiently early were witnesses of rare sight. Over the eastern horizon there hung wonderful mirage, au exact representation of Florence, with the court house and other buildings seemingly on the next section. Oasis.
 On December 3lst the close of the old year, the Tom mbStone Mining and Milling company announced to its men that after January 1st, 1891, and until silver should raise in price, they would be obliged to reduce the wages of miners to $2.50 per day and engineers to S4 per day.
 Zack Booth, who escaped from the territorial prison last week, was brought back last Tuesday, having been arrested twenty miles from Harqua Hala. He is one of three brothers sentenced from Cochisc coun- ty for twelve years for stealing. Dur ing his escape he stole three other horses to help him out, each of which failed him.
 Judge II. E. Lighthizer, dStiu- guiShed member of the territorial bar and prominent candidate for the ap- poiutment to the bench of the second judicial district, died last week of pneumonia at Phoenix. Deceased was one of the best know Masons of the territory and was prominent in the Grand Army of the Republic during the past two years.
 A train load of cattIe-23 cars, 647 head, went out yesterday. It consisted of three carloads of beef from HoOker's range, bought by Maxwell, for Purdy of San Bernardino, one car of beef from the range of Monk & Phillips, bought by Jacob Everhardy for Los and the balance-554 head Sierra Bonita cattle going to California pasture. .-WillcoX Stockman.
 That story in the Phoenix Gazette about the arrest of an Indian at Saca- ton by Hinson Thomas and the subse- quent escape of the Indian is chiefly because of its inaccuracy MT. Thomas did not go to the agency to make the arrest, this having been made by Deputy Sheriff Boscha and Constable Foreman, and they brought the Indian to Florence and lodged him in jail, where he is now confined.