The herald., 1895-07-11
OVER THE LINE IN ARIZONA
Report of Territorial Board of
Control
A DETERMINED SUICIDE
A Shortage Of Water in the City OF
Prescott
The Progress on the Great Yuma Canal-Sur.
veyors and Contractors Now Very
Actiye-Personsl Notes

PRESCOTT. July 10.--At special
meeting of the city council last evening
the Sunset Telephone company, owners of
the Prescott Telephone company, through
their agent, Charles Hoff, were instructed
to place a telephone in: the city water
works building; also one at the residence
Of the chief engineer of the Prescott fire
department. Water matters were dis
cnssed, and F. M. Murphy appeared be-
fore the council and suggested that the
city expend $25U0 in sinking the well on
Goose fat. Mr.. Murphy stated that he
and his people would pay cash for city
warrants issued for that purpose, and the
city could thus produce cash to pay for
the work right away. The well PROPOSE
tion in Goose fiat is, the Courier believes,
a good one, no matter by whom or how
sunk. The time has arrived to act and
act quickly at that, for water is badly
needed.
The late Duncan McNavern. the unfor-
tunate man who hung himself in the
county jai last Wednesday evening, will
be buried from Pritchett's undertaking
parlors today. Sheriff Ruffner ordered
an elegant casket for the remains and
will bear the entire expense of the
funeral. 1t was q most determined case
of suicide; the baling. rope used was
the self-murderer procee'! that the death
watch in the jail over the McNary muir
derers heard no unusual sound. The two
men in the next cell say that MoNavern
paced his cell for some time, talking in
coherently to himself; that soon after he
ceased walking, one SQUAD, as of a man
giving snore in his sleep, was heard
from his cell, and then all was quiet.
There is the deep, black cut of the baling
rope under the mans chin. Below this
mark Is an old scar, looking as if made
in previous attempt Of che same kind.
The ton que protrudes through the open
lips and seems to be almost bitten in two
by the teeth of the tightly closed jaws.
W. L. George and Jacob Bohner have
leased the New York mine owned by
Fred Schmidt and Joseph Dougherty, five
miles west of Prescott. 1t is a free mill
ing proposition, running $50 gold per ton,
with many tons in sight.
The Fourth of July celebration is over,
and Prescott is high and dry, the mayor
having by official order shut off even the
city water for drinking purposes, that
commodity having become scarcer since
the water question got into the courts,
until it is now all questions and but little
water.
Two prominent citizens were yesterday
fined $50 each for turning on water IN
violation OF the city shutting-off order.
If this keeps up the city will clear more
money on water shortage than otherwse
Carey Peck. the sprinter. and Miss Ber-
tina Cotton were married in Prescott yes
terday by Rev. Wagnon. The Prescott
brass band serenaded the couple last even
ing.
j. L. Fisher ia confined to his bed with
broken rib. sustained in jumping out of
carriage which the team was about to
overturn, owing to one Of the lines break
ing.
At the Pritchett fire in West Prescott
few evenings since a man picked up a
gold watch which fell from bureau
drawer and disappeared with it. The
man was identified and placed under ar
rest yesterday.
Nick Flumberger, who is placer mining
about two miles south of Prescott on Gran
ite creek. recently took out S7S in gold
dust in ten days. One nugget alone is
worth $25. 1t is beautifully shaped and
solid gold. Nick reports twenty men at
work where he made the cleanup.
Assayer Bache reports that his office
on saturday last was the scene of most
malicious and burglarious visitation.
The thief carried off two ounces of test
silver, valued at 50. so per ounce, a pair OF
new shoes. bottle Of alcohol, and a
small piece of gold. the latter taken from
the scale drawer. The malicious DISPOSE
ton OF the thief was shown by the fact
that he salted lot of huxes that were in
the office. rendering them worthless, so
A man from Phoenix Yesterday sold
two checks drawn on bank by himself
when he had no money in the bank. He
got $50 from Bob Brown on one of his
bogus checks and $50 from Ben Beecher
on the other. The man is in jail.