The herald., 1896-10-11
ARIZONA NEWS
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man in the same car said to q friend
that he would willingly bet q million
dollars that Mckinley would carry Cali
fornia- Mrs. Lane overheard the re-
mark and asked the gentlemen II he
would bet anything ny nanaS less than I'm million
sum-" "well, name your sum-" said
Mrs Lane, "I'll bet you any amount
from 500 to 81. 900. .ooO" The million dol
lar man turned the conversation into
another channel
The Mineral Wealth speaks Of Mari.
Smith being a chronic office-seeker. We
hardly think that fact will initiate
against him in the least. He has beer
in Arizona twenty years and has held
office eight years. Bucky O'Neill has
been a resident Of Arizona seventeen
years and has held office or was q bien-
nial oface-seeker the greater pat of the
time. He was first deputy sheriff ~
marshal, then court reporter for this
Yavapat county. Following his term
of probate judge he was sheriff for two
years, and was again nominated to that
office by his party, but withdrew from
the race before election. Two years age
he was a candidate for congress and
now aspires to the same office.-Mohave
County Miner.
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A. L. Carrier, an old prospector, is an
inmate Of the sisters hospital, says the
Phoenix Republican, where he is being
treated for what may be fatal acci-
dent. From what can be learned the old
gentleman lives in a tent about five
miles north of the city, and late Satur-
day night he was awakened from his
slumbers by the furious barking Of 9
dog. He got up to ascetain the cause
He had CT h fs
tent when he was felled to the ground
by blow in the abdomen. The blow
was struck by a steer and one of the
animaPs horns entered his bowels, max
ing terrible wound, and allowing the
intestines to protrude. He was brought
covered, and now has only fighting
chance for his life.
Every free silver voter should be
careful where he places his vote for del.
egate to congress- says the Jerome Min.
ing News. Mark Smith Is silver man
who, If sent to Washington. will be ir
close touch with the Bryan administra-
ton. If Arizona is to get statehood
Col. Cotton returned yesterday from
a trip to Bisbee, says the Republican
He was an eye witness of the flood thai
occurred there, and says 1t was some.
thing terrible, and the damage to rail.
road and other property will amount tt
100000.
All the bodies of the people drowned
have not yet been found, although 9
force of men Is searching in the flats
where the bodies of the two Zeek child
rem were found. The hail in the flats
was three feet deep two days after the
flood. and the searchers have to use
picks in order to prosecute the search
He said the storm came from two clouds
which met southwest of the city, and
took funnel shape. The flood Of water
and hail came down from the mesa
west of the MILESTONE mountains
striking Mr. Zeek's house and carrying
away with it Mrs Zeek and her two lit
tie boys, and also another lady and two
children who were visiting at Mrs
Zeek's. The flood continued on its way
carrying houses along as If they were
chips. Several Mexicans who lived or
the flats are supposed to have beer
drowned, as their bodies have not ye
been discovered.
The burglars who have been operat-
ing in Phoenix for several days past
have probably changed their tactics
and given Tempe chance for some.
thing to talk about Monday afternoon
Lon Forsee, but occupied by the Misses
Payton, and carried off what jewelry
the house contained, as we'll as all of
the wearing apparel of the young ladies.
The deed was committed in broad day.
light, ard 1t must have been a nervy
gang that would do such an act, when
any chance passerby might observe
their action. The young ladies were alb
sent from home at the time.-Phoenix
Republican.
A report was brought into blackberry
Monday by Mohave Indians says the
Kingmau Miner, to the effect that a
few evenings before, while the en-
ployes Of the Barnhart company, oper-
ating on the Colorado river, a short dis
tance above Scanlon's ferry, were at
Supper, they were startled by a terrible
roaring In the canyon above, and were
Mortified to see body of water tower
ing twenty feet above the level of the
river, coming down on them at railroad
speed. They had just time enough to es-
cape to high ground, when the wall of
water broke over the company's works
and when 1t had passed away there
were left the placid, shining sands as of
yore. The loss will be heavily felt by the
company, as it had Just put the works
in running order. The cause of the
flood is unaccountable, as no rain has
II.
The Kingman Miner says: A Mr..
Kelly arrived in Kingman Thursday
evening in search Of doctor to attend
a man named Joe Klaus, who had that
morning been badly injured in the mill
of the Cedar Valley Mining company
at Cedar. Mr.. Klaus had been working
in settling tank and was wearing a
pair of rubber boots. Stepping from the
tank to the top Of one of the pans, which
was in motion, his bootleg was caught
by nut on the sleeve Of the muller and
in an instant he was being whirled
around at a terrific rate. Before assist
ance reached him his leg below the knee
was broken and the flesh stripped from
the bone. The sight was horrible one.
and the suffering of the poor fellow was
intense. A doctor has gone to Cedar to
try to save the mans life.
William Cannon. miner and contrac-
tor, is in from the Gold Leaf and Sur
prise mines, located in the Aqua Fria.
section, says the Prescott Courier, where
he has completed q contract for deyel-
opment work upon the Gold Note. Both
of these mines have been bonded by Dan
Gillette, representing the Hearst es-
tate. Mr.. Cannon. who has worked in
and around the mines Of this county for
the past nine years, says these mines
are the best he has yet seen, and win
support a large mining camp. At the
depth of ITO feet below the surface,
ore, which averages $50 gold per ton.
The ore body is 60x10O feet square.
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