Arizona republican., 1896-12-24
ARIZONA NEWS BUDGET.
Matters of Interest From All Parts of
 the Territory

A new hldSOHlc IOuS6 WAS 1uSlItuleu at Bisbee last week. Governor Thornton of New Mexico has gone to Guaymas for the benefit of his health. The saving to the territory in the expenses of the territorial prison for the past two years foots up the hand 1 some sum of $13,OO0.
 Officer Estrella went to Casa Grande Monday to bring back the absconding Los Angeles man, Elwert, the latter having been stopped there by tele- graph. Manager Hudson of the Santa Fe eating house at Kinsley, Kan, has been appointed to take general charge of the Harvey eating houses on the Frisco system.
 The fourth annual tournament of the Arizona Sportsman's association will be held at Prescott January and 10, 1897 under the auspices of the Prescott Gun club.
 The Flagstaff schools will close for the holidays on Thursday, December "A, on which day, in the afternoon, an entertainment will be given by the pupils of the school.
 Advices from Globe state that that camp has never been so prosperous as now. However, there will not prob ably be any further increase in the number of men employed till the eX- tension of the railroad is at least com menced.
 The mines of Mohave county are among the best in the west. Several hundred miners are at work at White Hills and other prosperous camps in that county, and a large amount of the precious metal is being extracted
 w. Moore Clayton, who recently was in. Williams, tells the Albuquerque Democrat that the town has subscribed 5000 towards the rebuilding of the Saginaw Lumber company's mill, which was burned last July.
 Hon. Levi A. Hughes, who made the best and most efficient internal revenue collector New Mexico and Ar izona ever had, came in from the ter ritorial capital at noon today on the fyer.-Albuquerque Citizen.
 Captain Hughes says that if the governor of Arizona could secure the services of half dozen Texas rangers for the trailing of the Musgrave-Black Jack gang it would not be long before Ae outlaws would be out of the coun- ty.-El Paso Herald.
 Angora goat skins, when nicely tanned, make most excellent rugs, and are greatly in demand A sheep man brought quite a number to Eddy this week. and in very short time dis posed of the entire lot at prices rang ing from $50 to $2.50.-Eddy Argus.
 The St. Louis Globe-Democrat says: President D. B. Robinson of the Frisco and his son returned to headquarters yesterday from California and Ari- zona. He did not fill in the gap of 700 miles between Sapulpa and Albuquer- que during his absence, nor did he do any of the other remarkable things attributed by wild western correspond ents to his transcontinental trip.
 In the examination of Zach Taylor before Justice Alvord on a charge of murder, the testimony developed that the murder was a most unprovOked, deliberate act, and was so regarded by the judge, attorney and court spec tators Without any provocation fur ther than trivial disagreement over a mining claim some weeks before to which any cause could be assigned for the rash deed Taylor deliberately went to the house of his victim, J. D. Smith and shot him down in the man ner already published in The Pros pector. Taylor was held without bonds to answer before the next grand jury.-Tombstone Prospector.
 The Chicago Herald says Henry Owen O'Connor, a real estate dealer there, committed suicide at his home 4507 Wabash avenue, by shooting him self through the heart. A few day. ago he had expressed his intention O. leaving for Wilcox, Arizona, where h. is interested in mining property ant had made all the preparations for th' departure In the afternoon he asket his wife to go to the drug store fo some medicine, and during her ab sence shot himself. He was wei known in real estate circles in Chi cago and it is supposed that ill healtl and business complications led him t take his life Before doing the act h wrote a note to his wife. O'Conno was active in the prosecution in tn Cronin murder and is the thirty-nint witness who has died. He leaves n children.