Phoenix weekly herald., 1897-09-23
Territorial Items.
Tucson Citizen:


 by Judge J. $. Wood on 6 charge of insanity. She wes adjudged nos in 8 dangerous condition and heR husband appeared and offered to teke charge of her and to answer for her actions, and sns was disch srged.
 Pensions have recently been granted to the following residents of Arizona: John Rose, Yuma; Thomas Bgers, Phoe- nix; Thomas 0 Bsio, Dos Osbezs An thony Wright, Clifton G Leffer, Pooenix; Peter Christensen. Fort Gssnt; Elias A. Rohu, Tempe Joseph Fo1, Florence: Jemes B. Farnsworth, Phoe- nix; Robert Plumridge, Tucson.
 Andy Collins, uperiutendent of the Mammoth mine is in the city. The Mammoth company intends to increase the working capacity of the mine very materially during the coming winter. A lsrge amount of tim beF has been kaken out to the mines during the past month and the camp Is beginning to assume an air of lively business &C., tivity.
 Arrangements are being made by the M. l& P. and the Southern Pacific rail waye for 8 grand cheap excursion to be ruu from Phoenix to this city on Sun day, September 26tb, the round trip rate to be g 75. The idea eeems to be meeting with popular favor and it Is probable that several caoch loads of people from the Sslb river valley will take advantage of the cheap rate to visit this city. The old town will cer- tainIy do her share and visitors can rest assured that they will be well taken case of.
 Two large wagon loads of machinery were taken out to Saginaw today, for the Saginaw Mining Company. The machinery is part of new quartz mill which the company Is erecting at the mines The indications are that the Saginaw will make one of the most prosperous camps in theTeFRitory when ths new machinery IS all up and in working order.
 Bishop Halbert was slightly under the weather this morning over the arrival of 8 new boarder. A buxum lass who tirped the scales at 12 pounds and told the bishop to etep around lively before she had been in the house an hour. Mrs. Rsibsrt and the young lady are on terms Of social intimacy ard both ere doing nlcely. Not so, however, with the bishop who confidsntisIly whispered to @ sym pstkizIng friend: "It pears to me Pll rever get used to it," but later in the day he was smiling and chippeE as ever and "set lem up to the boys" on demand
 Wm. Clark, of the Liberty mine, is in the city. He is the fortunate owner of one of bhe best silver mines in South ern Arizona, and is continually taking out ore of high grade foF shipment. The Silver Hill mining district in which She above line Is located. Jos. Gold trees mines are also located in this dis tFict, from which large amount of high grade silver ore has been shipped dur ing the past two OF three years. They are down nearly five hundred feet In one of them, and the vein shows no signs of giving out; on the contrary. however! the deeper they go the bet ter the quality of the ore.
 A couple of sports were run out of PieKcs last Friday night. They struck the town Thursday night and proceeded to open faro game in the saloon of Ed. Brown. Is was not long until 8 good crowd were grouped about the table looking for the lucky card. The game was run Thursday night and the two partners succeeded in winning goodly amount of she miners hard earned cash aud no one suspected them of playing unfairly. Ths next night, however, "R mice was smeIled" and the crowd soon learned that they were being swindled. 10 did net take them long then to sur- round the two gamblers, and shey pSo- cseded to take possession of all the cash in sight, which was divided up amongst the losers and the "spoRts' were given bus few minutes to get out of town. They did not need second invitation and "vamoosed" immediately without kick. It was said that they were lucky to get off so easily es it would not have taken much persustion to have caused the angry orowd to 'ssring them up." Journal -Ajner:
 A crab apple tree iu DR. O. W. Vickers' yard IS doing double duty this year. In the early spring 1t bloomed and soon afterwards liberal | supply oi crab apples appeared. The apples grew nicely till about the first of July, when the beas and winds seemed | to stunt theiF growth, and before ma turing and ripening they shHiveled and l dried up. To make amends, apparently, 1 for it's miscarriage in failing to ripen its | first crop, the tree is nov again laden | with bloom, and second crop may ap- psaF before the frosts set in. There ;a considerable mining activity l around she head of the Hessayamps |