Phoenix weekly herald., 1897-12-23
YAVAPA4 COUNTY.

Constables James Roberts and Ton
 Elder captured Wm- DelaShmutt OI Tuesday evening last and placed him
 in jail It appears Delashmutt was
 was city marshal of Selma, Fresno county, California, and decamped with the city funds. He has been advertis- ed for in different papers and q reward offered for his arrest. An officer is probably on the way now from Selma to take him back to stand trial.--JOur- nal-Miner
 In the office Of R. N. Fredericks can be seen some recent arrivals from Munich, brought over by a friend of MT. F., which are curiosities in this part of the country. Theyar a bronze shield, weighing about 40 pounds and bearing upon it's outer surface in rais- ed images representations of the lead ing scenes in Milton's Paradise Lost; and two large conch shells bearing painted pictures, the remarkable feat ure of the shells being that painted pictures extend into the shells as far as the eye can see and until the ap- perture grows so small that the use of the artists brush therein seems al most impOsible.--Courier.
 The people of Prescott are bestiring themselves in the matter of the reten- ton of Whipple Barracks. Yesterday President R. N. Fredericks, of the Prescott Mining Exchange, forwarded q telegraphic protest to Delegate Smith against the removal of WhippIe This protest was/signed by several of our most prominent citizens The Courier" is informed that the Board of Supervisors and the Prescott City Council will take similar action in this important matter. MT. Fredericks yesterday received q telegram which indicated that the situation is not so bad as is generally suppOsed.-COurier
 Plans are being drawn for a two story stone building, a three-Story brick building, and S3O,O0O hotel, all to be built by the United Verde Copper company, which means that Jerome is going to be the metropolis of Arizona and when the Decatur Mining con- pany and the Equator mine get to working it will still further add to the prosperity of the camp. As good an investment as a young man can make is to buya lot and build a house, which makes a great deal better in vestment than to put it on the high card or being a good felIow.--Jerome Reporter.
 The United Verde Copper company has new one hundred kilo-watt gen orator, built by the Siemens Halske electrical company of Chicago, which. l up to the present, makes five dynamos running, supplying power for about 1 seventeen motors, besides lighting the | mine, shelter and tOwn.--J erome Re porter.
 Prescott business people are provid- | ing themselves with burglar proof | safes at an unusually rapid rate | Whether this is an indication of pros | perity or not is q question: But the safes are coming. A few days ago jeweler Lemon got giant safe Since | that D. Levy &C Co, H. MuIvenon, and | the City of Prescott have all provided | themselves with burglar proof safes.- Courier.
 A bonanza has been uncovered at | Rich Hill, about ten miles from Con gress, in Yavapai county, by Jene Shy der The hill in which the ledge was has long been noted for the | occasionally found there, but | this was the first definite ledge that | has ever been found there. From a twenty-five foot shaft thirteen tons of | ore have been taken that will yield | $50 ton in gOld.--Jerome Reporter.