The Arizona sentinel., 1897-10-23
LOCAL NOTES.

Sheriff Greenleaf returned Monday from an official trip to Parker.
 Eastern prices pure drugs, and per feet accommodation at Cotter's Drug Store.
 Judge Holcomb returned Monday from & business trip to various mining camps up the river.
 Dr. Winfred Wiley, of Phoenix, has been commissioned as Surgeon Gen gral on the staff on Governor McCord.
 The steam shovel to be used in the construction of the big canal is being unloaded at the docks above the s. P. hotel, and preparations are being made for the building of the barge on which it will be erected.
 The Paso de los Algodones grant contest which has been in the supreme court for some time will come up for final hearing in Washington during the last week in January next. The delay is caused by the resignation of Justice Field from the supreme bench.
 William Donnell, of Los Angeles, came in Wednesday evening and went up the river Thursday morning to Tyson's Wells, where he will teach the ensuing term of public school. MT. Donnell was a ciassmate of our accomplished teacher Miss Rood, in the university of Southern California
 Fred G. Hughes, the Pima county detaulter, has written letter to the board of supervisors at Tucson, in which he acknowledges taking the money belonging to the Pioneers As sociation, but lays the blame all to the gambling habit. He was in Guaymas when the letter was written, and says he will soon return and make goed the shortage.
 The first of the famous Sunset Linn tied trains for this season passed through Yuma, Tuesday evening, bound for Chicago via St. Louis. The westbound train passed yesterday. As usual these trains are up to the stand ard, and the travelling public. halls their inauguration with delight. At present they are being run as specials, but next week a new time card will go into effect and they will be allotted regular time.
 General and Mrs. A. J. Jampson passed through Yuma yesterday en route to San Francisco, from which point they will sail to Quinto, Equdor where the General goes to fill the ap-I pointment of ambassador. Mr.Sampson is an able man and has many warm friends in Arizona, He and his estim- able wife were rendered a reception by the Phoenix chamber of commerce on the evening before their departure, in appreciation of MT. Sampson's services as president of that organization.
 Superintendent Darlington has be- gun the work of constructing new quarters fo- the female convicts in the Territorial prison. The guard house occupying the northwest conner of the prison site is being remolded and will be furnished with steel cells When completed the new quarters will be in charge of matron, and the female prisoners will then be accorded all the conveniences usually found in slch institutions and they will have no further cause for complaint.
 Edward z. Ives, brother of Eugene s. Ives, arrived last Monday from Philadelphia, and will spend the win- ter in Yuma. MT. Ives is a civil engineer, having been connected with the government in that capacity for a number of years, and will assist En- gineer Norton in the work of solving the knotty problems connected with the construction of The State of Ari- zona Improvement Co.'S. big canal. Lieut.. Ives, father of E. s. and E. Z., made the first government survey of the Colorado river many years ago.