Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-04-07

ing 10 place in position all the ms chinery necessary to operate the plant. In addition to this cold si or age feature of the house, Mir. Smith will also place in his market several large and improved fans, propelled by steam from the cold storage department, thus insuring to his products freshness and delicscy during the wsrmest period. The introduction of this system is one quite worthy of comment in this section.
 The fees of the recorders office for the past quarter have been as follows: January, flung and record ing instruments, Irregular business), $425.90; special business, abstracts, etc, $32.95; total, $45s 25. February, regular, $450.95; special, $63.65; to- tai, $57460. March, regular, $509.60; special, $39 .05; total, $54865. Total from all sources, $l,52l.50. Total salaries, $950, leaving net profit to the county of $571.50.
 Jesse W. Davis has filed sult in the district court against Al. Me Cam to recover H, ,355.28. alleged o be due plaintiff as reoei pts from the payments made on the Big Bug onyx properties. The complaint al- leges that one-third of the interest held by McCann YVES held in trust for plaintiff. That defendant re- ceived S7,665.2S, of which be paid plaintiff $1,200, leaving a balance due, as stated. An attachment was issued against defeaeant.
 A Prescott man recently sent SS back to Illinois for two buff Cochin chickens, that being the advertised price for their delivery iD Prescott. To his surprise, DO their arrival here he was called ol to pay Sl.50 more, and to his still greater sur prise, on taking tbom out of tLe coop they were found to be a dif- ferent sort of chicken to what he had ordered. The Illinoisan evi- dently thought he could palm of anything in Arizona.
 Richard Corbett is said to have left San Francisco ten years ago with a large bank account there which be has paid no attention to since. Richard came to Arizona, having been heard from in Tucson, and about July, 1895, is said 10 have been in Prescott and Phenix. His bank account is rapidly becoming 1 dormant" and unless he soon "Cor- 1 bettizes" it, it will escheat to the 1 state under the laws of California, which do not permit of money lying | dormant.
 George Neat drove in from Wal nut Grove yesterday, to secure a coffin for the burial of Geo. Pierce, of that place, who was killed in a mine near Placeritas yesterday morning. Deceased was a son of Mir. aud Mrs. William Pierce, of Walnut Grove. He was engaged, with his two brothers, in developing a claim, and yesterday, while at work a rock fell, striking him on the side of bis head, breaking his neck. He was buried this afternoon.
 Walter J. Wright has commenced an action in the district court against Joseph Giroux for $60,0OO damages. The cause for action ss stated in the complaint. is the al- edged cutting of a ditch in May 1895, by the defendant, the ditch being claimed by plaintiff and Chas. Donaldson, the lattsr's claim having been assigned to Wright. A crim- nal action was brought against 5iroux for the same act and on the rial last summer the court ruled hat it was not a proper action, the 'edress of the parties alleged to lave been injured being in a civil Iuit.
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