Phoenix weekly herald., 1897-09-30
Territorial Items.


 Journal Miner.
 Sheriff Ruffner left last night fc Yuma with William Schultz, unde sentence of ten years for manslepRhter SohulSe was convicted of the murder o G. K. W. McNary and sentenced to b. hanged. His case was appealed to th Supreme court and sent back for retrial In the meantime, through the pssseg of the Norton act, the highest prime h could be convicted of was manslsughter and on his second srial he was convicted of the latter crime and sentenced to tht longest period possible under the law He hes always said he would not go tt Yuma, and when the officers entered the jail last evening Go take him, ht fought them most vioiously. It re qoired the cont bined efforts of four mer Go place the irons on him, and before ac complaining it, he ecceeded in kicking Under Sheriff Dillon under the eye causing very painful wound. Sheriff RuffneF secured the services of ex SheF if W. J. Mulvenon AS 8 guard to &C., company him, es Schultz had openly stated that be would kill himself rather than go she peHitentieFy. While the officers were engaged in putting the handcuffs and shsckles upon him be kept yelling Murder" "Innooent msnP' and applying vile epithet st the top of his voice against them.
 1a Sr,d S,, the rear of the Palace saloon and be- tween that building and D. Levy & Oo. store. It consisted of eight sticks of giant powder with cap and fuse attach ed. Investigation led to the belief that it had been placed there within the past few days, but DO clew was ob- ssined ss to who did it, OF what object the individual OF individuals had who placed 1t there. The me5teE therefore, remains an unsolved mystery.
 Judge A. O. Moves has crab apple tree in his yard which Is 8 record bEeaksE Ha hsa picked picked 455 pounds from it, selling s14 50 worth for cash, besides using all his family required and giving some to his neighbors. and still it has twenty five pounds on it. If there is crab apple tree in the terri tory which can beat this Fecard just let it's owner speak.
 Our contemporary has considerable to say about the fraudulent bonds of the P. & A o. railroad, but it fails to state where the element of fraud exists
 
 by an act of she legislature. They weze issued on specific oontraot,sll She con- ditione of which were complied with so far as the records show. These oondi- sions were the building of a railroad from Ssligmsn to Prescott. The road was completed January l, 1887, and operated till October, 1893. The county Adu ring all this time paid interest reg ulsrly on the bonds and redeen med some twenty seven thousand dollars worth of shem, and funded over fifty thousand more thus recognizing their validity fully. Nothing in regard to their fraudulenoy was ever hinted at until long after the road closed operation, and the cessation of operation of the road seems to be the only element of fraud now charged. It may be popular to advocate the reputation of this debt of she county bus there is not single Individual engaged in shat business who would not denouHce similar methods on the part of an individual to repudiate his just debts.
 lb.Y. Navarro, the Mexican Consul as Phoenix, is paying his first visis to Prescott, and is the guest of Jos. s. Oalles. Ssnor NsvsFFo Is 8 very pleas and genial gentleman. He expresses himself delighted with Prescott, and hopes to vieit ib often in the fubuEe.
 Joseph E. Birohett, of Tempe, brother Of Mrs. Geo. 0. RuffneF, came in from the south this morning snd thinks of locating in this section
 A s. Ulough, Of Point of Rocks, left soms apples at this office which are pretty fair specimens of what can be mplished in this line in Arizona. While all of them were very finely flaw ored, in fact, of superior character in | this iipe, among the number were 6 | Grse1iDg and a None Such, each of | which measured fourteen inches in cir- ou inference and weighed over 8 pound. | If there is sn apple grower in YsVapsi