El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-08-17
Little Items From Live Papers.
ARIZONA.

The Mormon church at Mesa last
Sunday raised about $50 for the mon
ument fund.-St. Johns Herald.
Cochise county stands first in the
territory as showing the largest in
crease of assessment over the previous
year. The increase over last year was
nearly $500, 000.-Tombstone Prospec-
tor.
The owners of the Marcus mine,
near Stanton, it is said, propose to
commence work on that property very
soon on a large scale. This mine has
produced fabulously rich ore in times
past.-Journal Miner.
Reports of the scarcity of water on
the ranges and of springs going dry
are very numerous lately, and it is
feared that unless some rain falls
pretty soon stock will be likely to suffer
observation-disclosures Special.
A carload of copper matte. from the
Necessary mine, was brought up here
yesterday and will be treated at the
Queen shelters. Heretofore the matte
has been shipped to Baltimore, but
hereafter will be put through the con-
Nerters here.-Bisbee Orb.
The San Miguelita mine, which ia
now under bond to eX-GOv. Thornton,
Of New Mexico and other gentlemen OF
ample means, Is producing an abund-
ance OF high grade ore, and it is report
ed that the bond will be taken up some
time next month.--Bisbee Orb.
Young Miguel, the second son OF ex-
whief OF the Yumas, who returned last
Geek from q ten years. sojourn at San
Quentin, went TO work last Monday on
the section between here and Ogilby.
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dead, having sucumbed to the intense
hest.-Yums Sentinel.
The Prospector has q striking evil
dence of the productiveness of Arizona
soil in q cucumber of abnormal size
watermelon. The cucumber weighs
four pounds, is over q foot long and was
raised in the garden at the residence
of G. B. Tarbell.--Tucson Star.
A deed was filed in the office of the
Yuma county recorder by which h. E.
Harris conveys the Del Monte group,
situated in Harrisburg district. to Ste.
phen W. Dorsey. The consideratio on
was $50, 900. The property conveyed
has been recently sold at q handsome
figure by the Del Monte company
Tucson Star.
II the city secures the proposed wat
err works system, a summer hotel on
the butte is one of the possibilities for
next season. Such hotel would be
the means of bringing much money
and many people to Tempe, and the
News is iuformeds that reliable people
are now figuring on the proposition -
Tempe News.
David Wallace yesterday met with
an accident that will in all probability
cost him the sight OF his left eye. He
was milking a COW and the animal re-
fusing to stand satisfactorily, he I'M
dertook to discipline her with q small
stick which he picked up. When he
struck the COW the stick broke and q
small splinter flew back striking his
left eye entering the iris.-Tempe
News.
Work is soon to be commenced on
the Southern Pacific company's propos-
ed steel bridge over the Colorado at
this point. Material for this structure
will likely begin to arrive next month,
and when all is in readiness q large
force of men Will be put to work, as it
will be necessary to rush the job to
completion. The piers will be of con-
crete and the bridge entirely of steel.
Yuma Sun.
TuI. ANclSOu SdTT mas Decn request
ed by the government to teach the In
dians of the Colorado river agency.
The Colorado river agency is above
Yuma at Parker on the river. 1t Is
nice, warm place to live, no clothes be-
ing necessary in the summer and no
wood or coal in the winter. 1t is 10
degrees In the shade in the winter and
600 in the sun in summer.-Kiugmau
Correspondent.
James Shirley returned to Prescott
from q visit to the Swindler mines on
Big Bug, which he recently bonded to
+. b. Gage, bringing with him some
sheets of copper, taken from q shovel,
which had lain in the water In the
81 aft for four days. The rspidity with
which the water acts on metal ia some
thing remarkable and Is evidence OF a
very large body of copper where the
water comes from.-Tucson Citizen.
The Republican some time ago
made mention of nest egg which
had been Matched out of the home of
Mrs. w. X. James, purely by the
genial rays of an Arizona sun. The