El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-28
Neighbour
hood Notes.
Arizona.

There are many marks of improve
ment in Wilcox during the present
yeer.-Ex.
The hotel at Cochise is progressing
nicely. The building constructed of
adobe is 30x6O feet.-Ex.
Dalton Yates has purchased the Con-
gress house of Prescott, from Mrs.
Yoakum for So, O0O.-Citizen.
DR.. Wood. of Jerome, has been sp-
pointed a member of the Arizona board
of medical examiners.-TucsO n Citizen.
The extension of the North & South
railroad from Phoenix to Tucson has
become 'long felt want. "-Tucson
Star.
The ice plant of Caldwell and Swat
ling of Wilcox, is daily marketing 5000
pounds of ice. 400 lights are now said
to be on.-Ex.
Frank Bidwell. miner, was struck
by lightning and killed, in his tent at
Camp Katherine, in Castle Creek, on
| Aug. 11.-Silver Belt.
The new placing mill at Tucson will
soon be ready for business. A large
| lot of machinery has already been in
stalled in the mill.-Republican.
Coke for the Rosemont smelter in
| the Santa Rita mountains will be
hauled from Souoita on the N. M. & A.
railroad instead of from Tucson.-Orb.
Sam Gleason, q miner employed in
| the United Verde, WAS caught in q
premature blast and will probably lose
the sight of both eyes.-Journal Miner.
| Col. Roe Young, the former agent
of the Maricops Indians in Arizona,
has left Los Angeles for his home in
Kentucky after an extended visit in
that city.-Republican.
An application has been made from
Helevela camp for the creation OF q
school district, says the Tucson Star.
At present there are about three hun
dred people living in and about the
camp.
The United Verde Copper company
| has made arrangements to lay pipe
| line to some springs five miles south of
Jerome, from which water will be
pumped to supply the company.-Ex-
| change.
Nothing has been heard of the
Whereabouts of Becker, alias Beck,
alias Camp, the slick gentleman who
victimized number of Tom bstoners
Prospector.
| Inc COCOnlQO gun SL8G0S LQaG Ira
Mendenhall, one of the successful bid
ders on the normal school building,
skipped out with $500 of the contract
money and has been spprehended in
Los Angeles.-Prospect
Arizona has become famous through
her silver, copper and gold product.
When her precious stones and gems
become generally known it will cause
much additional interest in those
American Gland of Ophir. Tucson
Star.
Horses, especially the kind known az
range horses, are not IS valuable as
they once were. The Flagstaff Gem
says Chas, J. Bsbbitt this week sold
several hundred heads for $3.50 per
head. They were bought to Kansas
buyers.-Silver Belt.
A gun play is said to have been made
by prominent young man of our town,
says the Bisbee Orb, upon another
young man and it is said but for the
second young man being fleet of foot
The names of the parties are withheld
for the welfare of both.
Fletcher Fairchild, sheriff of Coconi-
no county. has been committed to the
insane asylum. He has brother in
the same institution. James A. John
son. of Williams, has been appointed
sheriff in place of Fairchild. The lat
ter has been incapaciteted from filling
the Office ever since his election
Prospector.
The Northern Normal school opens
its first term at Flagstaff Sept. IL.
This, the first high grade educational
institution in northern Arizona, will
starts its work under the most favor
able circumstances. The school build
ing Is srchitectually beautiful and is
located in one of the more scenic spots
q scenic region.-Citizen.
A workman named Adams, who was
engaged with a crew of men in blast
ing at the quarry in the foothills south
of Phoenix was seriously injured this
morning. He was employed at consid-
cradle height on the quarry when the
granite gave way aud he fell to the pit
below at distance of 100 feet. Adams
was brought to the city this afternoon
and he was still alive at late hour.
1t is thought that he is injured inter-
nally and there is considerable doubts
as to whether he will recover.-Her-
aid.
Governor N. o. Murphy has been
very busy preparing his annual report
to the secretary of the interior. Mr.
secretary, and two stenographers, al
80 employed in the work. The re-
port will be one of the most COM
prehensive ever issued from the gov
ernor's Office of Arizona. 1t will con-
tain several hundred pages and there
will be conservative review of the
territory's advancement and the pos
sibilities which lie before it. The diff
ferent industries will be treated at
greater length and with more detail
than ever before. The mines of the
territory will receive the attentio of