El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-03

masher and succeeded in driving him
away.-Florence Tribune.
Quartermaster Sergeant Arthur
Hayes, who died recently in Cuba. was
member of Prescott Lodge of Work
neutrality-suspicious..
The total assessed valuation of pro-
perty in Yavapai county for 1899 ia 81
20, 794,8 Total valuation for 1898
was 80, 90S, GAG: 81 The Oasis.
Four persons were lately overcome
by the heat In Phoenix, of whom one.
Henry Church, did not recover but
died within few hours.-Republican
Simon Davis, an old-time resident of
Arizona, has been committed to the
territorial insane asylum. Lately he
has resided In Phoenix.
Herald.
Rev. DR.. E. D. MoCreary of the Me-
thodist church, leaves Phoenix for Cal
| ifornia on Monday evening, expecting
to make that state his future home
Tucson Citizen.
The sum of $40, Csc, 90 is the estimate
furnished by School Supt Brady as the
probably amount necessary to conduct
the schools of Cochise county the com
ing year.-Tucson Star.
The San Carlos agency Indians have
| raised twice as much grain this year,
| as they did last. They have sold 49,
600 pounds OF barley to the government
at 81 10 per hundred.-Tucson Citizen.
William Ensor was bound over lasa
week in Judge Hunters court at SAT-
ford In bonds, the sum of $4,000. for the
murder OF James r. Lassator, q we'll
known ella valley citizen. The murder
was committed May 29th.-Ex.
Near Metcalf, Arizona, large bear,
attracted by the smell OF cooking
meat, invaded the camp of eight Mex
lean woodchoppers. Seven ran away,
one stood his ground and put sixteen
bullets In bruins hide, which killed
him. Border Vidette.
Mr.. N. A. Morford has been chosen
probate Judge of Maricopa county to fill
the vacancy caused by the death of
Judge Scott. There was but one other
Grouse. His bond OF sS, 600 was accept
ed and fled.-Tucson Star.
The Phoenix Melon Association
shipped on Friday its twentieth car
load OF melons. Twelve and eight were
watermelons. Several more cars will
be shipped before the season ends, and
the production of melons will be large
than In all previous yesrs.-Phoenix
Herald. !
Victor 9. Heikes. honorary specisi
agent of the department. of mines and |
metallurRy for the commissioner gen
ersl OF the United States to the Paris
exposition of 1900, was in Yuma on |
Thursday and arranged with the editor !!
Of the sun Tor the collection of speci.
mems OF All Kinds OF precious metals /
Orb.
The murderer of r. M. Rogers and
Q. D. Wingfeld is said to have various
aliases. being known in different
places by different names. Among the
number are Bishop, Wade, Ainsworth
and Crow. The latter is said to have
been the name he was known by in
Texas, where 1t Ia also said q serious
charge Is hanging over him.-Journal
Miner.
The Orb has an account of probable
1esertlon OF II. w. Hasselgreen from
als family on the river and decampfrp |:
With some s., 900 earnings, the accumu,
atoms OF the family. Hasselgreen is
In old Arizona pioneer, was highly re-
pected, and the news comes as q most
Unexpected shock to his friends here, ;
many OF whom are inclined to the be-
lei that perhaps Hasselgreen has met
WITH some misfortune and the mystery
II his disappearance will yet be clear
ID up.
A gentleman who has just returned |.
rom the Cataract creek country speaks
i the inroads being made by nature :
here on the lands of the Supai. Dur
ng the past ten years about oue-third z
L the lands which they have been Il
arm1ng has turned to stone. The :
York is very noticeable to any one ,
listing the place. The water is high
? charged with lime and the work of
ansformipg the soil into limestone is
llently going on all the time, until as I
tated, about one-third of the land =
ormeriy farmed by them has been
lrned into lime stone.-Ex. IL
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