El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-29
Arizona.

Houston Post.
Arizona.
Shipments of hay are being made
from Phoenix to points in New Mexico
Orb.
The public schools OF Yuma viii
open one week from next Monday, Sep
TENDER Ak.
Four hydrophobia cats have been
killed recently on the premises of Dis
trict Attorney Ruiz at st. Johns.-Ex
Malaria has begun to be manifest in
Bisbee, andquite q number of it's citizens
are suffering from q slight attack
Republican.
The Court of Land claims is now in
session in Santa Fe, N. M. It is ex-
pected that this court will hold ees-
sion in Tucson in November.-Orb.
Prosperity is prevalent In Jerome.
The tearing down of old wooden bust
ness blocks goes merrily on and the
building of substantial fire-proof bust
ness houses follow.-News.
Mohave county shows an increase in
taxable wealth of over q quarter of a
million dollars during the past year.
No other county has made such rapid
progress. Mining is the leading in
dustry OF that county.-Tucson Star.
August ID, the agency of the bank of
Arizona opened It's doors and vaults to
the public of Jerome and is already do
ing thriving business. The concern
1s under sthe management of r. A.
Smith. formerly of Tom bstone.-Ex.
One of the mammoth Southern Psci-
fic engines, weighing ITO tons, recently
pulled . train of sixty four loaded cars
out of Yuma for Los Angeles. The
train was little over a half mile in
length but the engine moved it with
perfect ease.-Orb.
Preliminary work for the extension of
the G. V. G. & N. railway has begun.
Burr Bassell. engineer in charge.
Messrs. Denver and Melville and seven
others have been at work on line in
to Pinto Creek, some nineteen miles
from Globe.-Globe Times.
Maricopa county has her commission
er OF immigration, q generous subscrip-
ton fund and the cooperation of all of
her good citizens in presenting the
many advantages of the Rio Salado
valley to health seekers and investors.
Why don't Pima county do likewise?-
Tucson Star.
F. M. Murphy has just been official
ly advised that there will be no changes
In the orders heretofore issued regard
ing the rehabilitation of Whipple bar
racks. as contemplated by the war de-
psrtment. Therefore it is reasonable
10 expect that before long we will see
w nipple reoccupied.-Jour Miner.
The long lines of men at work dig
ytng sewer bitches impresses the visit
'r with the fact that Prescott is step
Ding TO the front as q modern metropo-
Is. The new. asphaltum sidewalks
which are replacing those of wood oil
'ver town also help out the good work
10 well as the good mpression.-Cour-l
err.
Plans for the new Hotel Bessemer at
3isbee show a very modern looking
tructure. Nineteen spacious rooms |
will be added. making thirty In ell. |
IN elegant reading room, sample room |
nd dining apartments, will be among |
he new additions. All expenses of the |
uilding will be borne by the Copper
queen company.-Tucson Citizen.
Florence, from having been the deal
at town on the western continent for
even years, is being resuscitated and
bows signs OF surpassing the liveliness
I the palmy days of the Silver King.
t's the mining activity that il doing
;. The activity is more widespread
han in the era of the Silver King, but
be storm centers in the Mineral creek
istrict.-Citizen.
The report recently filed with the
oard of supervisors shows that from
une 30. 1898, to June 30, 1899, cattle to
ne number of IA, $40 were shipped by
all from Tucson. Among the largest
aippers were the following: Arizona
and and Cattle company, S52 head:
!. Y. Bernard, Loss head; Rosario
roma, 900 head; j. N. Brown, 93S /
cad: Pusch & Zellweger, S55 head
.epublican.
The volunteers at Fort Logan are
rilling five hours daily. The re- ,
iment has 200 extra men, after filling
S quota of ,25O. The surplus is to be
to the Thirty fifth regi- :
ent, which Is about that number shy. |
8 the Thirty-fourth regiment has t
zen ordered to San Francisco, it is
ore than likely that it will be sent r
amedis.ely to the Philippines for &C 8
We service.-Optic. v
The threatened uprising of Navajo Q
dads seems to be at an end, says the
'urnal Miner. The trouble all arose
er gambler named Landreth, who !;
ID been following Cup a sgang of To-
ans accused CHIN of dishonesty and
a row which resulted over it Land
tn was killed. He shot one Indian =
fore they killed him. Four of the =
dams have been arrested and no g
rther trouble has been anticipated. :,
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