El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-08
Arizona.

nIIZOud.
It is reported that bogus "eagles''
were being pushed in town this week.
A bank, it is stated, was a victim
Tucson Star.
Evans of Stafford will furnish Fort
Grant with 200, 900 pounds OF hay at 95
cents per hundred, under contract let q
few days ago.-Tucson Star.
James Davenport, q miner, was killed
by Henry Wilson at Wickenberg on
Monday night. It was the outcome of
disparsging remarks made by Daven:
port with reference to q ball.-Tucson
Star.
The Golden Spike celebration at
Globe, has been postponed from Feb.
LIST until Feb. Is, consequently the re-
duced rate via the Southern Pacific
company will not apply until Feb. 18th,
when the S. P. will make the very low
rate of one fare for the round trip to
Globe.-Tom bstone Prospe ctor.
Petitions are circulated at the
vsrious churches of Phoenix, Tempe
and Mesa, asking that ambling be
abolished and that Sunday closing of
the saloons be enforced. These petit
tions will be presented to the legisla-
ture in few days and the lawmakers
will be asked to legislate accordingly.
Phoenix Enterprise,
Last week the land Office declared
the lands included within the rejected
Calabasss grant open to entry, and at
once q number of settlers on the Santa
Cruz went to Tucson and entered
filings upon property they have occu-
pied m any years. These lands were
surveyed many years ago, and now
that the grant title is extiDguished
and the lands restored to entry there
| 10 da1o in O u N fi1ipnS -Nnnalaa
Oasis.
This paper is credibly informed thad
the Santa Rita Cattle Co.. is extend
ing it's fences upon the rejected Gala
bssas grant. The special agent of the
general land Office who once ordered
the fences of this arrogant company to
be removed, should again turn his at
teution to this violation of the law.
The law says that men who illegally
fence the public domain shall get to
the penitentiary. just send up one OF
the big violators OF the law, and
the small fry will desist.-Nogales
Oasis.
People in southern Pima say they
need and must have better roads. The
fact that they are not allowed larger
appropriations for the improvement of
their highways they assert is basis
for come of their dissatisfaction IN re-
naming in Pima County. Gentlemen
from below assure the "Citizen" that
with flair treatment in this particu-
lar and the elimination of few choice
Office seekers the county division ques-
ton would not be so prominent.-Tuc-
son Star.
Col. Chas. D. Poston, q native of
Kentucky who is in town as a witness
in Indian depreciation claim matters,
himself claimant, was the first dele
gate to congress from this territory.
He came TO Arizona 10 the late fifties
and worked mines in the Arivscs dis
trict, this county. President Lincoln
appointed the colonel Indian superin-
tendent for the territory. He was in
China on a government mission and
President Grant appointed him regis
ter OF the U. S. Land Office at Flor
| ence. The colonel. who is past seven
ty, has held other places of trust. He
is man of rare literary talents and
possesses wide knowledge of terri
torisl affairs.-Tucson Star.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. Clay left this city
for Greaterville the latter part of last
week, and on arrival at the above nam
ed place camped for the night, Sleep
| ing in a tent. Along about IL o'clock
striped skunk entered the tent, and
bit Mrs. Clay on the nose. causing q
painful wound. Fear prevails that the
animal may transmit hydro
phobia, and everything Is being
done that is possible to avert such
dreadful consequences. The fear at
first aroused is only partially allayed
by the generally accredited fact that
striped skunks are not afflicted with
the disease only at certain periods of
the year, especially during the hot
season, while it is claimed that the
little black skunk with which the
country is infested is never free from
| hydrophobia.-T Citizen.