Arizona republican., 1899-03-27

his Iabors were rewarded by finding a
 gold nugget worth about s on Granite
 creek, three miles from Prescott
 Prescott Courier.
 The board of supervisors met yester-
 day and elected Hon. L. N. Jacobs to
 fill the vacancy on the board occasion
 ed by the resignation Of R. R- R1chafd-
 son. The appointment was sustained
 by very nu1nerously signed petition
 of the leading citizens of Tucson. MT.
 Jacobs will fill the bill.-Tucson Star.
 Special treasury agent T. J. Rouch, arrived this morning from Fairbank,
 bringing with him a bland, almond
 eyed Mongolian, who is accused of be-
 ing in the United States without
 permission. When arrested the
 Chinaman was unable to produce his
 papers and as a consequence, was taken in tow; the disciple of Con- fucius, however, claims a residence in Pearce and says he can prove an
 alibi. His hearing will be had before Commissioner Emanuel on Monday Tombstone PrOspectOr.
 As an offset to the discouraging news that freight rates on hay from Ari- zOna have been advanced, owners of horses and other stock can get en- couragement from the report that comes from the hay growing regions nearer home The Ventura Signal says ''The bottom is falling out of hay and high prices have got to come tumbling." A prominent hay man told the Signal that there was never before so much hay in prospect in Ventura county, and few days ago a contract was made at Ventura for the delivery of forty tons of new hay at S9 a ton By and by, pei Ihaps, others besides mil lionaires will be able to keep hOrses.- Los Angeles Times.
 J. M. Sullivan, one of the oldest con tractors and builders in Tucson, was found dead in his bed yesterday after noon by a lady who was giving her children an outing on the hillside west of town. The children were picking flowers in the neighborhOod of Sulli- vans cabin and the Ordor of decaying human flesh caused the mother to look into the house, where she saw Sulli- van laying on cot. The news was re- ported to the sheriff's office from which place the information was in turn car ried to Justice of the Peace Scott, who summoned jury of six to view the re- mains. Sullivan was at one time the foremost contractor of Tucson. He built the university and many other building in and around Tucson, but of late years has done little in his chosen vocation.-Tucson Star.
 A rather ludicrous scrap took place on the west side of the plaza at Pres colt last Thursday afternoon. As re lated by an eye witness, two men whC were the worse for liquor, engaged ir a fist fight, but owing to the befuddleC condition of their range-finders, eacL was unable to do effective work They finally grappled, when botE fell to the sidewalk, one of them light ing on his nose causing the blood tt flow freely. He managed to regain his feet but his opponent was unable to rise at the call of time. The one with the blocdy nose leaned over the pros trate form of his antagonist and with an oath remarked: T can't hit you, but d. you I will bleed on you" and suiting the action to the word, bent over the other man while the blood streamed from his nose until the ;nar on the sidewalk looked as if he had just emerged from a Filipino battle, being literally covered with blood
 Report reached Prescott yesterday of new strike in the Hassayampa dis trict of a ledge one foot wide ore which assays from $500 to S750 per ton gold, and 26 ounces silver The mine in which the strike was made is the Tip Top. owned by Jack Shull and Jasper Phillips of Prescott. They also own the Orphan Girl, the first exten sion of the Tip Top. The ledge in which the strike was made runs into and seems to be an offshoot from wide ledge 50 feet distant. This strike like many others, has an interesting incident leading up to it. Seventeen years ago, Jasper Phillips and Ha Lar son, while out prospecting put in shoot where the discovery shaft of the Tip Top now is, looked at the ore and went on. Some months ago Jasper 1 passed over the same ground, examin- cd the ore moro closely. which he had ! blasted out seventeen fears before and 1 went to work on the ground with the l gratifying results stated.-Prescott | Courier
 David BOaz, a name familiar to | great many people in this section, | and a man who foated more mining 1 than any other one man l who ever came to Prescott threatens to return to Arizona again. Of all f the mining enterprises started by him, | not one ever proved Q success, al though the properties themselves con tained merit. But intending investors do not judge country, as a rule, by the merit properties may possess, but by the success or failure achieved in working them. A failure to such, is d failure, and no amount of legitimate excuses can change the complexion of 1t. The greatest calamity that can he visited on any section. smallpox and cholera, not excepted. is the tin horn mining expert, the cotton seed nm ing promoter and the hay seed min ing superintendent. The mining in erests of any section would be better promoted if a quarantine could be es- abllshed against thcm.-JOurnal Miner
 The trial of Espimenio Melendez, ,harged with the murder of John Lee, ;olored, at the Hedges mining camp, which was set for trial this morning in i he superior court, was continued this 1 EEeEnnn Inc 1s -1-