The Arizona sentinel., 1900-01-20

with every evidence of encounterir large bodies of ore.
 : c. D. Baker has made some decide
 improvements about the Hotel Gand : olfo office this week The floor Ina been painted new chairs placed therein and other mprovements made. 5 District Attorney Brown made
 trip to Somerten the first part of thu week on legal business. MT. Brow1 reports work on the big gravity ditcl
 to be progressing to completion.
 Empire Flat has been filed upon by
 Clarence Brown as a homestead ans
 put under fence. With contiguou;
 mines working Brown will reap 6
 harvest of shekels from his enterprise.
 A number of Somerton boys came
 up and crossed bats with the Invinci-
 bles last Sunday, and, while they put
 up a good fight, went down in defeat.
 The.two hines expect to play at the
 ball grounds tomorrow.
 The new city council met last Mon
 day evening and tbe principal order of business was the election of a village recorder. J. L. Redondo,
 who has before filled the office with credit, was chosen for the position.
 Mrs. c. V. Connor th1s week re
 ceived a check for 5000 from the A. O. U. w., the same being the sum
 payable to a deceased brothers family. Messrs. Marvin, Willis and Mcintyre of the local lodge were appointed to settle with the lady.
 Miss Susie Hanna or this school has just been appointed to the position of assistant seamstress at the Fort Yuma training school Yuma, Arizona, and will leave us in few days. She bears with her the best wishes of her many friends for success in her work at Fort Yuma.-The Native American.
 Yuma Lodge No. 2. A. o. U. w, will give an entertainment 10 It's members and their families on the evening of February l3. Among the attractions will be mock initiation. The event is iii celebration of the anniversary of the foundation of the lodge.
 The fertility of Yuma county soil is phenomenal, but the fecundity of Yuma county live stock is astonishing A COW belonging to F. L. Ewing Thurs day gave birth to pair of embryo oxen, and the old heifer seems to be as proud of them as boy with his first pair of trousers.
 U. G. Wilder inftrms us that cat tleman by the name of Geo. Fields was last night run over by the switch engine at Gila Bend and suffered the loss of both of his legs. MT. Fields is partially deaf and in walking around | on the tracks had not observed the | engine. He was taken to Tucson.
 Tom brennan, the genial clerk at the Parker agency, and his partner Bantam" Jennings are producing rich gold ore from their Klondike mine in the Whipplc range. The ore goes $60 per ton, and ten stamp mill will be delivered on the ground by the Cochan on her return trip.
 The Cochan, the new Colorado river steamer, left last Tuesday morning or trip up the river. She was well oaded for Cibola, Ehrenberg and way points. At the Needles she will re- ,eive at least 40 stamps and accessor- es for Sheep Trail, Bull Head and Gl Dorado. Captains Mellon and oolhamus both were at the wheel. The Cochan will be gone about six weeks.
 Last Wednesday evening while MT. nd Mrs. D. L. Russel were al sent rom thelr residence a burgulariously nclined individual entered the house nd appropriated a watch, suit of lothes, etc. He was apprehended at lila Bend and yesterday morning Sheriff Speese escorted him back to he peaceful precints of Yuma. When f ound he had the suit of clothes on 7lth letters and other papers in the ockets uKdisturbed. The watch and ther valuables were regained. M. D. Latin, a printer -prospector anne down the river from Bill Will ams Fork few days since, and re- orts the mining interests of that ection on the boom. The old Planet line is working a large force. and de- work at Empire Flat IS be- lg pushed forward with every indica- on of encountering large bodies of U opper ore. Pete Mcguire has bonded II Ie Black Metal on the California t' de, while Bob Young and number W other parties are operating in Cop iC er Basin.
 Deafness Cannot be Cured. II 7 local applications, as they cannot Il .ach the diseased portion oi the ear. b, here IS only one way to cure deafness.