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his body. The pistol was half cooked
 and one chamber had been fired
 Skaggs claims that Clark ran after
 being shot from where his pistol was
 found to where his body lay. There
 is considerable excitement among
 the neighbors of Skaggs and Clark
 over the killing. The lattler was a
 young man who had not been in se-
 rious trouble before. After the
 shooting Skaggs went to Camp
 Verde and gave himself up to the
 deputy sheriff. No inquest was held
 as there were no witnesses to the af-
 fair. Skaggs is one of the old set.
 tiers on the Beaver and heretofore
 has not had trouble of serious na-
 ture.-Flagstaff Sun.
 The tfeasurer's report for August shows receipts of $4352.S3, says the
 Tombstone Prospector. Of this amount S1077.1O was from recorders fees; S12S2.5O from gambling licenses and S1508.0S from other licenses;
 $237.50 from the government for rent
 offices: and the balance is made up of justice of the peace fines. On the other hand there was paid out in warrants S15, ,536. .S5, leaving balance in the treasury of $91, ,S37.O5. The report of Sheriff Hunt for the month of August shows that there was a total of S3045. .45 collected for licenses and fines during the month. This is a falling off from the month of July, during which time $506670 was col lected. This was on account of the quarterly license falling due in July. There are at present in the county forty-fve gambling games, the monthly license from which runs up to S1350 and is credited to the school fund.
 Cattlemen living in the vicinity of Fort Huachuca complain that sol diers of the fort are killing their cattle. The former affirm that cat tie are permitted to range anywhere on the reservation outside of the fenced area, ,and that this has been the case ever since the garrison was es- tablished. Recently however, sev- eral Cattlemen found that their cat tie were being killed on the reserva- tion, presumably by the soldiers en- gagged at rife pratice. Eight are re- ported to have been killed in this way, being recognized by their brands, no disposition of the car. casses of the animals having been attempted. When accused of these acts, the soldiers, so the cattlemen say, did not deny the charge, but i'm formed that they would better keep their cattle off the reservation if they wished to prevent a repetition of such occuranCes. As cattle are very valuable assets, the cattlemen do not intend to suffer such losses thus lightly and say that they will take the matter up with the proper authorities and see whether or not the soldiers can not be required to cease destroying property and con- inc their rife pactice along legiti- nate lines.-Naco Budget.
 Last week Jennie Battery was kill ed by c. c. Lee, at Acme, Arizona. The first that was seen of the affair vas the woman running and Lee fir ng his revolver at her. He seriously wounded her and then after she had ;allen, he deliberately shot her again. She died immediately. He ;hen having one shot left in his re- 7Olver, turned the muzzle towards but fortunately his aim was poor and his wound was not serious md he is now in the county iail at Aingman where he will be held un- Ter a charge of murder. The mur- tered woman, while in some of the ocial stratas might be-called an out asst and a member of the half world, 'et in business matters she was trictly honest and prompt. Her word was as good as any mans bond. She was successful in business and lad considerable property in the ,ast where she was educating d laughter.
 Robert Mitchell arrived at Naco ast week from California and left or Cananea. His stay will be brief. At its close he will probably go direct o California. While at Naco MT. stated there was no room or doubt about the erection of the custom smelter at that point. In standardization of this ex- ,ression MT. Mitchell let contracts or the sinking of wells to secure the necessary water for operation of the eduction works he proposes and ar anged for the commencement of !! abor at once. "Christmas time," .