Tombstone epitaph., 1909-05-02
TERRITORIAL ITEMS OF lN-
 TEREST CONDENSED.

by Miss Mary Nugen:, administrative and her agent, George M'chelsen This closes one of the largest estates that has come before the probate court III this county for some time. the val ration being approximately $s5, 5,oo, Miss Nugent was the beneficiary m toto, although Mir. Nugent had sew ripl brothers and sisters. The late Mike Nugent was well known in Ari zona, having twice served in the ter ritor,al legislature from Yumscounty. He had financial interests in Pima county and in Phoenix. bu. the bulk of his property was located in Yuma at the time of his death in 1908.
 District court convened at Flag staff last Wednesday with large civil i and criminal calendar and Judge R F. Sloan presiding. This is prob | ably the last term of court that Judge 1 sloan will hold before relipquishing his lace on the bench to become gov ernor of Arizona, to which office ne was recently appointed by President Tat.
 Says the Prescott Courier: Street l talk now dwelis upon who is the prob- able successor of Judge sloan, and in this connection there is faint whis- per of suspicion in certain q arters that Hen. R. F.. Morrison, instead oi having gone to Cansnes, s- first an nouuced, may have hied him to Wash. ington.
 A Dudleyville correspondent of the Florence Blade says: "A wave O: prO-perity is about to sweep the old town of its feet Twelve thousand dollar ranch sales are now common occurrences. Peter Winklemsn ha. sold his ranch for S20,0JO; Romero, his ranch for sl0 .000; PadIlls, his place for sl2 ,OOO, and the storm is not yet over.
 Fire destroyed the hois.ing plant. hoist house, gallows frame, pump house. blacksmith shop and i stamp mill At the camp Of the H. Beeme company, on one of the storm Cloud group of mines, in Isvapai county, last sunday morning. The origin oi the fire Is unknown. The loss is es- tnnated st Sj,0 O, not covered by in- surance
 Convicted ofconducting disorderly house, Vim. T. Dutton of Yuma. wa- sentenced by Judge Campbell to five months In the county jail and to pay fine of S30O. In sdminlstering & scsthing rebuke, the judge ssked Out ton if he realized that he had per- jured himself, and ordered that a charge of perjury be brought before the next grand jury.
 Alexander Berry, the oldest citizen in Yuma in point of residence, passed away peacefully last Wednesday morn ing and was buried the following day, old Colorado steam mboat raptsins act ing as pail besrsrs. The deceased was master mariner, and during the 42 yesrs he resided at Yuma had follow ed steam boating on the Colorado. He Vas born in Glssgo~, Scotland, sey-
 nty zine years ago.
 With impressive ceremonies, the cornerstone of St. PsuPs Episcopal church ID Yuma WAS laid Sunday afternoon. Clement H. ColmAn, in a finished and beautifully worded sd iress, traced the religions of the various nations down to the early Christian era. touching upon the great work Of St. Paul, the martyr, in memory of whom the church in Yuma is named.
 Frank L. Wright, of Prescott. and George H. Hahn. of Phoenix wh' were appointed .siI commissi ners by Governor Kibbey, have failed to quail fly, and it is understood that the s.- lection of commissioners i'll be left to Governor Sloan. Ne ther Wright nos Hahn could see his way clear to take the place off-red, for bushes reaeons, and wrote formal letters de- clin pg the honor.
 Phoenix will not purchase the an tiquated system of the Phoerix Sewer < Drainage Co. That va. pretty we'll settled at the meeting of the citizen held in the city uncil chambers, pursuant to 6 call of Mayor C"ggrns It was the 70 .sensus O! opinion that the syst m is not worth anything like ss2 900.
 "The Borjei," a general southwes- tern magazine, printed st Los Angeles and published at Tucson, will here after b- published and perhaps print ed in Phoenix The m=gaz ne has changed hand. and the Tuc-on office ! discontinued.