The Clifton clarion., July 27, 1887, Image 3

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THE CLIFTON CLARION.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 1887.
Yesterday waa prty clay tt the
iound honsor
.
A few private accounts were sot
tied Sumliiy night
The weather Las been rather
'warm the past week, with little or
no rain.
The connty officers are in re
ceipt of the new Revised Statutos
of the Territory.
Dr. Adler, formerly of Clifton,
Buffered a slight loss by the fire at
Tucson on the 19th inst
Superintendent Russell 13 en
joying a well-earned vacation with
Lis family at Santa Monica.
District Judge Barnes Las ap
pointed J. T. Fitzgerald Court
Commissioner, rice 1'. J. Boluu
resigned.
Ales Torrance of the Long
fellow store and Gordie Haggio of
the Metcalf, paid a visit to Clifton
friends Sunday.
Wm. Wright, mine foreman of
the Detroit copper company, paid
the Clarion office a very welcome
visit last Sunday.
The lower bridge at South Clif
ton should be repaired for the
benefit of those who are not ama
teur slack-wire performers.
Colonel Egan returned last
week from an extended trip, com
bining pleasure with business,
during which he visited Mexico.
Assistant Superintendent Mc
Laren, of the A. & N. M railway,
left this morning on a visit of in
Bpection of the railway stations.
County Treasurer Pomeroy ar
rived in Clifton lost Monday and
is busily engaged in preparations
to move bis household goods to
Solomouville, his future residence.
It is said that a well-known gen
tleman connected witn a board mg
Louse at one of the mines is con
templating matrimony, providing
the consent of the young lady can
be gained.
James Forbes, roadma6ter of
the Arizona and New Mexico rail
way, returned to Clifton last
Thursday. Mr. Forbes has been
enjoying a month's vacation at the
Las Vegas hot springs.
Seig Weisl was made the re
cipient of a present the past week
in the shapo of a young cngle,
which be has on exhibition at the
brick store. It is unnecessary to
Btate that Mr. AVeisl devotes the
necessary amount of attention to
the bird.
Supply-pipes have been laid the
past week for the purpose of fur
nishing water to the general office
of the Arizona Copper Company,
the residence 'of Mr. Calquehoun
and Hovey's reservoir. The water
will be taken from the big tank
above the company's works.
The many friends of P. L. Mc
Laren have been congratulating
him the past week over Lis pro
motion to the position of Assistant
Superintendent of the Arizoua and
New Mexico railway. It is safa to
cay that the appointment of this
gentleman will prove eminently
satisfactory to all concerned.
Hildreth the photographer has
finished and has ready for salt
some excellent views of Clifton, in
cluding a splendid photograph of
the Arizona Copper company's
smelter and works. To those who
have relatives and friends in dis
tant places these pictures will
prove a most interesting souvenir.
To guard against the result of
accidents to the flumes the Arizona
Copper Company have so arranged
large water-pipos that the tanks
above the concentrators can be
kept filled by pumping from the
river. By this means the concen
trators will not be compelled to
shut down in case of the repetitiou
of such a catastrophe as occurred
last week.
John McLaughlin, a former
employe of the Arizona Copper
Company, returned Monday from
a sojourn of six months in the
land of the manyana. John, dur
ing his absence, was developing
his muscle as fireman on the Mexi
can Central, but the grub and
compensation were of too low
grade, so John returned to wrestle
once more with the high grades of
Clifton.
Victoriano Ruiz, who started out
last wek in search of burrows
which had been stolen from him by
Manual Penava, returned Friday
night He trailed the thief to Shake
epere,N. M., where he recovered the
stock, but Penava became ac
quainted with the fact that Ruiz
was on his tract and made his es
cape. In addition to his own
burrows, Ruiz brought back one
belonging to the Arizona Copper
company.
IlOSTlI.K IMMAXS
Fire upon Jainen I'inncy auil Pur
sue Tlirnf Other.
News received just as we g. to press
wonld indicate that reports that the
hostile are all uontinod upsn the res
ervation are false and that on the
contrary a band, bent upon murder
and depredation, is still out.
W. II. Klaek, who is well known
hero and who lives on the Little Clue,
fifteen miles west of Alma, X. M.,
brings news that on last Sunday a
party of four, consisting of Jlenry
Tinney, Ike Stevens, a man named
Medear and another known as Ten
nessee, started from Alma to visit the
new silver strike. Whilo on the way
Pinney became sick and was com
pelled to fall a considerable distance
behind his companions. Whilo thus
riding alone ho saw a band of five
Indians, who, on catching sight of
him, opened fire. Six shots were
discharged by the Indians and five
by I'inncy, when he turned and tied
back to Alma, arriving there during
tho night. The next morning, in
company with two others, I'inncy
started out to sec what had become of
Stevens and his former companions.
Striking the trail they followed it a
certain distance, when they found
where tho party of three had turned
and run at full sreed in a direction
toward Alma. This trail was fol
lowed by Pinney and companions
till they became frightened and con
vinced of danger, when they camped
and returned to Alma the next day,
only to find that Stevens and party
had not returned to that place. A
larger posse was at once organized,
and when Mr. Black left was about to
start out in search of tho missing
men.
While it does not necessarily fol
low that Stevens, Medear and Ten.
nessco have been killed, tho above
story, on very good authority, does
prove that there are hostile Indians
off the reservation, all reports to tho
contrary notwithstanding, and gives
color to rumors of the same charac
ter which have been current for some
time past.
l.tcriiMrM Collected.
I hereby certify that the follow
ing is a true and currect copy of
the statement as filed by the Sher
iff, of all licenses collected during
the month of June, 1SS7.
Lay A Boon, liqunr. $ V m
Lay A Boon, liquor H' 0
J. i'hapman, liquor f0 l
J. Chapman. gaming S-MU
Cunningham & Co., irani'mx Sii m
Cuttnr & Lwihy, two months liquor.. . :C
Cutter it Ler.hy, two niotitlin liqu -r . . U; til
Cutter it Lfahy. two months hitiianls. ti it)
Cutter A Leahy, two months biilianU, Ci 70
F. Taylor, two months liquor 33 35
Ariiona Copper Company, two months
liqnor 33 25
Arizona Copper Company, two months
liquor 20 0t
Arizona Copper Com patty, two months
liquor S) W
Arizona Copper Company, two months
liquo.- CO m
P. McMurriu 1 Co.. learning 0 i
Lucy WiUitims. pamini: 1:0 i
l.ttry Wiliiams, 1-. months liquor t'O
Cutter it Leahy, gamin? : to
Cutter t Lea'u.v. gaming :v (!)
r. layjor. gaming :; m
I'. McMumu 4 Co.. IS months liquor J" in
Mrs. Voo ekel. liminr 3a r)
T. D. Hyrno. 1 mouth 3 clays, liquor... 1- '5
K. Dysait. two montlis liquor ;,:!
F. Dyart; two nioulV hiiiiarLls ti 70
I. E. Solomon, two months liquor 13 !J
Lou Moore, one month liquor l' 70
P. Mc.Murria. gaming 30 CO
Total $733 11
S. V. l'oMEF.OY,
Treasurer Graham Co.
Fred M. Newell. Deputy.
Walter Caznau, a inau well
known in Clifton and vicinity,
died in Clifton last Saturday.
The deceasud camo to this camp
some five years ago with a party
connected with the survey of the
Arizona and New Mexico railway.
A man of intelligence and educa
tion he driftoJ iuto dissolute ways
and earned a j rt caiions living by
playing tho violin at different
saloons iu this and surrounding
camps. Lie became afflicted with
a disease, some two years ago,
which, through dissipation and
neglect solely, resulted fatally as
above stated. Of his family little
is known, but his folks are report
ed to be well off in California, his
brother, it is said, holding a posi
tion iu tho Custom-houso at San
Francisco. Caznau came down
from one of the mining cmups so:no
two mouths ago in destitute cir
cumstances. John H. Hovey, with
his accustomed liberality, provided
him with the room where ho died.
Deceased was aged about 28 vears.
On account of scarcity of water
Col. Ingraham, some three or four
weeks ago, was compelled to aban
don his claim at Gold Gulch. Since
that time he has been living at
Oro. On paying a visit to the
Gulch last week the Colonel found
that during his absence nonio mis
creant had broken into his cabin
and stolen therefrom everything of
value contained thereiu, including
powder, mining impllments. blank
ets and some provisions. The ad
ministration of frontier law is uoue
too severe for rascals who indulge
in this sort of thievery.
Joe Tanner had a narrow escape
from loosing his boarding house
at the Longfellow last Wednesday.
A fortunatn discovery and timely
assistance prevented loss and the
entire destruction of; the building
by fire.
Last Saturday was pay day at
the mines, and the visit of Messrs.
Naismith and McYicar, who took
up the cash, was a very welcome
one to those interested in tho
event.
Wm. Wailes, engineer at tho
Longfellow, paid bis respectn to
the Clarion office last Sun lav.
CHARLES MERRICK,
CLOTHIER, :-: TAILOR, :-: HATTER,
FURNISHER AND SHOER,
Sole Aoest in Ei, Taso for the Cklkiirateii
DUNLAP :.: HATS, :.: A1TB :.: BURT :.: & :.: MEAU'S :.: SHOES.
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Solomouville NiftinCH.
The Board of Equalization met
Monday, tho ISth, to bear what
all parties whose assessments had
been raised, had to say relative
thereto. Judging from tho num
ber of people iu tho vicinity of the
court house at so early an hour one
would suppose it was the first day
of a term of the district court in
stead of a simple meeting of the
Board of Equalization, and that
the crowd comprised jurors, wit
nesses, etc., instead of angry citi
zens who canto to protest against
the increased valuation of their
property.
Proceed i ngs com m enced prom pf -ly
at 8 o'clock a. m., before a full
Board, but the valuations on the
different kinds of property having
been previously tisnd, littla or no
delay was occasioned in deciding
the various cases. The following
are the figures that tho Board de
cided to maintain on tho different
classes of property:
btocb cattle, s-ia per lieait; worn
horses. S--10 per head; cow pome
5?"J3 per head; land, possessory
right, unimproved, t'2 50 per acre,
improved $7 per acre; patented,
unimproved, 10per acre, improved
14 50 per acre.
The principle kick was on the
high valuation of the land, but no
deviation was made from the
above figures, consequently no re
d actions were made, unless in cases
where tho party showed that he
did uot claim or possess the prop
erty assessed to him. Of the many
who appeared before the Board
only one. a young man from Saf
ford, allowed his temper to get the
better of his judgement and used
lauguage liable to get him luto
trouble had it been heard by the
Board.
Several protests, some of a most
humorous nature, wero received.
One from a gentleman resident
at Thomas addressed tho Board as
"My Noble Honors," and a petition
from tho ranchmen stated "wo
thought when wo supported you
at the polls you were gentlemen,
but we are now inclined to change
our opinion.'' Tho Board read,
smiled and considered, but never
relented.
Iu consequence of tho decided
stand taken by the Board iu in
creasirg valuations the assessment
roll will foot up about 2,(100,000,
an incroaso of three-quarters of a
million of dollars oyer last years'
assessment.
The Hon. George II. Stevens re
turned homo Wednesday from a
trip to tho western portion of tho
Territory. He does not. appear to
bo much troubled over the tiinmps
in the back giveu him by his
'belly" friends. Billhead Hughes
and Tommy Gates, and thinks
with his friends, that it would be
far '.referable to be iu h 1 at hard,
work with his present associates
than in Heaven singing psalms
with Billhead and Tommy.
Several copies of tho new laws
have been received and aro ap
parently neat iu every particular,
and a decided improvement on the
old statutes. Tho ouly change af
fecting Graham comity particulaly
is tba time of holding district court
from the first Monday in May and
November to tho first Monday iu
April and October, a change for
tho better so far as our farmers are
concerned.
The members of thn Board of
Supervisors have to give bond in
S-IOUO for tho faithful discharge of
their duties, and county treasurers
and assessors aro prohibited a con
tinuous second term.
District Attorney Bolau visited
Thomas officially this week and
sent up a colored soldier to await
the action of the grand jury on tho
charge of attempting to commit a
rape. The prisoner narrowly es
caped lynching at Thomas.
Mrs. I. E. Solomon, who has
been visiting friends at Las Cruees,
N. M., is expected to return this
week.
Sheriff Crawford is absent at
Bowie and may probably visit
Tucson before letm uing.
The ice machine at Thomas is a
success. Samples of the ico have
been received here and for a home
made article are tirst-class. Gila.
Solomouville, July 21, 1SS7.
Dr. Lacy was very handsomely
caned last week by Colonel Egan.
The stick is a handsomely carved
piece of coffee wood and came
from Mexico.
Residents of South Clifton are
having a well sunk opposite
Yankie's store. The well is down
about ten feet and a splendid
quality of cold water has been
struck. When finished it will
prove a great convenience to tho
people at the lower end of town.
Hon. D. H. Ming, wife and
family, left Wilcox for California
last Wednesday.
John Gillis of tho Longfellow
was in town Sundav.
Mrs. E. A. Jones has returned
from Wilcox to her home in Ara
vaipa canyon.
According to tho Enterprise
they wero telling snake stories
down at Silver City recently, and
among them was the following by
a former resident of Clifton. This
yarn took the prize, and after it
was told an immediate adjourn
ment was taken to tho nearest sa
loon :
'That does very well," said Jake
Abraham, the Billiard street, ton
sorial artist. 'T, too, have had n
little snake experience lately which
is worth telling. You all know
that I bavo been on the sick list
for some weeks past, and have been
under the doctor's care. I have a
little of nearly every kind of med
icine. Oue I take before meals
and one after, one just before re
tiring and one before getting up.
The medieino that I took in bod
was a sweet, sickening sort of fluid
that I kept in a bowl in my bed
room. It seemed to disappear very
rapidly, and as 1 only took a few
swallows of it every morning, I was
greatly surprised. As the weather
was quite warm I supposed it was
evaporating, so I got a big canteen,
toured the liquor all into it, and
hung it on the bed lost. The next
morning I prepared to take my
usual 'nip,' but nary a drop came
to moisten ir.y lips, though the
canteen appeared to be full. I was
mystified. 1 took the canteen down
iu the back yard and hroke it open
with an ax, and oh, horrors! there
was a whopping big snake wedged
in so tight that he couldn't get out.
He had drunk up all of my medi
cine, which swelled him out so that
he couldn't get his body through
the bung-hole of the canteen, lie
lay there lazily and winked one
eye at me, as much as to say, 'I am
stuck on that kind of stuff myself.'
I think that snake had been using
my medicine nil the time. I pick
led him in alcohol, and any one
who doubts this story can stop in
to my establishment and see Ji is
snakeship for themselves."
The mines of the OKI Dominion
copper company at Globe have
lately been examined by an export
ia tho interest of the directors.
Whilo he found in thorn evidences
of great value, ho thinks the com
panies will not deem it expedient
to resume operations whilo the
price or copper is so low and the
lack of transportation facilities en
tail so great an cxpenso in pro
ducing tho bullion and market
ing it.
Hildreth, the photographer at
North Clifton, has been taking
some excellent pictures tho past
week. We have inspected a num
ber which ho has finished and pro
nounce them first-class iu every
respect. As Mr. Hildreth finishes
and mounts his own cards, he is in
a position to guarantee every piece
of work ho does. Next Sunday
will bo his last dav in Clifton.
A carload of horses from tho
stock ranch of Jones & Ming, num
bering sixteen head, and including
II. C. Hooker's well-known stallion,
King William, was shipped from
Wilcox on Thursday iu charge of
A. 11. Lockwood. They are destin
ed for the Los Angeles Market.
Stockman.
According to a reliable exchange
tho real estate boom that is said to
exist at present in Bhenix has af
fected the general public to such
an extent that a minister recently
gave out his text as "Block 4, lot 5,
of Mathew's addition to the Testa
ment." Mr. Col well P. Lei toh has lease.I
tho M. W. Stewart residence at
Wilcox, and is engaged in
thoroughly renovating the same
inside and out. Mr. Leitch in
tends to make his permanent home
at Wilcox.
Clifton, the past week, has been
suffering from the dullest season
of dullness and the deadest degree
of deadness which it has exper
ienced this summer. Local items
aro as scarce as hen's teeth.
According to the revised code a
misdemeanor is punishable by im
prisonment in a county jail not ex
ceeding six months, or by a fine
not exceediug !;300, or by both.
Tho Stockman mentions tho ar
rival in "Wilcox of Mrs. Susan S.
Meek from her lino ranch in tho
foothills of tho Graham moun
tains. John M. Murphy, one of Clifton's
old timers, and a first class
mechanic, is in town. Ho has of
late been at Duncan.
ll;t.
.Vt.rXAjtrEKAt Cnr.ip Thoma. Arizona,
Thursday. July i;. I7, to the wife of An-'Ir-.-w
AU-Aiwi'T. n M'U.
TERRITORIAL ITEMS.
Sheriff Fryer, who went up the
river last week to arrest several
Indian horse thieves.retnrned with
out his prisoners. They had taken
the friendly shelter of the reser
vation, whose sacred grounds are
exempt from civil process. Mr.
F ryer has all the necessary evi
dence to convict these red thieves
by Indians who will testify against
them, but it seems that once they
return to the reservation they en
joy complete immunity from the
penalty of their crimes. Mr. Fryer
is now engaged in a long corres
pondence with the agent at San
Carlos and tho II. S. Attorney at
Tucson, and it looks as though all
the assistance to be obtained will
be additional obstacles to the en
forcement of the law. In the mean
time the depredations upon the
settlers along the San Pedro and
Gila are continued by the red
devils. Florence Enterprise.
Don Carlos Velasco, editor of
El Fronterizo, recently returned
from a trip to Sonora and brings
news of the recent drouth iu that
locality. Ho says that prior to tho
recent rain, however, cattle died
iu numbers beyond computation.
In the neighborhood of Querobabi
whole herds had perished. Thirst
and famine had so reduced them
that they laid down and died by
hundreds iu the recent storms.
One ranchero, who a year ago had
1200 horses and cows, has now but
forty, tho rest having perished as
stated. Many of those that had a
few hundred cattle have now not
a single head, whilo others have,
perhaps. twoorthree. Hides alone
of the dead cattle were saved.
Men who before" the recent drouth
wero considered well-to-do, are
now penniless and obliged to seek
labor to sustain life. Sinco the
rain, however, the country is look
ing finely, grass covering both
mountain and plain.
A recent dispatch from Wash
ington says that the army retiring
board, of which Quartermaster
General Holabird is president, has
recomended the retirement of
Captain J F. Simpson, Third Cav
alry, who is now under treatment
at the government hospital for the
insane. Captain Simpson is the
officer who created a scandal in
Arizona a few years ago by his
conduct with the 'notorious wo
man.' He was court martialed
and sentenced to dismissal. Pres
ident Arthur, however, disapproved
tho findings of the court and or
dered tho officer's restoration to
duty. He was ostracised by his
brother officers and was mbse
quently sent to the insane asylum
for treatment. Ho will probably
be released as soon as a vacancy
occurs on the retired list.
According to a dispatch from
Florence to the Tucson papers, the
report in Phenix papers that the
L'uited States has perpetually in
joined tho Florence canal from
using water of tho Gila river is not
true. Orders were sent from Wash
ington to such effect based upon
spiteful reports of Agent Wheeler,
but satisfactory arrangements hav9
been entered into by the agent of
tho Pimas and tho canal company
by which all present water rights
of Indians will bo protected, and
they will doubtless be approved at
W ashington.
Wo published a couple of weeks
ago a report of tho killing of
"Long Hair" and '"Jack of Dia
monds." The St. Johns Herald
now says it is currently reported
on tho streets, and generally be
lieved, that the story of the kill
ing was a canard, gotten up by
tho friends of these desperadoes,
for some purpos not yet coma to
light. It may have been for the
purpose of giving the two worthies
a chanco to rent a short time, as
they have been kept on the move
for some time past.
- The BJi-KiiiniiiK of the Knil.
Tho ILjinniiifr of tiifeasp is a slight dolil
ity or onU'r f unm of th vital organs,
the stomjteh. the liver or t ho huvf-ls usually.
Then' nrrMtyi'i'ptie symptoms, tho livtr in
tronhlrsomcj th skin grows tawny hihI un
healthy looking, th'-'ro art puin.s iu the riht
('! or thrnu'-'it tlu rit;ht shouIoVr blade.
The climax is oftn ;m utt-T prostration of
the phytic:.! energies, perhaps a fatal issue.
But if tl.edithVulty nwt in tinu with llos
tetter Stomach lit It-era. which is always ef
fective as a remedy, and it should be resorted
to at an early stai:o, there will he mi reason
to apprehend those injurious subsequent ef-fe.-ts
upon the system itftt'n entailed by en
tirely eurefi dist-a.-e. Kir better is it, also,
to employ this eafe remedial a-'en: in fever
and amie. and other malarial complaints,
than quinine and other potent drills, which,
even when t bey do prove effectual for a time,
ruin the Motuuch and impair the general
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