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m CLIFTOI CLARION.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, -S7
Reoistekto at th Post-oftk-f. Curros
A.T.. AS oKOorf iwC-lass JlATTBn.
TO AtlVERTTSKIW. Nine line of nolij
bonpnirU meusorrment make one qore,
. F C PAKE. AJTfrtiin Anient. (H and 63
Merchants' Pxchanxe, Han I'ranriwo. Cal.,
inour MithoriiM agent in that city, and ron
f ractii for advertising can hTnil with him.
Tiik CXARios is on uie in his omco.
V 23AWrow all commnnications and make
All remittance payable to the Clarion Pub
lulling iompax.r.
r- TO CORRESPONDENTS. When
personal mattr are the Mibject of commu
nications, a riroroas ecrntiny will be mule
of their content. Plane eign full name,
write only on one sido of your paper, and bo
brier.
The El Paso Inter-Republics,
which has heretofore been most
ably conducted by George B. Lov
ing & Co., has changed hands, Mr.
Loving retiring and E. P. Lowe
assuming control
Notwithstanding the large pen
sion payments for August, am
ounting to 16,500,000, the re-
' ceipts for the month at the United
Statea Treasury department are
more than 7,500,000 in excess of
the total expenditures for the same
period. The receipts have aver
aged over a million dollars a dav.
It begins to look as if Clifton
would soon see a mining boom in
precious metals. There is hnrdly
another section in the Territory
which shows up such large leads
and fiue indications in gold and
silver as are at present being lo
cated by prospectors in this
viciuity.
Governor Zulick received a let
ter last week from the Chinese
consul at San Francisco, asking
protection for Chinese subjects at
FlagstaH. The recent attempt to
lire the town has been laid to the
Chinese and they were ordered to
leave. As no violence was offer
ed, the governor is powerless to
act.
Colorow, the Ute chief who is
making the disturbance in Color
ado, is an enormous old savage
weighing 300 pounds. He is what
is known in baseball slang as "a
kicker." He has never been satis
lied with the government and has
been more or less rebelions all his
life. He used to visit Denver very
often, and on one occasion went to
Governor McCook's office and be
came rather insolent. Governor
McCook kicked Colorow out of his
office and down a flight of stairs
into the street.
The sword presentation at Tuc
son has been postponed on ac
count of a painful accident which
befell -General Miles at Los
Angeles on Angnst 30th. The
following particulars regard
ing the accident are obtained
from Los Angeles papers: In the
early part of the day a party of
fifteen, consisting of General and
Mrs.Miles,Colonel and Mrs. Drum,
Mrs. Governor Stoneman, Miss
Stoneman, J. J. Melius, Mrs. Da
ponte, Lieutenant Drapray, Thos.
Drapray, Lieutenant McCaleb,
Mrs. Colonel J. R. Dobbins and
AV. L. Bantry, started for a ride
about the country in Captain Ban
ning's six-in-hand coach. After
enjoying a very pleasant drive
they started on their return from
Baker's reservoir, north of Santa
Monica, J. J. Melius handling the
ribbons. When the hill was reach
ed leading down toward the depot
the horses were brought to a walk,
at which place they started to de
; , see J the grade. It was necessary
at this point to go around the de
pot building on the westerly road
leading to the hotel, and the im
petus given to the coach was such
as to give it considerable speed by
iho time the bottom of the incline
was reached. As the coach roacned
the road Mr. Melius noticed a
buggy containing two ladies di
rectly in front of the horses, and
for some unaccountable reason
these ladies stopppd tho busrgy. It
was impossible to slop the coach
so quickly, and the only alternative
vns to run the horses into the
buggy or endeavor to pass around
it. Mr. Melius chose the latter in
preference to causing the certain
death of the ladies in the buggy,
and as the coach sweved the wheels
struck a rut and overturned the
vehicle, throming out its occupants.
The ladies, who had grasped the
bituation earlier than the gentle
men, jumped as the coach turned
over and thus escaped seri
ous injury. The gontlninen were
not so lucky, however, for in fall
ing General Miles sustained a
fracture of two of the small bones
of his right ankle. Colonel Drum
received a bad cut on his forehead
Iwsides several bruises. J. .1. Mel
ius was bruised in several places,
Lieutenant Drapray's ankles were
sprained and Lieutenant McCaleb
flra.UttJ his wrists as he Ml. Miss
-Stouuriiuu was tjuito severely
!'r.;!l, but th othr la-lit es-
i.v-;i:s sh'.'.-'i naturnilv c.':o-j
Official Proceedings
OF THE
Board of Sunervisors.
Office of the Board or Super
visors, Cocstv op Graham,
Territory of Arizona.
Solomoxville, August 29. 1S87.
The Board met as n Board of
Supervisors at 5J o'clock p. m. pur
suant to adjournment as a Bonrd
of Equalization.
Present Ilyrnm Weech, chair
man, H. C. Boon and William
Whelan members, and P. Michel
ena clerk.
The Board proceeded to open
bids for the building of the hos
pital as follows:
Geo. B. McCarty, 1,641.
H. N. Cularson, 2,516.
Mr. McCarthy's bid being the
lowest, and being accompanied by
the bond required in the notice
inviting proposals, was accepted
with the following amendment,
viz.: That it be the understanding
of said McCarty that, notwith
standing the fact that the ppecifi
cations for said building, and un
der which he has been awarded
the contract to build said hospital,
do not provide cornices on said
building, that cornices be put
thereon, for which an additional
allowance of 50 is hereby made
to said contractor.
Mr. G. B. McCarty was instruct
ed to enter into a written contract
with the Board.
On motion the Board adjourned
until Tuesday, Angnst 30, 1S87.
Htp.cm Weech,
Chairman.
Attest:
P. MlCHELENA,
Clerk.
Office of the Board of Super
visors, County of Graham.
Terhitory of Arizona.
Solomonvilt.e, August 30. 18S7.
The Board met as a Board of
Supervisors at 11 :30 o'clock a. m.
pursuant to adjournment as a
Board of Equalization.
Present All members and clerk.
The bid of I. E. Solomon for
building the hospital is here pre
sented to the Board, and upon
opening it is found as follows,
to-wit:
I. E. Solomon bid 1,635 in cash
or its equivalent in county war
rants at cash price. Bid accom
panied by a 300 check as a forfeit
if, upon contract being awarded to
bidder, he failed to give the re
quired bond and enter into a writ
ten contract with the Board.
The Board, after considering
yesterday's action in the premises,
and it appearing therefrom that
the contract for building the
county hospital was awarded to
Mr. McCarty, upon examination
of the published uotice inviting
proposals therefor, it was ascer
tained that yesterday's proceed
ings in awarding said contract
were premature; therefore, in jus
tice to all parties concerned and
the public, it is hereby ordered
that each and all bids received for
the building of said hospital be
and the same are hereby rejected,
and the letting of the contract by
yesterday's action of this Board is
hereby made null and void. And
that new bids be invited by the
clerk of this Board by publication,
and that the same be received up
to noon of the first Monday in
October, 1887.
The County Treasurer, in the
prosence of the Board, opened the
bids offered for the purchase of the
County Funding Bonds. I. E.
Solomon offers to purchase 2,000
of said bonds for 2,005. This be
ing the only bid received, the Board
unanimously ordered it rejected;
and upon motion duly made and
unanimously carried it is hereby
ordered that tho County Treasurer
of the County of Graham, Terri
tory of Arizona, be and he is here
by authorized and directod to have
a new set of bonds prepared and
lithographed, aud in conformity
with the law authorizing the issue
thereof, and to negotiate tho sale
of them.
On motion the Board adjourned
to 9 o'clock a. m. August 31, 1887.
Hyrum Weech,
Chairman.
Attest:
P. Michelkna,
Clerk.
Office of the Board of Super
visors. County of Graham,
Territory of Arizona.
Solomonville, August 31, 1887.
The Board met at 9 o'clock a.
m. pursuant to adjournment.
Present llyrntu Weech chair
man, William Whelan member, P.
J. Bolan District Attorney and P.
Micbeleua clerk.
Absent H. C. Boon member.
Tho minutes "f ' previous
meeting aero rvui aud past-od.
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Board of Equalization having been
received, and the changes thereby
ordered having been made upon
the assessment roll of the county,
together with other changes di
rected to be made by this Board
acting as a Board of Equalization,
the Board theu proceeded to levy
taxes for Territorial and county
purposes as follows:
Territorial General Fund, 30
cents on the 100.
Territorial Insane Asylum, 10
cents on the 100.
Territorial University Bonds, 2
cents on the 100.
Territorial Normal School, 21
cents on the 100.
Territorial Funding Bonds In
terest, 15 couts on tho 100.
Territorial School Fund, 3 cents
on the 100.
Total Territorial, 63contsou the
100.
County General Fund, 1 62 on
the 100.
County Building Irterest Fund,
10 cents on the 100.
Coimty School Fund, 50 cents
on the 100.
County Road Fund, 5 cents on
the 100.
Total to be levied, 2 90 on the
100.
The assessment roll, after being
carefully footed up, is found to
show 1.9S5,101 45, total assess
ment of property for Territorial
and county taxes for the year 1887,
which, at the rate of 2 DO, on the
100, gives the sum of 57,567 94
taxes to be collected for Territorial
and county purposes for 1S87.
Upon motion the clerk of the
Board was directed to make a cor
rect copy of the "original assess
ment roll" upon the duplicate as
sessment roll of Graham county,
and to prepare the same for de
livery to tho county tax collector
on or before the second Monday
in September.
On motion the Board adjourned
as a Board of Equalization to meet
as a Board of Supervisors.
Hyrum Weech,
Chairman.
Attest:
P. Michelefa,
Clerk.
The following is a recapitulation
of the debt statement issued Sep
tember 1st: Interest bearing debt
principal 1,060,853.712; interest
10,114,336; total 1,070,968,048;
debt on which interest has ceased
since maturity.principal 4.397,715 ;
interest 186,931; total 4.5S4,647;
debt bearing no interest 597,453,-
840; interest prepared not accrued
per department circular, 1,075,-
2S0; total debt, principal 1,662,
705,267; interest 11,376,548; total
1,674,0S1,815, less cash items
available for reduction of the debt
$259,546,540; total debt less avail
able cash items 1,314,535,275; net
cash in treasury 44,760,908. Debt
less cash in the treasury Septem
ber 1, 18S7, 1,269,774,366. Debt
less cash in treasury August 1,
1887, 1.274,583,842; decrease of
debt during the month 4,809,465.
Total available for reduction of the
debt 259,546,540. Reserve funds
held for the redemption of United
States notes 1,000,000; unavail
able for the reduction of the debt
26,424,331. Certificates held as
cash 29.424,050. Net cash balance
on hand 44,760,980. Total cash
in treasury as shown by ttie treas
urer general's account 45S,991,
729. As abuse of the Chief Executive
is calculated to mislead those
abroad who are intending to in
vest in this Territory and may
thus do harm, let us say a word or
two. The mass of the people are
well satisfied with the Executive.
When some sore headed republi
cans who have perhaps felt the
sting of the Governor's official
boot, or some democrats for office
only who have sought office and
"got lef t,"talk about dissatisfaction
among the people, or in the ranks
of the sturdy democracy at any of
the actions of Governor Zulick,
they imagine that they constitute
the people. That is a mistake. It
will only take a minute to count
these dissatisfied ones. Two or
three coyotes sitting on their
hauuehrs aud joining in a dismal
howl, would mislead one not ac
quainted with the habits of the
little beasts, into a belief that there
were hundreds of them. But just
count them. Count them please;
it won't take long. Phonix Ga
zette. Sheriff Slaughter arrested four
men at Stein's Pass, N. M., as the
Pautano train robbers. Their
names are J. T. Blunt, Dick John
son, Joseph Brooks aud L. M.
Shoehan. It is not believed by
the people who are acquainted
with them that they are the men
wanted.
Sheriff E. O. Shaw of Pima
county, is dying nt Faison, North
Carolina. Ho will live, ti.i tie
-h i : ; i r sav i:) v it 'o'v tv-ek ;
l,ordltirjc Cnrrespomlonce.
Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Parks and
Dr. Gadtlis paid Gold Hill a flying
visit Sunday.
Mias Minnie Kollum of Gold
Hill made a social visit last week
to her numerous friends in town.
Capt. Mitchell of the Standard
was here on businers last Thurs
day. He reports the mill doing
good work and the ore maintain
ing its value.
Jesse Keister, Miller and Gid
ding, old time prospectors of the
Burro mountains, "paseared"' here
last week. Keister recently sold
an interest in the Homestead
mine.
Miss Winnie Burt of Silver City
was here on a visit last week.
Opium joints were raided here
last week and three celestials
whose-, names are said to be One
Lung, Two Lung and Gin Sling,
were fined 50 and trimmings,
from which judgment they ap
pealed to the district court Judge
Buck defended them.
Several car loads of mining ma
chinery have been handled by our
teams overland to the Carlisle dis
trict consigned to J. P. Patterson
at East camp.
Two boilers and a Corlis engine,
four foot stroke, arrived on Fri
day for the Carlisle company.
Col. J. T. McWhirt and family
have gone to the Chiricahuas to
rusticate.
Norman Buck, Esq., started on
the 10th instant for Hillsboro to
attend district court.
P. J. Rogers of Fort Scott, Kan
sas, passod through on his way to
Moreuci. He has accepted the
position of master mechanic that
was tendered him by the Detroit
copper company.
Dr. Lacy, whose social genially
has nmie him a host of friends,
left on the Sunday morning west
bound train for California. It is
rumored that he will bring back
a "rib" and depart from the lonely
paths of bachelordom, with its
ever attending hopes and fears,
vexations and vanities. There is
not a shadow of a doubt but that
he will be a model benedict and
merit the full measure of happi
ness in store for him; at least that
is the wish of his many friends.
Mr. J. M. Hall, President of the
Short Horn Cattle company of
Luna, Socorro county, is here. He
is expecting daily a bunch of his
short horns, which will be placed
on the market at this place, the
cattle being driven by tho way of
Alma and Carlisle.
The secret servico force of both
the Southern Pacific and Wells
Fargo & Co. are making a record
that excites nothing but ridicule
at this place. It may be said the
same of the Sheriff of Cochise
county, Mr. Slaughter. One night
last week Sheriff Slaughter and
posse arrived here on a special
traiu, an engine and box-car, on
which were horses for himself and
posse. It turned out that the
party they were after, as the train
robbers, were at the time and have
been all along at Stein's Pass. At
all events, after remaining here
about twelve hours, he and his
special railway conveyance went
back to Stein's Pass and arrested
the train robbers, (!) one of whom,
Brooks, fifty men are roady to tes
tify was here at Lordsburg on the
day of the robbery and was here
for a week before and after the
crime. This is the character of
Vidocqnism employed to trail and
run down the thieves. Think of
it, trailing train robbers three
weeks after the "hold up" on the
same railroad on a special train.
Fine work!
Quite a pleasant social gather
ing took place at the residence of
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Small last
Thursday evening in honor of the
joint visit of Misses Minnie Kel
lum and Winnie Burt Conver
sation and terpsechore wore in
dulged in sufficient to pass the
time pnjoyably into tho "wee sma'
hours."
Sheriff Laird executed a writ of
attachment in favor of Lindauer,
Wormser & Co., on the property
belonging to the Advance saloon
last Saturday.
A. P. Miller, the postmaster, has
removed tho postoffice into the de
pot building. A convenient lo
cation. Miss Fisher, a young lady who
lived with her parents at Shakes
pere, died of typhoid malaria. Dr.
Simpson was called to attend the
case wheu the disease had assumed
its fatal feature. A brother of the
deceased was also stricken with
th- same malady, but there hope
of his recovery.
The railroad well yields 38,000
gallons of water and the flow is in
creasing.
J. G. Park, Esq., surveyed a
group of mines recently for Grif
fith, Doyle & Co.
The old town of Shakespere is
assuming a lively appearance. The
old hotel is undergoing thorough
repairs and renovation. Other
nuiklings nro n!?o being worked
that h?v i'l'L't; h-.v:'t("
T.
these many years. Real estate that
one year ago had no value is now
finding purchasers. Among those
who have made purchases recently
are Mat Doyle, W. G. Griffith, Vic
Van Hall and others. Tho build
ings of the town are well built,
substantial structures of concrete
and adobe. The parties alluded
to above are all old-timers in this
section and their movements are
looked upon as "shadows of com
ing events" indicating a revival of
business at the old place.
Cy Blunt of Volcano, wno was
arrested as one of tho train rob
bers at Stein's Pass by Sheriff
Slaughter and posse, was in town
Monday. He was turned loose at
Tucson. Mr. Blunt is considerably
exercised over the way he was
treated by Slaughter.
A young man named Perrin, a
locomotive fireman, had his left
foot badly crushed Monday night
while passing between cars in
motion.
A fellow called Shorty was ar
rested Monday night for stealing
10 from Frank Schultz. The
crime was traced home to him by
means of a marked bill.
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