The Weekly Arizonian., 1869-08-21

sell Commissioner or Deedsi to reside Tn the
 city of New York
 WE would call the attention of our readers
 Q the notice of Edwin A Brown, dated a
 Ga City It is evidentya matter of much in
 .erest 10 the parties concerned who should
 eons3er themselves fortunate in having valu-
 AbIe papers and money, belonging to then, rescued by strictly honest hands.
 TIE in lividua! who first suggested roofing
 buildings with earth ought certainly to be pres- ssnted leather medal. We have yet to see the
 first roof, of this material, which has been
 Hound proof against continued rain for 48
 hours A rain storm of only six hours dura-
 .ion, on Monday, deluged our office, and sev-
 eral other buildings shared like fate.
 OUR Florence letter, this week, brings ac.
 counts of disputes about water privileges and
 land claims which, for some time, created much sunpeasantness, but which have been satiscac- torily settled. On Monday party of meS commenced work on the new road to Tucson j; and upon the same day two entorprising cli- zens of Florence, Messrs. Stiles and Wikisson, comme need the digging of well on the new route between Florence and Camp McDowel!
 HRRE, ye Supervisors, who have been in session and vii not let the people know what you have done please bestow a little attention upon the condition in which the recent rains have left our streets. Look for instance, at the guch formed at the corner of Main and Vine gtreets-almost large enough to take in D fuI! grown mule look, also, at every other street in town-ccnSder what they are and what they might be-and if the view fail to arouse you to action, then resign at once. MIGRATION An emiggant train, from Tex as. en ronso to California. passed through this city or We-lesdav. The train consists of forty wagons, accemaamad by some 400 per- sons, This aau!s-aie immigration to Califor.. nia, Stat .araaay 5en-ely settled, is some- what sirrsi-.ae to say inc least and We should not be surprised to Gnd tblee-fourths of these emigrants, wi.sin i-ss than year, iock.ng
 into Arizona to lag the foundation of homes such as California cannot o1ier to persons Of limited means.
 SOLD "A certain perseveriug individual, known by the classic apfenation Barronoski, last week, played some of our merchants 0 shreUd trick The fellow is, decidedly, specu- lator; having started himself in business at Camp Criltenden few weeks ago, bis apparent success gained for him the ccnhdenee of many of cur merchants Of this confidence he avail ed hims If, to the extent of about s, GOO, and with this cor fortable little sum left for parts unknown. This IS the second instance of cold, . deliberate Swindng practised on our mer- chants, within few months and in neither case was an effort made to bring the swindler ojustice.
 MURDER On the 9th nst quarrel arose between two Texans, at the San Pedro Crossing. Winch resulted inrhe shooting of a man named z Dupont. It appears, from the evidence sd. duced at an investigation held here, that Du- pont was in the act of beating a member of the party who was sick and unable to defend
 | Dupont, who bore the reputation of murderer rashed to the wagon in which lay his pistol uttering threats against the life Of Walker when the latter, tearing that he vorld carry :. Ais threats into practise, pulled his revolver y,a ,,s ssIt ,sI him dead. Upon arriving here he
 '"Aeh into cuStouyI UuU- a,-I--inY heen 'aown that he acted in self-deferse, he was permitted to go at liberty. OoL. GREEN is suil among the White Moun- ans sHreadiag devastation among thesavages. reports ot semi-oiIicial character have just ,een received; they are considered quite re- .Ao'e and to great extent corroborate the ., lie statements published iG the ARIzoNAN last 'eek; The Colonel came to an CT agemeut '.'n a large party of Indians, killed l5, cap-ur- u a large number of horses mules end buFros Hu destroyed vast amount of property, of very description, among which were 100 acres II green corn. The command met in this S6 -s'on, three Americans who live with tha