The Weekly Arizonian., 1869-07-10
LOCAL MATTERS.

1. s s-.a[T G. Gaige, the efficient photo i. 1l-D .r,ist and accomplished gentleman ssr. citv q few weeks since, died a;
 ,o. tsoodwin on the 2i inst
 report reached us, on Tuesday,
 ,be Express rider on the route between 3 E '..or 's anJ Camp Grant, while coming toward
 .osor ,ss, on Saturday, was met by party o'
 s:a~ .nd bv them pursued back to the post
 srroos Two ladies and gentlemen re-
 .a,lr arrived from Sonora, have opened
 hoel ;athe Hodges House. During the day.
 . voung idea is instructed in reading writing
 ,,I arithmetic, and toward evening second fails in to study vocal and instrumental !.s;c We wish these enterPrising people ,a,v sreeess and may they receive suucent atronage to induce them to remain with us,
 THz eSoyrayoR AND SEcRETARY:-Ihursday b, oa,te an eventfal day in Tucson. Hon.
 P K. Saa1rl our new Governor, arrived h Thursday morning, He reached the Nine
 lie station on Tuesday evening and was there net by party of our citizens by whom he was ..oortea iato town. Mr. Leon, iron: Arizona Ity arriseI with the Governor. Hon. Coles 5ashford Secretary, arrived from the Last' yIa
 anta Fe. on Thursday evening, accompanied
 v Major Duaield and others. The city is ,hrougud with strangers and they all look .heerfui and happy.
 Who DID IT "A house on the plaza was .haken to fragments, on Saturday night, by the xplosioa of a quantity Ofpowder placed under he Ieundation. Jones says he is quite conf ent that the act was committed by a party ot dle urahins. Brown, however, maintains that tis not 50; but, having discovered the charred enains of two pairs cf ladies' hose near the n;n, bslieyes the worl, to have been done by airer hands. Smith maintains that 1t is no iueh shing that the mlschiefwas done by he party yho fred the first gun on the morning Ofthe 4th. Quien sa5e?
 MAls:-In our last issue We spoke of the | probable capture by the Indians, of the mail buggy oh the route between Tucson and Me- s.lla. We surmi,eI correctly The mail which .sft this place on the 24th proceeded to Bar neys Staticn wilhou, meeting with any edven ,are. Here the mails connect, but in of the non-appearance of the | mail due from the Rio Grande, that from this place passei on in the expectation of meeting with t. Near Soldiers Farewell, N NJ, the irivev waS attacked by large body of Indians but sueeeeded in making his escape leaving he buggy surrounded by Indians. After pro, ceeding short distance he discovered the other buggy and two men lying dead close by. Thus the Indians had captured both buggies almost on the same spot The postmaster at Miembres Station, with a party of men, pros ceeded lo the scene of the disaster on the fol- lowing day, where they discovered the mail matter Battered around, but not torn excspt in tewirstances in which letters and news- papers had been perforated by bullets. They succeeded in collecting the entire mail, and having buried the bodies of the murdered men returned to the station. Mr. Davis arrived asre wlth the mailOn Thursday, having procur- q 0uggies and stock to replace those destrov- q and iaken by the Indians.
 ' E s'T4nss that military guard cannot be us''aaea to protect mails On this route. The resent Indifference in this matter is q disorooo 2 '0ass who have the power 60 apply a remedy, 'sA 'aoOgA the loss of property sustained by lle uae contractors be ignored, tas itis hn. ''O0'a nO' 0e) the mails should be protected
 sSDsAsS On Saturday, the Sd inst . n,-. ' z l''o'sns well armed and mounted. n,a5o y ssssas oPon the ranch of Mr. George on s,s N. sd'o valley. Mr. c was pIoughing in a lseovssins the Indians, cut loose ons 4uo upon Y e' 'ls mules and succeeded in raooL;es. a0pse in safety; but a soIdisr nan..S ns A @ "no was also in the field at this :, ianA Lo1. '''1eh ., na murdered by the In. ;s.., A'Ou' the same time another ranch < a.ss ,Olle two miles from the scene of this eng sne thirty warriors a,s p"na num-
 T murray and Johnson, killed.