The Weekly Arizonian., 1870-07-02

that tho deceas ed who is said 10 have been B professional gambler, at one time borrowed a considerable sum of money from Smith who claims to be laboring man. Finding "the game o;herwse than profitable at Rolston City deceasen conclu1ed to accompany Smith to Tucson where the latter stated his intendo of coming to look for more profitable employ ment. They accordingly started out together aud in conversation deceased said he belived he would not remaai iu Tucson but proceed to California. This led Smith to believe that it were just possible for his companion to repu- djate the loan, so he mentioned his determins- tion of having that money returned upon ar irving at Tucson. After further debate deceas- ed drew his pistol and said the matter ust be "settled hera' and at the same time sent a bull let through Smiths coat which he followed up with another which likewise passed without in- fictiug any injury. Smith, who is a rather powerful man, caught deceased before the latter had time to shoot a third time, falIed him on the ground an wrested the pistol from his grasp Hs then told him that if he would give up all his arms and promise to let the matter rest he woad neither retaliate nor report the murder ous attack to the authorities at Tucson, The reply made by, deceased was, "shoot you s---- ot a 5--, for if l ever get my hand on my revolver again I'll murder yop" Smith, i'm mediately, upon receiving this answer, shot deceased through the head, magistrate Meyers accompanied Smith to the scene on Saturday evening The appearance, of the ground and, 1 in fact, every indication tended to rorrobOrate the statements made by Smith. Six hundred and thirty dollars in counterfeit, l0-dollar greenbacks were found on the person of the 1 deceased. Smiths examination is being post poned in hopes that some further light may be thrown upon the afair-as the parties are both strangers and DO evidence in the affair
 exists save the statement of tho survivor. A MATRIMONIAL TRIAL :-"The course of true love runs like lame Shanghoi j" I've will not be positive that the quotation is here as it dropped from the inspired lips of the poet, but
 we have certainly furnished tbe remark as he intended it; and perhaps the toughest trail ever struck was that recently followed by a
 worthy bootmakor, of Mexican persuasion,
 who ''ott and many times" tackled soIas to the most aristocraic boots in town. This worthy man, now about his thirty-seventh yoat, be- came hopeleSsly enamored of fascinating maiden whose years had just brought her to the hinging- point wher, girbood tumbles into the abyss of old-maidhood., Feeling that life without her would be 8 regular Limbo h9 ap- peared before her a week ago, in new shirt, and pleaded his cause as men in his condition, alone, can plead. She heard him until he fell exhausted against the OELo, (crushing that in- dispensable piece of furniture to fragments when, after claiming damages, she flung Der gold-tiuted "eelers" around his paper collar and gave him one on tbe brow quick as tho't he rotorted in kind, getting home on her blush
 ing cheek This settled the agreement and
 OH Monday morning their lives were blended together iu the bonds of marriage "So far so good p At the dread hour of midnight as the guests prepared to retire and leave the happy couple in their innocence and their new ado6o house, four UaIientes walked up to the bride-
 groom and informed him that his bride was their particular friend and must accompany them. Did he tell them they could 'have her with pleasure ?' Perish the thought No sir [ He fled without giving any such assent-6eter-
 mined to avoid the pains and penalties which resistance might call forth-while the Vandals skedaddled with his treasure. After spending the remainder of the night in fruitless affort to discover some classic shade above the Santa Cruz, beneath which and the bounding spray he might shut out sll memories of the past, (not wishing to break any of his bones by tumbling into well, ) he appeared before Sheriff Brady and poured into the official ear his tale of mis- cry. He was heard. Three of his oppr essors ! are in jail and the fourth is at large His wife, doubtless influenced by her appreciation of his manly (2) effort to defend her in the hour of peril, refuses to see him, and now lives with l her relatives. And thus the matter stands, while men betake themselves to the various
 avocatiOns of life as though nothing wonderful ] baI