Arizona citizen., 1874-09-26
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
Special Dispatches to THE C1r1zEN.l
ARIZONA.

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 pany takes station at Fort Whipple, Company B at Verde; and E and K at 1 Apache. The latter named companies
 will leave here for their several stations
 on the morning Of the 23d. l Governor Stafford arrived In Prescott by
 this mornings mail wagon, and left this | forenoon for Verde with Gen. Crook and 1 some other officers.
 PRESCOTT, September 22.-Gen. Crook,
 accompanied by Lieut.. Bourke, A. D. C.,
 started yesterday to inspect the military.
 garriSOns and Indian reservation at Camps Verde, Apache and San Carlos. | PRESCOTT, September 23.-Gov. Stafford | returned from Verde last evening. | Messrs. Dougherty, Peterbridge and Utter l arrived from Bradshaw last night, and brought about $500 in gold which they
 had recently taken out of ore from the War Eagle and other mines. Wm. M.
 Buffum purchased yesterday several
 ounces of placer gold recentlyItaken from l the Black Hills just east Of Prescott. A new hospital is about being built at
 Fort Whipple instead of the one so long in use.
 The buildings at Camp Date Creek have
 recently been inspected with a view to
 turn them over to the Interior Depart ment for settlers according to the act Of
 Congress which passed lat Winter.
 PRESCOTT, September 2.-W. H. Hardy is here and brings fiattering news from Mohave county. Col. Buell. is pushing
 matters in Cedar and other Districts. His
 mill in Hualpai mountain will soon be crushing high grade ore of which he has nearly 100 tonS Tim bers for the proposed
 mill on the Sandy were being hauled. The
 shaft is down fifty feet on the Hope show ing eighteen inches of very rich ore. The Keystone in Mineral Park was yielding
 much rich ore. The mine of Pierce, Jay COX and others is a truly pOOr-man's. With two arrastrars they are taking out a great deal Of gold. They are working on a small creek in sight of vein over 300 feet high by seven in width-the creek having
 washed away the dirt and exposed so
 much of the vein.
 THE military have got the hostile Indian business in Arizona down to
 perfection, so far as prompt and certain
 punishment goes for their misdeeds, which
 is the great desderatum. Here is dis
 patch which speaks for itself: PRESCOTT, September 24.-The Indians who murdered MT. Roberts near Humb bug district, were followed by a detachment of troops and Indian scouts from Verde 10 their rancheria near the head of Gave Creek where a sharp fight took place in
 which fourteen hOstiles were killed and
 several taken prisoners, with a loss on our side of but one Tonto Apache scout killed, and two wounded. The hostiles
 were renegade Apache MOhaves. YUMA, Septem Der 22-The Steamer GiIa arrived here yesterday from Ehrenberg, and left on Sunday for the mouth of the
 river Two steamers are expected to re-
 turn with passengers and freight on or
 about next Friday.
 Hon. H. s. Stevens reached here on Saturday by stage from Tucson. c. W. c. Rowell (district attorney) and his daughter, are passengers on the stage | to-day for Tucson. Mr. Powell goes up to be in attendance at the opening of the district court.
 YUMA, September 25.-Steamer Cocopah
 arrived from mouth of river yesterday with companies D, H and I, Eighth h. fantry, and these named passengers: Capt. H. M. LaZelle, commanding detachment,
 and 2d Lieut. Ray, Co. H; Capt. Smith and
 lst Lieut.. F. T. Adams, Co. l; Capt. c. M.
 Bailey, lst Lieut.. J. w. Powell and 2d
 Lieut.. w. l.. Pitcher; and MT. Farley en route to Tucson, and Mrs. Otis to Camp Bowie.
 The steamer left for mouth of river this morning
 MARICoPA WELLS, September 22.-Stages
 this week change their schedule to the old time, and leave Tucson and Yuma Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays at 2 p. m.; arrive here from Tucson Sundays, Wednesdays and Fridays and from Yuma Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Vader's train from Phenix left here for Yuma this morning.
 Weather very smoky but cool and pleas ant with light west wind. PHENIx, September 22.-Judge c. A. Tweed returned from California on the 18th. His daughter Flora came with him.
 He opened the regular term of the district court on the 18th. There will be no grand jury this term. MT. Collins, who was
 bound over to await the action of the grand jury, was discharged on his own recogniZance.
 The Methodist church are holding &
 basket meeting in the mesquite with quite large attendance.
 Yesterday, the district court adjourned till tomorrow on account of the illness of Judge Rush, district attorney. Weather clear and cool. PHENIx, September 24-The case of Henderson vs. Barnett X Block and Wormser came up in district court yester- day. Evidence all in and argument to- day.
 Thirty pupils were in attendance at the public school last week and the number
 will soon reach forty or more.
 Weather clear and cool.
 PHENIX, September 25.-The Pima Ind- ians on the east side of the river have driy- en quite a numb Der of the Mexican people from their ranches and taken possession of their houses and lands, claiming that the lands belong to them. All the fam lilies have left the vicinity. Sheriff Hayes place the settlers in possession of their property. Fifty to seventy-f1ve Indians say they will keep possession.
 Yesterday the Peoples convention met and nominated this ticket: Legislature, Col. King s. Woolsey of Stanwix for the Council, and Judge J. T. Alsap of Phenix and Dr. Wilson of Maryville for the As