Arizona citizen., 1875-08-21
Yuma County.

From Ine Oenllnel OI August If
 Under the sinking fund act for
 Yuma county, the Treasurer redeem ed, August 9, $7O62S in warrants for $5O6.23. The bids for redemption
 were at 65, 70 and 75 cents.
 Robert Black, charged with assault ing Recorder Townsend, was examin- ed and required to give $200 bail to answer at the next term of the dis trict court.
 We are in receipt of letter from T. D. Lockwood one of our most rei- able and energetic miners, dated Pi:a-
 cho mine, August II, i'll which he states that he had found one of the richest silver bearing lodes he had ever seen. The location is on the top of the Picacho mountain, about twen- ty-five miles north of Yuma, in San Diego county, California. He says the native silver is sticking out i'll the rock, and that there is rock enough in sight to load every steamer and barge on the Colorado.
 Yuma county has levied $3.00.3 cn each $1OO of taxable property, $1.75.3 of which is for county purposes, fifty cents for building and the remainder for school and Territorial purposes, and allows the collector ten per cent. for collections.
 The Colorado Steam Navigation Company's steamship Newborn, Capt. Metzger, Is to sail from San Francisco for the mouth of the Colorado river via Mexican ports, August 19, and is expected to arrive about September l. The Montana which arrived at the mouth of the river August ', brought as passengers: Col. Martin and wife and one Chinaman Major Menadier, wife and daughter and one Chinaman; Mir. Chandler, paymaster, clerk Mrs Wells, Capt. Dove, Lieut.. Wilson, and Dr. Tasson. This steamer also brought twenty-six enlisted men and four laun- dresses.
 We learn that Alex. Stewart, an old hand and for some time foreman of the ship-yard at the mouth of the river, died there August 5 MT. Stew art was taken sick at II o'clock a. m. of that day and expired at , o'clock p. m.
 Last Saturday we received letter from A. Lang, of Gila City, stating that man named W. Stickney, from Royal Ridge, Sioux county, Iowa. i died at that place of dyspepsia, that morning, and would be buried that evening. The deceased was aged about fifty-seven years.
 Last Tuesday evening @ prairie schooner arrived from San Diego with large load of goods consigned l to Wm. B. Hooper & Go. for Levi Bashford of Prescott, Coles Bashford at Tucson and other parties of both places, Among these goods is d Chickering piano weighing 10OOt pounds for Levi Bashford.
 Last Monday morning Corporal Patton, of the Signal Service with a detail of men, wagon and outfit, left uma on tour or inspection and re- i pair of the whole military telegraph line in Arizona. Corporal Patton seems to be an active and energetic man.
 The weather is still quite warm in Yuma, though the last few nights have been delightfully cool and plea Sant for sleeping, A few weeks will let us out of the heated term. The dreaded hot weather only lasts four months at most, to- wit: June, July, August and Septemb Der. Then we have eight months of the most de- -ightful and exhilerating weather that can be imagined. Having eight months of Heaven to compensate for four months of Purgatory IS tolerably and much better than we think some fellows about here will get hereafter.