Arizona citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Pima County, A.T. [i.e. Ariz.]) 1870-1880, 1876-09-02
MARICOPA COUNTY
PersOnaIs-QuaII-Fruit-POIities-
Crop Preparation 60
Destroy FIGURING Miil-Judge
Tweed's Family UnweiI-NO Sep
TENDER Term Of Court, etc.
PnFN1v August q. 1916.

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town on the oath, remained over night
and started next day for Prescott II
Melvin of Florence, paid us a visit
I last week and also went north. HC
proposed hunt while here, and John
George hitched up his fine span Of
bays and John G. Melvin, Upton
Waters and Naylor were soon on the
way to Mr.. Georges ranch where they
bagged about fifty quails and as many
waiermelons. The company voted
John "chief" on watermelons, and
/ his neighbor, Mr.. Noyinger, on
I peaches John George Las some scr-
ghum stalks on his ranch, that would
be good weapons to punch crows out
of the tops ofpine trees. He says he in
tends to take a specimen to the Centen
NAL next year lIr. Campbell a prom
inent merchant of Prescott, has been
here for several days. II. Ii. Hull
who has h2In the telegraph operator
here for nearly two years, left on
Thursday for Camp Grant He is a
good operator and a jolly, good fellow
and we regret his departure. Mr.
Storey Of Camp Grant viii take his
place
The Democratic central committee
met last week and fixed upon the 9th
/ of October for holding the county con.
vention. The precincts will elect del
ceates on the 9th of September. An
effort is being made by the Republi
cans (who are in the minority in the
county, to organize an independent
party, so as to secure a share of the
county offices, but the Democrats
knowing their strength, generally de
cline TO "divy." y petition was cir
/ culated last week asking voters to
| pledge themselves to the support OF
John Smith for the council and J. T.
Alsap and c. H. Grey for the Assem-
bly,. 1t was signed by a large number
Iof ciuzens-principally Republicans
/ the Democrats preferrIng to await the
action of their convention. Il is
thought that King 5 Woolsey will be
nominated for the council by the Dem
ocrats, and ]. T. Alsap and George
r. Roberts for the Assembly. George
Z. Mowery, the present sheriff, is the
choice of the Republicans for that of
! fee B. F. Patterson, Thos. Graves,
Thos. Childs, and others are talked OF
I by the Democrats. The Republicans
held d meeting yesterday and appoint
led "a committee Of three, consisting OF
Nv. D. Gunter, J. d. Romburg and
Jacob Storer, to appoint a committee
of twenty-three 10 meet in Phenix on
the last Saturday in September, to
.,o5'ais,et-l,e aeeu;-
j. \. Parker, county recorder, is at
The Globe, registering the miners ofthe
district; has been gone about two
weeks and is expected home in d dav
or two.
Farmers are preparing to put in the
full crop and are repairing plows and
farming implements. The indications
are that more grain will be sown in
the valley tins fall and winter than
ever before. Considerable new land is.
being cleared, and all that is available
viii be planted.
A dastardly effort was made q few
nights ago, by a man named Ellis. toI
blow up the grist-miH Of Messrs
Smith, Ste;uns IS Co., in this place |
The circumstances are these: He Of
iered the watchman(one VIM. Clarkli
800 to allow him to go to the engine
and arrange so that it would blow uni
rs soon heated next morning. Clark
accepted the offered bride. and then
posted the miller, Mr. Sutherland. who.
in company with Clark watched him
until he began his nefarious work. and
hen arrested him lie is now in tbeIt
all awaiting an examination. He''
old Clark he was to receive $500 for
he job Ellis had been in the employ
# the company as an engineer. and ,
Iuit "a day or two before this event at
rs own request, and assigned no rea I
on for so doing only that he did not.
wish to work any longer. He has had a
he reputation Of being an industrious 7
nd honorable man, hitherto. and this
fair is mystery which remains to
e solved. 10
Judge Tweed has telegraphed that =
is family is very sick and that he
lnnot be here for the September term z
court and it Is decided to have no
'Oit UullI thc nTst OF December
This works hardship to several I
risoners who are in the county Jail u
waiting trial, as also to the county. -
\ pleasant dance occurred at the
age Office a few evenings ago.
rent Kirkland will start for Missouri !
few days on & visit to his friends 81
Hannibal. Mr. Kingsley of San -
rancisco, who was out here on a tour !
inspection a few months ago, and
turned 70 S-n Francisco with specl- l
ems from a number of mines in the ~
obe and elsewhere, has just returned de
make a second tour of the mines -
e Is here in the interests Of several n
40 Francisco canifalists and IL ygoII -