Arizona citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Pima County, A.T. [i.e. Ariz.]) 1870-1880, 1876-07-29
MINERAL PARK, July Ia, 1876.

Men Perished-SchOOI.
MINERAL PARK, July IA, 1876.
The three mills in the county are
still successfully running night and
day.
Hon. s. W. Wood, member of the
Eighth Legislative Assembly of Ari.
IONA, has announced himself as candi-
date for County Recorder; Caldwell
Wright, the present recorder is also a
candidate for reelection.
Capt. NJ. N. Warren of Cave Springs
in this county, was shot on the 9Th By
his partner, Thomas B. Shipp. Mr..
Shipp was examined on Tuesday be-
fore Justice Melbourne of this place,
and discharged. The evidence show
ed that Capt Warren had for some
time been threatening 10 kill Mr.. Ship.
and had actually drawn a pistol on
him when Shipp drew his pistol and
shot Warren through the head. War
rem died about six hours after he was
shot. The trouble arose about a settle.
ment and dissolution between the two.
Warren was known as violent man
and often boosted that he had killed
six men in California.
The weather has been warmer here
than ever before known. 1t is very
pleasant now, however.
Hon. A. E. Davis has gone to Cali
fornia on business connected with the
San Francisco mine, Owen district.
Messrs. W. C. Parsons and E. Martin
Smith accompanied Mr.. Davis.
Jackson McCracken is now general
agent for all the mining companies
operating on McCrackin Hill, Owen
district.
Lumber is now being brought here
from Sherman's mill, Mt. Hope, in
large quantities. Every house in town
is Occupied-most of the houses crowd
ed.
Sometimes we are three or four
weeks without a CITIZEN, and then
several come by one mail. Who is to
blame?
Our mail facilities are worse than
lever before, indeed we might almost
as well be without any mail at all. l
received letter a short time since that
had been six weeks on its way from
San Francisco. We have to thank Del
cgate Stevens however, for getting US
mail through the southern end of the
county. The people here will remem-
Der him for it, for it will be of great
benefit to our entire population. Con
sidering the disadvantages II delegate
labors under in Washington, Mr.. Ste
vens deserves great credit. But it is
impossible 10 please all. He has GER
tainly shown himself an indefatigable
worker.
One of the citizens of the northern
end of this county has eighteen wives.
A short time ago the old fellow took il
into his bead TO move, but the Oldest
wife did not wish to do anything of the
kind, so she and the other seventeen,
gave the old man a severe thrashing
and persuaded him to remain where he
was. There are thirty-six children in
this happy family. The Oldest wife is
chief-she rules the husband and the
other seventeen wives as well as the
children.
In some parts of the county water
has been very scarce this Summer
scarcer than ever before, while in 9th.
er portions of the county, it has been
as plenty as ever. We have had very
little rain as yet.
Two men persisted in the Sacramen.
to valley a short time since. One was
blacksmith named Clemens and the
other a Kanacka.
The district school is still in session
with a larger attendance than ever be-
fore. Miss Matte Tucker of Fresno,
county, California, is the teacher.