Salt River herald., 1878-09-21
ARIZONA ITEMS.

The following petition is now be- ing circulated throughout the Terri tory to the Congress of the United States:
 The undersigned, citizens of the Territory of Arizona, beg respectful ly to represent that the coaches bearing the United States mails are continually robbed in this territory and elsewhere, to the disgrace of the nation and detriment of its citizens. We therefore beg to petition that the Postmaster General of the Unit ed StatNs be authorized to employ Postal Guard" of sufficient num- Der and with adequate armament to protect the mails of the United States wherever they are airied, with authority to kill and destroy any person or persons who may molest them. That the expense of maintaining said postal guard may be paid out of the revenue of the Post Office Department and that its organization may be regulated by the Postmaster General of the Unit ed States.
 Star: Col. Lewis, a practical miner aud geologist, who has oper- ated in all the mining states on the Pacific Coast, hes returned from a tour of inspection of the Tomb stone district. He says he ncve; before saw so much mineral wealth, and believes that the district will prove by development to be the most profitable ever discovered on the Pacific Coast. This is broad assertion, but the field is open to the inspection of all, and interested parties of exp ,rience can see for themselves. There is nothing kept back. The ore is on the dumps at several shafts, and more is being taken out daily, and besides, the surface indications are before them. In proof of our assertions in refer ence to the richness of the develop ed mnies. all we ask is for practi- Cal miners to give the district per sonal inspection.
 Enterprise; Tom Waters, a sa- loon keeper at the Peck mine, and Murphy, a miner, became involved in a dispute relative to a division of some money which Murphy had won at poker the night before with stake given him by Waters The latter called Murphy a "thieving son of a b-" and both pulled at the same time, and turned loose. Waters received a flesh wound in the shoulder a ball from his pis- tol struck the cylinder of Murphy's revolver and split, half of it going through Murphy's right sleeve. Five shots were fired, when both pistols refused 10 revolve. and Wa ters struck his opponent over the head with his, and the deputy sher- if stepped in and stopped the row. The following contracts for flour have been awarded by Capt. Chas. P. Eagan, Chief c. S. under his advertisement of June 10, 1878:
 Camp McDowell-2O,OOOO pounds at 9.3s cts, to c. T. Hayden.
 Camp Verde-35,OoO pounds at 4.97 cts. to c. T. Hayden.
 Ft. Whipple-35,oOO pounds, at 4.97 cts, to c. T. Hayden.
 Camp Grant-1O,O0o pounds, al 6.25 cts, to Samuel Katzenstein.
 Camp Huachuca-4O,OOO pound: at 6.99 cts, to Samuel Katzenstein
 Camp Thomas-l5,O00 pounds at 6.l0 cts, to Chas. Lesinsky.
 Camp Bowre-35,OOO pounds at 5.37 cts, Chas. Lesinsky.
 Miner: A handsome baker wa: going along Montezuma street witt his arms full of bread; and sur. mounting the latter there was g large, hard, long sausage. One ot the loaves of bread descended to mother earth, whereupon the child of dough stopped down to try tc pick it up, which caused him tc drop the sausage, too. Being a German, he exclaimed: "Veighn ] drop die broad dat vas bad, but veighn I lose him sausage, dat vas bad gu worst"
 Sentinel: The arrival here of a single shipment of over 100000 pOunds of salt for the Blackberry