Salt River herald., 1878-08-24

cost m the nclgHDOrnOOu Ol SO,VOV- | The building is two stories. The | upper will be 60 30 and 12 feet high | with two ante rooms of h 12, it | will be occupied by the Knights of Pythias, Masons and Odd Fellows. | The lower story will be 14 feet high, l sixty feet long and thirty feet wide. It will be used as a place of business l by the contemplating firm of Asher X Ellis, and when fitted up as they pro pose doing, it will be the finest store in Arizona, This firm since their ad- vent in Phenix have been so crowded for space as to prevent proper show ing of their immense stock. They also have a very large fine brick building, lately completed on the southwest corner of the plaza that is used as warehouse. This building is crowded with goods of all kinds, and is one of the most valuable stock of goods in the Territory. We are glad to witness their prosperity.
 THE eastward bound stage for Flor ence, passed Maricopa Wells last evening about 0 o'clock. On board there was a large quantity of mail for Phenix and Salt River valley. It will reach Phenix next Monday evening just 72 hours after passing point only 9 miles distant, and all owing to the fact that mails are carried by way of Florence, q roundabout of 120 miles. Let us have a daily mail from Maricopa Wells by all means.
 By private letter received from Florence we learn of the shooting and killing of Charlie Robinson, by John Loss. At that place last Sunday. Five shots entered Robinson; one went in the arm, three in the chest and the fifth, dhe fatal one) entered the bowels. The examination was set for last Wednesday before Judge Walker.
 F. M. FOWLER will open butch CT shop on the list in the building now occupied by W. T. Smith, who will remove to the place lately occupied by John Kuauss, across from A. M. James & Co. store.
 THE Croquct Club is in full blast every evening on the ground adjoin- ing the residence of Mir. Osborn. The championship now lays between Mir. Shaw and E. Irvine, with chances about equal.
 IT. $. FITZGERALD, commenced an advertisement in last weeks paper. People of this section will find this a reliable firm to transact any business for them they may have in Yuma.
 TED. NICHOLS, Superintendent of Gilmer & Saulsbury's Stage Company, left by Monday nights stage, having made some changes in the running gear of that line in Phenix.
 THE methodists will hold camp meeting the month of October. Full particulars will be given in these col umns in the course of q few weeks.
 KoNG LEE has moved his laundry in the building occupied by Walsh & Dupew, Carpenters. He does hi! washing up in city like style. , DR. II. c. SHEETS, Dentist, will re , turn to Reno, Nevada, in a few weeks Any work in his line had better bt attended to at once.
 RELIGIOUS Services will be held il the new church building tomorrow evening, by the Pastor, at half pas seven o'clock.
 TIE teams of Vim. Williams hay
 returned from the Tiptop, havin: made the trip in three days with very large load.
 TIE Indians seem to have a means
 of obtaining liquor of suflicien
 amount to produce intoxicatior
 Can't this be stopped?
 <. TIE Roster of troops serving in tn
 Department of Arizona, commando ' by Col. O. B. Wilcox, has been re ceived.
 W. NJ. GRIFFITH, one of the pro
 prietors of the Southern Pacific Mai
 Line will be in Phenix in q few day 1T J. R. NICHOLS, of the firm of Tit e well & Nichols, McMillenville, arri,
 ed by Wednesday evenings stage. a SEVERAL dances were held anon n the Mexican portion of our popul; t tion last Sunday evening. y. THE mill building of the Golde ,r Star Mining Company at Cave Greet o. is making rapid progress. K Read the correspondence in todd
 paper from Tiptop mine and McMi pr lenville.
 O, c. E. PHILEs is now located in Gi 'e let, employed by the Tiptop COT
 pany.
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