The Phoenix herald., 1879-10-04
ARIZONA.

raids on the persons Of citizens. They were seen yesterday, and it is thought they will be captured by Walker,
 George Clark from Turkey Creek, was in town yesterday, he says Mas terson mill is at work pounding bull lion, an iron pipe has be recently laid from the mine to the mill carries ell water for their purposes.
 Miss Hattie Lawlor. a graduate from Thompson's Business College N. Y for telegraph operators is aspir- a: for city office, lu t $ closed uni l it is known if Miss McClintock ac- cepts it.
 PRESCOTT, Sept 30.-The city tel. egraph office is closed temporarily on account of Judge Du Souchct accept ing a position in BaIdwin's Theatre, San Francisco. He gets q bensfit to night in the theatre and a crowded house is anticipated.
 Everything is quiet and dull Tn town.
 MT. Richardson of Tiger came in last night and reports a drenching rain in that locality of thirty-six hours duration.
 Lieutenant Booth left on the 23 for Florence, thence to Forts Bowie, Lowell, Grant and Thomas to inspect inc the telegraph and meteorological stations. He proposes erecting iron poles between Prescott and Maricopa with two wires on them-
 FoRT GRANT, October 1st.-The Post herd was jumped this morning about II o'clock by masked men who tied the herder to tree and ran the herd off in director of Stockton's pass hcrder after lacerating his wrists very badly succeeded in freeing him. selfand reported at the Post Licuten- ant Geary and four men immediately started in pursuit Thieves after running the herd took thirteen Of the best horses, leaving remainder of the herd behind in the vicinity of where they fsst ran inc herd of. Pursuing party up to this hour9 PM. have not returned Some party also run off stock from Camp Bowie, anu Martins ranch inthis vicinity parties from Bowie Thomas and Huachuca ordered in pursuit.
 WfekenbLrg.
 WIcKENBURG, September 30.-Thc monotony of the town was broken this afternoon by fisticuff encounter between two Hassayampas caused by tco much whisky. Nobody was hurt.
 Operations will soon commence on the Vulture tailings as the machinery arrived this morning
 Extensive operations may be looked for in the near future on the cclebra- ted Cumberland mine, Captain Han lon of the San Francisco Custom House having assumed charge there of as Superintendent.
 MT. Snctaker of Antelope Creek fame passed through today en route to Maricopa to meet his family.
 Yuma News
 YUMA. 30.-Grand ball tonight on steamer Gila.
 shirrell Of Washington and Harry Knowles passed through today.
 There was clean up on SundaT at the Yuma mill with aseac show- ing ~
 Professor John R. James and wife arrived yesterday also the railroad
 Items from Florence.
 FLORENCE, September 30--Robert Williams and wife arrived here this morning from San Francisco en route to Picket Post.
 MT Benjamin Schurtcr of Santa Fe, New Mexico, is in town en route to the San Carlos Agency.
 MT Brash is very sick at his resi- dence.
 M Calisher and Buckalew & Ochoa arc making heavy shipments of grain to Tucson.
 W. H. Sutherland, mail contractor, left here this afternoon for Tres Ala mos to start a new mail route be- tween Fiorencezand that point, via Riverside.
 Tucson.
 TUcsoN, September 30.-Since the rain the weather has been quite cool, clear. and delightful
 Mining news from every section is very encouraging
 A new and important strike is re- ported in tic Lucky Cuss.
 Harshaw camp in the Patagonia mountains has over forty houses and te-ts-
 Developments On the Hermosa are fulfilling the greatest expectations.
 Dean and others, heavy mining operators of San Francisco are now in Tucson en route to Tombstone. Many other capitalists are to arrive in few days fo invest ill land and mines.
 4 pool of thirteen mines in Pata- eonia is reported bonded for S205, 900.
 4 new Spanish paper called La So pHr1 has issned its first number. M :. NJ or .lla, editress.
 Hon. A. L. Grow after an abseno of six months has just returned to Tombstone and finds things much He is still largely inter erted in mining property and will w'th his accustomed energy at once commence work on s,,sle promising proncrty-