The weekly Arizona miner., 1879-08-22
EDITORIAL CORREsPoNDENUEFRoM
 SAN FRANCISCO.


 DEAR MISEg.--My last left me at Mari copa at which place we were detained for two days On account of washouis, railroad accidents. etc. In goIng to Yuma from Marieopa we passed where the train was ditched two days previous, killing an Indi- an, injuring an other and the fireman The Indieh was crematcd within twenty yards of where be was killed and within ten mrn- utes after life had left his body At Yuma We met several old acquantainces who in- formed Us that the town was dull and must asa natural consequence, look to the mia ing interests aloDgihe river to keep it alive. Arriving at Los Angeles, we procured a square meal at the PIc0 house for 50cts. Here we met Mrs. Brannen of Whibple, her husband being absent at Santa Monico. bathing in the saLative waters of the briny deep. We saw growing in the courte of the the Pico House an immense grape vine only seven years old, which is 30 feet high covering space of 40 feet square, the grapes from which cannot fall short, this season, of l500Ibs. Very good for one grape vine. Here also we met the Arizona excursionists, 60 m number, in charge of Barnett & Block. Upon our arrival in this city we began to look around at the sights, and on every turn met with some pilgrim from Arizona Runolf Rifferling (old Rudolf) was delight ed to see ms. The old man looks better than for years and thinks of goirg to Montana, where he proposes to remain and "grow up with the country" Geo. W. Curtis & wife are at the Brooklyn, also Hon. Gideon Dronke, NJ. c. K. Psulison, our new Regis ter of the lard offcs at Florence is in, the cIty and expects soon 10 go to his post of duIy. M. W. Stewart. late Speaker of the Tenth Legislature. is recuperating his health and holds forth at the Occidental. We met Col. Barney, Sam Ames and Mir. Phil lips, all Arizonans, on California street. Judge Love;t, who was in Prescott and made many friends during the Bixby trial. is Assistant District Attorney. Peter Tay- Tor, formerly Superintendent at the Vult. ure mine, is here fixing up one of his opti- cal organs. Mr, Hobart of the Peek mine thinks he has been badly used by tho Arizona members of the company Geo II. Rimball, at ono time sutler at old Camp Date Creek, lives in San Francisco and has clerkship somewhere. W. II. Foster, nephew to W. c. Foster of Prescott, we found boarding at the County Jail. He with Joseph Mogan druaged Ellen Maitland the 30th of last J une and robbed her or $500. The two escaped, and were captured at San- ta Cruz, where they had gene to visit Capt. Perry, who staid in Prescott last year for several months. Will seems to take the world easy, and thinks he will get off by serving two years across the bay. The "boysn in jail never mention San Quenun, only allide to it as "across the bay" He was confined in his present quarters ol the lfth of July, and held Tn 5000 to appear al the October term of the Court tor grand larceny. Mrs. F. is constant in her visits to her son and has tried hard to get him bailcd out. but without snccess, Mir. Bsshford hay ino positively decliaed to ''mix" up in the matter. T. J. Drum and Edward Mob e, young lawyers who formerly lived in Pr S. l cott, whore they changed their residences | from that place to Tucson, where thoy were | told that golden harYests awaited them, arc
 here and simply say 'we were deceived in Tucson. Prescott Is worth all the rcat of the Territory" At Oakland, we met Mrs. | Meacham, formerly of Prescott, now of the
 Bartlett House, who asked us all about every perRon in Arizona, even the editor of our contemporary. thA AFiSanan, W. E. Smith, Ed Telling, Mrs. E.. ap and family, 1 Mrs. Jewel, Mrs. Coles Bashford ana sev- eral others rem Arizona who reside here. We had nearly forgotten 10 mention Mrs. Req
 gan, her mother. brother and sisters. They ! have beautiful residence, but Reagan died | leaving his wife poor. Col. Bean has been | busy since bIs arrival here and think will accomplish much good Tor Northern Ari- zonG, Gen. Fremont arrived last evening and we ali 20 home next week. Arizona ! is looked upon 9s the best field for invest ment ia mines, and we predict that every claim in YavapaI c0hnty, which has any merit whatever, will find purchaser dur ing the coming twelve montas. San Fran eisuo merchants look tc Arizona as their great future market, bat in this I am afraid ] tley will be deceived, as cgnaeCtiqn of l the :. F. R. R. with an eastern road would certainly turn the travel and trade to New
 York add other large cities in the East.
 | BEAcu.
 SAN FRANcrsco, ArssHst lo, 1879.