Weekly Arizona citizen., 1880-07-31

nrosneritv and happiness ot our peo ,,I,. Ii elected I shall, with Divine favor labnr with what ability possess ,o disrharqe my duties with fidelity acc riding to my convictions. and shall ,otc cate to protect and defend the Vninn and see that laws are fai'hfu lv and equally execuied. and in all parts of the country alike will assume inc responsibility. fully sensible or inc fact that tu administer, rightly the functions of the government; is to dis oh .r,c the most sacred duty that can dcv,lve upou any citizen.
 am. very respectfully yours,
 w <. HANCOCK. To Hon Tho. W. Stevenson,
 President of the Convention.
 old Bender Found Again.
 FREMONT, NEE, July 30.--Two per sons, a man ard woman past middle agc. were captured here ny Sheriff Gregg ofthis county supposed to be old Bender and wife, the notorious mur- derers of Kansas. Both made a par ,ial confession today. They will te held until parties arrive from Kansas 10 identify then.
 Looking Towards Ari1onH.
 NEW YORK. July 26.-Leading cap itql,sts and others interested in West efn mines preiic' n more active in'er- est the coming fall in mining stocks. Reports from Colorado and Arizona are more promising than al any time dnrin- the present season. More in tcrest is taken in Arizona mines, which will be easier of access when the Southern Pacific and AtchiSon, Tope- k4 X Santa Fe gre uni'cd, which will take place about the close of the pres ent year.
 Heavy Fall of Rain at Fort Grant. Special to TnE CITIZEN.
 FoRr GRANT, July 27.-Ai 2 p m today a heavy rain commenced 10 fall and continued ill 4 o'clock. The storm was she heaviest known in ihis section. and the amount of the rainfall was enormous. eau sing the Rio Boniio ,o overflow its banks. The country wa. nooled and The rrnund iS very much cut ,p, hut no particular dam age waS done A very large part of Sulphur Spring valley is uad'.r wa'er The amount of rainfall was two and one. half inches.
 Population of Oregon. SAN FRANCISCO, July 2S.-A Port land disurtch says: Crnsu- returns | from every district in the State are received, and show population al l I1j.J35. an increase Of 93 per cent since 1870.
 New Mining Properties to be Floa'ed
 NEW YORK, July 2S.-The Posts financial article this evening gINes ad' ! vices from the Wet Indies of the re urn to New York shortly of a corsid erab'e number of mining speculaIors 1 who are now -catterei throuGhnut the ! mineral bet from Maizanlan tO Mexico prospecting for mines. Arrangements have ben made by them t' secure ! mines of more or less promise, which are to br fioAled next fall and winter in eastern ci.ies. Impressions now are that new companies will soon spring up bythe dozen with the usual lis' of prominent men as !Irectnrs and spon. sors, and the usual glowing reports of experts and large promises of profits dividends and fortunes. In the future the public will be expected [" talk, an interest in all these, and put up itS money at once
 Mexican Forces After Victoria.
 DENVER, July 29.-A Tribune spe cial from Santa Fe gives adviceS from Mexico to the effect thst on inc 2lsI Col. Adolfo Va!lcs attacked the In dians under VicturIn forty miles from old Camp Quilman. The fight wa undccisive The MeXicans lost 1t killed and wounded The Indians lost four warriors md six horses. On tho 26th the Mexican forces again attack ed the Indians in the Pino mountains fifty miles from the line. Aft,r d long ii .ht he Indians retired. Their JOS, i- not known. The Mexicans lost siy killed. Col. Valles intends to follow and attack them, and he Is of the npin ion that they will try to get hack rC New Mexico. in which case Col. Grier son with eight companies of the Tentf Cavalry W ho are stationed N Within fOr " miles of their crossing place, vii doubtless be on IheIr trail within few hours after they rross.
 Fragment of the steamship Atlanta. ST. JnuNs. N. F. July 3O.-The B. il i>h bark Gil of Devon arrived her, this morning from Plymouth, England after passage of 2 days. She brrugt n with her q large white painted fig ure head which the captain alfirms l' be the unmistakabIc head of the il iated training ship Atlanta. One no table feature about the figure head i the evidence of great violence rithet
 hy collision or wIlh floating ice. Lars, , metal bolts that fastrred it to the Cui ; away and rudder were bent and bro ken, indicating the application of , tremendous shock. Tine lower part O the figure head is broken ani splinter ed, which tends to strengthen Ihe the
 ory Of collision.
 Condensed Telrsrams. ? Al the examination of Schroeder fo , killing Dr. Lefcvre q, Oakland yester day. Rev. HoraIio Srebbins, the fathe - =