Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-09-25
GUAYHAS.
storm The Fan Of Sedan Arrival of Railroad Materials Sam Brsnnan- kinirg Matters-Po-- iticsl News General Gossip

' tticSl News General Gossip- Special Correspondence of the CIrIzES.l {
 GUAYMAs, September 6, 1sS1.-Lasts
 might about : p. m. our town was visiteds s 3by . second flood, which threatened al
 one time to carry away the balance left sof the houses, but the advent of a strong. snorth wind carried the storm over us abefore much damage was done. Thes sst-eets were however flooded, and manyf 3houses in process of repair were del lstroyed Owing to the firm nature of stepairs on the railroad no damage wasf flelt and the trains left on time thisss
 morning. s The "State of Sonora" arrived yester-s sday with one hundred soldiers, which { :rumor says, are destined as an adyance Sguard for the occupation of the fameds sYaqui country. : The Fall of Sedan" was very gener-! Sally observed here on the 2d by the Ger sman residents, and Vice-Consul AdOlphE sBulle received the congratulations OfE this cOuntrymen during the morning. ,tH. Bartning gave a dinner at his resi- tdence in the evening, and Q dinner wass salso gotten up by the American Ger.
 mans on board the ship HOlstein, Capt.i .kulpen, these latter having been over
 looked by the promoters of the grand. lah'air. y We are just now receiving quite ani addition of these Germans, and the old. :time residents do not accept their advents Gracefully, hence the omission. 4 The arrival to-day of the Glanpadarn,
 ifrom Antwerp, with rails, etc, will be. @the signal for work beyond Teiuna, andi .-by September 2jth the road will be att
 HermOsillo. It was fully expected tOI shave reached there by September 10 tol sl5, but the delay in the arrival of rails. shas stopped work at tine end of the track sfor twenty odd days. Since the first oil aAugust the following vessels bringing' Humber, locomotives, cars and 96,OOO ties. shave arrived here: Reporter, Emily Tall 1bOt, Grace Roberts, Hesperian, Sumatra, sShuleo and Frithoof, and the company. Fare now fully prepared to prosecute thei swOrk to Magdalena. Samuel Brannan with a small party
 started for the laqui river last week, and sexpects to be gone two months, by which.
 .time his agent at the capital will be able ttO obtain a re-concessl0n or the land. heretofore granted, or in lieu of 1t other
 Hands. With his accustomed liberality he ,{gave $500 to be expended among the
 sufferers by the first flood. ! Several parties have passed through. shere on mining matters, but have kept
 So dark that none knew when or where.
 they went Quite a lot of bullion has.
 come in from "Minas Prietas," and will. ego forward on the Newborn on the 16th..
 sMessrs. Rogers ts Co. report the discoy--
 ry of a very rich copper mine about
 three miles from the line of the railroad, .5between Baviso and Tejunga. Quite a. alarce sample of tle rock shown me will.
 go about 60 per cent, and shows signs of fricher metal. It will be assayed at Her.
 mosillo X company is also formed,
 'here for the opening mp of BOnanZita, al
 lplacer mine some fifty-six miles from:
 the road in a sOuthwesterly direction iThey propose to hydraulic, and having. 3 visited that portion of the State, I canl
 safely say their chances are good.
 | Governor Carlos Ortiz, elected last llApril, was duly naugurated on the lst
 .at HermOsillO, and the State Congress twill convene on t.ie iUth, the natiOnal ! t.holiday, when great times are expected
 Here they have been for some time pre-
 eparirc for the celebration, and over onei ,thGusand dollars was voluntarily suO1 t.,cribed in one day by the merchants for -that object. I will in my next send you.
 Ia detailed account of the festivities. T As the new tariff goes into effect on ssthe 1st of November, merchants and .sothers are sending large orders forward.
 flor goods, machinery and lumber.
 i Our postal facilities continue to be of ssthe poorest, oniy one mail a week from 4sTucson. Letters may possibly arrive, s4hut as regards newspapers 1t Is a mere @question of chance. The department ahere is presided over by an elderly gen. t3tleman whose variable mood IS about sequal to his ignorance of any details of
 3the office. Our ice machine has, after .smany trials, broken down, and perhaps Sby sympathy the Mazatlan affair also
 sfailed to work, by reason of which we
 lhave been out of that most needful ad- @junct to comfort for some time. A good sSand well managed machine put up here 3 iwOuld be a constant paving affair tO any Zone. Ice will sell readily here the whole
 fyear round and at remunerative prices YIhe new station or depot for the raIl-
 Broad at the lower edge or town VIII be Tyerected as soon as the carpenters who Bare expected per steamer arrive, and
 'speaking of this | am reminded that Skilled labor in mining machinery and
 3mechanics has been always scarce here 5 5and commands a good price. The move s5ment in regard tO Mexican coin is well 4ttimed among you, for, as soon as the Broad gets through Arizona will be
 ghooded with it, and by taking 1t in time
 ''serious loss may be avoided. The ther7 s imometer has not been over 92 degrees,
 9general average for last fifteen days
 iabout S3 degrees, with cool sea breezes sat night.
 s Considerable anxiety and gloom pre- tivades all Americans on account of the S:fatal news of our esteemed president,
 sour latest dates being to the 2Sth from ssyour city, we still hope he may be spared s,to the nation, but the bulletins are not Encouraging.