Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-09-11
Ynus Items

! The ulchlgan forest fires seem to be
 abating. A Port Austin dispatch says | The loss of life on the upper end of the burned peninsula by Monday and Tues days fires reaches from one to two hun.
 dred- The following villages were de. l stroyed: Badaxe, Verona, Forest Bay [ Rchmondville, Charleston and Sandus-
 Ky. The following were partly burned ! Port Hope, Menden and Ruby. The ! country has suffered vastly more than | the small towns. Saginaw, Tuscola and | Lapler counties, on the tier back from ! the lake, are greatly damaged, but not ! nearly so much as the shore counties. A ' hundred thousand dollars worth of | property is destroyed It is hoped the | fires are now ended. Everything now | necessary IS to help the destitute tOlum- | Der, clothing, provisions, seed and grain.
 J. Carleton, Mayor, and Senator O. D. Conger will receive supplies.
 The entire train of two coaches, bag gage ear and and engine on the Shore
 Line, winch left Louisville, ks., at five o'clock D. h., k in a creek. It struck a
 COW about fifty feet from the west end of
 the bridge, knocked it down, then fell
 about thirty feet from the track to the
 bottom of the creek. The train IS total
 wreck. The list of killed are as follows:
 \ stranger from from California; a Mir.
 Parry, Colonel Neal, Captain Wilcox,
 Maddox; Alr. Jones and Charles Buch-
 man. There are supposed to be two or
 three others dead under the wreck.
 Among those seriously injured are Alex.
 Afford, the fireman; Mir. Gibson and
 others. But few escaped without any
 injury. Conductor Perry, engineer
 Homaker, and baggagemaster Humber
 ton are hurt, but not seriously.
 An Okanagan Indian recently broke
 into the store of J. T. Jones, Grand
 Prairie, British Columbia, carrying of some goods, and Constable was dis patched t0 arrest him, but he and bis
 people arrested the Constable, organized a Council Court and tried and sentenced hiTu to pay fine of S30. They then c0mPeii5I s.l.S .o write a promiSsOry note for the amount upon shingle with a piece of charcoal The Indians after wards repaired to the residence of the Justice of the Peace at Spillmcheen, Al. Fortune. and delivered up the stolen property, expressing regret for what they had done. NIT. Fortune unaware of the full extent of their lawless pranks, ! compromised the matter. Meanwhile a warrant for the arrest of the Indian had been issued In attempting enforce the l warrant the officers met with decided | opposition by the Indians. who threat | ened violence, and thus the matter stauds, according to the last accounts.
 One hundred and fOrty-fve horses were stolen on the night of August 16th, | from the mounted police and from the | ranch of John Smith near Fort Mcleod. | Montana. A pursuing party consisting | of seven men, by name Jim and George | White, Poach, WirtZ, Ramich, Heitgen | and Smith. soldier. surprised and cap- tured the thieves on the Marias, and l were taking them Co AssinabOine. Their | names were Ilabrie and Laprise. Aug. tuth they escaped from their captOrs near the crossing of the Sandy, seven miles from the Coal Banks, after having shot Jacob Wirtz, Edward Ranich md Smith
 William Robinson, a hunter in the employ of John Day, shct himself in the hand sunday, near Bakersfield while loading hs sun l.. F. Bristol, fellow hunter, had but a few minutes previous ly wounded himself in the thumb while loading the same gun, and Robinson took the gun, and while loading the s,c- oni barrel the load in the other was dis charged, the discharge passing through the right hand. Dr. Giesea amputated the hand at the wrist.
 IL is said the Northern tribes have no intention of crossing the lne this winter The buffalo for two months or more have been crossing the Missouri near the Round Butte and entering the north west territory near Wood mountains.
 The How of water from SutrO's tunnel is now over 6O@OOO gallons in twenty four hours, of which the hydraulic pumps send 2OO0OO0. The natural flow of water from the Savage mine has de- creased from j2 to g mners' inches.
 The notorious Charley Allison of Col 1rado is said to be the Charley Annis of Nevada, wanted in Reno to serve out a term of . lls years in prison.