Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-12-18
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 L4e..is Ain-smau. chief engineer ot the Atlantic aad Pacific <, hrs gone Wto winter etar'.-.~ H-fr Flags 2.
 N @. i. i...- e-me ,0 s2ou last ni-ii r. 'ei,, .aa .ti. ii s.,--ltiurs .Jr vcuDds m han aai head r.eF.sr. uy tAe scg1-eltl. .Ls-uar1e co. ir-t'l- The wounds are not s--'Ou-.
 The various iuua-r .ar--issnts and saw mil usu y pg,-..';j a.a. .l,luity .,rye raised tls pt.ce ti i-erslantaula lumber fiy. dollars per tEUtsgud feet on account ot the great d ildad Had scint ssrut. ll d-y cr tE1 -r TII pub fish @ fil ijs- 1f prices adopted hy Pres ru,t dealers f1r their lumber.
 lir. George Ccr5.s has rcceive,; let ter from Mir. C. g. GeEulg. us Peoples Nalsev. in which he states that l9 oI the scua1 children of Nuiture Citl have died since last August. and that at pres Cn- siz or eight are prostratcd- ihe cause k a throat complaint, similar Co diphtheria, and ba!iies the skill oi the physicians. jt has not seriously affected any grown persons as yet.
 The ball given last evening hy the uI- ficers ut Whipplc Barracks, m honor of Mrs. General Q. B. WIllcOX, was the graudest affair of the season, m Tact, none such has been given in these parts for many a day. For several days the committee have been Iucossant in their la1ors, and from the many compliments passed upon the affair by the invited guests they must feel amply repaid for their work.
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 Ir. Lincoln left this morning for his ranch m Williamson valley.
 Alfred Shupp, one Of the veteran farmers or Skull valley, was on our streets to-day.
 r. C. Crmgue left this morning for the Peek district on business connected with mining.
 MT. Alexander, superintendent of the Black Warrior and Silver Prince mil es, is m town.
 Colonel Bigelow le,t for the Bradshaw this morning to look after mining prop critics belonging to c. C. Bean.
 Col James M. Barney. of the Silver King miue, is now stopping m Phlladel- phia Alr. Phillips, his old bOOk-keeper, is his agent i0 San Francisco.
 George Burton and Hugh Hughes, boJh yscil-known psospectOrs, have sold their Copper Queen mine, Date creeF, for S,tsS, the purchaser being Uncle Billy Pierce. George and HUgl, be- tween them. have many rich mines, and knowing well the bright future for tms coultN, they intend staying with them. Several sales of late have been made iu this county which go to show that the mining boom is coming thIs way. and We VOuld say, that our pros pectors Knowing the fact, have gone to work with a viii. and not an idle one IS to be found.
 \ large number of Mexicans are work ing the placer fields in the vicinity of Antelope. and make fair wages.
 Jim Peterborough, agent for Hugh ! Whites meil line, and Johnny k-1der, Postmaster at Mineral Park, left the Park ou "Wednesday in private convey ance fer California.
 The Nallapai Indians were recently all called in at Blackberry, where 2j were chosen as scouts, and are to be sent tO Sen Carlos under command of Dan OLeaFy.
 From Mir Black, of Wickeuburg, We learn that the EulmTe Company, Sey- mour, are turning out 2iO tons of pay ore per day, and employ lOD men ir the mine.
 4 gold nugget weighing foUr ounces, yalue,j at S-J, was found lu Weaver dis trict few days since by a placer miner, and is now ia the p0sse ession Of D. Levy * Co.
 Mir. Pease, the carrier of the mail be tween here and the railroad, informs us that on Thursday evening of this week a shooting scrape occurred at the -un- mel between two of thc laborsrs, whose names are unknown. The cause of the fracas was that the assaildut wished to borrow some money, and upon being re- fused immediately commenced firing both shots taking effect in hs victim body, which 1t is feared will prove fatal ! The wounded man k spoken of very highly by all on the railroad, who deeply regret this sad occurrence.