Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-08-20
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 The Walker k Brady mine at Casa Grande ships six car loads of ore per month
 The Copper Queen folks jumped the Copper Prince last Friday, using shot, guns for arguments
 It is reported that the washOut on the railroad west of here extends, at inter- vals, over nine miles.
 MT A. B. Sampson writes from San Francisco that he will return to Tucson on or about October first.
 Ten new locomotives have recently been added to the rolling stock Of the Atlantic and Pacific m Arizona-
 MT. Norton, of Norton < Stewart, at Wilcox, IS reported to be married shortly to a New York lady.
 Hon. NJ. ". Stewart and wife and Mrs. II c Hooker passed through Tucson en route for home from California.
 The dwelling house of Ramon Vas ouez ID the Barrie Libre, was damaged to the extent of five hundred dollars.
 Empire city had but one house and that short time since was removed to and incorporated in the town of Total Wreck.
 If the swimming club will turn their attention nearer home they can be &C., commodated without going to Silver Lake.
 Mir. Toppy Johnson has returned from trip of four weeks duration m Sonora and IS glad to be again among hls old friends.
 MT. Thomas Steele and wife, of Will COX. expect to leave on the lst of next month for a visit to the principal cities of the East.
 Capt. c. c. Smith, Quartermaster at Fort Yuma, has been assigned the duty as Post Quartermaster at San D1ego, California.
 The Pima Indians on the Gila are re- ported to have cleaned up about three million pounds of wheat during their past harvesting.
 Mr. W. Gregg has secured suit of splendid office rooms in the second sto- " of Buehman's block, immediately over the CITIZEN office.
 Mr.C.W. Clark and family will leave for Santa Barbara in the course Of few days, with probability of locating there permanently.
 Frogs are reported to be so thick ID some of the ponds on the Santa Cruz that they have to take turns sitting on the alkai all night.
 Death has of late been playing a full hand in Tucson. Not a day passes that the cathedral bell does not toll the requiem of some unfortunate soul
 A petition, says the Pinal Drill, to the Postoffice Department IS at the bank and has been numerously signed, asklng for the establishment of a seven days mail service to Final
 The good done to the country by the rain Of last night cannot be calculated as 1t seemed to be universal and came down in sufficient quantities to start vegetation with rush.
 One hundred and forty-one votes were cast at the Republican primaries on Saturday last. With out few exceptions the entire delegation were elected unan- imously l3S votes being the lowest cast for any one of the delegation.
 Tom McMasters and Johnson, the Un- known, who left the country last March in company with the Earps, left Denver, Colorado, about two weeks since for Chihuahua. Mexico. They accompany party of capitalists as an escort.
 After the attorneys and Court Com missioner in the Bidwell vs. GIrd Con. have completed their labors here they will go to Mohave and Yavapai counties, where the hearing of testimony ID the matter will be continued.
 MT. c. Stoker and Mrs Marguarits Mars were, by Justice Atkinson, mar ried in Calabasas on the 18th of July last MT. Stoker Is the proprietor of a popular and paying restaurant, where, after the ceremony, large party of ln- vited guests sat down and did full jus tlce to an elegant supper. The CITIzFN extends its congratulations to MT and Mrs Stoker, and wishes them well m life.
 J. Sylvie Durand, well known ID southern Arizona because of hls con nections with the company formed to work the Salero group of mines ln the old Salero hill, about seyenty-tive miles south of this place, died suddenly ID New York City on Thursday last. He had many friends throughout this cOun- try who will regret much to learn of his sudden and unexpected death.
 Much speculation has been caused by the discovery of the remains of an old vessel which lie imbedded in sand many miles from water on the Yuma desert. According to a correspondent of the arnFN fornaarlv built by Perry < Woodwork, Of Los Angeles. for explorations on the Colo rado river. The mules which were drawing her gave out on the desert, and she was abandoned.
 The Democratic Central Committee met in the Palace Hotel on Saturday evening last, and decided upon the hold ing of the primary elections for dele gates to the County Convention on the 26th of the coming September. A com mittee of three, consisting Of M. G. Samaniego, L. NJ. Jacobs and Mart Ma loney, was appointed to look after the needful, after which the meeting sd- iOurned.
 The embryo city of Chillson has been surveyed and contains three hundred and twenty acres, which IS al present occupied by three frame houses with several others in process ofconstruction. The boundary line runs to within about seventy feet of the Gunsight patented mines. When MT. Chillson was out there he did not subdivide the town on account of the hot weather being a little too hot.
 The Cochise Republican County Con- yention to select delegates to the Terri torial Convention met in Tombstone on Saturday last. Thirty-six delegates were present. The following were chosen delegates to the Territorial Con. yeption: E. B. George, J. o. Dunbar JR Farrel, I. E. James, Webster Street W. H. Savage, E. E. Wiley, M. W. Stew art, B. W, Bates, George T. Bice. The delegates go unpledged, but 1t IS under stood that the majority favor the noml nation of F. c. Dibble for delegate tE Congress.
 It is a pleasing fact to know how rapidly the membership of the NJ. l. Sunday School is increasing. A new library of nearly thousand volumes hal recently been purchased for the schoo and it is hoped by next Sabbath, they will be ready for distribution. Rev Mir. Berry is acting superintendent and at meeting of the school yesterday tht following officers were elected: Wm. K Prince, secretary; Mrs. c. E. Daily treasurer; D. H. Armstrong, librarian All are cordially invited to join the school and enjoy the benefit of the new library.