Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-07-23
Prescott Items.

Prescott Items. g [Courier.l Cave Creek is shipping ore to Denver l for reduction.
 The are now four large saw mill, , running in the mountains north oi Pres cott.
 Gold and silver bullion in large
 quantities IS steadily coming into Pres ! colt.
 Prescott, in- ten days from to-day, will
 be within 100 miles from A. k P rail. , road. In less than two months the road , will be within six hours ride from oul , town.
 The railroad is to-day eighteen miles west of Canyon DiablO, and will reach Flagstaff in abOat ten days. All that
 unlimited means, men and energy can do are combined in pushing the road as . rapidly as possible to connection at , the Colorado river with the line from } California.
 Mir. J. C. Cooper, a well-known min eralogist, arrived m town yesterdny.
 He comes here for the purpose of ex-
 amininE, for tine officers of the Atchison,
 Topeka and Santa Fe railroad. certain
 mining properties in Walnut Grove, in
 which Mir. J. ". Callen IS interested.
 Mir. Cooper has purchased for the gen tlemen whom he represents several valuable properties in New Mexico. Minnie, youngest daughter Of Mrs. Mitchel, of the Central Restaurant, Prescott, was some five years ago bitten m the face by dog, and a tumOr which formed III the place, was yesterday very deftly removed by Dr. AinswUrth, as
 listed by Dr. Lincoln.
 J. M. Roberts, q sterling pioneer who came to this country ID 1863, was m town yesterday from his home on the Lower Agua Fria, arranging his business affairs, us he will, in a few days, start on a visit 10 hIs old home in Sodoma county, California, where he landed ID lS49, and lived until he came to Arizona. On his return his old partner and several other well-to-do Californians will ac- company him to thls part of the Terri tory and engage m mining and stock raising.
 The construction trains yesterday crossed Walnut canyon and are now within ten miles of Flagstaff
 Hon. W. \. Kelly has received from | the land office, Washington, a patent in
 
 ! trustee, for the town site of Nulture, in l Maricopa county.
 The A. X r. trains will run to Cosnino tomorrow. This IS a station within seventeen miles of Flagstaff. Mir. W. $. Head telegraphed to Col Head the shooting by the Indians 0f John and Henry Meadows, one of wh pm was shot in the groin, and the other had his arms broken in Green Valley. Med ical aid was asked for.
 lAiner.l
 The total population of Arizona is now about S5.000.
 Clark Churchill, Esq, left this morn- ing for Phenix on legal business, to be absent four or five days.
 We would ,uggest to Cochise and Pima county eople that they call out their militia companies and march on Yavapai.
 Had the census of Iavapai been prop erly taken this summer, our county l would certainly have rolled up over 30,- ! OOO inhabitants, and If Bishop Read IS l m southern Arizona, We refer the people | down there to him for the truth of this l statement.
  information as to the number Of rail- | road employees on the A. tS F. line m | this county. What lively interest | these people take in our affairs. We | outnumber you, 80 take your medicine and stop kicking.
 If PInal county doesn't send her re- turns to the Secretary according to law. she will be cut of from representation III the next legislature. If there are those who think they can trihe with Secretary Van Arman or scare him with newspaper squibs, they are of indeed.
 The papers of the Territory in speak ing Of the new SurveyOr-General place him as hailing from Illinois. Mir. Rob- bins IS an Ohio man and has never lived Tn Illinois, let alone being a native of that State.
 John A Walsh, one of the glandest scOundrels in the United States. has been the principal witness for the Gov ernment in the Star Route indictments. He would be dealt with gently if found within the limits ot Arizona, whore ha -s-i a sss- s-Erhe.
 Democrat
 Crooks name will stop the Cibicu rene gudes. Dake's smelter will start up on Doso. ris ore during the week. George W. Hancs gave a good bond for the faithful discharge of his duties as census marshal. He is also a clear headed, intelligent gentleman, and I would not directly or indirectly lay |, himself open to the pains and penalties )f wilful and corrupt perjury. The Cit , zen may howl until dry about our census, but that will not help her out. E NIT. Seaton, journalist and lawyer. il rom Silver Cliff, Col, arrived in Pres O 'ott yesterday. He has taken fancy to O ,ur city, and will probably hang out his 8 hingle.
 The advent of Walter s. Hobart into Il 'ur midst means business The Peck a nine Is now freed from the thraldom of 2 litigation, and nothing now prevents n ctIve measures being intituted in her Q ase. MT. Hobart IS one of the principal V wners in the mine, and. although, we r' ave not interviewed him as Go his future n lans Tn connection with this mine. We tt xpect soon Co toe able Co chronicle a oOm ID that once hourishing camp. W 'aptain Pagan wlll doubtless be a large hi actor in the future manaEeInent of the fr eek. ol