Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-05-07
Prescott Paragraphs.
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 Abraham Nj. KO0utz, died at the Ar mold ranch on Beaver creek, on east fork of the Ver,,e, May lst, He was q native Of Green county, Tennessee, and leaves q wife but no children.
 The body of a ChinAman found by Mir. MOrril near h.s house, west tOwn, D owes t0 be that of a ch ip named Hong, who has been working about town. He had Sl.6O m money and a faro check m his pock Is. No signs of violence were discovered on the body.
 Madison Burch and others brought in this morning a man named Wm- Smith, from rontn BasIn, who IS insane m d mild way most Of the time, but has spells of being quite frantic. He will prob ably be sent to Stockton.
 The Grand Jury, by their foreman, Nathan Ellis, this forenoon made a par tial report. True bills were found against the flowing named persons; Jap r. entzlow, Otto and Johu Anderson, charged with hanging John Williams on the A. and ?. R R-; John Grasse, for killing Otto BOlin with a knife at An telOpe Springs station; John Duncan, Cbas Fuller and John Stokes, charged with attempt at highway robbery on party of masons, on the X. r. line; Caleb c Crooks, charged with robbinga drunk en man of S32o, a few days ago.
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 Last accounts state that the artesian well at WiuslOw was down llJ0 feet, aud was pumping large quantities of salt wHter. The contractor intends to drill ljO feet, when he will tube the well md endeavor to shut off the flow of brine. The well at Flagstaff will get unuer headway this week.
 The owne's of the Blue Dick mine, which Is located near the DOsOris, have sod thel- property tO capitalists for SlS,- ODO, with portion of the money down and the balaUce in forty days This property wHs recently discovered, and a fourth interest disposed of to the late William Vernon for Sl,0Ol The DDsu- ris, above menti ned, has yielded within d few months over SJ0.0OO m the ,pure stuff. Who says we haven't gOtE-ich mines iii favapai codnty?
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 NIT. William Piece has purchased the LlmbersOn farm, orchards and stock range, at Walnut Grove. He will shortly stock the range with cattle and horses. Oll Walnut Growers say they are glad to have Uncle Billy" for fellow citizen, and that their settlement is now one of the mos. promising in Yavapai county.
 Tn military telegraph office m this place Is stIli closed Lieutenant Ward, in charge of military lines here, Is short of operators. but he hopes on, to have one put in tue office. If he cannot get a signal service man, he will d. his best ts secure a civilian operator. As mat ters now are, commercial people ant ' gentlemen of the press have Co have ! their communications sent to the Fort | Whipple flee, where the force k light, 1 making 1t incumbent on LIeuteuaut | Ward and his men tO work, night and l day, like beavers Ex-OperatOr J. J. l Murphy WIS yesIer lay tral ,ferrel from | the county jail to the guard house at | Wmpple.
 Kerens and Grifith's stages wer, robbed on Monday last by four unmask- ed hIghwaymen. They took two horses from th- stage coming this way and mounted them. riding towards Prescott. the outgoing stage near Black Canyon. and took from Wells, Fargo d Cos treasure box nsuey and valuables to the extent of HOO. They robbed the of SIJ0, took two mo hOr- ses and left. Sheriff Ormc, of Maricopa, started a party in pursuit of the robbers and telegraPhcd Sheriff Walker for as- ,iStlnce. which was sent. Mir. John Wright, of Prescott, was one of the victims.