Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-07-16
Prescott Items.


 Trains laden with immigrants for MOhaye, Yavapai, Apache and Maricopa | counties are, We hear, constantly com ing over the Atlantic and Pacific rail road, and ranches, farms, timber lands, etc, are in great demand.
 Flagstaff, the new railroad town in this (YavapaD county, IS growing very fast. Buildings are almost every day | finished, people are settling m and around the town by hundreds. saw-mllls | ill the ar with smoke, and property IS held at pretty high figures.
 The Albuquerque Journal stated that surveying party recently left that place for duty in Arizona. We hope they may come to make the location line of the branch to Prescott.
 Arizona Lodge, No, l, I. O. o. F.. held its regular meeting last night, when the officers were installed: Wm. Wilkerson, '. C.: c. B. Rush, V. G.; T. $. Collins, Rec. Sec; Samuel Hill, Treasurer.
 4 series of lectures will shortly be de- lIvered here the proceeds to be applied towards purchasing uniforms, etc, for our gallant Rifles. Gov. Van Arman, We thInk, will be forced to lead off with lecture, which will be good.
 Republicans of Arizona appear tO think that Che ills with which they are sfiiicte d are church ills, and they are about correct. But then what is the use of havIng a 'boss" unless you obey his orders and coincide with his dreams. Take your medicine, gents.
 The census enumeration of Yavapai foot up handsomely, and its imposing total gives good idea of the utilizing presence of the great railway now being constructed through its northern section. We have fully realized for some months past that the country was rapidly grow ing in population, and We as fnlly real ize that the coming year is to witness a vast increasement in the figures already given.
 IMiner.l
 The returns as half taken in Mohave have been returned to the Governor. Total. 1,95L We know that there are more than that many people working on the railroad alone.
 Democrat.
 Hon. John J. Gosper left yesterday for California. His permanent address dur ing his visit will be "rhe Baldwin" San Francisco.
 No action has yet been taken by the Supervisors regarding the return O Census Marshal Hance. but when the, are examined, figures will be presented which will surprise Southern ATi- zOnans.
 The Southern papers a short time ago were slyly poking fun at the idea of three papers in Prescott. Our answer is, look at our population. We under stand that a mining journal, devoted e1- clu lively to our mines, will be started here in short time.
 From a private letter We learn tha- Chief Justice C. c. ". French arrived at St. Johns, Apache county, on the first instant, and prUceedrd to open Court on the first day oi the regular term. Sis lud c'ments for murder have been found, MT. Dam acting as District Attorney. Judge McGrew k retained Tn the de fense of several cases. There will be long term of Court, as there is great deal Of business on the docket.
 When Mir. Churchill made the sngges tiOn abOut the representation in tue Ke- publican Convention, he sprung a mIne that vas undoubtedly unexpected on the part of the people of the South. For the first time he sounded the tocsin of alarm in their ars. Yavapai county is the largest county Tn the Territory and has the most population. The above sentence sounds curious in their ears once more. They can't realize that their hopes are once more blasted.