Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-08-06
Spice from Wilcox.
WILCOX, August lst.

WILCOX, August lst. EDITOR CITIZEN: 4 few items iron our section of the country cannot fail tC
 be interesting, for although times are { little dull We manage to whip the old mare along and keep things going Some times they go little wry, but then VIC do the best we can, and live ir hopes of doing as was done by 6 Dos Csbezss msn-sell a mine for s20,00O An Eastern capitalist is the buyer. He has the mine. but the other fellow has the money.
 An old German, fRmillarly known all over this section as Aleck, was most bru- tally beaten lew days since, by man named Moore. Both parties are neigh bors and owners of horses. and had previously been quite friendly one with the other, but Aleck's horses strayed, and without getting Moore's consent he mounted one of his (Moores) horses and started ID pursuit. On his return he was beaten by Moore as stated. Moore further svore that he would kill him, and buckled on 8 Bix-shooter for that purpose. Fortunately 1t slipped from his arsenal, and exploding sent 6 bnllet through his leg. The wound is Buffi- cieat to shelve him for the next several months. He meets with no sympathy, and if Providence had guided the bullet through a thicker part of his body the sentiment of this country would have been amen.
 MT. Morisrty, God bless ye, every body knows him. He used to live here and be one of cur best citizens, but he killed his dogs, sold his cattle, shook our dust and has gone to | re within about four miles of Camp Grant, where as boss of an A No. dance house, he is do az better than it be had sold mine. Two other chaps are running q whisky mill and are making clear over one hundred dollars 6 night.
 There is an old chap, I have for gotten his name, be lives in the neigh borhood of Dos Csbezas, the place where the man sold the mine. He is on the shady side of sixty and is married to q Mormon gal of thirteen years. She is fat, good nstured, willing and strong, and although she and the old man drlve different teams, they pull right well to- gether. They are engaged in supply ing with fuel the different mills of that camp, and are said to be doing right well. She wEs born Nor mon, vas raised Mormon and liked the MOrmcns well enough till the old man, her drd, had married her sisters, her coutinH and her aunts. and out of sheer desperation vss getting rendy to propose to her when she cut the old buck of b. marrying her present husband and setting down for (hisl life. bone times she gets mHd and kicks over the traces, but her husband coaxes her uD and all goes along smoothly ss ever.
 The Mormons are getting pretty thick up Tn the back settlements. and arc still thickenlng up. An old cod came up town and with him youu 2 girl whom We all supposed to be hls granddaughter. They put up at hotel and had different rooms assigned, but grsybeard objected and said that she was his fourth wife so they were tucked in the same room together.
 Tom Steel has the hay contract at Grant. He is also the happy dad of one of the prethest babes in town. Kirkland has the coal contract, and Nor ton < Stewart deliver the wood.
 My little yarn would not be complete without little Indian thrown in. Some forty of them crossed the railroad track about eight miles above the town, go- ing south last Thursday morning.
 You will hear from me again little later on. Yours, X.