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Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-03-19


 SHERIFF PAUL returned from Sonora Monday with his man in charge. and speaks most enthusiastically oi Governor Ortiz who be says assisted him to his ut- most and who expressed a determina- tion that his state should not be made a refuge by the lawless who seek within it's borders immunity from their crimes and that hereafter 1t would te useless for criminals fICm ihe Urited States tC at empt evasion Of the penalty by making Sonora their haven of safety, as he would upon notification spare no means nor leave untried any measures tending to the arrest of fugitives from justice and their return to the proper authoTities for punishment This determination will necessitate the changing of many a rogue's plans, who after the laws inirac- lion sought safety in Sonora, where the apathy of the authorities generally ren- dered him secure at least for the time heinz
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-03-19
ACQUIRED HoNORs.

The newspapers of Virginia Cry ard
 Carson point with pride to the fact that a
 former denizen of those cities is now in-
 carcera,ed in Newg:ie, under sentence Of
 thirty years Imprisonment for forgery.
 The account of the eccentric gentlemen's
 Peculiarities states that during the days
 when Farmer Peel, Sam Brown and
 other despeFadoes were running things"
 in Carson. with high hand and compel
 ling good citizens to take back seat in
 all matters that perained to ,he govern
 ment of the town, there was 2 yo1ng man named Fred Howels n the employ of
 DTlesbach & C., says the Carson Ap- peal, for @ while, and afterwards drove a ! wood team to Virginia For a year or more he sas regarded as an honest, iu- | offensive sort of q person, notwiihs,and- | ing that he could be frequently met in | the company of some of the hardest l characters that infested that city and l Virginia. But in the Spring of ;S64 or I865 he revealed the true bent Of his | nature by knocking down and robbing an old man nomed Brooks, or the road be- tween Washoe City and Franktown Fred Howels escaped and was never captured. Subsequently the fact came to light that he had been engaged with the resident roughs in some Of their most desperate criminal undertakings. Al that time Howels must have been about 2S years of age, and claimed to have come from Melbourne, Australia. This bit of reminiscence as furnished the Appeal by an old Carsonite, who al the same time handed 1t a recent copy of the London Times, containing a sequel 10 the above In the criminal re- port of the Times it is stated that Frederick Sands Howels, alias Mel bourne Fred, was tried for forglng notes on the Bank of England, amounting 10 nearly G5oooo, and that he was sen fenced 10 confinement m Newgate Prs on for 30 years.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-03-19

4 BILL was reported to the Senate, in committee of the whole, on the 9th in- stant, for the relief of Major Wm. NJ Maynadier, Paymaster U. $. Army, pro- vidlng for the payment to him of s, 726.- 50, the amount paid by him into the United States Treasury in liquidation Of a deficiency in his accounts at Prescott, Arizona, caused by robbery committed by his clerk, D. D. Chandler, on April 8 1876; and also the further sum of Sl00 paid by Maynadier for the arrest Of Chandler, b, tn sums having been recom- mended by tue board of inquiry. Tho bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered to be engrossed foi a third reading, read the third time and passed.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-03-19
NO. g.
A Curious Career En ed.
lPi tsburg Post, February 9O.l


 | A curious career came 10 an end in the | Government Insane Asylum at Wash | ingtOn day or two ago. Martin F. Con | way, whose death at this institution is | announced, was native of Charleston, | :. C., an1 B years of age. In his boy | hood hIs family removed to Baltimore, | where he learned the trade of a printer ! and in t1me became Ons of tho founders of the National Typographical Union. He subsequently, studied and practiced
 aw. In 1854 he went to Kansas, where ! he became at once one of the leaders of tHe Free Soil party, aud played prOmi- Leut part in the turbulent scenes that were enacted in the Territory. lie was elected to the first Council of the Terri tIrial Legislature, and was chosen Chief Justice OF the Supreme Court under the Constitution adopted by the Topeka Convention. As the Territory failed to secure admission to the Union as State under this Constitution, another con veutiOn was held at Leav.,nwOrth m 1856 over which Mir. Conway presided, and 1859, when Kansas was finally ad- mitted into the Union, he was elected the first Representative of the new State in Congress. The breaking out of the Re- beliOn, however, turned the poor mana head. and in the midst of such stormy times as those which followed he was iD. capable of rational thought or action He made himself notorious by the intro ductiOn of resolution in effect ac- knOwledGing the right of secession, and the people of the State with one voice repudiated and denounced him 1t the end of his term he disappeared out of the politics of the State, and for years ceased to figure before the public.About 1871 he appeared in Westinghouse an Of fce-s.scsersrTd for some time vas one of the ''cl.-fs2 tsrs" of the Capital. where he lived in destitute circumstances. Ir despair he joined tbe Greeley movement in 1872, and the failure to secure any pO- litical advantage by that means com pleted the mental wreck which had so long been threatened. In October, 1873, he encountered ex-Senator PomerOy on the streets Of the Capital, and deliberate ly attempted to murder him, firing three shots, one of which inflicted quite a ser ious but not dangerous wound. When asked his reason for attempting to as- sassinate his old cO-worker in the cause of freedom in Kansas, he declared that POmeroy had ruined himself and bis family. The cause of the assault, 1t af- terward appeared, was POmerOy's refus- al tO lend him money. For years past Mr. Conway bad leen an inmate of the institution in which his remarkable ca- reer came to a close.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-03-19
Society Items.

lDJ Cul AAvSA ItAC-I
 Bright colors are not considered CD regle in gentlemen's noses. Miss Brid- get McShaugnessy has accepted a culina- " situation in the house of Mrs. Brown Among the newest thing in stockings is baby's foot. Charley Homer has sold his double-bladed iackknife to Dave Wilkins. Miss Margaret Scully has re- hnquished her position as maid Of-ali work in the family of Deacon JOnes. We are pleased to hear that Tommy Tucker has consented to remain with Messrs. Towelcrash & Doublewidth. Tommy is the iavorite cash boy in the establishment, and It would have been difficult to supply his place had he in- sisted upon retiring. Rumor has 1t that the beautiful poem in the Weekly Gush- CT, beginning. At night the katyd q sings in the sun that's hId," IS from the graceful pen of the charming Miss Ad- dlehead. On dit that Betsy Benner IS soon to be led to the altar by one of the hands of the gas factory. We are in a position to state positively that Mrs. Thomas baby is not teething. It was only collie. John Bourbon Is recovering from his recent severe attack of deliri- um tremens. There was pleasant lit- tie marble party in Joe Baxter's bacL yard last Saturday afternoon. It was entirely informal. Peanuts were the on- ly refreshments served. Barry Blank left for Mexico yesterday morning quite unexpectedly. The amount has not yet been ascertHined. Billy Bracket h'@ candy scrape at his fathers residence Thursday evening. In the unique phraseOiOgy of one of the young gentle men present, they had boss time Johnny Belcher has been unable to at- tend to his duties as errand boy at the brickyard on account of a sore heel. Mrs. Fluffy's new switch is splendid match for her beautiful bay tresses. The McGillicuddys have just returned from Tar Flat. They were the life of the emigrant train during the trip.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-03-19
Tine secref of Genins

"They talk" said Tom Marshall to an intimate friend, "Ot my astonishing bursts of eloquence, and generally ina zine 1t Is my genius bubbling over It Is nothing of the s..rt. I'll ten you how I do it. I select a subject and study it from the ground up. When I have mas tered 1t fully, write a speech on 1t.
 Then I take walk, and come back and revise and correct. In few days I sub lect 1t to another pruning and then re- copy 1t. Next add the finishing touch es, round 1t off with graceful periods and commit It to memory. Then l speak # IT the fields, ID my fathers lawn and be- fore my mirror, until gesture and deliy- cry are perfect. It sometimes takes me six weeks or two months to get up a speech. When I have one prepared I come to town. generally select court day, when there IS sure tO be crowd. I am called on for q speech and am per mitted to select my own subject. Ispeak my piece. It astOnishes the people, as intended it should. and they go away marveling at my power of Oratory. They call 1t genius, but 1t Is the hardest kind of work"
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-03-19
TIE bill recently introduced by ]

THE bill recently introduced by Rep representative George R. Davis, of lii nois, to protect wood and timber upon mining claims, was approved by the Com mittee on Mines and Mining. This bill is amendatory of a bill passed in ISiS authorizing citizens of COlorad,, , Nevada and the Territories to fell and remove timber on the public domain foi mining and domestic purposes, and pro vides that DO one but the holder of a claim or location upon mineral lod' shall cut, remove or destroy the timbei growing upon such claim. The commit tee instructed Mr. Falkerson to report the bill without amendment.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-03-19

4 NEW YORK dispatch says that it is stated in a responsible quarter that the letter written to Chase by Garfield, touching Rosecrsns, recently made public, was given out by Jacob W. Sbuckers. Shuckers now lives in New New York. At the time Chase was Secretary Of the Treasury he. Shuckers, lived in Ohio and was appointed from that State by Chase to a SlG00 clerk ship. Subsequently he became Chase's private secretary. It is also said that he has other letters bearing on the removal Of Rosecrans, written by Gar field, which will be made pubic at an early day. The dispatches all agree that the Rosecrans Garfield matter is in great doubt, and that stories are too conflicting at present to give credulity to the Chase letter. General Rosecrans vas asked if he had prepared anything Tor public delivery with regard to the Garfield Chase letter. He replied that he had considered the matter carefully and had concluded not to say, or write a word about
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-03-19
ALLEN CITY

Is the name which has been given by courtesy to the little settlement which has sprung up about the mines. Gen Allen .-a IS a store, commodious wooden structure, and carries on general mer- chandising business and has a good trade. He has also arranged for the care of sojOurners in the district, having ex- cellent spring beds and setting q table which was most acceptable and elicited the compliments of all his guests.
 It is probable that within the next few months, as other companies begin active operations and the Gunsight progresses, quite village will spring up aud they may be able to start, that pride of all mining camps. cemetery. As yet no one has died in the camp, it is so very healthy. The nearest approach toit was the death of a man from thirst on the road over the desert between Gila Bend and the Aio. His body was found by Superintendent Caldwell ana given the best burial the means at hand permitted, but the coyotes found him and Califor- mia gentleman afterwards picked up his skull as a memento of the trip over this dreary and desolate road.
 The female portion of the population of Allen City is non est. This difficulty will doubtless be overcome and the pop ulation will in a short time cease to be exclusively male.
 The camp has one professional gentle man, Dr. Spencer, who assured us that he has had but one patient, and that was all he could attend to, as he is busily en- gagged in prospecting. The Dr. IS a ples- ant gentleman and we hope his good mining prospects may be more numer- ous than bis patients SO far.
 James F. Beggs, also well known in Tucson, has charge ofGen. Aliens store.
 We are undergreat obligations to gen. tlemeu of the mines, for. every facility to thoroughly examine the various proper ties, but fl we have spoken well of the mines, it is solely because we think they are worthy of it.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-03-19

TIE Governor of Missouri, Tn refusing to commute the death sentence passeC upon a St Louis murderer made use yi terse and wise expression when be said: q have not one particle of sympa- thy for the murderers of women, who. after the eowardIy deed, shrink behind the towards plea of insanity and plead for mercy. They should remember that the law was not made for mercy but pun ishment. nrd that, having had no mere! toward their victims, they have no right to ask such from the executors of the law"
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-03-19
RAILROAD PROSPECTS.

Of course what we have to say on this point IS not by the card, and what the report of the surveying party will be we can only surmise; but of this we feel as- sured from conversations had with the gentlemen comprising the party, they are pleased with what they have seen between this city and the Aio. We wis., tied the underground workings of the Gunsight with them and heard them eI- press their satisfaction with that proper ty. Col. Scott found no engineering difficulties between this city and the
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-03-19

TIE Yuma Sentinel says: Arizona came's are again coming into notice. 4 gentleman by the name of R. R. Smith, representing Esler Bros, of Columbus, Ohio. passed through Yuma thIs week, en route for the Colorado Indian Reser- vation. being taken from here by Leo. Furrer. The gentleman is in search of camels to be used in a circus for the coming season. It will be remembered some animals were shipped from Gila Bend few months ago. They were obtained by NIT. Smith, and consigned to the parties for whom he is acting.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-03-19

THE San Diego Union learns from a gentleman, who got the information from Marcus Forster. that Col Chal- mers Scott, as soon as he completes the survey Of the route between Tucson and Point Lobos on the Gulf Of California, will run a line from Santa Ana to a point on the California Southern at or near San Luis Key.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-03-19

HoN. c. H. OURY has introduced bill (No 4975 to provide for the election oi a Governor and Secretary of the Ter ritory by the peoI le of the several Ter ritories which was referred to the Com mittee on Territories, and ordered to be printed.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-03-19
AJO COPPER MINES.


 Here there is water in abundance, and
 in the stone cabin. from which the
 Americans shortly after the Gadsden
 treaty commanded the well with their
 rifles and compelled the Mexicans who
 had come up from Sonora to take
 possession of the mines on the pretext that they were outside of the ceded
 territory 10 return, they not being able
 to obtain water from any other source,
 we passed pleasant night After an early camp breakfast We spent several
 hours in examining the mines, the old
 works, the buildings, ruined furnaces, evidences of former workings. In one oi the buildings, evidently the office, IS an old iron safe, from which the lock has been cut. This must be a remnant of later occupants of these claims. Aside from the refuse ore dumps, most of which would now pay hand
 somely for working, the rocks are every
 where stained with copper and even the cabins are constructed of rock which bear the indication of its close contact
 Sith this mineral. These mines were not worked to great depth either by the former Mexican owner sor later by Ameri- cans, water interfering. The richness ot the ores obtained n these mines is traditional and almost every form of the ore, even to native copper, can be found here. There are now in the district those who have worked in these mines and they state that when work was sus- pended they were on veins Of high grade copper from two to four feet wide.
 There are now in this group and under lne control eighteen mines. B. T. Rus sell, the foreman of the Gunsight, and several other parties residing in the Myers district are now in legal posses sion of the claims, all the old titles hay ing been allowed to lapse on the first of last January. This property was visited by the railroad surveying party, Col. Scott, Prof. r. c. H. Van Buren and Hon. ;. R. DeLong. All expressed their satis- faction with what they saw. Prof. Van Buren, who is an able scientist, expressed the opinion that the largest bodies of ore ID the group were untouched and that when properly opened they would be very productive. This group of mines will undoubtedly soon pass into tie hands of capitalists and be thoroughly opened mp. When that is done there IS but little doubt it will be one of the most profitable copper properties in tLe country. As the ore was mostly shipped by wagon to Yuma and then to Swansea only the richest ore could be utilized anI below the water level mining was i'm. possible, so only the surface ores have been partially exhausted. Now it Is within easy r-ach otone railroad, and we nope soon will be of another. so low as well as high grade ore can be proftably worked on the ground. There is now no longer any reason why these mines should lie idle.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-03-19

DHUTOrsAPHEES.-A LARGE ASSORT- ] Derf uf Aurora views ou hand. Plctur Tam nHls To order and Mou.dings on lian4
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Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-03-19
SOLON lI. ALLIS.

CIVIL EyaTyFEr ASD C.. <. DEPUTY pINERM
 SgEvfsDE AND NcTAEY PUBLIc. HAS REMOVED HIS OFFICE To CORNEl. - nf Pen lngton and Meyer streets. Iopo trl.-al -l hi., will be attended Co wIth prompt l--s aa. il-. .rcu.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-03-19
THE CRATER.

The only interesting feature ill this fifty miles Of barren waste Is one made 80 by its utter desolation. It is called "the crater because of its resemblance to the crater of an extinct volcano, and it possesses a weird beauty and grandeur from the evidences of elemental war. Here strong convulsions of nature must at some unknown perlod in the geologic ages have taken place. Noun tains were torn asunder, rocks piled up in fantastic shapes indicating the ter rible commotiOn that preceded the present calm. Through this battle field of the elements the road winds for about three miles. Then comes another stretch of desert slightly rising for about eighteen miles to the
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-03-19

.l-S-g SURVEYOR pIsA CoUNrY. N0rAET PUB-
 nc. MINING AND CIVIL ENuINEER.
 l ANI~ ROADS. DiTCHES. MINES. TOWN T. sI a- ctc. Surveyed and maps of same mad, - l.- most reasonable terms. Olice-No. Q H1'a leyer street. Tucson. Arizona. JnItel rs'ta hHnl-y -urvfyor and Mineral Suryeypr io7 I.s i-I-Icts uf ,'allforuia and ArIznns.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-03-19
MYERS DISTRICT.

An sditsE ef the Citizen visits tho Gunsight Camp and Details Els osssrya..5ns---A Won der1ul Mins--TEe BagiEE.ng Of a FioaTiEh- ing Can9--Varo.s Other Mnss---Ths Famous Aio-Dsss-lgtioa CT tho Two Routes into the District;
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-03-19

company to-day. but as they have an
 abundant supply at their well Ontheir mill
 ,ite whi h is located about four-miles
 md half from the mlne. which can be
 pumped and piped to the mine, If they
 To not strike water as calculated at 5OO
 feet, this does not present an insur-
 uountable obstacle. They have ore
 ,nough in sight to warrant the erection lf mill of large capacity as soon as he working shaft has reached sufficient
 lepth and levels run to the body of ore exposed by the prospecting work. The engine and machinery for the boisting works is already on the ground.
 THE MINERAL BED MINE.
 The Gunsight mine. although the principal and the most thoroughly pros pected mine in the district, is not the only property worthy of the attention of the public. The MineralB Bed also owned by a Philadelphia corporation, promises to become bullion producer. It now has double compartment incline sh aft down leo feet. At 100 feet cross-cur was run from the foot wall twenty-five feet with put reaching the hanging wall The sur 'ace ore Ms valueless, having s burnt, ifeless appearance and carrying metal ,nly in spots. At 16G feet the vein had pitched out of the shaftuntil the foot wall 4 the vein had become the hanging wall If the shaft. What was the character of the vein at this depth was not krown un- ;il last Thursday when the foot wall fell | into the shaft revealing a body of rich ore carrying black sulphurets, ehlorides and native silver. The finding 1 of this body of ore at that depth in such | a wide ledge makes the future of this min assured. The effect on the miners | who are doing the contract work on the property was electrical. They lmmedi- | ately requested Superintendent Caldwell 10 telegraph to Philadelphia to secure stock in the company for them. We shall watch the future developments of | this mine with intertst. The stock has been selling on basis of sl50. 900 for the mine, but this strike will undoubtedly | -et the stock up to a much higher figure. They will timber and continue the shaft to the depth of POO feet and then cross cut the vein.
 THE MORNING STAR EXTENSION Is another valuable property in this dis srict which has been secured by Phila- lelphia corporation. It is prospected by a shaft 100 feet deep and cross cut 20 feet wide without reaching walls It IS a second extension on the Gnnsight ledge and like it will undoubtedly show better at lower depths. The company has had a survey preparatory to securing ! patent and will also let contract for 'urther development.
 THE MORNING STAR AND CRESCENT Are properties also incorporated in Phil ldelphia, which city seems to be taking he cream of Myers district. The Morn ng Star is the first extension on the iunsight ledge with the same strong, well iefned ledge, the croppings being about 100 feet wide. The Crescent Is an eIten-
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-03-19
ON TO THE GUNsIGHr

After a little time well Spent in view lng these ancient mines, We resumed our journey to its objective point, the Gun sight and the surrounding group of mines. The Gunsight mine is located about sixteen and one-haH miles south
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-03-19
OPENING UP THE MINE

Is progressing rapidly and with view to the economicals handling of the ore. A treble compartment shaft, which has now reached a depth of about 90 feet, is being rapidly pushed. 1t is located be- tween the Gunsight and Silver Girt lodges which are pitching towards each other, and it is expected to strike them at their intersection which it IS thought will be at about 300 feet. They will con- tinue the shaft to the depth of 500 feet, cross-cutting the various ledges and run ming levels SD that the work of stoping can be carried on upon grand scale. There is room for speculation us to what this mine can be made to produce. Tak- ing the present developments in the Gunsight ledge, the surface indications on the Silver Girt and Eastern, not yet prospected, what the showing may be when opeEed to the depth of 500 feet with levels and crOss-cuts make the mine almost without an equal in its prospect tive value. No one can tell what it will te, and to say what it nay be, judging from present indications. would sound simply incredible. We are willing to let future developments tell their own story, We have only to deal with the present. =akIng the property of this company as it stands to-day, the stock should command par when the srst stamp drops upon its ore.
 THE WATER QUESTION
 Is the only difficult problem before this
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-03-19

THE President has nominated Judge Bat 'hford for the Supreme Court bench, and John Russell Young as minister to China.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-03-19

. The various waterfalls iu the Yosem- ite Valley look grand just now. I'm mense icebergs have formed, and the views are even more grand than during the summer months.