Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-08-27
Pacific Coast Items.

The Santa Ana Valley bank made al
 assignment Wednesday, and its door l were closed.
 At one o'clock Thursday morning
 DavId G. Bigelow, n brakeman on thu
 Utah Central Railroad, while pea
 Riverside Station fell from a car ana
 was killed.
 The Committee of the Anti-Debrl Assembly met at Sacramento Thursday for the purpose of general consultation regarding the future movements Egains the hydraulic evil.
 Lieutenant R. F. Ames, now ID com mand of the post at Yuma, 4. T. is al present in Los Angeles experimenting the shipment of grain for the different military posts III Arizona.
 Michael Skehan, who stabbed William Whalen at Birchville on Sunday night had his preliminary examination at Ne vada and was bound over in the sun of Sl,000. Whslen IS not yet out ot danger.
 The saloon and lodging house ot Jacob Williams, at St. Johns, COluss county, was lately fired by an incen- diary. The building and contents, in. volving a loss of about Sl loo, were a total loss.
 The railroad north of Bedding is re- ported to be located for 6 distance of sixty miles, and the contract has been let to build the distance which will carry the road to point north of the Sacra- mento bridge.
 The first passenger train from San Diego arrived at ColtOn Thursday at 415 p. ID. It was warmly welcomed with cheers by the citizens. This gives San Diego railroad communication with this city and gives Colton another sea- port shipment point.
 Thursday, at Los Angeles, Henry Gorben was arrested for whipping his wife and taken before Judge Adams. Before the trial began he attempted to assault his wife Tn court, but was ordered by the Judge to be put in irons. It took four men to complete the operation.
 The Republican mass meeting at Piper's Opera House, Virginia City, Wednesday evening, for the purpose Of selecting a county delegation to the State Convention, was inharmOnious. The meeting adjourned without action. Re- publican primaries will be held Satur- day next.
 Comstock Notes; At the Combina- tiOn shaft they are sinking the pump fifteen feet deeper. As soon as this Is done, they will start the west drift at the 1,650-foot level for the body of F-, the 2,7OO-foOt level of Union has not yet reached the 2,600 level stopes. About thirty tons of good ore per day IS being extracted.
 The attendance at the track at Santa Cruz Thursday was good. The first was a trotting race, best three in five, for horses of the 2:40 class, between Slim Jim and Frank, which was won by Frank in three straight heats. The second race was for double teams, E. J. Swift's Frank and Nell Brady being matched mate he'd agalnst Dr. Charles Ford's Joe Dean and Boy Dan. The first heat was won by Dean and Dan, and the last three by Frank and Nell.
 George Q. Cannon returned to Salt Lake Thursday night from Washington and was quietly escorted frem Ogden by few of his Mormon brethren. The Utah Commissioners failed to make connection and will not arrive till Friday night. Governor Murray re- ceived certified copy of the law em- pOwering him to appoint county otli- cials 1T twenty-four counties and a Territorial Auditor and Treasurer. The Mormon Church has signifed its inten- tion of fighting this law and disputing the right of the Governor.
 The Santa Barbara Republican coun- ty Convention was held Thursday, G. P. Tebbetts was elected Chairman and T. R. Dove, Secretary. Strong resolutions were adopted favoring the Sunday law. Robert J. BroughtOn was nominated for Sheriff, c. A. Tompson for Clerk, J. J. Boyce for District Attorney, \, l.. Lincoln for Treasurer, Frank Smt for Assessor, Alex. Mclean for Superin- tendent of Schools, John Reed for Surveyor, and B. Gutierrez for Coroner. The delegates to the State Convention are: John P. Sterus, c. P. Tebbets, F, II. Hecock, 4. J. Laughlin, F. W. Crooks and J. Mayhew.
 A fire lately caught in the grass in the foothills on the Corral de Piedras ranch, San Luis Obispo county. Some two thousand acres were burned over be- fore the fire was checked. Soon after the fire started up again and ragged with great fury in the chaparral on the east ern slope of the hills. At times it ran to the crest of the hills and threatened to break over and descend among the grazing lands and dairies on the coast side. On Tuesday last fire started Tn the foothills about five miles northeast of San Lus Obispe, on the Cuests road. A large amount of sheep pas turage has already been destroyed.
 Says the Anaheim Gazette: A sin gular and costly accident happened a few days ago to the thrashing machine of Messrs. Gwin < Greeley. They were at work on the grain of Mexican living near Spadra and suddenly an explosion was heard and flames shot out of the machine and speedily enveloped it. Before they were extinguished the grain belt, straw carrier, derrick and derrick wagon, ropes, etc, and stack of grain were burned, infiicting loss of about $500 on the machine. The cause of the accident was shotgun cartridge which had been either maliciOusly or ac- cidentally dropped into the straw, and when 1t was tossed into the thrasher 1t exploded upon reaching the cylinder with the result stated.