Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-10-22

| our Oul Ttulc OOuLtg Ao pASoS'0 "ANA -
 recent visit to Tucson and Phenlx, both
 of which places have of late made won
 derful progress.
 J. B. Ludwig, who has been officiating as Deputy Sheriff at Contention since
 the organization oi COchise county, has
 resigned that position in order to en-
 gage in other business
 , Joe Mefford. well known in Prescott
 as a freighter, has returned from the
 Eastern States, bringing a Mrs. along
 with him. In other words we mean that
 he has taken unto himself a wife.
 Capt. Eagan, superintendent of the
 Peck and Occident mines, has g men at
 work. The water in the Peck will
 shortly be lowered so as to make 1t
 profitable to put on a large force of
 men.
 The horse, mule and cattle thieves
 who stole so much stock near Will
 jams, have been followed east of the Rio
 Grande 40 miles and the stock recovered.
 The thieves escaped.
 Fr2it raised in the northern section
 of Arizona, from good trees and bushes,
 is about as good as the best. The busi-
 ness pays, but 1t requires knowledge
 anu AAAAAANN-N At t+N AAANhN eA-NNIlo III eAAN
 business
 During certain Democratic adminis-
 tratlon Iavapai county was bled to the
 tune os SlS0O0O, and all there Is left to
 show for the money is S6O,OOO court
 house and few very poor trails in the
 mountains.
 Mr. r. ". Streeper, an old resident of
 Phenix, who left in 1878 and has spent
 the intervening time in Los Angeles,
 has returned to Phenix to engage in business among Us and become a per
 manent resident.
 The postmaster at Williams has been
 instructed tO employ temporary service
 at not exceeding SIl, 400 per annum till
 the contractor shall provide for the ser
 vice Ou route No. 40, l22,, from Williams
 to MOhave City.
 ! The celebrated epitaph written by Or
 pheus C. Kerr on "Muggy JIm,,' will it
 several candidates for public hOnOrs in
 this county after the 7th day of Novem-
 Der: 0 l2S, O20 NOught for one to
 wait, nOught to sigh for.
 4 nugget of gold entirely free from
 quartz and worth Sl,3OJ. was found in
 the Bald Mountain mine, at Forest City,
 last Wednesday. It was just the shape | of bears paw. They are now looking | for the remainder of the bear. ' Hon. A. F. Davis, just before depart ! ing for Prescott, lost his pocket-bOok ! containing checks on the bank of Ari- | zona, greeubacks and Mohave county scrip. He has stopped payment on the | drafts, and can get them renewed.
 In a fight between Navajo Indians . s... week, two of the former were killed, and NIT. Putnam was shot through the arm. The Indians had stolen some horses, which the settlers were trying to re- cover. The high mountain ranges of Cali l fOrLla gre covered with snow and l ] blockadrs will soon bother the Central | Pacific railroad people. Arizona af- | lords the only all-the-year railroad | route between the Atlantic and Pacific | oceans.
 The following prisoners were by the I Deputy Sheriff Of G1la county, taken to . the penitentIary at Yuma last week: . Cicero Grimes, 2l years, stage robbery; ! Billy the Kid. No. ,, 6 years, horse steal ! ing; Merritt Hopkins, 1S months. horse | stealing.
 4 man named Miller confined in jail ! at PhenIx for robbing the Vulture stage escaped short time since. An addI- tiOnal reward has been offered for his recapture. He was formerly a brake man on the Southern Pacific railroad and known as Dutchy, the Peanut Butcher.
 Mir. 4. s. Clough, who resides near Prescott, has raised this year about F. tOO pounds of apples, besides some grapes and berries. His fruit Is good The late storm caused him considerable loss, but he Is far from being cast down in spirits.
 The following were the net receipts from the entertainments given by the Tombstone Dramatic Club: Gross re- celpts, s335.O5; expenses, Sl45. leaving balance of Sl90-05 to be divided equal ly between the Episcopal and Methodist churches.
 The group of mines, namely Orion, Excelsior, HillO Nerve, Turner iu the SOnOita country, and controlled by Col. l.. \. Smith, have been sold to a Balti- mOrr company. Seven samples of ore from the above mines gave returns from 92 ounces Co 1909 ounces; aggregating 3,269 ounces.
 As the Prescott stage was approaching Johnson Canyon on Friday morning last, 1t was stopped by lone highway man who demanded and received from Jesus, the driver, Wells. Fargo * Co.'S treasure box. As there chanced to be nothing in 1t the robber went unpaid for his trouble.
 The Marcus mine in the Weaver dIs- . trlct Is becoming famous because of its rich gold sulphurets which across a four foot veln assay S4ODO to the ton. About | S2j, ,OOO or S3O,OOO EOrSh of ore IS sacked T at the mine ready for shipment. It IS 2 reported that S3O GOO have been refused T for one fourth of the mine.
 L. W. Blinn, who left several days T ago for Texas, for the purpose of inspect T ing the lumber resources of that State, with view of placing the product upon :, the Tombstone market, will visit St. :, Louis and New Orleans before his re- ~ turn He IS accompanied by his ac- o wife.
 The wedding cards of Mr. Ernest n Leigh and Miss Ella Lees, daughter of k Captain Lees. Chief of the San Francis C 20 detective department, are out Mr. h Leslie Blackburn, whose daughter of- h icIat as bridesmaid upon the happy O was made the clpient of one sl 1f them. II The parties bonding the Cllp mine, of " Silver district, have closed the bond and k purchased the property. The gentle $ nen purchasing the property are well al luown and successful mining men, and m ye trust that the working of the Clip Sd ulle VIII InauguTate the boom which l Is Silver district SO richly deserves. tt From Copper Mountain, on the Agua re ria, the best Of reports are constantly W ent forth Work IS beIng pushed for I'd yard at five different points, and fine ID arbouate and oxide ores taken from es he tunnel and different shafts Tweu- y men are constantly employed and an bundance of ore taken out that in lu uallty lt IS impossible to excel. IT c. W. Curtis, who was interested in ip5 he first saw mill in Iavapai county, IS r tlll m tue business and wlll, next week, ~i emove hls mill farther up Lynx Creek, . O fresh timber field. He has, at pres U, ut m his employ, 42 or AZ men. Some " re at the mill, others are cutting and ~. aullng logs, making shingles, gather a, ng corn, etc. etc. a. At the close of registration on Tues sr lay night the great register ot COchise de ouuty showed 3,O25 names. Yesterday l be here were thirty additional names sent Ii. a from Contention: fourteen from Rus b' ell, and twenty-three from Justice Eel ", CT in Tombstone. There IS no doubt wl hat the register, when complete, will ur ontain nearly 3,20O. Le A horse race IS to take place at Solo lonville, on Sunday the 22d day of Oc- 1ber, between q. H. Stevens horse Sam, sa latched by Joe C0ttreal, and Barnabe St aims hDrsp Honey f1- SgDO Dia+auce l l.