Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-05-05
Territorial News.

Last Monday Sheriff Stevens, assisted by ms deputies, removed the prisoners from the county iaIl at Stafford to Solo knoxville, notwithstanding the prOhibI- ton of the Board of Supervisors.
 The idea of digging ditches through the principal streets of this city, and thus utilize the water pumped from the ] Grand Central mine, IS a good one, and should meet with the hearty cO-Opera- zion the city authorities and citizens tenerslly.
 Jack Ssbulla, the festive sport who | neglected Co provide for the payment of | q check for S6O0-giVen tO a Tombstone faro game in lieu of money lost-tackled the tiger n that burg and lost S7OO, this | time in clean cash.-IOmbstOne Re- publican.
 Chief Justice French IS bIsily en- | gagged in clearing up chamber business pending before him; m order to be en- | tIr,ly untramneled during the special | term of next month, which a large crIm | inal calendar has necessItated this year. Arizona Miner.
 | A sad accident occurred at the Con- | tentiOn mine thIs morning about ten | o'clock, by which the day blacksmith, Steve Johnson, had his right leg broken | in three places. The accident occurred | by the falling or slipping of a quantity | of iron he was handling.
 Frank Leslie returned from his ranch in Sulphur Spring valley last night. He reports the country qulet, and entirely | free from hostile Indians. Gen. Crooks pack train en route for the Sierra Madres, accompanied by about 400 troops, passed down the valley a few days since
 Tombstone Epitaph.
 The soldiers encamped ID the vicinity of Joyce's ranch, i the Swisshelms, are kept busy scouting the surrounding country. They scout ID small detach- ments and ride around the country for a distance of thirty or thirty-five miles -'eIt uat. Ar--tug n 5rTuftsi IUIkUur Tor the approach of the Apaches.
 It now seems to be an assured fact that Tombstone IS to have a railroad to Fairbanks Mir. Chris. Batterman has been engaged ID surveying for a narrow gauge road to Fairbanks during the mast week for the Grand Central a'd Contention mining companies. This seems Co have put the AtchisOD com pany on their nettle, for It has resulted in their putting a large force of men grading between Fairbanks and Tomb stone. We understand that trains will be running into Tombstone inside of sixty days.
 Tombstone Republican.
 Quite a number of the shade trees re- gently planted along the principal thor Oughfares have sprOuted, and ere many months our little city willbe embOwered m foliage.
 L. Zeckeudorf & Co, of this place, have closed out their business here ana will open at Fairb-nks. immediately on the arrIval of the manager, Mir. Cur us.
 Mir E. c. Burton, formerly of COnten- tion, has removed to Johnson, new town just ssringing up seven miles west of Dragon stati n. He proposes to opAn producs and feed store at that place. Johnson has about 20O inhsbi tauts, and Is rapidly growing Water is brought into the town from dis tance of three miles.
 Prescott Miner.
 It is claimed that large bands of cat tie are every year driven from Utah into the northern portion of our Territory in order to evsde the payment of taxes on ] the same.
 We understand that Governor Tritle l and family contemplate upon paying a short visit to California.
 Phsni1 Herald.
 The city continues the burning ot coal tar ID the evening as a health meas ure.
 Mir E. Mayer yesterday concluded the sale of property at present occupied by the French bakery and Chinese restau- rant. fronting on Washington street 24 feet for Slj5 per iron; foot or S3,OOO for the whole.
 Alta Arizona.
 Now that a steamer has been built upon the Colorado. at the Grand Can yon, the old legends of it's impossible whirlpools, etc, will vanish.
 Arizona Enterprise.
 It IS reported that all the fruit in the San Pedro valley was killed last week by heavy frosts. The fruit here was not affected, but beans and tomatoes were cut down close to the ground.
 The CITIZEN replies to Frank Pi1ley's proposition to declare martial law in Arizona, with Crook as dictator, in very l clever style, but it IS hardly worth while to treat seriously the frothy gsbble of that confirmed lunatic.
 Some one who probably had nothing else to do, has circulated the report at Tucson that smallpox was prevalent at l Florence. There IS not now, and has not | been. for three years, a single case of smallpox in Florence, and but very little sickness of any kind. There IS not healthier place than Florence in the ! United States