Weekly Phoenix herald., 1883-07-12
From Monda a's DAnr.

to-day.
 The Hon c. 4. Franklin is now stopping in Tucson.
 The British Cree Indians are on
 the war path on our northern border. Prescott has had another small
 fire in which Judge Carter lost his barn.
 Preparations for laying the foun-
 dation for the court house, are in
 progress.
 Church services were rather light y attended yesterday, owing to the
 very warm evening.
 Tedrow had 8 booming opening
 on Saturday evening at his new saloon next door to Osborne & Co.
 The Epttaph can smell an Indian
 farther than any blind mule that ever
 sniifed. It now announces that the
 Italians are marching toward Arizo- na from Sonora.
 So far nothing has been learned
 as to the identity of the road sgents
 who levied tribute on the stage at
 Gillett, last Sunday, and 50 we'll did they succeed in leaving nothing that
 would serve as clue for the author ities to work on, that their appehen-
 sion is very improbable. The
 amount of plunder secured by them
 was between $700 and and $500, and
 of it $57O.70 were Territorial funds,
 being the amount remitted to Terri riisrial Treasurer Butler by the trea surer of Yuma county for the quarter ending June 30, 1SS3.-Kiner.
 Mir. Alexander is having his corral carefully battened, matter that
 will add much 10 the safety from
 fire of hIs place and consequently to the town. As it was with straw constantly working out through the cracks onto tue sidewalk there was liable to be a fire at any moment from some one of the many passers by dropping match or stump of cigar.
 . Mr. Jamison, for the past year and half. telegraph operator here, has resigned his position in the sers vice and will be succeeded by Mr- II F. knabe, who has arrived and is engaged in getting his "hand in" on the business of the office. We are pleased to learn that Mir. Jamison contemplates remaining among us to engage in business, and we ear nestly hope he may fine It both pleasant and profitable
 White hauling load of rock on to the courthouse plaza to-day the leaders of Mir. Beverly Goz's team broke their moorings and start- ed of on wild goose chase of their own. They soon ran foul of tree and broke the doubletree, then cir cling Q, ound a block or TWO, came ur Washington street, to the infinite terror of the numerous drivers and teams along that thoroughfare. One of them ran into the six.horse stage team standing in front of the post office and was stopped; the other came along moment later and ran to the upper plaza, but was also finally captured without doing any material damage other than to 1 his hing legs by having them tho roughly pounded by the dragging 
 The town has, at last, been per manenily connected with the Mari 1 ccpa Canal by digging connecting | fitch between it and the Salt River Valley Canal. At the crossing of 1 the latter dam will be put in, lbove and below the point of cross ug, when the water is let out of the canal for cleaning purposes and the hort section filed with water when t will flow on across into the town iitches. This method was rendered necessary from the fact that fumes Try out and fail to carry the water. This is an improvement greatly eeded and the wonder is that some uch provision was not made long ince. Mayor Porter had thirteen len at work yesterday in order to the connection at once as ne water in the Salt River Valley anal is liable to be let out any day, ow, for cleaning purposes and leave le town without water. I