Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-08-04
Arizona News.


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 The Head Center mill at Contention has closed down.
 E. B. Gage, superintendent of the Grand Central, has returned from the east
 Parties arriving in Clifton from the north, report fierce forest fires as raging in the White mountains.
 The Miner says there Is a good open ing in Mineral Park for a bakery, tin shop, furniture store and harness shop.
 About 1,20O tons of coal lying in the bunkers at kingman caught fire last Sunday from spontaneous combustion.
 The postofice at Cerbat has been dis continued for the want of a postmaster. There seems to be no candidate for the office.
 The Benson smelter employs forty men, and turns out sixty tons of lead bullion per week for shipment to San Francisco.
 Tombstone may be dull, but there seems to be enough loose money Co run two variety thesters and nine or ten faro games.
 Thos. COnley. an Irishman, aged about r. years, a blacksmith by trade, died sud denly at the Clifton hotel. Sunday morn ing at o'clock.
 The Mormous of Apache county will celebrate the anniversary of the day the early pioneers of that society entered Salt Lake valley, January 2i, lS4l
 The railroad from LordsbUrg to GUth- rie IS now open to the travelling public, regular trains leaving Lordsburg each day at 1:30 a. m.-Chft0n Clarion.
 The driver of MT Coats team came in from Marlcopa yesterday down with the varioloid He is in house near the cemetery which has been duly Jagged. -Phenix Gazette.
 The peaches that are coming into market now are as handsome specimens of that fruit as can be found Tn any country-large, IuIcy, good favored and highly colOred. Gazette.
 John Newark was brought up before Justice Richards this morning for break ing out of the city prison, and required tO give bonds in Sl,0OO or go to prison to await the action of the grand jury Phenix Herald.
 There died last night about l2 o'clock near this city, on the Black canyon road, a man of patrlarchal years, well known m this community. His name was Smith MOrrIs, native of Kentucky, aged S2 years.-Gazette.
 Judge Rush, who visited the Santa Fe exposition, speaks in very compliment ary terms of ArizOna's Commissioner, MT. F. NJ. Murphy, and says he IS un- tiring in his efforts Co place this Terri Nyrrf.N Tl-anarfN nal.
 The town Of Needles seems to be on the improve. Several stores and eating housed have been erected. The South ern Pacific folks have built a splendid depot and eating-house; also a fourteen stall rouDdhouse. - Mohave County Miner.
 The Steamer GIla made a trip last week, from the Needles to Yuma, in about IT hours, and would have made faster time if there had not been so many landings to make. Pretty good steambOating on the ColOradO.-Alta Arizona.
 Mr. Henry 4. Tweed, of New York city, son of Hon. c. A. Tweed, Of Phe- nix, IS clearing off leo acres of land which he owns adjoining J. M. Bryan's place on the west He will plant his place largely m grapes when cleared Gazette.
 Several more yellow flags are reported flying iu the Mexican quarter of town. This shows that the smallpox was kept alive in that quarter, after the mayor and health officer were confident the foul disease had been eradicated.- Pheuix Gazette.
 The court martial of Captain F. B. Hubbard, which began at Camp Hua- chucs on Monday last, was adjourned until Friday to enable Captain Hubbard Co procure q very mater1al witness from Whipple barracks.-Tombstone Repub- lican.
 County Treasurer Goodrich states that he has about s1O,O00 in the treasury ready for the redemption of advertised warrants up to a certain number, and would like the holders to come up to the captains desk and get their money Tombstone Republican.
 Mir. Donald Ross, an old resident of this section of Arizona, Is in Prescott from bis home near Walnut Grove. Mir Ross has almost recovered from the ef- fects of the wounds he received in his terrific fight with three members of the bruin family some two months ago. Prescott Miner.
 Under the new management the Ter ritoriaI Prison has undergone a change of disclpline, and for the better Capt. F $. Ingalls,, the superintendent, aided by MT. II. Long, the warden, has inaug- urated many reforms in the prison Yuma Sentinel