Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-02-11
TerritoIial NeNs.
Prescott IS to have new charter.

AeILltOl l1l Nthas 3 Prescott IS to have a new charter. Phenix is to have large ice machine. l The building boom continues in Phe- [ nix.
 i Anew variety company is announced for Phenix.
 Seven teamsters at Maricopa are laid
 up with measles.
 Tombstone talks oi a Mercantile Pro- teceTve Association. The sawmills in the vicinity of Pres r colt are crowded with orders. The have been 3,462 mining locations
 made in Cochise county since ISL
 A money order department is to be
 added t. the Mineral Park postotfice.
 The San Francisco mountains, to the
 north of Prescott, are covered with
 snow
 Settlers are locating lands rapidly in
 the vicinity of Phenix and along the
 valley.
 4 train on tha a. z r. railroad was
 ditched near hoibrooA, few days ago.
 No one hurt.
 The case of ex-Treasurer J. c. Dun-
 bar, of Tombstone, is ID the hands of ar
 bitrators with 6 far prospect of settle
 ment.
 Hon. [. B. Giford's bill ito prevent
 vacations litigation" was made by the
 Prescott printers to read 'to prevent
 veXatiOus legislation
 The contract for printing and binding | the legislative journals has been award | ed to the Nebraska State Journal office, it putting m the lowest bid for the same.
 | MaricOpa's delinquent tax list is prob ably the least in the Territory, which ar- gues well for the prosperity of the coun- ! ty considering what IS usually regarded as a high rate of taxation. Tombston@ Republican: The carp received for distribution in this district ! are apt to sprOut unless somebody soon | calls on the fish commissioner for them. | The proposition to plant them Cn Con- | tention hill does not meet with much | favor. They would ripen too early, and | carp should not be pulled til Septem- ber.
 The coming anniversary of Washing tons birthday is Co be celebrated, m Prescott, masked ball fashion. The Prescott Rlties will boss the job, pro- vIded - ladies of good moral character will agree Co hide their faces behind masks. IL is proposed to make the atla.r all that the most fastidious could ask for.
 We regret that Mr. J. M. Barret, one Of the ablest and most gentlemanly ed itOrs of this country, IS about to leave the Tucson Star. He is needed in a broader field. In fact, he IS to take a leading position on the Examiner. Caliiornia's gain will be Arizoub's loss. Prescott Courier.
 Herald: It is whispered thut the city oi PheniX is going into the carp busi- ness. The town taxes, 1t Is thought, can toe entirely lifted from the shoulders of hepeople without the least trouble, as the city has ample facility for water aud Mancops street from Washington to Adams affords a fine pond loo by 300 feet ID extent with mud of an unknown depth.
 The WickenDurg stage was stopped on Saturday night about five miles from Iron Spring strtiOn and about thirteen 1 miles from Prescott by masked man, who took the mall sacks, ripped them 1 bhNA anu LULA GlA AilC ' uAAdNAt1 At AE found. The stage contained no pas l sengers. Deputy United States Mar shal Donovan is searching for the rob be-.
 On Saturday last Governor Powers returned Co PbeHiI, having completed hIs surveying contract down On the Gi- la. Hs had two parties in the field and 1 completed the survey of twelve town ships m exactly two months. To-day be paid off his men, most of whom are yet in town. The Governor has speedi- ; ly fulfilled his contract, and, from all : We can learn, tine service has been per 1, formed in a most thorough and satisfac- 1. tory manner. ,
 Miner: Preliminary arrangements ' have been male by party of energetic i young men to leave Prescott in a few N weeks for the gold fields of Alaska. By | laws have been agreed upon for the gov l srnment of the company, which, we un- ( derstand, were modelled somewhat after i the Oneida Community regulations 1 all supplies to be obtained exclusively r from the country in which their opera o tons are confined. No more "canned c truck' for the boys. They say train oil a and blubber strait is "too good' for S them. r
 Prescott Courier: We call the atten- Il ton of the teachers of Prescott public t school tO the uudeniabis fact that many ? of the larger boys who attend said a schools, are in the habit Of whipping b smaller boys. We know this to be a e fact. \ case in point came under our q observation yesterday, when a little n fellow, who was crying with every eve, c ,ame into the Courier office and im- O Dlored us Co save him from a larger boy, who Lad struck him, and who v .hreateped Co give him @ harder Click n uE' Going into the street with the il little fellow, he ran for dear life. The q big boy did not make hIs appearance, so c Va cannot give his name. W
 This thing of larger boys whipping p children has been going on long enough, md ought to be stopped by parents and eachers.