Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-05-19
Territorial News

of bronze under a French patent.
 Territorial News.
 More cases of smallpox have appeared
 in Phenix.
 James Campbell, of Prescott, is visit
 ing New York.
 The Prescott Rifles will give ball or
 the evening of May 25th.
 John Coyle, while working on the
 canal at Murphy's camp, died of apo
 plexy on Saturday.
 Born in Prescott, May F, to the wife
 of E. P. Clark, a daughter; also to the
 wife of John Raible, daughter. Herald: fhe Salt river valley has a
 single ranch which will turn out over q
 million and a half pounds of grain this 1 harvest.
 Phenix Herald: Billy Blankenship and Miss Maud Wilson were married Tuesday at Mrs. Shulz' residence by Prof. \. L. Guthrie.
 John Shivers, of Chino Valley, %
 miles north of Prescott, was thrown from a horse on Saturday, and received l injuries to his head and sFine which, 1t Is feared, will prove fatal.
 Pheoix Gazette: Sheriff Orme has 600 acres of wheat on his ranch that Is esti- mated to yield 40 bushels to the acre. | This will give a total of 2l,OOO bushels Ihis, we think, will compare favJrably with the Western States or California.
 Phenix Gazette: Charley Thompson has struck 1t rich in his May Flower mine at Castle Creek. At one point in the shalt It dId not look very eucour- aging, but 1t now has come in better than ever. We congratulate him on h.s good luck.
 Phenix Herald: An inmate of the county hospital, named John Bryant. a native of New York and whe eelWripht b, trade, GIed Monday evening of catarrL of the throat. He was admitted to the hospital May 3i. He was buried Tues day afternoon.
 Pheaix Gazette 4 fruit grower Of this city Is negotiating with Wells. Fargo X Co. for the shipment Of his present crop to Tucson. lie expects tC have lOOrOO pounds. This Is d very good starter for a country that Is gen erally supposed to be destitute cf fruit.
 Pheuix Gazette: \ few citizens met ai the Courthouse Saturday evening t., consider the aGvisability and prac,ica- biIty of building a railroad from tuis city to Tucson. After empowering Mir. NJ. W. hales to confer with the citizens of Tucson upou the subject, the meeting adjourned to Thursday evening, sam time and place.
 Phenix Gazette: NJ. D. c. King re. turned from visit tO Tombstone aud Tucson, yesterday. Mr. King has made a sale through \. J. Mi che.i, M. E.. ul Tombstone, of four of nls mines in the Huacuvar mountains, beyond Wickcu. burg, for SlOO,OOO. The final payment for these mines Is to be made in Tucson on the 25th inst.
 Phenix Gazette: Judge Cox has the largest apIary m Arizona, it not the only one. He has l5O stands of bees, which number will be increased by fall to over 300. Thus far th.y have done remarka- Oiy well, but the test, the Judge consid- CTS too short to be far one. By an- other year he will be able to determine whether this is bee country or not. He uses the HarbisOn patent hive.
 Phenix Herald: Ex-Governor R. c. Powers arrived las, evening from hi- GIla Bend ditch. He has sixty men and fifty teams at work, and expects to fiu- lsh the heavy cutting of the work by June 10th. For some distance at the head Of the ditch, the averag. depth k over eight feet, and as the canal Is being made with a ten foot bottom. a large amount of earth is to be moved. The lumheT will soon be on the ground for l head-g gate.
 Courier: The best news We have to l relate this morning k, that large hoist | ing works, an air compressor and other | for the Peck mlne. will ar- | rIve shortly. Sinking below he first l water level will then commence. L. D. | Hardy, one Of the best mil men on tue Pacific coast, IS at the mine. We heard | yesterday that the eleven tons of select sd ore from the Occiieut mne (Drop- arty of the Peck Company worked about Sl,SOO per ton in San Francisco.
 Pheuix Gazette MT. \. \. Broadway. , prominent farmer about seven miles west oi town, paid the Gazette office a pleasant visit last evening. MT. Broad way has 400 acres of wheat which he es- imates will yleld half a million pounds. which k at the rate of 2l bushels to the lcre. His neighbor, Mir. H. E. Slossar, las an equally good crop. In fact .ll that section of the valley will give .bove an average yield. Such IS tbe Vord that comes from all quarters ofthe -alley.
 Phenix Gazette: California will have O look Co her laurels as the great fru ountry of the ronti ient. She BOW has m equal, If not a superior, m tuIs valley. o far as pears, peaches, apricots, nect.- ines and grapes are concerned. The live will no dnubt do as well here as anywhere in the world That n time. 'henx viii become an exporter of wine md oil, those two commodities that ave enriched France, Italy and Spain, 8 entirely probable.
 Phenix Gazette: Judge Cox called at be Gazette office Monday morning with amples of gold ore from the Desert Jim llne, which IS located about fifteen . niles north of town, that showed free old m abundance all through the ( uartz. They are only down on th, q elE SIX feet and 1t is eight inches wide. Il rich ore. The mine is owned by ! udge Cox and J. C. Norcross, of this . ity. Work will be pushed as rapidly as a Ossible, that they may determine its alue. Should such rich ore continue ! own, the mine will prove Of immense d alue.