Weekly Phoenix herald., 1883-08-23

the iegi-latur il '7S The Governor appointed one tor each county. J. T Alsap held the office until Dec. present Judge of the Prob ,te Court, was ele tel, and again reelected in 1882.
 The building on Washington street kuown as the court 'cu=s W ,s built by Mexican, Clenene Romo by name. He sold it soon after to Goldwater 6 Brother, who started a store there. h 1875 the county Su- perviscrs thought they were payiug Hancock too much for his building on Cortez street, and bought Gold waters property for three thousand dollars, thereby obtaining room for a commodious jail and jail yard, q good court room and offices for the county officials. Goldwater then moved hls goods to tho building on the corner of Montezuma and Jelfer son streets, which is now known as the Phoenix Flouring Mill. This building was started by Lum Gray in 1871, and he sold it in 1872 to Goldwater, the walls being ten feet high. Goldwater finished the build ing and opened the store as above stated. This same building was afterwards occupied by Smith & Stearns as 2 store, and is now the Phoenix Flouring Mill, owned by J. VT. Smith.
 On the 1st. day of January 1876. there occurred an attempted crime which for brutality and cowardice can hardly be equalled in the an- nals of the Territory. As 1t fortu- nately happened, the criminal him- self was the only one who was fatal ly injured, and the facts are as fol = lows.
 On the last day of Decem Der 1875, the respectable citizens had assem. bled to "dance the old year out" at James Grants stare office. The building is still standing. It is near the corner of Centerand Washington streets, and now used by Goldman 6 Co.,, as ware house, though it was owned and occupied until recently by the Phoenix HERALD, the frs newspaper started in MaricopG County.
 While the ladies and gentlemen were enjoying themselves Tn tn dance, rough looking and rougher acting stranger came in, and insist ed in having 2 dance with one Of tho ladies, in spite of her repeated re- fusals. He became so offensive a last, that Lu. Davis, one of the gen tlemen, put him out of the house The hume of this wretch was Geo Young. He was recently discharg' ed soldler, and had been sleeping for a few nights at Monihcn's corral After being put out of the ball room he hurried to the corral, armed him | self with his double barreled sho 1 gun and returned. The company were then dancing quadrille as he could see through the window a which he stationed himself; and waiting until Lu. Davis came neal the window he blazed away through the window pane, right 1n to the I m fiddle of the ''Set" then dancing Lu Davis fell as if dead, with blood streaming from his forehead, but by q miraculous fortuns, no one else was injured The new year had just come in, but no one needed ii then, for the dance broke up in ter- or and alright, and the men hasten ed to take the ladies home. This being accomplished they le;uFned and hunted up MT. George Young On finding h1m they took him on a little New Years walk from which he never returned. When the Sun arose on the first day of January 1876, it shone on ghastly object hanging at the end of rope to a cottonwood tree, just outside of town near the old building of Dem his and Murphy. He had a differ ent kind of darce than he anticipat ed.