Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-12-08
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PACIFIC COAST.

PREscoTT, Dec. l.-P. MoAteer and
 Chas. W. Beach have been principals iD
 law shit for number of years. While
 their suit was being tired in court to- day Hon. Clark Churchill called Charles
 Rush a liar \ general fight oasued. Chas. W. Beach, formerly of the Pres colt Miner, was stabbed in the neck and | McAteer shot in the left side. Both ap- pear to be dangerously hurt. Uncle Jimmy Moore was badly cut on the arm.
 TOMBSTONE, Dec. IA dispatch was received from Sheriff Ward this morn- ing to the effect that Pela Deveaux, sen- tenced to 10 years in the penitentiary for killing George Everett at Johnson and en route to Yuma, threw himself from the water closet of the train, while ID motion between Tucson and ma and crushed his skull. The chaao.i are aghinsi his recovery.
 FL PAso, Dec. In anticipation of an election for change of the county seat, on Tuesday next, Mexican citizens are being naturallzsd by depnty County Clerk in the council rooms. Over thirty have already obtained naturalization papers, and over hundred are expected to qualify before night. The merchants of Fl PBso will all close their stores on election day and work at tine polls. II requires two-third vote to change the county seat, and the change Is meeting with strong opposition from the people of Ysleta, where the county seat now is. Should Fl Paso fail To get the necessary majority the county seat cannot be changed for five years.
 James Morgan and John Williamson were arrested here last evening for cheating two New York gentlemen out of $500, with which they went to buck at a bunko game in Paso del Norte. They borrowed the money by playing the confidence game.
 GUTHRIE, Dec. 2.-The train en route to Clifton IS reported to have been ditched near here last night by train robbers, who wanted to get the treasure in the pay car. The guards stood them off, and they fled.
 FL PAso, Dec. 4-The election for re- moval of the county seat Is in progress and a very large vote Is being boiled; all .fo t,.,s,,-,, |, ,r,,-o, .,,1 L,,, t- o -a cIosa1 and the merchants are working at the polls. The vote all over the county for and against will be very large but tie result is still in doubt, though the prob- ability is that Fl Paso will win.
 SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 3.-J. B. Lowrey, | bookkeeper with J. '. Wilson < Co. | pork packers, was found dead yesterday | on the floor in his room with two wounds | in his throat, supposed to have been in- | fiicted by himself; cause said to be fam fly troubles. He leaves a wife and child | at Clipper Gap, Placer county, Cahfor. nia
 SAN FRAECIsco, Dec. 3.-The total | catch of the Arctic whaling fleet for the | season. Is II ,290 barrels of oil, 162 2i4 |
 
 ivory. The whole are valued at SS6D,O0j. |
 VALLEJO, Dec. 3.-S. C. Farnham a | prominent and wealthy citizen of Nalle- | io, and proprietor of the evening Chron icie, died suddenly at his residence las evening after brief illness of twenty l four hours.
 PORTLAND, Dec. 3.-A one hundred | yard foot race between NJ. K. kettlemau | of Michigan, champion of the east, and | Fred Harmon. of Victoria. champion of | the Pacific coast, for S3,000 side, came off at View Park this afternoon. liar mon had the advantage of three feet on the start and won by nearly two feet; | 93f seconds. More than S2O,G0O changed | hands on the result. Kettleman's back | CTS openly charge that the race was clear sell as he could have won very easily.
 SHASTA, California, Dec. 3.-A slight earthquake shock was felt here at seven o'clock this morning. It was of short | duration, but distinctly noticeable.
 SAN FRANClsCo, Dec. 3.-RansfOrd J. Wells, journalist, formerly connected with the Alta and Call, of this city, died at Portland, Oregon, on Saturday Of in- fiammation of the bowles. He went to | Portland two months ago to assume a repOrtOrial position on the Northwest News. He was twenty-seyen years old.
 SAN FRASoIsco, Dec. At is stated that Percy JRcObus, secretary of the Eureka Consolidated Mining Company | who it is reported IS $3O.O00 short in his accounts, will be regularly arrested and charged. Ills uncle, Judge Heydenfeldt. refuses to do any thing to help him. It is believed the private property of Ja- cobus does not amount to anything con siderable. He owned 80 acres of land | near LIvermore, but conveyed it last month to Walter Mendenhall for the | nominal consideration ot one dollar.