Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-04-01
Local Intelligence,

rection are very encouraging.
 The transfer Of California sheen to | Texas continues unabated.
 Tom Fitch hangs ont his shinrle as attorney at law, or Broadway, New | York.
 Mir. J. 5. Yosburg, of Tucson, has ar rived in San Francisco from bis trip around the world.
 The new stone front facing of the 1 Catholic Church is completed and 1t has added much to the beauty of that build | ing.
 J. H. Hampson and Nm. Garland, 1 contractors on the Lordsburg and Clit- l ton railroad, have about 2cOJ men al work.
 The first intance of Indians e8hsting in the regular army has occurred. Six Apaches have gone into the Fourth Cav airy as p-ivates.
 It is reported that a new associate 1 justice for ArIzona has been appointed n place Of Judge W. W. Hoover. He IS from New York.
 There is a very good prospect of very large reduction works being established in Tucson during the present year, by men of immense capital
 The Indians killed but two of Tom Stee.e's cattle, and they took of them only the upper half of the carcasses as ! they lay upon the ground.
 Dr. Day, Of Blackberry, received instructions from Washington 10 vac ciuate all the Wallapai Indians iu his vicinity, to prevent the smallpox.
 Mir. Solon Mason, Of Florence, died in Los Angeles last Friday. NIT. Mason was a brother of NIT. Aaron Mason, of the Silver King, and had a host of friends in Arizona.
 The bodies of Joe Bowman and young McGowan, who were murdered by Mex icaBs in the Thorndyke party, in Sono- ra, d few da!s since, have been recOv- cred, badly mUtilated.
 The handful of Apaches squeezed ont Of Mexico by the troops, have so far made very successful waltz through the southeastern part of this Territory.
 Prescott Courier: Weatherwise gen tlemen who are saving that Arizona Is wetter than it was in ante railroad times, are, We think, a little of. The years lS64-j-6-7 and s were wetter than any year since.
 Another fine body of ore has been struck in the American Flag mine, in the Wallapai mountain, Mohave county. 1 IL is expected that the Arnold Mining l Company will expend at least S2O00OO | on their mines this coming summer and | fall
 The Board of School Trustees have concluded to construct the new High | School building on the grounds now oc- cupisd by the present school building. 1 The structure can be erected without 1 interfering with the use of the present 1 building.
 Sherman * Conkey have struck fine | body Of ore in the Mountain Grove ! mine. on the summit between Chloride | and Sherman peak near kingman. W. | II. Sherman has found two-foot ledge l above Bismark Springs, which will assay | over 500 per ton.
 The Blackberry mill will start up on | April 10 There is a large force of men | at work on 1t now. putting everything In order for long run. The Blackberry mine is looking well everywhere and has large pile Of ore on the dump, besides 300 tons already hauled to the mill
 MT. D. c. Cage, one of the solid citi- zens of Mesaville, was m town to-day. He states that the citizens Of Mesaville have had no regular mail for two months past and as consequence they suffer much inconvenience. An effort ought to be made to get the mall route re- established.
 The Prescott Democrat says: 'The Grand canyon Of the Colorado river is just now attracting considerable atten- tioa. 4 boat has been built at Peach Springs for use there, and visitors are already there in large numbers. The railroad company have engaged a pho tographer to take views of the grand scenery"
 \ construction company has been formed Tn Boston to build the Arizona Mineral Belt Railroad, from Shevlon's Fork on the Atlantic & Pacific, to Globe City, l60 miles, through rich mineral courEry. where coal IS so abundant as to sell for S2.J0 per ton, and timber is SO plenty that ties eau be bought for five cents each Globe Belt.
 The surveyors have been in the yiclnI- ty of Ash Fork, IavapaI comfy, laying out a road from the Black Hills to the Atlantic * Pacific track. There are rich copper mines in these hills. and shouli a good thO-oughfare be opened from these mines to the track, no doubt that place will derive very substantial bene- fit from them. Governor Tritle is heav- fly interested in some of the best claims.
 Miner: Very rich copper deposits were uncovered over at Beans copper fields last week. Chunks of native cop- per, weighing many pounds, were brought in 8 few days ago, and are per feet marvels Of beauty. That the Basin is the richest and most extensive cop per bed ia the world there is no ques- ton. All that is required is a railroad, and the shipment of ore, to make 1t the best property in the West. Senor Jose NJ. Elias received tels- gram to-day from his brother Manuel Elias, dated at San Pedro. March 23 in- forming him that the Apaches had stolen twelve head of horses from the Cienega ranch, six miles from the line in Sono- ra. and had gone towards Fort Huachu- ca Ssnor Elias says this IS the same body Of Indians who attacked the Thorn dike party below Cauanea a day or two ago. which crime was attributed to Mex jeans. He Is certain of this, as be sent out ten men to scout that section. \ correspondent writing from Wilcox details with amusing fidelity the vigOr- ous march of two companies of soldiers after the Indians. 1T the facts are as represented by the correspondent, there is little wonder that the Indians hold tine fighting prowess of the military in utter contempt. The lack of vigor, en- ergy and desire to perform their duty, 80 pla,nly manifest n last years cam paign, seems to have again been com menced by the troops, and they abandon the line of march so soon as they get un pleasantly near the hostiles.
 There are in Clifton district, which embraces an area extending 20 miles north and south by four miles east and west, some 2.J00 people. This includes about 4u3 men at work upon the rail- { road. The population of the town of l Clifton R about 500. It would be much larger were t possible 10 get ground to build on, but on account Of the mar rOwness Of the canyon the Arizona Cop ! ] pea Company, which owns the townsite ; decline to sell lots. This company pro- pose to have five furnaces running in- ; side of twelve months, and will need l all the vacant ground available and more, on which to erect them Clarion. ,
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 PRFscoTr, March -, 1883. Special Orders. No 26}