Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-12-27

thls state.
 SAS FRASCIsCO, Dec. 22.-The Time of Santa Marta, Cal, telegraphs that in tense excitemen was created there thi evening by the arrival of wagon con taining two petrifed bodies, discovere, in a gypsum quarry near Point Seil The bodies are those of a man anC woman. They were buried side by sid, with large boulder between them The body of the man is in a perfec state of petrifcation except half o the left arm. Both feet were broker of in the disinterment. The woman was apparently of middle age. with very symetrical proportions. The discovery was made by George Conner and George Holt, miners, prospecting in that neigh borhood.
 MoJAvE, Dec. 22.-The framework of the new depot here was leveled about | o'clock this morning, and more dam- ages are liable to follow.
 SAS FRANCISCO. Dec. 22.-Brooks < Co, dealers in a small way in mining stocks, have suspended. All the partners of the firm are missing as is also the ylOrey confded to them for investment. Brooks was a dummy, as the real proprietor was named Mcdonnell, who has has al- ready gained some bucketshop notoriety.
 PRESCOTT, Dec. 21.-A dastsrdly at tempt at incepdiarism was made here this morning at o'clock, n which the new hotel of Christine Johnson had a narrow escape from destruction. There were twenty guests in the hotel at the time and had it not been for the timely and accidental discovery of fire by Mrs. Capt. Callahan, the building and con tents would have been destroyed, and attended with loss of life. There were several narrow escapes from suffocation. Mrs. Callahan IS seriously i'll from ex- posture. Loss, three thousand dollars
 TOMBSTONE, Dec. 2L-Tom Moore bookkeeper for the Copper King mine, at Cuitsca, and one of the parties rec ently arrested by Mexican author ities. arrived here to-day. He brings information that the Americans now un- der arrest at Msgdalena have been re- leased from prison, but are still kept un- der surveillance. Moore states that sInce arrest the prisoners have been kindly treated and would have been released long since, but for the slow operation of the Mexican laws, and their release may be confidently expected be- tween uow and Christmas. Moore was permitted to como to Tombstone on parole of honor, to return to Magdalena when wanted.
 SALT LAKE, Dec. 23.-Last Saturday morning at Pinto, Iron county, the two sons of David Tullis, aged and 12 years respectively, met with a fatal acci- dent while asleep in an old log house, with a dirt roof, adjoining their fathers residence. The melting snow had satu- rated the roof and its great weight broke the centre beam, which fell upon the children, killing both instantly.
 Hyrum A. Neibaur, aged 17, and Fly rum Neibaur his father, started from Strawberry Valley for their home in Hes ter Valley, in bad snow storm. The father arrived nearly frozen to death, but the boy has not got in and he is sup posed to be frozen to death All the trains are badly behind timel on account of the snow. The Union Pacific Is seven hours late tonight.
 SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 23.-In the Sierras the rain and snow fell at Gold Run continuously for fourteen hours, and at Blue Canyon twenty-four hours. Lincoln had twelve hours and Wheatland eight hours of steady rain. The rain has continued generally all over the state except south of Mohave. In this city it has been falling without cessa- ton since noon. The indications are favorable to it's continuance. The rain fall m this city during the present storm is four and sixty-four one hundredths inches.
 STOCKTON, Cal. Dec. 23.-The ram is still falling and the whole country here abouts, Is thoroughly soaked. Nearly three times as much rain has fallen thus far this season, than fell in the cores bonding period last year.
 SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 23-The Cen tral Pacific overland train, owing to heavy storms in the Sierras, did not ar rive ou time this afternoon. It IS re- ported that it will not arrive until tC- morrow. The Southern Pacific overland train is also delayed by washouts in Arizona.
 SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 23.-Superintend- ent Wilder of the Railway Mail Service has received dispatch stating that the Northern Pacific railway IS blocked and snow is falling heavily, and that it will be impossible to start any trains through to the east for more than q week. Upon receiving this information Superintend' ent Wilder at once telegraphed to send all the accumulated mails at Portland for the east, to this city by steamer When they get here they will be for warded by the Central Pacific route. The dispatch announced the fact that there are about six tons of matter from the east and this city for Oregon and Wash ington Territory at Bedding, which IS as far as the blockade will permit them to proceed. These mails have been ordered returned to this city. They will also be sent to their destination by steamer They will leave here tomorrow.
 SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 23.-The Chron. iele's Salt Lake special says: A deputy marshal to-day went to a house wheEs it was supposed that lawyer namec Miner against whom he had a warrant for polygamy, was hiding. The church organ tonight refers to the officer as burly rufian and prowling maraudel who was seeking to invade the privacy of household, and as standing on th' same footing as a burglar who nigh properly be filled with buckshOt. Il advices the people to stand on thei rights and fight the devil with fire.
 SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 23.-The Chron icle's San Bernadino special says; Ih' California Southern Pacific Railroa' company have ordered an extension O