Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-03-08

| the company could have been largely n
 excess thls year of previoUs years. These causes have now been remedied
 and with the maintenance of the pres | ent ra tes and continued increase Of traf | tic, gross and net earnings for 1881 should show very favOrRbly when com ! pared with lSS3. The result Of the years business in tr5nspOrtatiou of | freight indicate rapid progress being | made in the settlement of the country and development Of mining and indus | trial interests along lines of the cOm-
 pany's railways.
 LONDON, March 6.-The Times says the Greedy search expedition will be
 watched wilh as much interest and
 anxiety as that which went to the relief
 of Leigh Smith in lSS2
 BERLIN, March 6.-The Reichstag
 opened to-day with the usual fOrmalities
 A speech from Throne was read by Hon.
 Non Boettiche. It asserts that the
 chief task Of the Reichstag lies in the
 domain of social and political offices
 and says that the emperCr's wish which
 had been SD sOlemnly and repeatedly
 expressed. for the improvement of the
 condition of wOrkmen has met with full
 appreciation on the part Of the German
 people. Among the bills announced IS one providing a scheme for accident insurance. After its adoption which the emperor recommends, is the scheme for tho formation Of Q system of insurance for the iatirn aged This is intended to
 -reg gt -Ity r0zssi,ia attenEts at tir overthrow of the divine and human order of things and Co prepare the way for the BbrOGation of existing excep- tional measures
 The ntrol of joint stock companies will form the subject Of another, and call for convention with Belgium to protect literary and artistic works, will be submitted for approval. The foreign
 elatiOns Of Germany .the speech de clares.) are in a highly satisfactory con ditiOn.
 CHcAGo, March 6.-Au Fl Paso special says: News has just re1ched here of a terrible accident yesteriay at the Prietas mines. n Sonora. Only the most meager details are vet known. but it is known that twenty men died, buried in one sh8ft, which IS said tO have caved In without q moments warn ing. None of the bodies have vet been recovered. There is no hope sustained that any of the unfortunate miners at work in the shaft at the time 0f rbc &C., ciCeut can be alive, as the cave in the shaft was SO iEstantan sous and com plete as to cut of every chance of escape, or any kind of preparation on the part of the miners to protect themselves until they could be dug out.
 FLORENCE. A. T., March 7.-Abous 5:30 p m., on Thursday, a large, dark, threatening, black cloud made its way up hera from Maricopa, via the Indian Agency and following the Gua valley arI river, bur-t with great fury over the town of Florence. The water ran through the streets four feet deep. and much damage was done to buildings. Among those -5hat suffered was the En- terprise office; the roof f.Ii in, also a portion oi the wall, out enough type has been saved to allow the paper being published regularly. The residence of Rev. Gerard fell in. and about ten pri- vats residences were washed down. The lumber yard Of c. W. Timman was washed away. Tine various damages are estimated at ten thousand dollars Men waded about to their arm pits in water until midnight, rescuing women and children. No lives are reported lost. The Gila river IS rising at the rate of a foot an hour; 1t Is now ten feet higher than its regular water lines.