Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-03-20
From Mondays Daily. l

The Touring mills shut down or 2 Saturday night till means Of movin 2 ? freight are again opened,
 F Another opium joint is reported , in full blast ill town that needs the attention of some Of the officers.
 The ferry company will be an in-
 corporated company, with stock of
 $2,000, and s100 per share.
 Mir A. A. Symonds, recently with
 the HERALD, is about to start a
 weekly Democratic paper in this
 place.
 Mir. Avery has begun work on the
 new dIetrict court room, putting in
 platform, bar, ju ige's stand, etc,
 preparatory to the reception of the
 furniture.
 Balsz's "Index," Parkinson's
 'Patchen Maid" and Kclly's
 Butcher Boy" were entered for the
 trotting race yesterday, best two in
 three. Kelly's Butcher Boy" won
 the race.
 Councilman G. H. N. Luhrs and
 bride arrived direct from Germany
 this afternoon by the Mayicopa coach. With them came sister of l Mi Luhrs, her husband and family, 1 and also a brother of MT. Luhrs. l They leave the faiherland" for home in sunny Arizona, and will 1 become residents among us.
 Mir. Geo Tantau, an old>time Ar- Izonan and al one time a resident of Phoenix, returned to hls old stamps ing grounds from Texas yesterday. He arrived in Tucson 6 week ago and has been waiting for passage since, till on Saturday he mounted a construction train aid got through to Maricopa.
 The report has been circulated in dustrious'y in Tucson that the stages from Maricopa to Phcen'x were not running. We beg leave to say that with the exception of a day or two about ten days ago, the stngea have been making their regular trips.
 The fire fiend las a gain been after Prescott, according to our dispatches T h h., IS by the last fire, yet it is one more ' oss. Prescott seems peculiarly un- ortunate for the past year, and it is lot much wonder that insurance atcs have been about doubled in hat city.
 The railroad eastward from Mari> Y opa has not been washed out, as l eported, but mail and express trains ave not been running further west s vari than Tucson on account of the ( reaks in the road west of Maricopa. h ye cannot understand, however, V rhy the railroad company does not h onward the mails for this section of Il ountry. Il
 The stages of the Arizona Stage s' company are and for some time tt ave been running on regular time, |, laking the transfers aero $ Gila and U alt River Tn boats. The latter river u already fordab,e, and as soon as " le track has been made through the u uicksand bottoms one of the boats |" i'll be dispensed with. ol Vim. Morgan, one of the Pine bring trio, today brought into town everal fine specimens of wire silver -om that mine, and de posited the me in the cabinet of F. NJ. Mur- A ny & Co.,, for exhibition. The " >ecimcns are wonderfully rich, and R lis, with their large size, make eC lem particularly desirable for a a, lineral calinet. The ledge on TT Inch Mir. Morgan and his partners Sl re sinking and fiom which the D oeclmens were taken is now about m venty- four inches in width and te eadily increasing as depth is at " incd.-Miner n, The Ferry and Bridge Company cid meeting on Saturday evening the courthouse. Messrs. Coats, yder, and c. Goldman were ap. TI Jtntcd committee on con -truction To boats, etc. Messrs. F. Fowler, fo |, Minor, and J. NJ. Gregory were or ade a comL.ittee on lccation of I rries. Messrs. Fowler and Minor 1t yesterday for the Gila to select cation. MT. N. Rosenthal was ade a committee of one to perfect in e organization of the company he construction committee gave , order t. day for the boat, the '' hiding Of which will begin at once. he boat will be for the Gila ferry tn Id will be 4S feet by 16 feet It is tended to put this boat on as soon or possible. o,, First Lieutenant H P. Kingsbury, xth Cavalry, will take charge of ID e following named military pris> # lers now awaiting transportation
 Alcatraz Island, and will proceed ith tliem to San Francisco Cal: to 'sephus Benlix, William II Bras WI 7, Joseph Carpenter, Charles F. oe, Henry Commander, Henry or rosson, Joseph Geneva, Alber; H ra reen, William Howard, John Hum- oc cl, James c. Hurley, Richard ones. Theodore Kampherstein, Geo. King, William B. Sexton, Ollie LII