Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-04-12
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The Casa Grand. Fire.

Special to the CITIZEN.
 CASA CYANIDE, April '10.-Nesrly the whole of the business portion of Casa Grande was last night destroyed by fire, which broke out about half-past eight o'clock in the new store of Thomas Tomlinson. The flames spread with lightning like rapidIty, and ID few minutes Tomlinson's store and the ad- joining saloon of Bilderback's were mass of flames, which quickly consumed the Transfer house of Al. Richardson's, John Sulllvan's saloon, the Railroad chop house, barber shop, stage com pany's stable and Smith < Murray's large store. Jerry Flyers hotel was saved with great difficulty. The street was piled with furniture and fixtures from R score of other buildings, which fortunately escaped. Tomlinson's build ing WAS light frame, with fire proof CD tar-paper roof. There was a perfect fusilade of cartridges from the stores, which made it dangerous to stand in the neighborhood. I Tomlinson loses about S15.OOO, with very light insurance. The spread of the flames was so rapid that he could not save his books, or even his hat. Had the wind been heavy. or in another direction, the whole town must have gone. There was no water in the railroad tank at the time. Smith and Murray, with commendable enterprise, have already recommended business in a small edobe house on the other side of the track. Harry Brook, of the Prospector, lost trunk, which had been six weeks on the road from Pinal, and was placed in TomlInson' store two hours before the fire. The horses of the stage company were saved with difficulty.
 Col. Ben Morton's Operations. | Special to the CITIZEN.
 LoRDsBURG, April 10-Col. Ben Nor ton a printer by trade and a swindler by profession, has just been heard of from Dodge City, Kansas, where he Is buslly engaged in his swindling operations Morton came to this place about nine weeks ago and went to work on the Ad- vance. He claimed to have a large horse ranch near Alsmosa, Colorado and was only here for his health. He also represented having a large printing outfit at Alamosa and this fact coming to the knowledge of Harry Brook, editor of the QuiiotOa Prospector, formerly editor of the San Francisco Wasp, that gentleman telegraphed Morton ticket to go to Tucson where partnership on the Prospector was entered into, Morton to furnish the press and all material He swindled Brook out of one hundred and seventy dollars and then decamped for Colorado and by wire attempted tC extort further money from Harry. While in Tucson he received 8 regular ovation at the hands of Hughes of the Star, and also from some of the principal citizens of that place. Morton Is about 50 years of age, six feet high, brown hair and musrache, sprinkled with gray; blue eyes, slightly lame in the right leg caused by wound during the late war Is gentlemanly appearing and good talker. His last freak was to send a gentleman (whose name is suppressed. from Dodge City to this place to pur- chase large stock of horses he repre- scented ss owning here. He was regist- cred at the Dodge House, Dodge City, as G. w. Rigley, on the 7th inst.
 | Water, Water.
 Special to the CITIZEN.
 | QUIJoroA, April 10.-They have de- cided 10 continue the sinking of the compsny's well The water in it now is about eighty feet.
 The town water company are still sinking their we'll and increase the depth of water each day. They now take out 24 barrels daily.