Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-02-16
Local Intelligence.
There are forty-five railroad stations stween Yuma and Deming.

There are forty-five railroad stations between Yuma and Deming.
 The Southern Pacific Railroad has sixteen water stations between Yuma and Deming inclusive; also two addi- tional wells, one near Gila City and the other west of Pyramid.
 Mir. c. R. Wores, the assayer, has re- ceIved some valuable Quilotoa ore speci- ment for his cabinet. His collection now numbers over a thousand samples of rock, representing mineral from nearly every ledge discovered in south ern Arizona
 Mining patents have been received at the Land Office in thIs city, as follows: Sandwich lode, Tyndall district, to Dana Harmon; Dragoon lode, Turquoise die trict to Henry J Goodwin, J Granville Smith, Charles ii Pond, Beni ' Pppy and Samuel J Novel;.
 Yesterday Q twenty-ton smelter was unloaded at the depot. It IS the prop ertv of Dr. J. C. Handy. He has not decided just where 1t will be located, this city being one of the places under consideration. The engine has sufficient power to work twenty tons or more of ore, If necessary.
 The Arizona Telegraph Company to- day received all the wire required for the line between this city and QuiiOtOa; and also five hundred poles. About eight hundred more poles are needed, and are on the way. All these were purchased from the Arizona and Cali fornIa Lumber Company, and Mir. J. N. Al 1--. hn~ will be no delay III supplying them as fast as demanded.
 Miss Gertie Murphy, the charming little heroine of the Murphy-Jones law suit, recently decided in favor Of the former party, IS constantly under the surveillance of friends, who have fears there will be an attempt made to abduct her. She attends the Convent school. and every morning she Is accompanied there by her adopted mother. In the meaatime she is not allowed to leave the school room alone, and in the evening Mir. Murphy calls at the school and takes her home.
 The hardware and crockery dealers, Nessrs. 4. D. Otis < O., are doing a rushing business. The store is con- stantly crowded by customers, and the lumber yard near the depot is filled with freight wagons, being loaded. It is use lass to deny that h the lines they carry, competition with them Is almost Im- possible. They control a trade second to none in the Territory, and have a com piete stock of articles that miners and housekeepers must and will have. Their prices are as low as the most economical t,rvah0la- ao-rl ll dp1lra
 Real estate is looking up in Tucson. ] :. Fried sold the GOldtree property, 75 feet front on Congress street, extend ing through to Maiden Lane yesterday afternoon for 5000 cash. This property could have been bought last summer for 5000. It is a good omen when foreigners invest in Tucson property, and shows that others besides ourselves have faith in our city. Eastern parties have invested To less than S50,G00 iu Tucson property within the past sixty days.
 Among the general rules strictly urged by the Southern Pacific railroad is the following: "The use of Intoxicating drinks Is strictly forbidden. Total ab. stiuence in this particular IS necessary t safety Tn operating the road. Any employe drinking intoxicating HGu1rs -or smoking on passenger trains-whl!e on duty, will be dismissed from the ser vice of the company.
 Dr. \. H. Matas performed a few days ago a very delicate operation on the eye of a boy about 13 years old whose parents brought him from Sonora. The boy had splinter of wood which per forated the anterior chamber of the eye and lodged itself over the iris and pos terior part of the cornea causing very severe pain, inflammation and loss oi sight. This accident happened about q month ago while the boy was splitting wood. It was necessary for removing this foreign body, ho cut open the eye and to extract it with the greatest care to avoid destruction of the iris and laceration of the capsul of the cristaline bent. The operation wGs complete success and the boy Is doing well and his sight Is entirely restored. We con- gratulate both parents and the Doctor for such g good result.