Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-02-14
lFrom Mondays Daily {. l
More rain threatening.

Stephens will be editor.
 4 load Of baggage got Tn last night from Maricopa.
 Yavapai has fifteen columns of the Aiaer of delinquent tax list
 The whole Quiiotoa country is said to be almost impossible since the rains.
 The bar of Phoenix held another lseeting on the land question on Saturday evening
 Car-load or less of paint at Greg ory's. Lead. oil, ready mixed paints, varnishes and colors of all kinds.
 MT. and Mrs. l.. Basl ford, of Prescott. are passing the winter in Florida.
 Maricopa county has proportions ally the least delinquent tax list Of any county in the territory.
 China has the largest floating population" ia the world. They float on rafts.
 A skiif continues to help the pas sengers and baggage across the rag ing Rlo Salinas.
 MT. B. NJ. Jacobs, cashier of the First National Bank of Tucson, IS pending q day or two in town.
 MT. E. w Wells, brother of MT. Wells of the firm of Ealsz x Wells, is in town for few days stry.
 Trains frcm San Francisco reach Mar icopa at 1 :45 in the morning now, and from the east at : 40 in the evening.
 A man named Frank Brandon was drowned in 1he Gila, at Rive; side, on the 7th instant, in attempting to cross in q boat.
 Me>srs. W. J. Logan and Chas E. Hat, of the E, cursion nine, Torto Basin, arrived from New York yes terday.
 The Lynx Creek placer mines have aeaIn started up. From these mines $4. eco were taken at one time in Unity days.
 The Tombstone Epttaph of Feb- ruary 2d reached our office this morning. 1t las evidently been on all excursion down the Gila, and possibly has been up Salt liver.
 MT. W. H. Thomas, of fhe Golden Fleece is in town to-day to meet MT Fawceti, of San Francisco, who 4ill arrive here in a day or two to look al some mining property.
 The contract for erecting out houses, digging well and making well house, putting in judges desk, clerks desk, talrsirade, etc, was awarded to c. Avery.
 The Pr, scott parers ai nounce an immense land slide on the Wicken- burg road between Prescott and that place winch will render the roads impossible t. teams for some time.
 E-cce MentezuNa is he name of new monthly journal stared at Al buauerque The first number takes in the New Years matter concern ing tlat city and territory publi he'd ny the Alhl querque Sourssal.
 MT. Robt. Steinegger for long ime connected with the VultuIe mining company, as assayer, has severed his connection with that company and will set up an flee here in Phoenix.
 The San Diego papers state that the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Company has gained control of the California Southern railroad, and will build It through from Cotton 10 the Needles.
 Attorney General Churchill so- journed among the brush up toward the mouth of the Black Canyon for five days in endeavoring to get to Prescott, and then concluded to set> tie down to the peaceful ways of the 1 Phoenicians and returned
 We arc under obligations to MT. NJ. W. Durham, of Wayne. III, for a copy of his elegant catalogue for 1884, of his noted Olklawn stud of | Perchernn Horses. Mir. Durham has on his place some 15,000 head i of imported Percher ons.
 The Florence Enterprise says that Casa Grande is 0uarantined against | the Pima Indians, who have small- pox among them. Florence talks of | quaraniiniRg. The Flo rentines can't 1 begin quaraptining too soon.
 At the special term of court called l Tn Tombstone by Judge Pinney for the trial of ihe Disbee Rurderers, they were indicted by tic grand jury and arraigned, and the trial is now 1 progle. sing. An attempt at delay l on lie part of counsel for drfend- i ants Nas Cyerguled by udge Pinney. |
 A new firm makes it's arl aarance in the Family Grocery bushes. com> pose 1 of the well known and popu. lar young men Mir. Fred A. Poll, ok | and John Wright. Their stock of goods are mostly awaiting the turn