Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-02-28
Territorial.
lt hampton

Yesterday your correspondent, Tor his his own satisfaction, took a years retro spect of the growth and business of HOlbroOk. He found that over S2O,OO0 had been expended durins the year in the erection and improvement of dwell lngs here, five new residences being con con>tTucted of adobe. That over one million pounds of freight has been for warded from here to Fort Apache. with nearly a million pounds awaiting trans p0rtation, but the mountain roads are bad. That six train loads of stock have been shipped in by rail and as much more drIven in and put on ranges with in n radius of five mIles-most all of high grade stock. That near SJO.OOO worth of fat cattle has been shipped from here to San Francisco and other points.
 A collision occurred on tLe A. k F. railroad on Thursday night, m wLIcn r. NJ. Fi--- HOlbrook, was killed Fnd several S:Ler Passenger. badly injured. ConductJr FrsEd Morgan was badly shaken up. but no: seriously injured. He was left a. Blue Water and Con ductor Perry took his tram on to Cool idge. Br. Breedis a we,l-known mer- chant and business man of HOlbruOk and is a nephew of our esteemed citi- zen, J. II. Breed of Winslow. Our en- tire community sympatbize with the bereaved young wife and the sOrroWing uncle of the unfortunate young man.
 Is. W. StoekmAn,l
 TLe sale of Thomas I. Smy the's cattle 1axs sha ITr.,sa1 GNofnu MaraIaI Fnr Ion of custom duties, which was to have taken place tod ", has again been post poned, this time until March 10th.
 prospector in the Chiricahuas had rather a novel eXperIence recently. His dog started up a band of musk-hOgs and brought them to bay and upOn his sp- proach they made SO furious rush for him as tp compel him to seek safety m q tree. Being armed he commenced firing into the band and as the brutes, with true swinish Obstinacy, refused tO raise the siege, he was enabled to kill the entire band.
 [st. Johns Herald
 The town is full and the streets are thronged with strangers.
 The many new settlers on public lands in the county give evidence that Apache is growing in the right direction. A we'll settled country will make prosper ous towns and villages,
 St. Johns Agricultural Association has so far progressed towards Imme- diate practical operations under the spur aud influence of the duly elected off cers as to place fifty laborers on the work of constructing grand canal from the reservoir Of Don Jose Garcia, four miles fir m town, on the Colorado Chi quito. The canal IS to be six feet wide and will unquestionably add to the till able land along it's course an amount equal to two thousand or Ho-e acres.
 lNosalc- Frontierl
 Mir. A. Willard, United States Consul at Guaymas, has been appointed agent for the Sonora Steamship Co. at that place.
 The building season has commenced ID dead earnest. There are at present large numbor of residence and business houses m course of construction.
 Mr. Luis Lully. oi the Mariposs Store, has been appointed United States mail carrier between the American and Mexican postofhces at Nogales.
 MT. James Speedy, is sinking a well near hIs residen-e on the h.ll; should he find sufficient water. he will erect at ent windmill an large tank Ter the purpo>e of supplying a part oi the town with water.