The weekly Arizona miner., 1885-06-05
ON THE WING.
E. PAso. TExAs. Hay 2g. 1885.

sccncluded ;o drop a line home. Leaving
 Prescott our journeyt to Ash Fork. by stage, wss sithout i0cident. We were well cared
 for at the Fork by the proprirtors If the Cottage Hotel, and early the following
 morning buarlsd the train for the Kio
 Grande. On our way D Albuquerque we found as g fel oE passenger C,loLei Manuel
 Chsves, now 70 yesrs of age, who apps-
 rently is not over %. He is the nan who
 guided General Harncy into Ns~ Nexic,,
 many years ago. and. apprized him of 2
 large armed fotce of Nexicaus who were
 waiting in ambush to annihiiA.e his little
 army. Colonel C. is a cousin to Colonel
 Flank Chaves, D well known 10 old Ari-
 zonans, and although unlettered, is one of
 the finest erxto.s within the bcrders oi
 New Mexico. Tn his day he vas power
 among hts people, sni very much dreaded by the Indians. New Mexico has neve, lprc1uced better Indian fighter than Col .
 Chzves.
 At Albuquerque We stopped over one
 train to s,e MT. smith, of the A. X P, but
 as sickness had called him to his bed we
 failed To mee: him. The people of the
 Territory are elA.cd over the appointment
 of Hon. E. G. Rosa to the Goycrnorship.
 When ROss and the writer hereof were jour
 printers in Mil~.rkee we favored his table
 ~iih our presence three times every day and assisted m getting away" with niuch good food prepared iy his ulas.umr, bu. ac
 complained better half. Ills brother, Mai
 W. W. R 'ss. of Topeka, Kapsas, and my self were ''bunkies," h.n:e y,u g. tha. I
 belong to the Goyernor'. family, and may get an appointment of Colonel oi, his stat.. as he aiways refers to me as ''his boy" George Lail we rie;, and lie informed us tha. he ''had iet up o7 the iron giant" and had bccoma disciple of King Gambrinus. Franz l!aning, an cid pioneer of Aibr- querque, has undoubtedly the fines, resi- dtncs between kansas City and San Fran ciscc. He showed us through and effrr,d tntrsAs to some nit:vo wine of h.. own manufactare Old timers in and around Albuquerque are becoming s-aree, having 2 ne on an jpiaed the Army of Salvation on the other sidc.
 L"aving Albuq1crqIe, we followed the R.o Gr.n,c valley down 10 Fl Peso. The countri along the route iooks it. best, grain, fruit and vegetables coming forth rapidly, ~sth promise of sn immense ha.-1 vest. Here at Fl Paso eight hours arc given the passengers 10 look over the tow At Wells. Fargo < Cs. .'s we stumbled on to Clay Mesdcr, who is at work for the com pany. Next xe found Charley Franklin, Nathan, the pianist, and one O, two others We boarded the street car, wen: over to Old Mexico. looked St the old chur:h, rz1s adobe buildins', the broad "somereros" of tine "hom5 5rss," and del.e.te!Y folded ''rs- bozas' ot ;hs 'senortis." Returning from the the ancient city just in time to spend the evening with PArsIa Resd-Prescott's first pos,mas.et, Whipp!e'. frs. chaplain, and the man ~ho introduced poultry into Prescott. Readers of the MINER will TO membe. this very piou. cd gentleman and no; wonder when tell them that h. is well of, notwithstanding he once lived in Ia vapai county and GU. pole, for the old 1 stocksde at Yhippls.
 Fl Paso IS the test town we have see For long time. It has a population of 1 . 5,00c, isthe halfway house from New Orleans 10 San Fr,rcisco, Kxnsas City and !! Chicago to the Ci.y of Mexico; ii . cen;ra. I point for many i,eportan; places, sti' < has no agricultural or mineral lands of | Rallrosds have made ii, and ! they support it. Here the international lire crosses into Mexico, and o;hvr ruads. north, east, south and wes: center. Seven churches du; the city here and there Seve- rai large hotel. are Tn fu.i blast The cleo tr.e light. vztervoris. street railways, Ice ani last but no; least, the skating rink i, among the heavy improve nent..
 &urat Mssterson was here in the morn- ng. ox an important railroad suit involving 'l2s, GOO. which he won. but departed be- ore the arrival of our train. We expect to 'e in Prescott, within ten day; so. until hat time, adios. !n haste. BEACH.