Arizona weekly citizen., 1886-07-10

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 Mir. E. Altschul, of San Salvador, South America, IS in the city, and with hls brother, Charles Altscbul, IS 8 guest of Mrs. Mark Ezekiels, He will leave this evening for San Francisco, and thence goes to Europe to spend the summer.
 Mir. W. ". Booth left yesterday for visit to the northern portions of Cali fornia. Dr. H. W. Fenner accompanied Mir. Booth. J. W. Strsun is attending to Mir. Booths railroad duties during the absence of the latter.
 Mir. Pstrlck Ford, coroner of Ihe coun- ty, offers 8 reward of one thousand dol lars for the recovery of the body of r. A. Becker, or for information that WllI lead to its recovery. This be IS author i.ed to do by the father of the missing man, who is supposed to have been mur- dered in the San Francisco mountains --Courier.
 One advantage which the mines of Arizona offer to the poor miner IS that they psy-when they can be made proht- able at alright from the croppings This IS true with every profitably worked mine in the territory at the present day, and 1t opens to prospectors the possibil- ity of developing their claims by chlorld. ing.-Gszette.
 The spoilburg brothers, of Utah, have taken the mail contract from here to Globe from the original contractors, snd arrived here this week to commence running the route. They brought twelve horses with them and bought four mort from the old contractors. They slsC bought four buckbosrds from the old company.-Florenoe Enterprise.
 1.-The Cornish pump for the Silver Ku g mine arrived thIs week and will be plsceI in position at the Blk shaft. It is beautiful piece of machinery and will throw a six inch stream. The eIght hun dred level of the King will be connected with the Blk shaft, and this level wIl not only drain the King, but will give il splendid ventilation n.-Enterprise
 A big fire destroyed about half oi the town of Deming last nigbt, full! fifty houses on the principal street beinI destroyed. There was no water avsila- ble for fire purposes and several build ings were blown up with giant povpei to check the progress of ths fire. In blaze was confined to the business par of the towL.
 Some of our farmers are raising a new kind of barley, called rock barley. l. some instances, when 1t Is emptied ou of the sack, 1t is found Co contain si1 ounces of rocks to twelve ounces of bar ley. This IS 8 proliic country indeed There IS no other place ID the world where rocks can be grown on 8 stslk harvested and threshed out.-Enter- prise.
 Messrs. Saulsbury & Co., who secured the msil contract between Florence, PI- nal and Silver King, have sublet tbt contract to Mir. Mcdonald, and he sr rived here Tuesday and purchased iron the old company two wagons, two sts tions and five horses for $l,200. The contract of the old company expired oI the lst and he commenced business the next day. The old company, than vhicl there is no better one, still hold the ooD- tract between here and Casa Grsndt and ~ill run the route for four years more.-Enterprise.
 The Outing for June 1t is 8 very at trsctive number, and besides beng pro fusely illustrated with excellent en- grsvlngs, 1t is well filled with choics reading from the pens of gifted contrib utors, among them being an interest ing description of ranch life and gam, shooting ID the west, by Theodore Roosevelt; and a chase after Geronimo, by Lieut.. John Bigelow. This periodI- cal has made rapid strides 70 public favor and is now one of the most widely circulated and interesting monthlies published. Three dollars per year or 25 cents per copy. Poultney Bigelov, editor; 140 Nassau street, New York.
 Mir. E. J. c. Besler, the contractor in charge of the construction of the Mar TOW Gauge railroad, has arranged to push the work as rapidly as It IS possI ble to do. The bridge spanning the RIllito will be completed by the mId,ile of next week, and the track layers vii very soon overtake the force of grsders now near the Santa CatslInas. An en- zine and more cars will arrive next week, when the work can be done more rapidly than now. The track is expected to reach the San Pedro river during August and the locomotive whistle will be beard iu Globe before christmas. Mir. Bealers IS practical railroad builder and puts an amount of energy in the work which promises sn early comple. tion of the road.
 aA. A. Ward, 8 well known stock. man of the Tonto country, died at hi. residence ID this city about two o'clock this afternoon. He came to ArIzonh about five years ago, snd in partnership with his brother, who lives ID Oroviile, Californls. embarked in the business of stock-rsising in Tonto Basin, and WAS quite successful therein. He also in- vested somewhat n property in our city. MT. Ward was about 52 years Of age at the time of his deft th, which WAS quite sudden. Last evening he was attacked with apopleIy, having suffer ed a stroke previously. He was taken home, carefully nursed and faithfully attended by 8 physician, but the result was inevitable. The funeral will probs- ply take place tomorrow evening" PhenII Gazette.
 Mir. Thomas Hs-ey. of Mineral Creeh, wss ID town this week. He has been at work on the Great Republic mine and taken out some splendid ore. He has done a large amount of work on this property and developed some fine ore bodies. He has @ number of fine prop- critics, any one of which would be 6 good investment for 8 mining company. He says the Blackberry smelter. on Mineral Greek. will soon be completed. The ma chinery is all in place and a little mere work will complete the building. The gentleman the company has employed to run the furnace is. Mir. Haley says, one of the best smelters in the country. He has known him for years.-Florence Enterprise.
 Mir. Alex. Henderson, of this city, has received letter from his son in the Csnanes mountains, Sonora, dated June 18th, which gIves sn account of 6 battle between the Mexicans and Apsches, resulting m nine MeIicsns and thirteen hostiles being killed. This happened about ten days after the re capture of the niece Of MT Peck. The Mexicans were led by 6 captain whose son had been murdered by the hostiles, spd he has vowed vengeance upon them even though his own life should be lost. The news was taken to the Csnsness by @ Mexican. Indian tracks were seen in the Csnsneas by Mir. Hen derson, but no depredstions were com- mitted and 1t is thought the hostiles were resting.