Arizona weekly citizen., 1886-05-15

CIcchS anu nrhnCIeS 10 DOOL0t IelrlQE away fences and inundating the bottom
 lands badly, damaging the wheat enC
 corn. Jordan creek, which runs through
 the village rose very rapidly. driving
 forty families from their homes.
 Some of the women and children were earned out on hOTseback and on men: shoulders to escape drowning. The wa
 ter m places is rising into the second stories of the dwellings. The bEsements Of a number of business houses are fill ed with water.
 WAsHISGTOS. May 7.-The House yes. terday passed the River and HarbOr ap. proprlation bill, after number of minor amendments, by a vote of li6 to l02.
 PARIS, May 7.-Henri Roche,orse and M, PortallO fought a duel with pistols to-day. Four shots were fired by ea ,h contestant, none of which dId any harm
 SAN FRASCIsCo, May 7.-Al Stewart, a proLIinr nt figure in local politics, who was arrested on Friday last, during the Bancroft fire, for pocket picking, com mltied suicide this morning ID his cell Tn the city prison, hy taking pOIsoD, the exact nature of which bas not yet been ascertaIned. The act is believed to have been caused by despOndency over the fact all his friends had refused to come to his aId in hIs present trouble.
 ATHENS, May 7.- The Government has sent a gunboat to COnstantinOple tO take away from inc Turkish capitol the Greek minister. Greek troops are being hurried to the front with all possible speed.
 ATHENS, May 7.-All the foreign min istefs have embarked on the vessels of their respective nstiOus, 10 depart from Greece. The powers have given orders to their fleets to blockade the Greek ports.
 CHICAGO, May 7.-TheTe IS a general resumption of traffic commencing on all the western roads. Every line has a large force at work this morning and m nearly every instance ail the freight offered Is being handled.
 SAN FRANCISCO. May 7.-The forty three day contest of the will of Thomas Fallon. who left an estate valued at about S3OO,OUO, was concluded yester- day by jury bringing in Q verdict breaking the will. The will bequeGshed to Fallon's youngest son the greater part of his property and to his dGugh- ter S4O,OUO. Two other sons were not mentioned m the will. ID. :. Payne, Henry kenItzer and Ad0!ph Phster were appointed executors of the estate with out bonds. Fallon's four children con tested the will on the ground of de- cea eds im5ecilIty of mud ana undue fnflnnpaa ha 1ua al. "a fhat the executors, wEo Were charged with undue Iafuence.
 ATHENS, May 7.-TLc ,3liiers lt the garrison here received with cheers the orders Co march Co the nEtIer IeEtik Bey, Turkish minister. Ien be depart ed hence today, took w,fn hIIn ali meuI bers of the staff of the Idrkish legation and caused ail hIs and their personal ef- fleets to be removed. The SecretsrIes of the other foreign legations will T .HaIn m an unofficial capacity for a time Gt least. The Russian minister c!d not leave when the other niaister departed, not havlDg been instructed tl do 90. The Pelepuaesian army has been orGerld d to Thessaly. The movements oi the Turkish army threaten t. make Thes5aly the sceue Of the first warlike operations, and iD2;raticns now point to a IuIkl>h advance.
 By way of Lsris-. the Greek reserves at Nolo and Valestino. have been push ed to the front. The regiment designRt. cd Rs the Kings Escort, Is ready Co start for the front The government has announced its intention Of defend Ing Greek territory against any and all advances by foreign soldiers.
 A surprise party was given in honor of Miss Maggie Hughes last evening. The party cOngreGated at the residence of ) udge Wm, NJ Lowell. and from there moved with the music tO the house of Mir. Samuel Hughes, where they passed a most enjoyable time dancing and card playing until gu early hour n the morn ing. Among the participants were Mrs. Judge Lowell. NIT. and Mrs \. :. Dun- gan. Misses Goldschmldt. E.cheils, Har- ger, Crepip. Mrs. COrbet;, Messrs. Nor rison, Gregg, C1rbet:, Ysnkuren, Kerr. Mesrns, Dr. Crepin, Jr, \. CrepIn, and others.
 There is hardly anything ID the line of seasonabie dry goods, notions, etc. tut thu AunANl III IAAAnNANf tAh variety upon the shelves of J. Frank and Co.'S establishment. The prices have been fixed at such very low figure that no ons can complain of them, and besides receiving the fall value of their money in goods, purchasers are given ,hecLs TedeemaD!e with tickets m the Louisiana lottery and consequently making 1t within the bounds of pOssIbil- fly for some one to draw fifth of the grand S75 GOD prize. The next drawing m the lottery will take place on Tues day of next week, remember.
 LONDON, May S-A ShefI;ald tele- yrara says: General WOlseiey consid- srs Gladstone a traitor, and refuses to have any social intercourse whatever with him The general won't even sit at he same table with Gladstone. It IS said that English military circles sup port Lord WUlseiey's views on this af- lair.
 SAY FRANCISCO. May S.-H. P. Holm son, alias Dennis. was sentenced tO twelye years at Folsom to day by Judge Murphy, for breaking into c sto-e a. No. 9l Market stree' on tte morning Of .he 26;h of last January. Judge Mur- phy said be considered the defendant one of the worst criminals in the state, in view of which he would not send him To Sen Quentin as be hal been appealed .o do. but to Folsom which he could not convert into a play cToGnd. Joseph l Gregory so-defendant of Johnson, was ,ent to San QaeDtin for ten years Tor burglary of the saloon a No. 59 Dupont street on the 3rd of last January. De endanis were coEcernat m January last in a series ot bur ,lsTies m cigar stores, and so troublesUms had their [ become 'Ist the police 1 were put on extra duty t0 catch them turing morning h0urs.
 SAS FRANCIscc, May ST Il. Good l nan, general passenger and ticket agent 1 1f the Southern Pacific Co, gives the ] 'ollowing ss the number through pas iengers carried over that rosd m the ! month of April, lSSG: east, lO.255; west 1892. These figures are the largest ,ver reported.
 CoLUNRUs, O.. May S-'lhe RepublI- 1 ,au members of the Ohio senate con Iened this morning, and without trhns- 1 .cting any business went into caucus Q discuss the proposition to consider ipecIaI order of the Hamilton county ! contest cases and seat the four Tepuoli- .an claimants. By a viva yOce vote, 1
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