Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-06-16

circles as Eleanor Kirk, has started a novel and probably lucrative business. She undertakes to read and criticise toe work of those who write. Five dollars is her charge for looking over q msnu- script. and one dollar tor a short story or article. So many demands Ot thIs kind were made upon her that she tock up the business ID self-defense. For :he past two years she has been 8 regular correspondent of the CITIZEN.
 The emocrstlc ratification last night was paralizsr. The principal exerci- ses of the meeting consisted ID jumping up and waving a red bsndana hRndker- chief. whsreat the crowd present greeted these intellectual mar .testatloas with long drawn "ah" still they appeared happy, but the top stone of tbcir bliss wss reached when they adjourned to exchange courtesies over the Fashion bar at the expense of the proprietor.
 After reading the oration delivered by Mir. Miller at Flagstaff, on Decoration day, We gre more than ever impressed with the singulsrity of coincidencss, in ssmuch Rs B large portion of 1t IS word for word the same as that delivered st thIs place by Col, E9gers, on tbe ssms day. We don't know whether Peter robbed Paul or Paul robbed Peter, or somebody sold them both. Il is possI- ble, however. that that class of orations vas disposed of in the outside districts of outside territories in large quantities at iobbers' rstes,-Prospector.
 Sheriff Ovens returned Monday after sn absence of over 6 week. He comes from the Tonto Basin country and re ports that the good citizens of that To- cslity have taken things into theIr own hands. Several of the men in ihe basin have been ordered to leave. among oth- CTS, Stott and Bargmsn, and they have left. Sheriff Owens says that on the roundup ID Tonto Basin fight oc- cured ID which three men were killed. No particulars could be obtained. This is the outcome of the store robbery 6 couple of weeks sgo.-Apache Review.
 The friends of MT. Pete Gabriel have now much faith in his ultimate re- | coyery. He eats and rests well and his wounds are getting along as well as could be expected. The bullet said to have struck him in the right groin, struck him, it appears, pretty well up the side, glanced around and came out at his bsck, but did not go through as was originally believed. The bullet which penetrated hIs left breast and came out ct the back csme within hair breadth of killing another man that was nearly 0 square distant.
 Detroit Free Press: A woman in Lsfayette street, East, rushed out the other day and informed a policeman that she had seen big dog crawl under her barn, and she believed the animal mad. The officer went round by way of the alley, accompanied by the usual crowd, and after peeking and peering for some time be shot three bullets under the barn to scare the dog out
 After the third shot & movement was heard, and presently the long end of g coloredman crswled into vlew. After
 backing out and brushing the dirt odi | of his eyes be asked: "Wss 1t me you
 were shooting st?' "I supposed 1t was
 A dog under there," replied the officer
 Well, ssh, dosn you nebher spose nc
 mol It's dangerous" And he showed
 bullet hole in his cap and anotber ir
 his coat as proofs of the accuracy of the
 officers aim, He had crRSed under | after a rabbit which had escaped from | s neiahbor, "Irs all right" he said a,
 the officer apologiEed, but doan you
 spose no morel You jist keep right
 down to cole facts. DIs sposin around
 ar what gifts pussons into serus trubls.' Wm. Sparks better known heresbout,
 ss " Iimbeline," had lively time with [
 bear on or near his ranch about ten day
 ago, Mir. Sparks had set trap for z | mountain lion, and on visiting 1t found
 that a bear ts3 Soer caught and bad E6lked oil with the whole outfit. Ht . started in pursuit with Winchester and b trailed him for some time before comin 3 upon hIs besrship. When he did tiDC . 1 him bruin was mad, and in stepping beol r to avoid sn Inturiased rush Timberlin' 3 fell, face under, down hill. The besl . lost no time in taking advantage of th'
 situation and seiZing Iimberline st tb' under side of his thigh gave him livell shaking up, The victim of this rougl usage, however, held fest 10 his rifle snC 7 managed to throw in 6 cartridge. H' ] twisted around and just as the bear le 20 to take fresh hold MT. Sparks fre' T the pall entering the brute's mouth This ended the battle. But Sparks wa
 badly hurt, one of the teDdons of his lei
 being entirely severed and bis leg bruIs ' ed and bitten severely, He bound ul 6 his wounds ss best be could and walk 6,
 half a mile to 8 spring, where he vsshe' '- and again fixed up his injury. Fron i' here he walked five miles and half t D his camp, subsequently mounting hi
 horse sud riding into town. He reoeiy s- ed medical aid six days after the occur if renee, The wound IS healing nicely l, but 1t IS thought tha. he may suffer
 n - his battle with bruin.-ClArion.