Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-08-11
LOCAL NEWS.

Major George B. Burton has been sp- pointed Inspector General of this de- pertinent.
 Mir, Wm. Reid of the Opera House, is said to have 8 whole slate full of Star enjoyments for this coming fall and win ter.
 Work on the Opera House will 'oom- menee Monday All the sdobes are made and the material is on hand for gong ahead and completing the build ing.
 J. H. MoOubben, pump man on the s. P. at Marioops, fell down the well yesterday snd was quite seriously but not fatally hurt He was brought to the hospital here for medical treatment Dr. Spencer has charge of the case and re- ports the man getting along nicely, - Among the list of shsrpshooters In this department that qualified during the month of June, Cspt. J. B. Kerr, of the 9th Cavalry, at POO yards made 94 out Of S possible 100 points; st 300 yards, e3; ct 50O yards, 90; st 600 yards, 67; st 800 yards, S5; at 1000 yards, 8l, which on the whole can be considered fairly good shooting.
 The secret society that is reported to have black -balled the Star man, has been obliged to lay in sn additional sup ply of the lltsle "blsck kickers" as it IS copfidentially whispered "there were not enough to go round" hence the squesl about "too many" secret societies in Tucson.
 A rich strike has been made in the Bat mine owned by Mir. Wm. O. Brown. about three and e half miles southwest of Tucson, that is liable to creste no It, tie excitement heresbouts. The ledge is four feet wide and immensely high ID grade. Specimens weighing POO pounds that assay away up into the thousands, are now on exhibition and csn be seen st Congress Hsn.I
 The Indian question appears Co be far from settlement. Word was received in Tucson last night thst another band hsd left the reservation and gone down the
 Gils to Powelrs old camp and had fired on the inmates. The Indians then es- caped to the mountains and are believed to have joined the first band of rene gsdes now supposed to be ID the Tonto country,
 MILD. Chillson, who is putting in 6 canal near Yuma. came in last evening. He has already about five miles of the canal completed, and has 50 acres plant ed ID cane and Egyptian corn. Every thing is growing fine, and the County looks well. The thermometer ranges from I1S 10 I3O evesy dsy. This forced a cessation of work, which will not be renewed till the weather gets cooler.
 Word was received here yesterday from Casa Grande stating that the fune- ral services of Mrs. John O, Loss would take place in the afternoon. This was the first tiding of her dssth thsi had been received here, Mrs. Loss was 6 good woman, loved and respected by sll who know her and the news of her death will De startling to her friends. bbe leaves husband and several small child ren to mourn her loss. The sympathy of the entire community IS with them.
 Mir. w. l.. Whepley has among his large assortment of grapes, one bunch of the Hamburg variety, which weighed seven and one-half pounds, all perfect in mould and size, and yet parties who have never seen our valley try to prove that Arizona soil is not suitable for the pro- duction of the grape, when. as a matter of fact it is the natural home of the grape. snd De Earth Shorb, of Los An geles, says IL IS the finest country known to civilized man for the production of the raisin grape, and Mir. Shorb is con- sidered the best of authority on grape culture.-Gszette.
 Our government should take hints from other nations upon the irrigstion problem. But for csnsls, reservoirs, wells, etc., one half of India would be desert, Spain would not be very produo- tive, nor would Italy. The governments l of the countries have expended millions of money in making them productive. | There is here a wide field for our gov ernment to work in and now when the east is so crowded, people think is the | proper time for the government 70 starr in and reclsIm the so-cslled desert With irrigation facilities, Arizons would | speedily become the principal citrus re- gIon of the world.-COurier.
 On Friday of last week, Isome Indian l scouts attempted to arrest, at one of the | camps ou the San Carlos Reservation, 6 | Ban Carlos Apache who had escaped l from the tguard house. where he had | been confined; being charged with mur- der The scouts were fired on by the Indian whom they attempted to arrest | and some of his renegade friends, with the result that two of the scouts were wounded. Afterwards, the renegsdes wounded another pescable Indian | against whom they had 6 grudge. and | made their escape. It was reported that about 6 dozen had gone on the wsr-psth aud left the Reservation; but | this has not been verified, and it is gen. erslly believed that the renegsdes are | lurking some where on the Reservation. | -Siockmsn.
 The reception given Co Governor and I Mrs. Stafford last evening at the resi- dence of Mir. Sam Hughes was largely I nearly all the old timers and | many young ones being present. The | fully illuminated by chinese lanterns and presented sn imposing appearance. | were served with 6 lavish | hand and the three hours allotted to the | passed mcst:plesssntly. The | Governor and Mrs. Stafford were of course | .he center of attraction, many old time Il ItlcUuh duu lOk5 OL ucN JUICE pressed forward to take them by the hands. Governor Ssffords was among he very best governors Arizona ever had and the genuineness of last nights greet ng evidenced well the strong hold he 'till retains upon the affections of the people.
 Prof, Douglas and Mir. Willis Haynes eft here for the Ssn Pedro several days ince. When they reached the river hey found 1t running high and impossi- ,le to cross. In cautiously approaching he edge from which the water had re- eeded, the horses mired badly and could lot be extrcsted till both gentlemen he'd their clothes and took Co the mud D fine form. The horses were first up- Iitched and tben the buggy had to be Ifted and pulled for 6 hundred or more ards before the horses could be again ut in. As this class of exercise was sther more than either of the psrties nd barg8ined for they concluded to gain head for Tucson. They reached ere at o'clock this morning. Cspt. Burgess and Mir. Simon Weller ,turned from the Table Mountain Cop ar mines this morning after SD absence | nearly two weeks. They report the of 8 young Mexican by name
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