Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-05-19

Under sheriff Shlbell is in receipt of A letter from Sheriff Shaw stating that there has been no new developements m ibe Sonora k. K, robbery case, A ppttlon of the robbers were believed to be CD the Sonora side and were being pursued by the authorities of that state. the balance are believed to be in Arizo. us and strenuous effOrds are being made to catch them.
 Sheriff Shute, accompanied by Wn. Balrd, arrived Saturday wiIh a requisi- lion for More Wertman, wanted at Globe for the murder of Dr. Wshler at Wheat fields. 1t vas cowardly, cold-bloo.ied crime, and the sheriff states that no one acquainted with the circamstsnces has snS 'ubt ot Wertmsn's guilt. He let. for Globe Sunday afternoon with his prisoner and expressed some fears of be- ing met by a posse of citizens before getting him safely iailed.-Herald.
 MT. A. V. Grossetts has worn out his patience ID waiting for the scequiss. ditches, canals and storage dams thst have been So lsvishly promised for the past ten years and now proposes to put ID steam pump, and oy this means rslse all the water he wants. He con templates planting 6 vineyard of about 70 acres and this amount, he thinks, can he irrigated without difficulty by the process mentioned. The experiment. cer- tsinly is a worthy one and there is hard ly any possibility of failure. With well hesring vineyard of 30 or 40 acres a man can afford to take life easy.
 A Connecticut man tells this story of remarkable exhibition of nerve by & professional sneak thief: "One day he walked euIetly into a bank, took of his hat and coat hung them on s nail, put on sn office coat that hung there, and walked into the rear room which contain the vaults. The directors were holding meeting, and one sat in front of the door blocking the passage. The thief politely ssked him to move, and whe the obliging director did 80 the man went through the door. picked up two of the largest bags of gold m sight, coolly walked out with them, and thief and gold were seen no more
 Mir. W. 4. Dalton exhibited some fine spring potatoes m the CITIZEN office this morning. They were from his ranch on the Santa Cruz botton, near town, and were planted on the 4th of March last. Of the several varieties those known ss the Pearl of Savoy appeared the most thrifty. The White Star sl- though not quite so large were never theless fine looking and of marketable size. Mir. Dalton has SIX acres under cultivation and anticipates large re- turn. In 1884 be realized S3O. from s half acre of potstoes and the yield this season promises to be much larger.
 Warmers Pond, west of town, is full to the chin of fish. some of which are soon to be on the market. The Messrs. Allisons, proprie,ors of the lake. have in this very fish business 6n immense source of revenue. Commencing with tomorrow (Thursdsy) they will supply the town wish fish, taken from the lake the same day as offered for sale. The fish in question are of the perch variety sud are especially to be commended for their good table qualities. The days upon which fish will be caught will be Tuesday and Thursday of each week, and will be put in the market regularly at P. m. on said days.
 The CITIZEN ou Monday last called attention to the bad state of the bridge across the arroyo on the Fort Lowell road, and so effective was this ''cslr' thss the City Council, under ths immediate charge of Councilman K. \. Johnson, chairman O, the committee on streets, began work on the bridge ten hours be- fore the paper was issued. The lostruc- tons to NIT. Johnson has been to re- plank the ridge double, snd sll day y-sterday he Was b7sy with both men .ud tesms, god the bridge vIll speedily
 ne rebuilt more strongly than eve-. The carpenter work is in charge Of Mir. Rochester MT, Johnson IS using hls own teams and employees from tbe Arc ,io Ice Works free ot cost to tbe city. He is the right kind ot a councilman 10 have. It is his intention to paint the plankIug, and thus ss much ss possible save i. from the effects of the weather, Mir. E. W, Smith, of Orc Blsnco. nOT m the city. states that be recen tly visited the new strike m sde in the Psjsritss by the \ on brothers. and found 1t ss good 4s represented. The San Francisco, owned by Mir. Alonzo Noon, was the most developed. The ledge, though smell, is very rich iu granulRted horn -ilver, the granules being about the size of duck powder, 4 streak of six inches lying next the hanging wall being espeei- ally rich in this metal. The IS inches adjoining Il. IS also good pay ore. The St. Patrick. owned by Cspt. J. |. Noon, has been cleaned for about l5 feet on either side o' the ledge-the ledge lying in 8 sort of swsle and protrudinR but slightly above the ground. It aver ages from eight 10 F inches in thickness and runs all tue way from p ounces to l6OOO ounces to the ton. Some IF or l5 pounds of pure silver have been. picked up.