Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-02-11
Territorial.
(Arizonian,)

Peach trees are in bloom throuObont our clty sud serve to illustrate inc de- ighttul climate of She Salt river valley
 IL IS pretty well assured. even ID tLIs eafIy stage of the game, that Phenix will secure the next territorial democratic convention. Her centralIty certainly entities her to the honor.
 Yesterday the river was only fordable at the Wilson crossing and it is expected that there will be further rise owing to the warm weather melting the snow in the mountains.
 The Phenix base ball club don't seem to be very anxious to play ball just at present. The valley club have challeng- cd them Co play a match game for money and she championship, but as yet, have not received B reply.
 (Jounai- MInerD
 |. M. Murphy returned to-day from the Congress miLe. He says that this property continues Co look well. He says that the mining interests of Weaver are also looking very favorable.
 Two Colorado mining men arrived on yesterdays train, aud we understand that they have already secured proper ties on which they will commence work very soon. They state that Arizona, es- peclally this eectioa or i;, is attracting great attention just now BLlong Color ado capitalists and inning men.
 tFiagstai ChAnDlonl
 The expenses Of GsvApai county for 1857, were Sl04,49lAl.
 The output of precious metals for Arizona, as reported for the past year by Wells, Fargo s Co.'S office, IS S5,77I,- 550.
 The Mineral Belt railroad is free from snow and the AriZ oua Wood company is loading nll the cars they csn get with cord wood along tie line, The wood Is usually shipped to the Ls Angeles market.
 Wood aud lumber shippers have bsen made happy during the gust week by more liberal allowance of empty cars and the shipments have been unusually large. Fiagstbil can load ITO more cars every month than the company IS able furnish.
 A car load Of icrty-twO head of Here lord bulls. belonging to tLe Thorough bred Cattle Company Of Arizona, en route from W. Morgan, of Irving, Kaus. we're burned to death on the Aichison, Topeka & Santa Fs r.i!Rgy at Ls Junis, Col, the other day. When the train arrived at tta, place ibe car was ID flames, md .,' IS supposed the fire was caused by sparks from the locomo- tsye catching in fine balod hay. The loss could not be learHei.
 THoIbrooI StsrdarB
 The special bringing Dr. Wroth from Albuquerque to attend the child Of Csp, Simpson, made the remarkably fast time Ot 253 miles in four hours and s0 min u5es.
 It is believed that sn ar.esian flow of water could be obtained on the Hol- brook flats st a depth of from 90 to 100 feet. Negotiations Ire pending for bOr ing apparatus tO sink an experimental well
 Albuquerque is getting a Niagara Falls reputation for practice of eAtoT tion by hackmen. A WiDslow man was recently charged g per hour for a rattle trap concern called by courtesy hack.
 McNeill, who has given the officers of Apache County several lively chRses and who raided the cOrrsls of Waters Cattle Company aud Ted Adams of Show Low for some Of their best horses and who subsequently, broke iail at Phenix, was arrested sf Florence last week and again escaped from the jail in that town, last Wednesday. Should he be recsptured, an effort will be made 10 bring hIm to thi- county to answer for his short-com- Ings Cere.