Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-12-07
Ariguua Enterprise.
FLORENCE. : DECEMBER T, 1889
GRAHAM COUNTY. A SUMMARY OF THE EVENTS OF A
 WEEK. Murderous Assault by Lunatic-Death ofa PrIsoner-A Sport passes in his Checks-Other Items
lsolomouville Bulletin. l

Manuel Ochoa on the evening of the 25th, while in a fit of insane frenzy, made murderous assault upon his wife with an ax, striking her on the right side of the head, injuring the eye and cutting the scalp badly. The ax be- ing very dull produced only a confused wound, but of serious and painful character. He also struck her several blows about the body. She has been removed to Solomonville where she can be treated by Dr. Hoeller On the morning of the 26th a Sheritt's posse went down to Alexander Terry ranch. where the family were, and ar rested Ochoa, who had been hiding in the brush all night, and brought him to town. He was thereupon examined before the probate judge upon charge of lunacy and committed to the asylum at Phenix. He has long been subject to epileptic fits.
 Ft. Thomas had the misfortune to lose one of it's old standbys, recently, in the person of James Hendricks. Jim died and was gathered in to hs fathers. He pulled his last card Fri | day afternoon-and lost. He lelt enough to give him decent funeral and our genial acting-constable, J. Il Sollars, saw it was properly attended
 to.
 Perhaps the Valley Bulletin readers don't know that our old and valued
 friend Col. F. Meers of Ft. Thomas
 was married few days ago but sucl
 is the fact. The bride is Mrs. Katie
 Rhodes, of Indianapolis, Indiana. Th' colonel bearslhis honors easy and say there is no prospect of his funeral 10
 several years to come.
 Several Mexicans got their hide } filled with whisky on Monday nighI
 and in the fight which followed Alfon
 so Ruiz struck Cruz Perera on th I head with a wagon spoke, knockin [ him down and producing a painfu
 though not dangerous wound.
 Jose Maria Rascon, q prisoner l
 the county jail charged with killing !. woman in Morenci, died on Saturda
 last and was buried on Sunday Tn
 is the same prisoner who escaped trol '. the hospital some time since and WI
 subsequently, recaptured. |, Jack Green passed through tow y Tuesday with a family of immigran
 coming to settle in the valley. " II understand that there are three iN four other families at Bowie, all fro of Alabama.
 C. Itis reported that several large ban e' "a of sheep belonging to Pedro Monta art have been driven down from Apac .Ta county onto the ranges in the vicini - of Black river.
 The Gila river is lower now than Isa has been at any time during the p S' year, although there is enough wa 'oi in it to keep all the irrigation ditcl led running full banks.
 ,u Barnabe Palm was out in the h bit the first part of the week. He repc in finding some horses and seeing a la . number Of antelope.
 Jose Garcia, an aged and highly S69 ,6. spected Mexican resident of Solom Fl. riiie died on "Wednesday last and , ,rih burSS1 yesterday.
 sse 'sr. Ghauncey Eing, who had the mis and tune ioget, ,hisloDt crushed by tEs} lsis Isis wagon recently is iRnrelinG ystA lrhe F'Iorencs k1i.s s7sl oid enlarged ahd is hese ? tz6 Sstss.t ' ,r 3,r3H folio, printed in nie southwest
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 1Aers lie op Che 12th of December