Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-07-19
WILCOX.
THE USUAL BUDGET FROM THE
 RANGE COUNTRY.
Special Railroad Rates tO Nevada on Cat tle---Troops going to the Mexican Line---Caught Selling Liquor to Indians---Mining Items
 and other News.
Stocklnan.

There was a terrible loss of cattle in Nevada last winter Is now attested by the fact that the stockmen of that State are in the market to purchase stock cattle to place on their ranges. To meet this de mand, we are informed by Agent Nichols that the Southern Pacific Company has made special rates on cattle from points in this Territory to Nevada. The rate from Wilcox per car, Ill train loads ol not less than IS cars, on cattle valued at not more than SIO per head, is $132 30. Mir. Nichols soicits correspondence with parties desiring to sell stock cattle. Those writing should state number and price per head.
 Lieutenant P H. Clarke, of the Tenth Cavalry. with ten colored troops and thirty White Mountain Apache scouts, camped here Sunday night, and on Mon day went to Fort Bowie. From BoWle they will 20 south to the vicinity of the Mexican line, the Lieutenants mission being to capture, if possible, the rene gade Apaches now off the reservation. Young, fearless, ambitious, and not afraid of hard service. we believe there Is no officer in the army better fitted to perform this difficult task than Lieutenant Clarke May success attend his efforts Is the earnest wish of every resident of this Ter rltory.
 Early Sunday night Constable Caldwell apprehended two Mexicans-Antonio Ruiz and Amelino Juarez in the act of selling liquor to one of Lieutenant Clarke's Indian scouts. The Mexicans were tried before Judge Nichols on Mon day, and sentenced to six months each in the county jail, They were taken to Tombstone Tuesday by Mir. Caldwell, Lieutenant Clarke had the Indian who purchased the liquor placed under arrest, and stated that he would confine him in the guard house when he reached Fort Bowie, and that be would probably be court-martialed.
 Prospecting work on the Great Ameri- can mine in the Swisshelms has been stopped, and the engine, diamond drill and other machinery brought here and shipped to the Indian Territory. J. T. Munson, of Denison. Texas, who, with Edward Copley, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, had the work done, informed us that they sank to a depth of 268 feet with the diamond drill, with very in- different results Mir. Munson says there may be a good mine there, but his ex- perience has caused him to form an op- posite opinion.
 Dr. J. Pool, one of the census enum- orators, discovered Mexican woman ill our town who Is the mother Of twenty five children. This is pretty good show ing, but not equal to the Nogales woman who is the mother of offspring to the mum Der of twenty-seven. Give the the Will COX mother time however, and she will probably come up to, if not break, the best record.
 Five cars of steers-125 head were shipped from here Thursday to Hutch inson. Kansas. The cattle belonged to Henry Fitch and J. C. Stone, and were 1 purchased from J. M. Richardson, Charles Gottgens c. R. Purcell, H. c. Severin | w. M. Attenborough and J. P. Johnston | Mir. Fitch accompanied the shipment. 1 Splendid rains-better than we have ever had before so early in the season ! during our six years residence in Ari ona-fell here during the past week and, from all reports, were quite general throughout Southern Arizona. The out look at this time for a good grass year could not be more propitious.
 The time for taking the census was eX tended in this Territory, and the people of Wilcox were counted this week by Dr Js OOl anu h. H. AIItOl. AS tuuulci dloI'
 are not allowed to make public the result
 of their work we cannot yet give the
 figures.
 A shipment of 247 steers, purchased il
 the Tonto country by George Frisk fol
 " B. Wright, was made from here Mon
 day to Emporia, Kansas. Mir. Frisk ac companied the shipment, and will be ab sent two or three weeks.
 About l,600 feet of track was washed
 away by the rain Wednesday night in the
 San Simon. No. 20, the west bound pas senger train, was delayed about twelve
 hours.
 A man named Hilton, resident of thii county, will be prosecuted for refusing tC
 answer questions propounded by Enum orator Barker.