Arizona weekly citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz) 1880-1901, 1890-03-29
Territorial News.
Enterprise.

Landlord Drais il about to put six O
eight more rooms to the Florence Hote
for the accommodation OF the increaa
ing travel. w. ]. Bley has the contrac
for their construction.
The contract for the brick work OF
the new court house has been secured
|. by w. Wood Porter and G. o. Eaton i.
busy making the brick at his brick-yarC
The excavation for the foundation Is
nearly completed and the corner stone
will be laid within week or ten days
II. NJ. Jameson, Of San Bernardino
California. spent a couple of days in
Florence this week. He is just return
ing from Florida with $1,000 orange roots
of large size that will produce bearing
trees in three years from the graft. He
will supply small lots to several resi-
dents of this valley for experimental
culture and. as no fair test of the adap-
liability of this valley to the growth Of
citrus fruit has been made, the result
will be watched with interest.
| Sra. Maria Ayalla, mother-in-law of
| Deltino Higuera, died in Florence on
| Wednesday evening, aged nearly ITO
years. She was born in Mexico, August
%, 17S0. Her oldest living son is now
| about 60 years of age. Her health had
been good during the whole of her life
| and up to few days ago she was able
| to sew and do her own cooking. Such
| remarkable instances of longevity are
| rarely ever met with, but in this case
the fact OF her age is well authenticated
by documentary evidence.
Two fine saddle horses were stolen
from z. r. Brady last week by Mexi-
can boy whom he had befriended. One
was taken from his premises in Florence
while he was absent at his cattle ranch,
and good saddle and bridal accom-
panied it. The other was taken from
his ranch at the Cottonwoods, and it is
presumed that the boy had confeder-
ate who coveted the animal 1t is not
known what direction they took. but
they are likely somewhere in Sonora by
this time.
One evening last week the Vekol
mining camp was the scene Of great ex-
element. A little Mexican child, five
year old, strayed away from camp in the
evening and could not be found. The
whole camp-about forty people-turned
out TO aid in the search, and when the
trail of the little wanderer was at last
found it was followed by the faint i'm
preston the heel nails Of its shoes had
made in the ground. The search with
lamps was continued all through the
night, and l.. E. Walker sent out team
with water and provisions to refresh the
searchers. The little one was found
about five o'clock the next morning.
peacefully sleeping in a slight depres-
sion of the ground, fully ten miles from
camp. The searchers were SO footsore
and tired from their circuitous wander
ings over the sharp rocks in the dark
ness, that LAY off" from work was ia
ken for day.
There was little disturbance near
the Vekol few days ago, that fortuna
tely for all concerned, terminated with
out very serious results. Chas. Fay.
foreman for A. II. Elliott, at the Comb
nation shaft, went down one evening,
and complained that sufficient work was
not being done. The men resented the
lnsinuation, and some words passed be-
tween them and Fay. They afterwards
went to Fay at his office. to get their
tlme they say, but the wordy war was
revived, and in personal collision one
f the men got Fay down, but released
nlm when he cried enough" Upon get
ting to his feet, Fay grabbed an axe and
struck at his aCsailant, the axe just gra-
zing his head. All parties had gradually
worked their way outside, and as Fay
again raised to strike, Frank Reynolds
struck him over the head with q stick
and knocked him down. The parties
went before the Justice Of the Peace at
Casa Grande and upon examination
Reynolds was discharged from custody.
Yuma Sentinel.
Whilst the orange and lemon trees are
being covered nightly at Riverside to
protect them from the frost, our trees
are in bud end blossom, while on the
lime trees the fruit has already formed.
Gratz and Company are now purchas-
ing, in California, lot of mining ma
chiner for hydraulic use in their placer
mines near Laguna, this county. Some
portion OF the plant, for prospecting pur-
poses, is now on the way and will reach
Yuma IN time to 60 up on the next
steamer.
Capt. Polhamus of Yuma, accom-
panied by party English capitalists.
were in town this week, They are max
leisurely tour of the Colorado river
from Needles down, expecting to 60 as far
properties on either side OF the river.
Manuela Fimbrss the woman serving |
sentence or fifteen year in the Terrific |
rial Prison, is lying at the point OF death |
from blood poisoning, brought on by
IA severe attack Of erysipelas. The wo-
man was convicted one year ago in Pima |
county OF being an accessory to the muir
der of Chinsman killed in Tucson.
There is a prisoner in the county Jail, |
an old man named Smith, who is |
held to appear before the grand jury on
charge of burglary who seems to be an
expect in freeing himself of irons. He
has been ironcd in almost every con-
ceivable, way yet in short while frees
himself of the membranes. Within
two hours after having leg irons put
on yesterday he had shaken them from
his limbs. A close watch is kept on him |
so as to prevent his escaping. A few |