Arizona weekly citizen., 1892-05-28
TERRITORIAL NEWS.

TERRITORIAL NEWS.
 w. K. Mead. of Tombstone, has been appointed Worlds Fair Commissioner,
 vice William Zeckendorf, removed His i appointment IS endorsed by all There is no getting any thing definite | out of the Southern Pacific people a' out 1 the building of their north line, but from appearances it would seem they mean to build.
 N. A. Morford, editor and proprietor of the PheDiX HeraId, has been nomin- ated for Secretary of ArIzona. His rams was sent to the Senate today and
 will doubtless be confirmed without a dissenting voice. MT. Morford's nom ination is satisfactory to al! the people of the Territory.
 James K. Corbett, the celebrated pugilist, who is to meet John L. Sullivan | for the championship of the world, and | Si5,000, will appear at Reid's Opera | House on Friday the 27th instant, in q | sparriug exhibition with James Daly, of | Philadelphia. It will be an entertain
 ment of interest and excitement, and
 well worth the price of admission. | Read the advertisement.
 | The Goodwin warehouse at Kyrene is nearly completed and will soon be in
 readinessto receive the vast crop of grain
 that will be harvested in the adjacent
 farming county. This warehouse will be
 of much benefit to the farmers of that
 section and will serve as a nucleus | around which will soon cluster a thriv- ing village.
 Bsfore court convened yesterday
 morning Jchn Clay. the notorious horse | thief sent for the district attorney and l told him that if he would dismiss one of | the three indictments against him for grand larceny, he would plead guilty to one and would fight the other. As Mr. Cox refused to do anything of the kln6 the young man plead mot guilty" to the
 whole lot and says he will fight it to the bitter end, though what his fighting chances are, las not been stated. Gila Bend is just now enjoying a 1 boom and is likely to enjoy it for some time.
 The building of the great Wolfiey | canal is at last under way and will fur | nisk water for some of the finest fruit land ID the world. This big irrigation enterprise was inaugurated by Ex-Gov. Lewis Wolfiey and in spite of all obsta- cles has been carried by him to a suc- cessful conclusion.
 The last step in the enterprise was of the letting of the contract by the GIla
 Bend Reservoir and Irrigation Company,
 in which Ex-Gov. Wolfey is the princi- pal stockholder, to the Arizona Cor struction Company for the construction of the canal. The Arizona Construction l Company has ample means at it's con-
 mand and is pushing the work with all of the rapidity possible. Sub-contracts are being let and at present there is work for all the men and teams that may apply.
 The development of the Gila Bend country will bring a great many of the experienced fruit growers of California to Arizona, and will be the means of di- recting attention to the wonderful pos abilities of Arizona in many other To- | calltles.
 A. J. Doran returned from Casa Granda Tuesday, on court matters, put started again for the Jack Rabbit
 Wednesday. The machinery is being put in place as expeditiously as possible Several wagon loads passed through Florence Monday, from Pinal, and about one trip more will complete the hauling.
 If the population of PInal County boundry lines of the County, every nh ilA har square mile each. There is still plenty of room, plenty of soil and plenty of precious mineral.
 Here is County of over four thous- and inhabitants that averages but four or five ind!gent sick, and the most of those who do apply for aid are of the Mexican race. This speaks we'll for the sanitary conditions prevailing. The County has been most charitable to- ward its wards, and the hospital kept clean and inviting; consequently those who are at all in need of it's refuge do not hesitate to apply. The fact remains tha. there is little sickness to begin with. About one person in every thous- and is the average cared for by the county,
 About three months ago, Tom Train or and John Nelson located a claim near the Golden Rule mine, and went to work on it. They called it the Mountain Key" On Monday last, at a depth of 50 feet, they struck a body of ore, the extent of which cannot be de- termined until more work is done. The whole width of the shaft, 415 feet, is iu ore. It is chloride and sulphide. Chunks of black metal can be cut with a knife, and horn silver is visible all through the rock. The ore is of an en- tirely different character from anything that has been struck in this vIcirity. The adjoining claim, knoGn as tho St. Paul, belongs to Johnson, Mary Tack and. Dr. Hamilton. A shaft has been put down on thls claim, and it is expect ed to reach the ore body on a cross cut which is beng run from the bottom of the 5U-foot shaft. The discovery of this body of ore has caused considerable ex- citemeut in that vicinity.
 Cattlemen of the several counties of southern ArlZGna should hang heads together and select suitable timb from among their ranks to represent them in our legislature next winter. Several matters of importance will or at least should be brought up with a view to beneftting this class and the indus try they represent, and none are so well qualified to handle these matters as they themselves are. From among the avallatle can be selected and elected those who would serve you with honor Dr. Porter intends to establish a San itarium at Rockers Hot Springs for the treatment and cure of rheumatism and diseases of the skin. The curative prop critics of the water have long been estab- lished, and the hot baths given under the guidance of an experienced and in- 'elligent physician can not fail to be of the utmost benefit. The Doctor has