Arizona weekly citizen., 1892-06-04
YUMA NOTES.
What They are. Doing in that Prosperous Sec
 tinn of Arizona.
Fruit, Churches, The Peniten- tiary, High Water in the Colorado, and Other
 News.

A gentleman recently from Yuma
 furnishes the reporter the following
 items from that prosperous section O
 Arizona;
 The Yuma Fruit Company report
 rips watermelon5 on the .27th of May The Company have over ten acres ol vines and expect to ship their earliest product to Denver and other Easterr markets. TheIr large orchard of citrus fruit and grape vines planted this yeal are doing nicely. The older orchards about town promise a large yield ol superior fruit this season.
 The Militia is now fully organized witt: over forty members. At the drill under Captain Ingalls, last Saturday evening, tweuty-four were in line Stock has been subscribed to erect a commodious Armory with Hall over. head for library, reading rooms and kindred objects.
 The records of the village of Arizona City, which was organized March, 1871, and which were supposed to have been destroyed, were exhumed from their hiding place last week. The Legisla- ture changed the name to the Village of Yuma in 1876. There is now To question as to the regularity of the action of the Council ir the disposal of lots.
 The new Methodist Church building is enclosed ard makes a rather impos- ing appearance, being located on rising ground. It will cost about S1 200, most of which sum has been raised. Sev- eral pleasant socials have been held lately, one last week, embracing ice cream festival, music and some speak ing, by the little folks, the proceeds from which amounted to about $50. The Territorial prisoners were treated to an ice cream supper on Saturday, from which the Church further in creased its revenue. The superntepd- ency of the enterprise is under Rev. MT. Crouch of thIs circuit.
 Capt. McInernay reports numerous about the prison, consist ing manly of repairing and painting.
 Main street is being improved wit rock paving from the prison hill.
 The water of the Colorado River is now twenty-three feet, or nine feet above low water mask. The highest IS expected by about June 15tn.
 The steamer Gila, Capt. Melon, started up the river with freight and passen- gers Sunday. About thirty five tons of ore are awaiting shipment at Castle Dome landing where Hodge Bros, are actively engaged in extracting silver and lead ores from theIr mines They shipped over S3000 worth of ore last year from there to the Selby works in Cali fornia.
 The shipments net about s55.OO per serve success. Frank Vomocil is work ing the Railroad mine near the same place with good success.
 The Red Cloud. near Norton's Laud- ing, operated by F. Nanness is still pay ing we'll. This niue has yielded many thousands of dollars in the past ten years.
 The new discovery near Tyson's Wells, owned by Tom Hamilton and partner, is just opened up. Thirty tons of ore, valued at from S15t' to S500 per ton, IS now on the dump.
 Bob Hatch and U. G, Wilder have returned from couple of months hunt pg and fishing expedition at the moutb of the river, and report aplaasant time
 William Moore, the "Times" Gompos. tor, starts Cn similar expedition this week.
 Col, Allen, editor of the Sentinel" is o start this week for the great sulphur hines add mud volcanoes ia Sonora, ac- by an Inspector appointe d y the company, who have concession 'f lands whereabouts frem Sonora.
 The temperature thus far has not 'isen above 10l degrees, Farenheit. )l Stacy has the control of the weather, ,r rather the Weather Bureau, in the lbseuce of G. H. Penrod, who is taking lIs vacation at Newport and other Allan ic seaports. Capt. E. Stacy has re- turned from trip to the CocoDa coun ry with his little boat, "Electrlc" His mother and daughter have arrived from San Diego to spend the Summer among he lemon groves of Yuma
 Messrs. Esselburn & Young, of the Palace, have secured the services of Dick Wood, the champion bone player | nd violinist of the Southwest and Miss | Addie Hays, of St. Louis, formerly Of he Hess Opera Company and the Vlen- Ia Butfett, Los Angeles.
 Gandolfo & Sanguinetti have their | ew postofice building nearly complet- l d, and the senior partner has planned l o soon commence the erection of fine | for his family.
 fc nlx ,fl Madison Avenue will soon be ready for | 
 The Southern Pacific Hotel, s. s. | iillespie, proprietor, has been newly re- ovated and Tefitted this season and it | as now no superior on the lne between | JOS Angeles and Ell Paso. Other i'm of greater or less movement | night be noted at Ynma.
 How well we remember grandmother's