Arizona weekly citizen., 1893-04-29


 John Boyle O'Reilly.
 Thomas c. Graham of Wentworth is in the city.
 John Mcdonald has struck small but very rich ledge of gold rock at Gro Bl6nco.
 Prof. Foss is quite sick with a severe sore throat. Hopes are entertained for his speedy recovery.
 Whiskers that gre prem8turely gray CT faded should be colored to prevent the lock of age, and Buckingham's Dry ex- cels all others ln coloripg brown or black.
 A three year old n of Carlos Jacome who is employed at La MaripOsa and lives near the Episcopal chapel IS serlc- usly III ith di iphtheria. pr. Armstrong i5 in tendaEce.
 Cash patents for Albert H. Hceffar, William w. F flows and Frank $. DObs, were received at the land office this morning and will bs delivered to their respec i've owners on surrender of the duplicate receipt.
 A. Y. Grossetta, after retiring from the active pursuit of the grocery busi- ness vii until July l, give his attention to his large and promising fruit orchard. He expects to shIp about 200O boxes Of fruit of which 1900 will bs apricots which are looking especially well.
 As an indication that mining around Tucson IS constantly incre sing C. R. Wores of the Sampling Works says he is doing more business than for two years. He Is today shipping three car loads If ore. boutia month a. O he closed a contract to take the entire product of the Mon ana mine aud Is getting in ore and concentrates from there tt the rate of 100 tons month. His assay business is also unusually brisk.
 The short stories in Worthington's Illustrated Magazine are well worth reading, being the best work f experl- enced and popular authors, and as ried in their subjects as they are chO,ce and charming in diciiop. The poetry of this number is nOticeably good, partakIng of the brightness and sweetness of advancing spring. It IS worthy of note in this connection that the poetry in Worthi0gtOn's Magazine is always of higher order of excellence than that of any of It's contemporaries.
 R. V. Bloxton visited last week Don Sanford cat le ranch in the southern part of the county and says that of 200 head of cattle which were there at the beginning of the winter less than 500 survive and that these are mostly year Ings, COWS being very scarce. The number of dead cattle near CalabRsas has bred a myriad of flies which sRarnl upon the bridges over the arroyos, dense clouds of them arising the engeneers say at the trains pass. The pests are already intensely anoying tn the rRncaers who are often compelled to keep smoking at their work and con- tinually fighting them.
 An attempt to break jail, which has been in progress for several days past, WAS frustrated this noon. George Wilcox, who WAS this week indicted by grand jury for forgery and sentenced to serve two years at Yuma, and Tom Jones, United States prisoner who IS incarcerated for smuggling, had secured a case knife. which had been lost by plumber who had been repairing the water faucets. They had formed saw by lndenting the back of the blade, and had succeeded in cutting almost through one of the bars facing the Court House lawn on the east side when Jailor Finley caught them in the act and took the tool away.
 A. R. Turney of the Winnie silver mines at Bacoachi Arisps district So- nora, Mex, arrived in the city last even ing ard will have business which will detaln h.m here for three or four days. Under his management the Winnie property, which IS an old Mexican mine of exceeding richness, has been brought 10 such condition that regular ship ments of ore will be made hereafter. rxo lots have been recently sent to Soccorro one running few ounces less than 1900 to i. the ton and the other a few ounces over. The ore with the exception of that of the first grade, which is of sulphide character carry ing some copper and susceptible of being chlpped out with chisel, is free mill- ing It is the aim of the management to get the property in such state of development as to furnish ore in abun- dance for mill which will be at an early date placed upon the premises.