Arizona weekly citizen., 1894-06-02
W.Raker & Co.,, Dorchester. Mass
TERRITORIAL NEWS
Herald

! Isaac Ople of the Buffalo smelters l Globe, was badly buraed last Saturday 1 night while wheeling a sla2 pot to the | dump. The car got stuck and while | trying to get out another slag pot came l up behind and striking Ople caused | him to fall in.
 About ton per day is the average apricot shipments just now from Phoe- | nix by Wells, Fsreo's express. The Royal apricot will come into the market l ia large quantities next week when the shipments will increase to ten and twenty tons per day.
 Among the grad hating class this year is young lady who enjoys the distlDc- ton of being the first young lady born ln Phoenix to pass through its schools from the primary grade to tne high scnool. Miss Ollie Mcdonald enjoys the distinction and her essay at the class exercises this morning on the Rewards of Excellency" shows that her education has been most thorough. MT. E.. Van Kirk was a very much surprised man this morning when he was placed under arrest on a charge of horse stealing. He had loaned his horse to friend yesterday and when he wanted to come to town he borrowed a horse from his neigh bor, Mr. Mcbride. Riding into town he hitcbed his horse to post. John Mullen comes along and recognizes the horse as one belong ing to John Wilson, of Buckeye, which has been missing for a couple of months and going to Justice Kincaid he swore out a warrant for John Doe for horse stealing. A constable was sent out who watched the horse until MT. Van Kirk came along to ride him home and arrest ed him as John Doe. In the jusuce's court the matter was all cleared up. The horse had been raised by MT. Me Bride and sold to MT. Wilson. One day finding itself at liberty 1t had returned to MT. McBride,s ranch who had placed 1t in hls pasture until an opportunity should occur to return 1t and he had loaned it to MT. Van Kirk to ride to town. The prisoner was discharged as soon as explanations had been made.
 Benson Oasis
 The Benson brass band is progress ing finely in practice and already reach ed high state of proficiency.
 Miss NJ. Hittlnger of Tucson, and Miss Sweet of Louisville, Kentuckey, who is visiting Miss. H., are expected to arrive at Benson tomorrow, to visit friends here.
 Last week there was quite a rivalry between Messrs. If. Gerwein and F. $. Webster for the purchase of the first copy of the Oasis printed in Benson. Bids commenced at S1 and the coveted copy was finally sold to MT. Webster for S2.50.
 Monday afternoon a small bridge on the s. P. k. R. Between Benson and Mesa, the next station west, was fired by spark from passing locom otive, and completely destroyed. A working force soon cribbed up the opening, new track was laid across, and traffic con- tInued uniI terrupted.
 Bulletin.
 F. l.. Proctor & O., who sold their cattle to w. l.. Vail and John Dowdle made delivery of four hundred head at the Empire ranch, near Pantano ten days ago. John says the range about Pantano is not nearly so good as here.
 w. B. Fonda has on his residence lot in Stafford fifty Kelsy Japan plum trees now bearing fruit for the first time and that they are beauties there can be no mistake. Fonda thinks they are ahead of anything in the valley. He also has fine variety of other frults-apples, pears, peaches and spricots.
 W. B. Foster. the well-kDown cattle man of Duncan, and Steve Nixon, of San Jose have decided to try ihe expe- riment of fattening cattle on alfalfa in the Graham valley, and on Monday last turned 150 head onto pasture at Henry Dial's pasture below Solomonville. If it proves to be profitable to make beef out of alfalfa in this valley, this indus- try will soon grow to be a very large one.
 Prospector.
 The talk of abandoning Fort Bowie has subsided in army circles. A magni- ficent water supply has been developed there of late, which will be a strong in favor of retaining it.
 MT. Redstreake, who was for many years connected with the T. M. and M. Co.,, will return to Tombstone in about 8 fortnight to again resume his connec- tion with the company. w. F. Staun- ton will act as superintendent of the Congress mine, so writes a gentleman there to the Prospector. In securing his services the owners of the Cong ress have used wise judgment. No one in Arizona could better fill that responsi- 1 ble position.