The oasis., 1894-10-18
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vile, was engaged in setting fence posts. He was alone and some dis tance from the house. In an attempt
 to place in position very large and heavy mesquite post, the ground cav ed under his feet, throwing him back ward Being very strong he was not thrown down, but became unbalanced to the extent of losing control of the post, which slid along his body into the hole dug for its reception. Apro- jecting stub on the post caught NIT. Swingle in the groin and tore it's way downward in manner that will prob ably cause death. He consumed four hours in getting to where assistance could be rendered. .s His elder brother, as soon as possible, procured aconyey- ance and started tG Tucson with the unfortunate victim. MT. and Mrs. Swingle were in Florence at the time of the accident and started for home immediately.
 According to the Democrat dis patch from New York says the A. T. & s. F. has decided to make Flagstaff, A. T., the leading mountain resort on its lines. A railway will be built from Flagstaff to the Grand Canyon of the Colorado, the greateest natural won der in the world, and through railroad tickets to Grand Canyon station will he on sale from all principal points at special rates, with stop over privileges at Flagstaff, where the company will transport tourists in an old fashionnd Concord four-horse coach to the fam ous Cliff and Cave Dwellings, Oak Creek trout fishing grounns and other points of interest. A s3O0,000 hotel is to be erected st Flagstaff to accommO- date tourists.
 A number of cattlemen of Apache county are preparing to drive to tie Salt river valley the horses they will use in the spring round-ups. It is claimed that the cost of wintering COW horses in that valley is but little, with the advantage that in the spring every head is accounted for; the horses are in excellent condition for work, fat and hearty: no time and money is lost in gathering up before the roundup, and. the animals being acustomed to running ina single herd, are very easy to handle on the range.
 The end of the track of the north and south railroad Is now about eight cen miles north of Congress; about l ,50O men are engaged in the construc- ton of the road. The only delay now met with is the lack of bridge timber which comes from Puget Sound, and ! necessarily delays the workmen Grad | CTS are now in Box Canon, where heavy stoue work has been encoun- tered, but when this is passed the con struction of the road will be easy across the desert into Phoenix.
 On the Mohawk mine at Mammoth, l a depth of 332 feet has been attained | in the new shaft and the men are now cross-cutting and drifting. It is ex- pected that connection will be made | with the old shaft before many weeks l have elapsed The new hoisting ap- paratus is not yet in readiness to 0p- crate owing to delay in the ship- ment of some timber from California. The power, however, is ready.
 A communication was received at Phoenix SatulGsy from the counsel of Germany, at San Francisco, addressed l to the secretary of the territory ask ing for information of Herman Wolf ] who was last heard-of as an Iudian trader near Canon Diablc, in north ern Arizona. His brother, MajoI-Gen