Arizona weekly citizen., 1896-12-12
IN THE TERRITORY.
Happenings of Interest From Terri.
 torial Exchanges.

I 1x8PP9AxuBB OA 4at0E08t v TO" x0ITl. torial Exchanges.
 A Chinese beggar of this city fire.
 quentIy visits some of the cafes. His
 face is hideous. The little eyes scow
 furtively at evey one. He walks about
 in silence, aa outcRst, and humanity
 turns aside when he approacher. Withal,
 he is pitiable object, friendlese, home lees, sleeping no man knows where, liv. ing, no man know how. Night sfte'
 night he prowls about, and night after
 night he is turned away empty handed
 He wears American clothing of the
 shabbisst sort. Such is Wan Sen.-Re. ] blican.
 MT. J. Harry Brown, the popular
 Phoenix bicycle rider who has covered
 over 10, 900 miles on his wheel since last
 May in 8 tour over the western and
 central ststes, is now at El Paso, Texas coming this way, and expects to reach
 home next Tuesday. large nun Der [ of Phoenix wheelmen expect to meet him between here srd Florence and
 escort him in. Harry Brown is the holder of several Arizopa achsmpionsbips
 and will probably ride at the cycle races
 here January and 2-Republicsn. Owen Williams, one of the gentlemen
 who in the early days of Pearce thought the mines there were bound to bs exten- sive as we'll as Very rich, and on this
 basis figured that city would spripg up and that water would be in great de- mand, on these grounds, began boring for this necessary of life. They worked under difficulties for a time but by pre- serverence they finally struck water and from this vein the town of Pearce as we'll as the great Pearce mine draw their daily eupply.-Prospector.
 John w. Dewitt equipped yesterday one of his hacks in regular city style with colored driver in livery. This will hereafter be maintained so that the most fash oinabl turnout may be secur- ed by the fastidious tourists now so rapidly filling up the city. Mir. Dewitt has always been progressive and the highly efficIeLt hack service afforded either day or night in this city Is largely due to his efforts.-Gazette.
 A. 0. BiIlicke, of the Hollenb beck at Los Angeles, is dead, and yesterday the placed at rest. In early days of Tombs- tObC uc iiScu iH tu ht iiSciy Cdup WucIe be ran the Cosmopolitan. Later he moved to Fresno and four years ago took charge of the Hollen beck. De- ceased was jolly whole-eouled man of the ty pical western type who never for gets a friend. His acquaintance was quite extensive and so far as be was known will his death be mourned.-Ga- zette.
 Coal mining is promising to become an important industry in Arizona. In the northern part of the territory ex- tensive bodies of bitumInous coal are encountered north and east of the Paint ed Desert region. This coal crops out in many places sod at one point has a thickness of twenty-three feet. The San Carlos coal lands lie east of the Painted Desert tract and extend north east into Colorado and New Mexico. The Mining Industry says 1t comes to the surface in many places and as far as now known consists of three stratss, the first two having thickness of four feet while the last and lower one is often 'ouud fifteen feet in thickness. One thing which has prevented the develop nent of the San Carios coal measures IS .he fact that it is covered by the Indian | and urless some steps are 'aken by congress ho work can be | pector,