Arizona republican., 1896-05-29


 made an attempt on her person. The. woman was refused, as there were no. other witnesseA-to the affair.
 A press dispatch says that the Santa Fe company yesterday started a survey corps west from Whitewater, Grant county, New Mexico, to run a line to Phoenix, AriZ., with view to building an Independent Pacific coast line in case it fails to buy the Atlantic & Pa cific at the foreclosure sale on July 8. A line from Victor, Cal, to Ash Fork, Ariz., has already been surveyed.
 Rarely ever before have the grain crops of the south side of the river been heavier than this season and the thresher test only raises on the ex- pectations of the owners. Especially is this so of wheat, of which, both of Sonora and White Australian, heavy an excellent price, The Highland canal country, which has been dormant for years, has this year fairly led the Mesa district in production.
 Tombstone Prospector: It was re- ported today that the body of the h. dian shot and wounded in Guadalupi canyon a few days since has been found by the troops and is conclusive evidence that he is good Indian. Would that all the renegades were | similarly dispatched to the happy hunting grounds. The Prospector still possesses as curiosity the leggin and arrow of the deceased Injun which were discarded when he laid down to give up the ghost He has the distinc- tion of being really the first redskin killed by the troops in this county | the scene of many of their murdering expeditions.
 Grape. growers of this valley will have a good market this year for their early Thompson seedlings. The first crop of that variety in California was killed by the heavy frosts there this year and it will be some time before the second crop comes in. Last year California was strong competitor of the Salt River valley in the market and where this valley sent one carload of grapes to Chicago, California shipped 100. This year, however, the local growers will have it all their own way and their product will command 1 The crop of Thompson seedlings that will be shipped this year is estimated at about sixty cars.
 The infant child of William Cris- mon died at Nest last Tuesday from the effect of a scorpion sting on the head above the ear. The child, a girl, aged year, was lying on the ground when stung. She was immediately cared for and medical assistance was summoned, but to no avail. The insect, which was killed on the spot, was of small size The death is deemed extraordinary, as the sting of a scorpion of whatever size is usually regarded as no more 1 painful or dangerous than bite of 8 red ant and irrigators in the field are frequently stung without other than slightly painful results. It is believed to have been the first death from such cause ever known in the valley.
 The mercantile business in Mesa appears to be prospering, despite the fact that the leading commercial con- cern is burdened with the name, l "Zenos Co-Operative Mercantile and Manufacturing Institution" The Coop" as it is locally termed, is one of the most important business houses of the southwest and is handsomely housed. Across the street Charles Bennett, not content with the frame structure in which he has had his drug store and general business for many years, is erecting one of the finest brick blocks in the valley. It is of brick, two stories, with cellar, 30x1OC in size. Barnett is especially interest ed in an invention of his for cooling purposes, whereby the air will be ad- mitted through a shaft sunk in the ground eighty feet to the rear of the building.
 II Los Angeles Record: Col. F. San Il ford of Kingman, Mohave county, Ari- 7ona, is registered at the Nadeau. Col Sanford is one of the many picturesque characters the west has produced. He is we'll known in California, having come to this state at the closing of the war thirty years ago. In the interval however, he has spent much of hi: time in travel abroad. Seceral years ago he went to Arizona where he has prospered in both material and other ways. In a material way he has ac. quired title to many valuable tracts of land in Mohave county In other ways he has added to his vast store O. } information upon which he propose: to draw for book which he has come to Los Angeles to write. He will have it illustrated by home talent and ex
 poets to have it ready for publicat tio1 , in the near. future.
 ' J. Van Tuyl of Tempe was reading
 the other day of the cyclones that hav' devastated the region that formerl! held him as a resident, southern Kan
 sas. He had brief tale to tell of ; friend, who had been a neighbor il
 Sabetha, Kansas, and later neighbo
 in Tempe. 'He didn't think Arzoni