Arizona republican., 1897-09-18

in Tombstone and Pearce; George Fitzgerald and F. N. Wolcott, general merchants.
 Tn the Hauchucas, twenty-five miles south, is the famous Copper Glance district operated by the Salvation col ony of some thirty persons. It is said to be rich in copper and is being worked slowly, but surely.
 Mayor A. H. Emanuel, though not yielding a hammer, controls the big gest blacksmith shop, and also the Aztec house. Back of the latter is a fine garden of choice trees and plants, all put in by MT. Emanuel. He says it is the finest place in the territory.
 PEARCF DISTRICT.
 Taking the stage, which carries the
 mail and express semi-weekly from Tombstone, the trip is made over a good road to the Dragoon mountains in a northeasterly direction, eighteen
 miles, thence northwest through Sul- phur valley seven miles to a group of hills, turning which we come sud denly upon the now famous gold and silver camp of Pearce. The town has
 grown to be place of about 25O in-
 habitants, including those connected
 with the operation of the Common wealth mine. It lies on a plain i'm
 mediately northwest of the mine in section I, township F, range 25, in
 which only the mining claims of the Commonwealth company have been surveyed. On s1.ction g north of Water street, the town is crowd;ng somewhat. The houses in the new
 and growing city bespeak the ancient to a large degree, for as before stated, the frames were brought over from Tombstone and few from Wilcox, the largest of which are the skating
 rink, the Pearce, a lodging house, and Warren's blacksmith shop, from Will cox. Among those recently construct ed and now building are several adObes for the Commonwealth com | pany to be used as an office, assay office and residence. Dr. Calf of Tue | son is putting up a residence for rental, | the lumber being that of building he bought from Attorney English at Tombstone. Col. Mike Gray, who sold his cattle and homestead in Rucker, l is building three houses on the 160 i acres he secured east of Pearce and he is now investing. Paul Warnekros of Tombstone has complebel an adobe | lodging in the north end. A number l Of small dwellings are being erected | Of adobe and frame, and more trans | fers from Tombstone are to come in. The town Is laid off with wide streets,
 those named being Wilcox, the main l street, Water, Tombstone and Nor | ton. In few instances sidewalks have been laid. The water supply is had from a we'll 300 feet deep The tank capacity is 10000 gallons sub 1 ject to an increase to 50,00O by means 1 Of a pump. This is controlled by Williams & Harper, both heretofore
 mining in Stein's pass and ranching | in the Chiricahua mountains Deliv- l cry of water is made py tank and the 1 aqua is sold at 25 cents per barrel. | or 40 cents delivered. Electric lights
 are at present used only at the Com ] monwealth, there produced by their ] dynamos. Oil is the commodity for
 lighting stores in town. The peace of
 the burg is controlled through the | office of Justice William Monmonier,
 who formerly filled offices, local and
 county, in Tombstone. George Bravin 2,
 timber man in the Commonwealth
 who was appointed deputy sheriff and
 constable, deputized Bert Grover as | deputy and night watchman. Tele-
 phone service was established with Coch1Se station on the s. P. four l months ago by the Commonwealth
 company. Messages over the Western l Union are received and sent from here
 via the phone.
 Norton and Morgan run the com
 pany store, as it is familiarly styled
 The firm has a contract for freighting over to the s. F., and materials de 1 signed for the Commonwealth into
 camp. J. H. Norton, senior member. ! mas offices at Ea Paso, Willcox and Los
 Angeles and is interested in an irri-
 gatlon enterprise at Bluewater, on the i Santa F'e Pacific. W. H. De Wash
 lngton IS the postmaster at the com i pany store. Soto Bros. and Chatham
 conduct a general merchandise store
 a branch of Wilcox establishment: :: | likewise John Prinderyille, the latter
 formerly of Tombstone.
 | Mrs. William Lemon of Tombstone
 runs the Palace and Pearce hotels. At
 the latter restaurant Is controlled by
 her.
 | Quorg Kee, formerly of the Dos | Cabezas mining district and Wilcox.
 conducts restaurant on the main
 street and another in the skating
 rink. Kee rents the rink building
 for dancing and meetings on demand.
 It has a fine maple floor
 l s. B. Chase and Dr. W. G. Wood
 ward, formerly of Hardin, Mo-, keep
 a drug store. Dr. Woodward is the company physician
 | ". T. Warren, formerly of Wilcox,
 is the company freighter and general blacksmith.
 | J. r Stevens is the barber. and A