Arizona republican., 1898-09-07
Arizona Day by Day
Live News Taken From Territorial Exchanges.

what little land being vacant at pres. ent is being taken up and put under fence Mir George Sicocan is one Of the latest additions to that farming community, having taken up 160 acres and having same improved and put in high state of cultivation-Tucson Citizen.
 at work at the reservoir and that the use of the water had been strictly pro- hibited until the water was drawn off and the reservoir drained. Our infor- mant as to the finding Of the dead body stated that the body had been iE the water for some days and was in an advanced stage of decomposition but that he did not know whether the body was lla. of Wilcox or not-Pres- colt Courier.
 The public schools will open Monday. and it Is hoped that all parents will make an effort to have their children enrolled the first day, and that they will cooperate with the teachers in se- curing prompt and regular attendance during the entire school year. Tho teaching force has been increased anG the schools are better prepared to h1 baden and extend the work of the high school than ever before-Bisbee Orb.
 Many If the farmers on the RillitG are putting in some of their land this year to alfalfa. Alfalfa does splendid ly in the Rfllito's valley in conse- quence of it footing down to water about the first year after sowing. AL /! falfa appears ;o pay better on the long run in that valley than any other hay as two and t].ree crops are harvested every year and after the first year it ] does not require much attention.- Tucson Citizen.
 1 It has been stated some days past that Private Wilcox has been missing from Whippis for several days. Sat urday morning last the Courier receiv- ' ed confidential, but what it considered i trustworthy information that the dead 1 body of man had been found in the water storage reservoir at Whipple This report has been industriously de- Eied by all the boys in blue whom we
 met. But. one of them stated that a strong guard had been placed around the reservoir: that force of men were
 MT. and Mrs. Frame, Miss Kate
 O'Donnell ahd Mir Parker went to
 Clear creek for an outing last Sunday.
 They decided to take an excursion on i the Dewey. Mir. Frame, thinking every one was safely seated pushed the boat
 fl Iom shore, when Mrs. Frame, who had not yet sat down, toppled over-
 hoard into the tumbling pillows of the raging stream. Her head had almost
 disappeared from view when Mr. Frame caught her and lifted her into the boat. The water is very deep at Clear creek, and it's banks very precipi- tous, so Mrs. Frame really had a very narrow escape.-Winslow Mail
 The Nogales railroad people are in- deed in hard luck A few days since five bridges were washed away on the
 Scn,'ita. These were partially rebuilt when several hundred yards of track
 were washed out. Trains were then
 run to ihe washout and transfers made.
 On Wednesday night the engine on the
 Benson end of the washout tipped over
 and went into the ditch. As there is
 nc wrecking train on this side of No gales the whole line is tied up The
 express matter for Tombstone is
 ;, mail is kept at Benson as there is nc
 mail clerk to open the pouches and dis
 tribute the mail. There are quite a
 number of passengers held at Benson
 on account Of the washout It is
 thought it will be several days yet be-
 fore the track can be repaired and the
 wreck cleared up.-Bisbee Orb.
 The graders along the line of tho , eastern branch of the s. F. P. & P railway system are now busily engag- ed closing tip the gaps and making thu final dwellings. The bridge gang art close to the summit between Chappara and Big Bug, and track is laid dis
 tance of nine zen miles from the june : ton below Prescott. We noticed thu r engineers were in camp on the pro posed site of the new town out O Swindlervill,, opposite the Swindlel : mine. This new town will be the ship ping point for Chapparal, McCabe ant
 the upper Big Bug country. The ney :. road presents quite a busy appearanc, , at present, caused by the many grad } ing outfits closing in upon each other } and the whole line from a short dis tance this side of Swindlerville all eh
 
 with men and teams putting the finish
 ing touch as tc the new road Fron
 present appearances trains will be run n ming into Nayerville by the first O !, October, or by the 10th at the yer , latest. With the completion of tn a road to Mayerville that place is sure t = become quite d lively little town, be
 ing the terminus of the line and tn shipping point for the Crowned Kin country. he Stumble Bee country, tn = Stoddard Mining company. with adja cent territory, the Middle Agua Fris p and large scope of country to tn :. east and south, and to the Gold Not Mining company on the Agua Fri; ! The latter mining company has renew eG operations since MT D. B. Gillett
 has severed his connection with thi $ great property.-Pick and Drill.