Arizona republican., 1899-07-05

here. Details are meager, but it is understood that several were injured and AIr Mitchell. IT.. was in the party. -Bisbee News in Prospector.
 It is an interesting fact that Arizo- mas arid lands, which were formerly considered worthless. will produce the highest degree of saccharine matter in the sugar beet. Beet sugar will sometime be an important product of the territory.-Tucson Star.
 Tombstone will celebrate the 4th to- morrow with all the pOmp and hurrah that our citizens can muster More fireworks have been purchased and will be set off tomorrow than on aGy 4th of July celebra ton for years past Tombstone will not be found wanting in atrictism.-Prospecto
 Sheriff Wakefield went tout to his rarch'' yesterday, returning by the way of ROsemont, from which point he induced Jose Estrada to accompany him to tile county seat. Estrada has been dealing in other peoples horses, hence his incarceration in the county jail Wakefield always gets them.- Tucson Star
 It has been some time since the people of Arizona have been bothered by the acts of Apache Indians, but during the past few weeks they made their appearance in Cochise County ard have driven off a number of hors- es belonging to cattIemen residing in the viciItty of the Chiricahuas and Swfsholm ountains.-ArizOna Orb.
 While James Meadows was shoeing a restless horse at Dripping Springs, last Sunday. he got angry at the horse
 .4,,I n11 when Jack Newman protested at the treatment. whereupon Meadows grab bed a pick and struck Newman over the left side of the head, infiicting serious wOund.-Globe Times.
 With proper cultivation it is claimed that $500 worth of celery can be rais- ed on an acre of the arid lands Of Ari- zona. The all1ali in the soil is exactly what is needad to produce the crisp ness that is the first essential of that Pant At an outlay of $1.00O, and with ten acres of allzaG land. man can make q profit of $2,000 to $2.500.- Tucson Star.
 Fifteen train loads of eastern school marms. says the Prescott Courier. re- gently passed through Ash Fork, bound for California. On one of the trains only two male passengers were seen. An Ash Fork saloon keeper heard they were coming. went 10 Williams boarded tram and rode down. think ing he would catch a girl, but after in snectfng the occupants of each car. concluded that he would take his chances on what he could find in Ari- zona. Each train was double head CT.
 Yesterday afternoon Henry LOy. foreman of the new water-tower for Fort Mohave, and a Mohave Indian. were severely injured by the falling of several tons of boiler iron, which was standing on edge in the car from which they were unloading it. Mir. Toy is fortunate to escape with as little in jury as he d.d He also lost from his shirt pocket S125, which he had in q small sack The falling of the iron literally tore the shirt off from him. and when search was made for the money it could not be found.-Needle's s Eye.
 The inhabitants of Camp Verde who have been living rent free in Un1ie Sam's houses will have rude awaken ing on the 3d of August. The post will pass into the hands of private parties on that date, and private parties will hardly be as gracious as the govern ment. The place will be sold to the highest bidder, in forty acre tracts, of " hich there are four. One of th.2Se includes all the buildings in the post Dut two. both of which are on a sec o1ld tract. Two of the tracts contAirii several acres of good land. but the mI- jor portion of the ground raises only Reporter.
 Tucson will celebrate the Fourth to- day in the good old fashioned way Tine boys and girls will be a conspieu- 1 6rls feature n'the celebration. The in- dustries will be represented in the | parade. The addresses will be made ] by citizens of mature thought and eX- pe-ience The songs will be voiced by | t1le young and old, and the martial ,nu- sic will be furnished by Mariners Ju- weElEes as well as the City Cornct | band. FraternaI societies VIII Partfci- pate in the parade and in fact,all Tue son will be represented in the patriotic The only thing to br re oretted is that the City Park is not provided with seats sufficient to ac- the five thousand people who will be on the grounds. TO-day's proceedings will be a good practical ' lesson in patriotism and the duties of tratfzens on such Occasions.-Star.
 I1. \. Cunningham, a popular miner and employee of the Copper Queen. lost his life about three o'clock yes terday afternoon in the Holbrook shaft of the mine MT. Cunningham, it seems, got into the cage with an emp ty car at the 100 foot level and gave the signal to hoist Most unfortunate ly he neglected to lock his car on with the iron binder provided for the pur- pose. and almost instantly after start ing the loose car shot to the side of he shaft and returning with frightful force. caught him. and inflicted fatal injuries. The cable was stopped as soon as it was discovered that some ching was wrOGg and a rescue party brought him to the top. He was loo "a dly hurt, however, for any earthly 'e.ief. and expired almost immediately. \ request to see his wife and baby was