Arizona republican., 1899-03-28

pIOyeS have no concise knowledge oI it.
 No attempt is made to mill the ore
 taken from the pay streak. It is simply sacked in the mine and shipped as it
 comes from the shaft. Even the wagons are lined with canvas and a very small portion of the riches escape the
 owners. A sample weighing about twenty-five pounds is placed on exhibi-
 tion at one of the cOmpany's stores and MT Young said that one could spend
 fifteen minutes gazing at it with in l terest. It seems to be about half gold and at any rate he would be satisfied
 with a small portion of the pay streak
 even if it is not as rich as it looks
 The pay streak which is only eight l inches in cross section is surrounded l by an immense chimney of high grade ore
 TURNED THIEF HIMSELF.-Leon-
 ardo Imperial and Ricardo Amabasco
 were brought to the county jail yes l terday from Gila Bend, each under the
 charges of horse stealing and resisting arrest. They had gathered up a lot of horses from the country about Agua Caliente and Gila Bend and started
 with them for Sonora. A posse started
 in pursuit and overlook the thieves
 last Friday just this side of the line.
 
 limo, who had been specially deputized. A fight took place in which Molino was
 shot in the foot. Inc thieves were
 captured, brought before Justice
 Frank Baxter at Agua Caliente, who held them to the grand jury. Molino was taken to the hospital at Yuma. Imperial was one of the victims last fall of the horse thieving by James Kerrick and William Cameron, both of whom are in the penitentiary. I'm perial was a member of the posse which captured them. Horse and cat tie stealing seems to be a recognized and established industry in that part of the country. It's only drawback is that the operators are sometimes caught at it.
 A SUIT FOR DAMAGES.-A damage suit was begun in district court yes terday by William Billups vs the Utah Canal Enlargement & Extension com pany. The petition embraced eight | separate complaints growing out of one cause the breaking of the de- | fendant's canal, flooding the plaintiffs { land with 5000 inches of water. The | disaster was much more far-reacbing ] than would have been imagined, The 1 complaint reminds one of the con- , tinuity of the story of The House That | Jack Built It is complained at first | that the flood covered the plaintiffs land with rocks, debris and alluvial de- posits. damaging it to the extent of $500. The destruction of growing al falfa is estimated at S240. By reason of such destruction the plaintiff was compelled to feed his stock on alfalfa at a price which made difference to him of $500. He had a lot of horses in the flooded district, about 400 them were several mares with foal. The horses were caught in bog resulting, and one of the mares was so badly injured that she lost her foal. That item is figured at S100. These horses fioundering about in the 5odden land trampled it to the extent 1f S100 But that wasn't the extent of he calamity which befell through the agency of the horses. While trying to resC.ue them from the bog, the com Dlainant got wet and an attack of pneumonia followed. The doctors bill md medicine amounted to S250. The plaintiff desires reimbursement for all he abOve-mentioned damages and eX- oenditures and for S6,000 besides, ex- emplary damages, which will teach the defendant to look more closely after he banks of it's canal.