Arizona daily citizen., 1901-08-01
ARIZONA
News, Views and
Gossip.

W. d. fAins VINO was fetcsAScu li fcS-
colt from the charge OF completely in the
murder of Mrs Burns, arrived in Yuma
last Monday morning and again took mp
his residence in the yailey-Yuma sun.
The territorial board OF equalization
will met in Phoenix on the 18th oil
August.
There was slight fall in the Salt
river yesterday, but was still pouring
over the Arizona dam and quite vol
ume over the joint head drum, going to
waste. The volume now equals that OF
the freshet period which relieved the
farmers lass winter, and the valley is
rapidly being irrigated. II is estimated
that there were 75,oO0 inches OF water
in the river yesterday. and of that
amount the Arizona canal was using &c.
600 irches.-Phoenix Republican.
Companies |. X. l.. and Nj. composing
the third squadron Of the fourteenth
cavalry. in charge OF Captain Overton,
OF L. troop, have arrived at Fort Grant
from Leavenworth Kansas. There are
about $50 men and officers in the lot.
The fourteenth cavalry is one OF the
newly organized regiments, the third
squadron being only about four months
old, but the soldiers already have the
bearing OF veterans. They were rem
dezvoused Mt Fort Leayenworth and have
been patting in full time on the mastery
OF tl4e details Of army life, including the
camp and target practice.
+ The hay crop has been larger than us
ual and is of fine quality as much OF the
grain was cut for hay. The recent rains
up the river will give the farmers an
other crop of alfalfa besides putting the
ground in condition to plant crop Of
beans and corn-Florcnce Blade.
There was another Jail delivery at
Morenci Sunday night last week. The
locks on the tunnel doors were broken
from the outside and U. s. prisoner,
Carlos Jacome. escaped.
On Tuesday last Mrs. A. Walters. wife
Of the 9. p. engine hostler a. pewie, sad
died her horse and started out for ride
going in the direction Of Fort Bowie.
Returning home about dusk, within four
or five miles from Bowie, her horse
stumbled and fell. Mrs. Walters was
thrown in front OF the animal, but re-
tanned hold on the bridie. Attempting
to arise the horse became entangled in
the reins and fell the secon time, strik-
ing the PROSTATE woman and bruising
her in q painful manner although no
bones were broken. The injured woman
lay on the ground for several hours be
fore she could attempt to rise. Dark
meas came on and she groped her way to
the pasture fence and dragged herself
along in the direction OF home until she
was completely exhausted and was
forced to spend the nigh, on the mesa
alone. When searching party was or
ganized and after few hours the un-
fortunate woman was found lying on
the ground almost in an unconscious
condition. She was quickly taken to
BoWie and medical attention summoned
and is now on the fast road to recovery.
John Crossman. whole precarious
condition was mentioned with regret in
our last issue, passed peacefully away
early Friday morning. Death came as
harbiBger OF mercy to relieve him OF
the intense physical suffering which he
had borne with 30 much fortitude for
more than three weeks. On June %,
MIR. Crossman, while directing the work
as foreman in the Black Copper mine,
punctured his left hand at the base of
the thumb, with the point OF miners
candlestick. The injury was considered
trivial at the time, but blood poisoning
set in, and when he wac brought to
town two days later the swelling involv-
ed the whole arm to the shoulder and
medical skill was unavailing to accom-
plish more than the partial alienation
of the pain. Globe Silver Belt.