others  here  believe  those  fits  to  have 
been  simply  an  outlet  of  his  pure  cussedness, 
under  the  guise  of  drunkenness,  and  still  further 
believe  that  his  recent  murderous  freak  was  of 
the  same  nature  and  from  the  same  cause,  in- 
sanity only  being  a dodge  to  escape  punishment.

Captain  French,  of  the  W.  S.  Ranch,  ar- 
rived from  Alma  Tuesday.  He  reports  that  the 
floods  in  that  section  did  a great  deal  of  dam- 
age, washing  out  the  fine  dam  which  his  com- 
pany had  built  across  the  river.  Many  of  the 
farms  along  the  valley  were  badly  damaged  by 
the  flood  in  the  neighborhood  of  Pleasanton.

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GILA  ON  RAMPAGE

The  Enterprise  learns  by  grapevine  tele- 
graph that  the  last  flood  played  sad  havoc  with 
Clifton,  Work  has  been  suspended  by  the  Any- 
one and  Detroit  companies,  they  having  sus- 
tained serious  damages  to  property.  The  town 
of  Clifton  has  been  badly  washed,  sustaining  a 
large  amount  of  damage.  It  will  be  some  days 
yet,  and  perhaps  weeks  before  the  narrow 
gauge  road  will  be  running  regularly.  Tele- 
graphic communication  is  still  cut  off  from  the 
camp.  Many  farms  along  the  Gila  river  are 
greatly  damaged.  The  town  of  Globe  also  sus- 
tained serious  damages  from  the  flood,  likewise 
Phoenix  and  Yuma.  At  the  latter  place  the  Gila 
river  was  three  miles  in  width,  being  many  feet 
higher  than  was  ever  before  known.