Arizona citizen., 1872-02-24


 THE CITIZEN. Tucson, Saturday, 2: Feb. "A, 1872.
 LOCAL MATTERS.
 THE city authorities are after the va grants who infest this town. .-a.
 DISTRICT Court convenes one week from next Monday.
 CONSIDERABLE improvement is going on in town, and the erection of more build ings is just commenced.
 MERCHANTS are particularly interested in an Assignee's Sale advertised in this paper
 WE omitted last week to direct atten- tion to dissolution notice by Goldtree & Perrin.
 CREDITORS to the old firm at Goldberg & Drachman had better pay up as per notice in this paper.
 Peter Kitchen, from the upper Santa Cruz, has been in town with potatoes for sale.
 MARSHAL DICKAsoN and Major Duffield have taken preliminary steps to procure patent to the San Xavier mine, located about B miles southward from Tucson. ness and is again prepared to attend to professional business. Notice change of office lOcation-as per his card.
 ARIZONA rubies, which have been spoken well of by Nevada paper, have been left at THE CITIZEN office, and can be purchased on application. THERE has been quite a spasm of busi- ness at the CustOm-house withia the past week. Over seven hundred head of cattle, some grain and other products have been entered It is now rare that so much property comes in so short a time, and hence noteworthy.
 WAsHINGToN's birthday received some recognition in Tucson. A little extra bunting was hung out, and an attempt made to get up a ball in the evening. The very high winds which prevailed all day and into the evening, probably kept most people at home, and the ball was not even opened.
 HARVESTER MORROW arrived on Satur- day last, transacted his business here and left for Camps Crittenden and Bowie on Monday. He will not go to Apache, and is expected back this way en route to Prescott early next week. Some of the troops received from him four months pay, and so far as we hear, a lovely feeling prevails.
 ON the 18th instant a bad man named Jesus Vasques induced a peaceable indi vidual to shoot him so severely that deatt ensued the next day. Coroner Thayel held an inquest over the remains of Vas ques. A recommendation was made thai the Grand Jury examine the matter. Int street verdict is that the shooting was justihable under the circumstances.
 REMOVALS. Joseph Neugass has re moved his restaurant into the Stevens House, corner Main and Pennington streets, where he is better than ever pre- pared to accommodate his patrons witt board and also beds.
 Williams & Dublin have removed theil Union Restaurant to the more cOmmo dious stand formerly occupied by Mr. Neu gass, where they will be happy to receiv, and please customers. \ / ABOUT seven years ago four persons /were killed near Tubac by the Apaches and boy some eight years old was cap tured and never heard of until recently h, was discovered among Whitman's Apache! at Grant. The mother of the boy is il Tucson, and almost distracted over tn, news, but she is encouraged to believe he son will be restored to het Governo \ Stafford has interested himself in the mat Nter, and feels quite confident of success.
 DISCHARGED soldiers are advised tha the stage and steamer lines between her and San Francisco have reduced the far for them, and will also take them througl by deposit of their final papers, and, i necessary, money will be advanced for ex penses on the way. When passage i taken here, the final papers will be taken receipted for and forwarded to San Diego where they will be cashed at five per cent discount, or, if desired, sent to San Fran ; cisco where full value will be realized Co C. T