Arizona citizen., 1874-11-21


 THE CITIZEN. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21. 1874 
 LOCAL TIERS.
 WE learn from parties just in from So- nora, that oranges are about ripe there and that they will soon be for sale in Tue son.
 MIR. OCHoA has men at work preparing rooms for the use of the legislature in the building mentioned in THE CITIZEN last week.
 THE weather during the week has been cloudy most of the time but warm for the season. Very light rain began to fall yes terday morning and continued all night.
 U. s. INDIAN INSPECTOR, Col. Daniels, and Dr. R. A. Wilbur, Capt. T. J. JeffOrdS and J. w. Hopkins visited the PapagO school and reservation at San Xavier yes terday.
 S. R. DELONG returned from Silver mountain district early this week, having surveyed the Young America mining claim and the extension claim next to it. He regards the vein as an unusually large one with high grade ore.
 E. N. FISH l& Co. have their improve ments at the steam flOuring-mill about completed, and taken in connection with M ,crl, ,1vrr paired, they make that part of Main street look much better.
 WANTED, THE CITIZEN of date Novem- Der l, 1873. Any person who will leave said paper at THE CITIZEN office will place us under obligations. and enable another party to complete his file, which he Is very desirOus of doing.
 THE board of supervisors met and can- vasSed Nhe votes cast at the late election in Pima county, on Monday last, and ad- jOurned to meet December ' tO settle with the tax collector and treasurer. The off. cial vo'e as declared by the board is given in tC days paper in tabular form.
 P. LAZARUS has sent to San Francisco for cotton seed and will soon have sup ply for this market We hope many Ol our ranchers will each plant a few acres in cotton and make a thorough eXperi
 
 ing it's cultivation source of profit.
 WE are indebted to some one about headquarters at Prescott for the annual report QS1f of Gen. Crook in pamphlet form. We noticed some months ago pub He reference to new roster of troops Serv ing in this department, but the copy which was doubtless mailed to us, is not yet re ceived.
 E. D. WoOD received 30,000 pounds O new gOOdS-all grOceries-thiS week. They came via GuaymaS and by teams of Maj Downing. He expects very large lot O clothing and all other kinds of merchan disc by COntreras' train, due any day, bA way of Yuma: His stock will then bt complete and unsurpassed in quality and low cash prices.
 LAST Saturday. J. NJ. Bryan's trair arrived with government freight iron Yuma.
 The trains of Fields and Cavaness go here on Thursday with government stores from Yuma. They unload and return from here.
 Ben Blocks train left here yesterday with grain for Camp Grant. D. VELASCO is putting up good article of salt in packages of one, two and fou pounds each. He has also sent to Sar Francisco for a mill to grind coffee, spice! of various kinds, corn, etc., and will make it business 10 supply this market with { first-rate article Of each ready for use. Mir VelaScO has our thanks and acknOwledg ment for sample packages of salt, whicl are very neat and convenient for family use, and the salt of excellent quality fol household purposes generally.
 Mr. S. Silverberg, of E. N. Fish & Co.,, ar rived i'll Tucson from his home in San Fran cisco, on the 18th and will remain about 1 week yet.
 We are informed that J. w. Strauchon of the government telegraph, left Pres colt on Thursday, by ambulance for thi! place, and that upon his arrival will tenn porarily take charge of the Tucson office also that Lieutenant Theodore Smith superintendent of the tline, is expected tC start for this place soon, and commenc, building the new line to connect Tucson Grant and Apache.
 PERSONALS. H. Drachman left for Sar Francisco by stage of Thursday, expecting to be absent about thirty days. w. B. Hellings left San Francisco on tn, 18th per steamer Mohongo bound for Ari Zona.
 Geo. Hill Howard, an attorney from Io Angeles, and Charles A. Franklin, wei known in Arizona, are about due in Tue son by private conveyance.
 Chas. H. Naylor, superintendent of tn San Diego and Yuma division Of the stag | line arrived by stage yesterday evening N. F. Allen, of the Signal Service, VI halipva arrived bv last ovapjpoJS cto1a