Arizona citizen., 1874-06-27

THE CITIZEN. SATURDAY, JUNE, 2z, 1874.
 LOCAL MA TIERS.
 OTTO BRECKENRIDGE advertises to give lessons on the piano Try him.
 CONTRACTORS will find some matter to figure upon in our advertising columns.
 GREEN corn has made its appearance in Tucson
 CALIFORNIA volunteers will find an ad- vertsement of some interest to them in to-day'S CITIZEN.
 UP till yesterday, the days of this week have been very warm. Yesterday cool breeze prevailed nearly all day and flying clouds were numerous.
 JOHN BAKER has neat and pleasant bath house on Mesilla street, and he gives warm and cold water baths for the low price of fifty cents.
 THERE will be good music at the Park Gardens tomorrow Sunday evening, and Mr. Levin invites the pubic to come and listen to it and be happy under the green trees and amidst the beautiful flowers
 LARKIN w. CARES large flock of sheep is at Gila Bend and will be brought up this way soon.
 Gov. Safford's four Angora goats should arrive here in a couple of days.
 DEPUTY COLLECTOR of customs-J. w. Hopkins-hands us this item of local in- terest: From and after the 1st of July next, the duty on green fruit will be the same as under the old law-from ten to twenty per centum ad valorem.
 EIGHT buck boards for the mail service between Tucson and Silver City, New Mex ico, ought to reach Tucson in a few days. They are in charge of George Blair and left Yuma on the afternoon of the 18th. They are light and new, and for the pres ent will be commOdious enough for the business.
 M. I. JACOBS & Go. received yesterday 60,000 pounds assorted merchandise suited to this market and season. The goods came via Guaymas, but the firm think their house will ship little if any more freight that way, as the delays and eXpen- SeS of customs regulations amount to more than the small saving in freight
 CONSIDERABLE building is now going on in Tucson, and much improvement has been made within the past few months. It is worthy of note to observe how much has been done in this town in the past few years in the way of new buildings and improvements on old ones. Business made much more convenient and con- fortable.
 c. O. BROWN says he has had recent ad- vices from the Gro Blanco. and that the ore in the bottom of the last shaft sunk, is worth from $75 to $500 per ton. About one dozen arraStrarS are in operation. MT. Brown has sent for quicksilver and in- tends as soon as 1t arrives, and it should in a few days, to go to the mines and give personal attention to the work of reduc- tion. Nearly every day, some one comes into town from the Sierrita or Gro Blanco mines with quantities of gold.
 THE Duf1ield will came up before Judge Osborn yesterday for proof of it's validity. The testimony of several witnesses was taken. The document was held to be no legal will and rejected by the.court. To comply as far as practicable with the wishes of deceased, Judge Osborn offered to appoint H. S. Stevens and w. w. Will Hams administrators as they had been named executors in the rejected will. MT. Stevens declined to accept, and if MT. Williams refuses, then the public admins trator will be appointed.
 THE CITIZEN last week noticed that P. had opened a wholesale and re- tail grocery and liquor store in Tucson, and in an advertisement he this week tells the public something about his stock and business. He has all and more than he says he has. Among his goods, is a hne lot of picture frames with glass al- ready fitted. The frames are mostly gilt and black walnut and of many sizes. As they came by mistake and are not in his line, they can be purchased very cheap.
 WEDNESDAY was San Juan's (St- John's) day, and as is their custom, the Mexican peoiile celebrated it with zeal in their pe- culiar way-which mainly consists in rid ing horses at breakneck speed from early morning 10 late at night. Considerable meScal is drank and much vocal music is diScourSed in tones mOdulated by the in- Spiration of the libations. We don't hear that any one was hurt or accommodated with public apartments In the evening, a very pleasant dancing party came off at Levin's Park, in which the citizens gener- ally shared.
 s. H. DRACHMAN has at his store a lump of gold bnilion worth Sl2O and sev- eral pounds of silver. The gold came from the mines southwest of Tucson and was brought in within a week. MT. Drach-