Arizona citizen., 1875-04-10

THE courthouse plaza is being cleared of some unsightly buildings and walls, and the material of them is being used to level up the plaza. This work has long been in contemplation but has been defer red in the hope of purchasing the property at low figures. Some weeks ago the will age authorities and owners Of property about the plaza, closed the negotiation by paying S600to H. s. Stevens and l.. c. Hughes. The village paid S200 and in- dividuals the balance. MT Stevens also gets d small tract of the plaza lying in the southwest corner, being just enough to square up with the north end of the Cos mopolitan Hotel and Star corral. One by one, the old blots in the town are disap- bearing.
 H.W. COLE, agent of the Missouri Val ley Life Insurance Company, received by mail of Thursday, policies from the head office at Leavenworth, Kansas, as follows: Thomas Ewing, Sl0,000; Pedro Aguirre, Sl0,000; w. w. Williams, Sl0,OO0; John Watson, Sl0,000; Col. David Taylor, SS,0O0; s H Drachman, S5,OOU; J w Hopkins, $5,O00; Dr c H Lord, 5000; Goldberg, 5000; Jas Lee, 5000; A Levin, 5000; Sam'l Hughes, S5, ,000; c T Etchells, 5000; D G Samanie- go, 5000. Amounting in all to $93,000, and d number of others are due by next mail.
 Weather this week has been quite TO- markable everywhere especially west ward, as IS SnOWn Dy our numerous QlS- patches. Monday was windy and Tues day the worst we ever experienced in Tue son. Rain set in about p m and stopped the flying dust. Wednesday morning there were frost, snow and ice all around, and the neighbOring mountains were unusual lv white. Very little snow occasionally fell during the day, but since that day the air has been clear and gradually becoming mbder.
 1.-THE telegraph frequently surprises those who use it most. On Thursday of this week Wm. B. HellingS sent message to Wash ingtOn and received an answer in just for ty-five minutes after being dispatched from the TurSon office. Considering that both messages had to oe repeated several times, and delivery made in Washington, this time is noteworthy and tends to make men wonder more and more at their own .T>'f@'
 Gov. SAFFoRD will leave early next week for MOhave county. John Wasson will leave next Friday for Philadelphia ard other places. While absent he will purchase material to enlarge THE CITI- ZEN to twenty eight columns, and other wise improve the office.
 CAPT. R. M CRANDAL in one of his gaining expeditions this week took in red fox. Reynard was roosting on limb Of a tree near f1ock Of chickens, and the Captain made him retire from the poultry business.
 Col. W. R. RoYALL and Warner Buck (of Camp Grant, visited the Ostrich mines this week and got back yesterday. Will give some of their impressions next week. Mir. Buck leaves for home to-day.
 We hear that several assays of ore have been made this week, which gave over S3000-One such from Smith district; and that an assay of Silver King ore, showed $27 ,000.
 SAMUEL HUGHES. aSsayer, has com menced building a furnace in connection with his assay office in Tucson, and for custom work.
 HAVING sold out his business in Tucson, SMr. LazarHS gives notice to his creditors and debtors.
 TIE Fifth Cavalry band will make mu- sic for the Centennial party on the 18th instant.
 MARRIED in Yuma, March 3l, by Judge DeForest Porter, Judge C. A. Tweed and Mrs. M. A. Jackson.