Arizona citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Pima County, A.T. [i.e. Ariz.]) 1870-1880, 1876-07-22
MARICOPA COUNTY.
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PHENIX, July Is EDITOR CITIZEN:
Sunday is the lively day in Phenix.
Farmers don their white shirts aud
come TO town. Laborers call on the
boss for V and then invest in "tar-
antuls" and Tiger" Every body
comes to town on Sunday. Faro, monte,
7-up, draw-poker, casino, cocktails and
Cayuse races are the order of the day.
But for the absence of stove-pipe hats
and swallowtail coats, and the prev
alence of profanity and other things
inconsistent with good municipal reg
ulations, one might have imagined
himself on Kearney street or Broad
way last Sunday night. The main
street was thronged with people. Where
they all come from was the wonder,
and whittier they went, no lover of
quiet cared. The conversation ran thus ::
Here's $50 on the bay FLY; two to one
she gets here first. Here's two to one on
the little black; who'll cover it? Hur-
rah for the bay! Bully for the black
&c, &c Thus it was in Phenix. These
is some talk of incorporating. But
like other towns, we have another ele-
ment than rowdyism, for while the
above was gong on in one part of the
town, the Rev. Mr. Shaw was preach
ing to good audience in the school
house, his text being-There are seven
steps to the throne. Those who heard
the sermon pronounce it excellent.
Four ministers reside in the valley and
one or the other conducts religious
services every Sunday. There are two
Sabbath schools-the Union and South.
ern Methodist, but they have suspend
ed till cooler weather.
A large party of prospectOrs, includ-
ing Jas Fugit, Mr.. Thomson and Col.
Burgess, started toward the Pinal noun
tains this week. Mr. Tipton-one of
the Panamint discoverers-has spent
a day or two here and left for the
yesterday.
. Dr. J. Ii. Pierson of the California and
Arizona stage company, has been here
all week with his family. He has re-
Gently been to the railroad and reports
that heavy winds at Dos Palmas station,
blow almost constantly and prevent
the free running of trains by covering
the track with sand, and that the com
pany has decided to build the track
two feet higher at that place to obviate
the difficulty.
The latest improvement here is
new restaurant by Otero & Johnson,
which is kept in such excellent style
that it has had the effect of vastly i'm
proving the food on the table of the
other one and the hotel. So the board
ers are happy.
Politics is the subject of the hour
Poor men begin to accumulate friends,
and in some instances get an invitation
10 take drink or slice of watermelon.
There are number of candidates for
he several offices. The Democratic
Central Committee met lat evening,
but adjourned without doing anything
putting elect John George, Esq, chair.
nan, vice Hon. G. H. Oury resigned.
A Mexican named A. Franco, indict-
d by the last grand jury for perjury,
,ame to town this week and was put
n Jail. Three others are under indict.
nent for the same offense-two women
FAMED A. Galuida and r. Salisido, and {
man named Fernando Serrano, the !
asst three out on bail.
Weather pleasant last few days and {
he prophets are predicting rain. =,
RoLYAN.