Arizona citizen., 1879-10-11
Wednesdays Daily.

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 brother of Senator J. P. Jones. ar rived by coach yesterday from San Francisco and started out with a good team thIs morning, bound for Sonora, where they go to examine mining property, which will be purchased if satisfactory. Barney is an old pros pector, and we trust Mir Jones will
 find opportunities in this section for
 profitable investment for himself and
 friends. By the way, we must con
 rratulate Barney on having taken to
 himself a wife since he last visited
 Arizona.
 IT is with pleasure we cali attention to the advertisement of Miss J. Swift,
 who k just nicely started in the fruit
 business on Meyers street, second door
 south of the Palace Hotel. Miss Swift
 was compelled to come to Arizona for
 health. and ever since she has been in Tucson she has been energetic and in du>trious and we congratulate her on. now being able to branch out indepen- dently for herself. We are sure she. will receive her share oi patronage, and wish her abundant success.
 OUR enterprising townsman, MT. F. N. Fish, is having the entire front ol his residence on Main street rcfinished, stained and blocked 10 represent gran ite. This is an expensive but very hand ome and appropriate finish for adobe houses. Since Mr Fish has taken the lead we hope that others will soon follow, and We may have va rie y as well as in the finish Of our dwellings and places of bu-ineSs
 M. L. POWERS was one of the pas sengerS on the coach from Tombstone yesterday, having been out to examine he mines in the vicinity Of Mule Pass md where he says he found some rc. good prospects. The lodges ire large and well defined, and il they work half as well as they assay they 'ontain tons of money. A very prom sing prospect is the gold claim in which Pete Eglolr is interested.
 HoN. JOIN ROMAN and Nlr. C. C. Copeland left 10 day to examine some property in the Papago country. Mir. .C Copeland k just in from the Tomb tone District and reports several new [ uts having been made on the Tough t Nut toward the gulch, each of which lave opened new bodies of ore not be. ore known to exist.
 MR. o. BUCKALEw returned last vcning from Tombstone, where he
 as been to superintend the unl0adiny f the first 100000 pounds of machin- " for the Contention mill, which was iken out by his teams. The train k ow on iis way back to the railroad pr more machinery, already waiting { Casa Grande
 II. G. HOwE, who was the architect v pr the court house at Prescott. and f. 'ho has since been employed about |, he Nulture, arrived by stage yester- I ay and expects to go on in the direc- on of Tombstone or Patagonia. NIT. lowe is also practical surveyor. J
 MEssks. MABRY, Cough and two n ihers lett yesterday for trip to the I, atagonia and other mines to the c 'uthward. The, have some good in- h rests in that direction and hope to ir ;quire mere. "
 MEssRs. SALAzAR and Stiles, with : leir wives, are out in the mines south town on little prospecting trip. m hey are expected in tonight OF to- | orrow. a THE weather this forenoon was very B indy and dusty. This afternoon it's ore quiet and growing lder. W FRANK CORBIN lef New Britui, o,
 m, on the 2ith ult., for Tucson. T THE military line i, now down be- 7 'een Naricopa and San Diego. d.