Weekly Arizona citizen., 1880-10-09

"isO secured SO names to petitlOu for postoliice here.
 There are only two regular saloons as yet-one owned by Maley Bros. of Dos Cabesss, and run by Charley Johndrow, and the other owned by II. b. Cook. The latter is one of the most pretentious buildings of board, as NIT. Cook thinks the town has "c come to stay"
 ofthe merchants in town there are the following: Blaisdell & Johnson formerly, believe, of Benson Thomp- son & ledford, who have a large stock of general merchandise; a branch of the weli-known firm of Barnett & Block, who keep always in the van of railway progress; and of the we'll known San Francisco house of Libel man & Co.,, who are most ably repre- sented by Mir. Mayer All of the above firms also do a general forwarding and freighting business, and all have large stocks of. goods; but it is somewhat amusing to watch the various vendors hunt around among the miscellaneous boxes and bags and parcels to find ar ticles wanted by customers. Every thing is topsy turvy, of necessity, and the search is almost invariably ac- companied by some very choice ana themas at the dilatorlnesS of the rail way in settling things" It is to be hoped that things will he settled by the time this letter reaches your readers.
 Of the provisions for regaling the inner man, the traveller may feel as sured. There are two surprisingly excellent restaurants. with more ac- commodalions than one would nalur- ally expect al this stage of the game. Mrs. ]. Johnson, well-k known to all who have visited Globe. in connection with the Comstock House, is hero with all the old-lime good cheer. while next door, MT. Anthony Pow CTS gives the hungry traveller a lay out which might well serve as an example for some of our Tucson res taurantears. lam under especial ob- legations to Mr. Powers for kind at- tenlions
 Sleeping accommodations there are none as yet, but there is always some Samaritan Co give the wearya shake down At least I found in the per son Of Dalton Wheeler, whom Tue sonioans will remember as the cour- teous freight agent when the ' end of the road was at the a. andh. pueblo. MT. Wheeler is still in his ear where he fills the offices of railway agent. postmaster. express agent and tele- graph operator-and busy enough he IS, too.
 Of others in toTR whom perhaps some Of your readers may know. De los II. Smith arrived this morning from Pantano, and will permanently reside nere; George Weaver is in from a most successful prospecting our in the mountains; and ]. B. Det- telbach and Henry Harris are here from San Francisco, looking for a business opening Both are very pleasant gentlemen. and successfully endeavored to make my visit pleasant.
 Everybody here takes the CITIZEN as a matter of course in an intelligent community-and they all ask the Orr HEN 10 make complaint regarding the irregularity of the mails.
 Tomorrow, in response to repeated invitations trom hospitable II. C. HooKer, I leave for a short vacation at the Sierra Bonita Branch, twenty miles north of Wilcox. 1 am told that it is remarkably fine stock range, and that the invited guest is so well treated that he finds the business routine dull enough when he has to return 10 the busy world l..