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Weekly Arizona citizen., 1880-11-20
A Card from MT. Lynch.

RIG. BROWN, Eso PROPRIETOR CITI- ZEN: The Tuc-on Daily Star of this
 morning charges me, as . reporter of tlc CITIZEN, giIh delihcr te faIsehood
 I wish, rher, fore, to make statement in these columns. On Tuesday fore
 noon, in the cour-e Of my morning
 rounds, I called al the business houses of Lewis Brns.. Wm. Zrckcndorf, L. Zeckendnrf & Co.,, and others. l found at each place visited that the pic of discussion was an advertise
 ment of a certain business house of this city which had appeared iD the Star of that morning. What remarks
 I made during those visits can best be stated by giving the substance of a conversation between MT. Albert Slelnfeldt and myself, her gentlemen
 being present. gave it as my opin- iun to MT. Sleiuleldt that a new spa- per should not always be held strictly responsible for the character of adver- tisements which might find their way into its columns, especially when, as in the present case, the name of the advertiser appeared as a signature.
 MT. SteinfeldI then asked me If the advertisement in question would b. allowed space in the CITIZEN. I an- swered promptly that il would not, under any circumstances that had been informed by MT. Brown a few days previous that he had been offered an advertisement by one of the Messrs. Meyer; that 1 had remarked to MT. Brown al the time that that class of advertisement was very ob- jeclionable; that MT Brown said that he had placed his rates for MT. Meyer at such terms as practically barred their publication. I positively deny that l ever stated to any one that the advertisement in question had ever been refused space in the CITIZEN. What l stated to Mir. Sleinfeldt, stated in effect in answer 10 a similar question from MT, Hamburg, at MT. Wm. Zeckendorf sand possibly to others.
 tel! you the truth, and there now remains for the Sar to make the amend honorable; to give the names nf its informant pr infOrmants; or L., remain silent and to ]. ave the question oi veraciiy open for lhe public 10 de- cl1e. In either event shall be well CHAs. LYNCH
Weekly Arizona citizen., 1880-11-20
PapagO DePredations.

From John Weigle, who has just returned from the Santa Ritas or his way to Los Angeles, we learn that the Papago Indians are committing dep relations in that district. He caught five of lhem, few days ngn, stripping his cabin in A-h Canyon, If every portable object, and when he altempi- ed to recover his pr perty, he ~as promptly covered by three Iihes. Though MT. Weig'e is acqutinted with the Indians, he is precluded from prosecuting them at presen., Us hIs business matters imperatively de- mand his return To Los Angeles.
Weekly Arizona citizen., 1880-11-20
How Georgia Ox-Cart Put a Railroad
 Timetable to Blush.
ICOlumbus, Ga, Enquirer


 Just as the , 1885 D. m. eastward bgund fast mail train was sieaming out Or OpehSa, hack containing three Irish genllcme drove up 70 the depot of the Western Railroad "nly 70 be told that me traIn they were m search Of was that just disappearing behind the curve. Bu-iness Ot the most pressing nature demanded their nrrsenre in Columbus at $ o'clock. The hack w which had brought them Co the depot had left, so nothing re- msined for them to hire but four OK team, the animals of which were helpIng their driver to finish hand ful of sugar-corn fodder and pone oi corn bread.
 Five dollars" said one. NIT. Col lins, ito carry us to Columbus.
 Five dollars more, " said another, Mr. Co ney, to carry Us there against s o'clock.
 Five dollars more" ," sad the third, Mir. BrutOn, to get Tn abead of the train.
 So much money to be made, all in two hours and twenty minutes, set the driver crazy. He looked at his team for moment and then at the thirty miles which lay between him and Columbus and then at the proba- bic and partly possible fifteen dollars to be made by fulfilling the gentle mems desires.
 Tse yer man, boss he said, and cracking his raw-hide whip, he mounted his cart and started "n hl, journey. The first mIle wns made in Slow tune, bnt after that they warmed up, aad in an hour they had caught up with the train on the east side of salem. The darkness of the evening prevented the passengers on the tram from seeing the race, but the train, with it- red light and fiery furnace, was dis,inctly visible to the oN cart passengers as they whirled along over h. wagon road that lay alongside the railroad, and they were more and m re delighted as they saw the dis lance increasing between them. Al
 muh's Station the mail train was en- iirely lost sight Of, and m two hour from the time they had left Ope.ika, the rattle ut the wheels might be heard ds 1t rolled over the upper hridge into Columbus.
 Brys," said Collins, as soon as hey had dOmicilcd at the hotel, " wc have beaten the trnir by twenty min uie,; | u, g. 10 the depot md sec il creep in."
Weekly Arizona citizen., 1880-11-20
American Money rs. AAdobes."

lUCSONt NOFetn O ~I lJ-
 EDIToR CITIZEN: have read with great interest the communication of NIT. Wm. Zeckendorf in your issue of the 18th instant about "that adobe. " And why waste so many words ?
 There are banks here, and why are not their quotations ruling as to the commercial value of coins of all couHtriesg
 If you have to make a remittance anywhere in he United States, and tender to bank of this town the clumsy money known as ad"bes," you certainly will have to subject yourself to whatever discount they deem just.
 The Mexicans will have 10 submit to the idea of currency" now, after having for many years enjoyed the idea of "sllver," with all the benefits, very often exIortiunate, they derIved therefrom. J.. ..
Weekly Arizona citizen., 1880-11-20
A Change of Heart.

The Siar Of "Wednesday contrary
 to inc CITIZENS productions, sets the
 leading merchants of his city at de-
 fiance, and again publishes and en-
 Corsrs the objectionable advertisement
 of Me,srs. L. Meyer & Bro. In only
 one cass can such course be proper,
 and that k in the event that the Slar
 is in the right. II our bdsiueSs com
 munity-with one eXcepli"n-is
 community of thieves and rob6er>,
 then the Star Is in the right. II our
 business men-with the eXcetption oi
 one firm-have DO right lo meet m
 convention and devise plans for con ceited attempt 10 abolish an admitted
 nuisance, then the Star is right. II
 lhe meeting at Levin's Hall-pre>idcd
 over by Mr. Wm. Zeckendorf, with
 MT. Chas. StauSs as Secretary, and attended by the best business men oi Tucson-was an " unmitlgated fraud, cheat. sham and swindIe of the most fragrant character" as Is alleged by the Messrs. Meyer, then the Siar Is right. II one business firm in city has right to defame and insult, for the purpose of attaining nOtoriety, all other business men, then the Star Is right. When the proprietor of the Star Tuesday called upon a numts
 of our leading merchants and begged them not to withdraw their patronage from his paper, he evidently did not lhInk those things were righI. Learn ing that a number of the merchants were justly indignant that they should be so sulrageously insuIied, L. C. Hughes called on many of them-and notably Messrs. Wm. Zeckendort, Albert Steinfeldl and Theodore Wei isch-and stated in effect that when the copy of the advertisement wa brought to him by MT. Meyers, he in quireJ of that gentleman 1T il was in shape for putting into type or If u contained nothing objectionable; that, receiving an answer iu the aiti native, he handed il to an empfoye; that If he had known the conie1t> Ot the adver- tIsement it should never have ap- peared; hal the endorsement in the luca. columns was written briore the advcrtis, mem had been read that the advertisement should be omitted lom the next issue If Ihe Star, anu thal an explanation would appear which should Ue satisfactory to the in>uited business community. All this and more did Mir. Hughes state ln half d uozen or more business houses and il. the presence of enough witnesses to preclude any successful denial un his part In almost all cases hIs plea for d continuation of patronage and his were acceped iu inc be- lIei that he was ln earnest ID the mat ter.
 The atti ude of the Star Wednes- day, therefore, shows that either MT. Hughes did not mean what he said, or that he exp,rienced a sudden of heart. If the latter, Il must necessarily be for the better. Possibly also. the report which Was in circulation all day-that the Star, or an interest ther, Iu had been ! sold to the Ii m of L. Meyer & Col may contain some truth. However that may be, certainly the Star has lost what il never can regbiu-the | Ol the business community | Of Tucson.
Weekly Arizona citizen., 1880-11-20
A Statement.

The Star Of Thursday did not deny-It dares not-that it's proprietor visited certain of our merchants on Tuesday and made the explanations and promises alleged in the CITIZEN of Wednesday but in a cowardly and un ierhand manner it attacks the pro- prietur of the CITIZEN and a Orr HEN reporter with charge of deliberate fal-ehood. The state ment of tbe reporter will be found in another column. As flr as the proprietor of this paper IS concerned, he never slaled or intimaJed 10 any person 10 any manner whatever that the particular advertisement re- leired to hnd been offered t, him for publication by NIT I. Meyer, or that he had refused lO admit the same tn his columns. His simple denial will be sufficient ln his community: and until the Star publishes a rctraciion, or the names of the prominent busl- mss men to whom the alleged slate- ment Was made, il must itself bear the udium of iilsehood.
Weekly Arizona citizen., 1880-11-20
Needed Mali Facilities.

Ii seems that a good deal of urgIng is needed to induce the Postofice De partment to bestow any attention
 whatever on Arizona's postal needs
 Making due allowance for the neces- sary slowness and carefulness which
 accompany all Department work. it Is certain that Arizona does not receive the attention which her growing im- portance demands. Some lime since it was seml-officially announced thai the first postal service in the Terri tory would be commenced on the first of October last, to cover the distance between Yuma and Benson. As yei no sIgn of its fulfilment appear, though the need of such service daily grows more pressing. The first of October is far enough behind us, the Southern Pacific railway is carrying passengers to the River Membres in N.w Mexico, and sull our mail ser vice is in a disordered condition. This $ certainly no fault of the local off, cials, for they are too few in number and their facilities are altogether too incomplete to admit of d better ad- ministratiOn of the service. When dors the Postal Drpar ment pr"pOsr to extend to this Territory The privil- eges which every other community enjoys where railrOad> peDetrateY
 While oR this subject it is well to call attention tp the need of better mall communication between Tucson and Globe. The prcsenG method oi transmitting mail matter Is bnh h slow and uncertain. During the short per- iod when the pony mail was running via lhe junction of the San Pedro anu Gila Rivers, a marked change ior the better was noticed iG the delivery of the mails, to say nothing of the con venience to the numerous citizens along the route between the two ter minal points. There will always be need of mail route between Globe City and'Tucs"n. There are four IIn- porLant mining districts on the route Saddle NJ unain, Bunker Hill, Bloodsuck-r anu Old Hal-all of which before many mOnlhs will be teeming with people attracted by the richness of the mineral prospects. In addition the farmer of the San Pedro Valley, and he stock raisers all along the rOule are by no means few in mum Der, and the CITIZEN urgently calls on the Department to pay some attention to the subject.
Weekly Arizona citizen., 1880-11-20
Our Position.

The H editorial in Thurs1ays Star asking the CITIZEN 10 define it. position i> unmuigaicd bo>h. aud, to
 be charitable, we will presume it was written by some person who has mol read the CITIZEN. Olherwi-e he, she or it has penned deliberate false hood. Tui, paper was the lirst 10 ad- yocate the placing of our local bus mess on d basis of American curren- cy. From the frs, We have consist ently, when opportunity offered or occasion demanded. expressed our selves squarely in favor of placing the legitimate discount upon Mexican money in local trade. After reading the Star of this morning and learning that il Gin one place. {" has an opin- ion on thi- adobe question, and is moi afraid for the sake of few advertise meuts, to express il" and Gin another portion of the same article) that " it neither advocates nor condemns the discount proposition,' il becomes per tinent to inquire whether it is worth while to answer the inetfable stupid ity of the Stars arguments. The comparison of lhe " adobe " question with the situation iu Nevada with re- gard to the discount on silver is in entire accord with the usual charac- ter of the Stars " brain work, and affords another instance 10 sensible people of what is sure to happen when a man get grip on pen when he should have hold of shovel.
Weekly Arizona citizen., 1880-11-20
Tombstone,. Great Mine.

We learn from the Epltaph that on Monday lhe 422 bar If bullion Wa, shipped from the Contention mil which Is big work considering the -hOft time the mill has been running. These bars have averaged not quite s24OO each, making the total amount shipped lijlle less than cool mIl- lion dollars. The mill is at present turning out S4o, OOO a week in silver bars, bal the milling facilities even at that iate have been found to be sadly deficient, and as necessity It has been announced that a nex 2O-stamp mill Is to be erected al once for tue grand Contention mine.
Weekly Arizona citizen., 1880-11-20
Tho Wonderful Silver King.
 [Pinal Drill

We don't want tu be understood as say ing anything [" the disrardgemenl of other disliIcts Ur their mlurS, iur Globe, the Cataiinas, Tomb-tone, Put- agunia and a host of other district, m ibe Territory all have mines of i'm. mense and established values, and prove our Territory to be one to which the world must look in the future for it's largest supply of precious metals. But we claim 10 have .he uiggeSt mine of them uIl-ind, ed, We believe that the Silver Kinu Is the most valuable nIue in the world Such gems of quartz specimen,l They are enough to sir up the admiration of the most phlegmalIc individual that ever lived. The beautifully col nred wire, its native silver, silver glance, ruby, and all the richest va- rieties Of silver are found in nature, are combined in such beautiful form and colnrs aS 10 defy all attempts at @ fair and proper description, and no accounts of ancient riches or pictures "t Arabian Nights beauties, can con- vey to cne's mind or imagination a..y- thing half so magnificent or dazzling as these King specimens, and we deiy the world to produce The display of ores in the cOmpany's offices.
 We say specimens, but we don't mean specimens in the common sig nification of the term, for this mIne mas tons of such as We write of, winch so near approaches the value of bull lion which might come from il, that with ample facilities the company go to no trouble or expense in reducing such ore, but sack aud ship it directly to he San Francisco market. Why, assays are had from thls ore showing a value of S26, 900 10 the net ton, or at the present price of silver, within three to five thousand dollars of the value of ton of pure eilver.
Weekly Arizona citizen., 1880-11-20
Absurd.


 IL is the polIcy Of the Me,>rs. Never Bros. to make it appear that in sus- Iaining the doby nuisance he, are fighting for the people anu against a clique of leading merchants. The movement was started by MT. Joseph Sresovich, a retail merchant, and the retail merchants, without exception are signing the agreement to adopt the discount on the 1st. In this regard . too, the Stars assertion tat the " smaller dealers would break the combination, is an insult to every man in the city who has signed the agreement.
Weekly Arizona citizen., 1880-11-20
Mrs. Abraham Lincoln.

Truth l. stranger than fiction, any way, aud the few who saw the widow Of Abraham Lincoln thrust rudeiy back by policemen, at the steam 'hIp wharf, n Wednesday, could not bat Oe sure of that fact. An aged, white haired woman, most shabbily clad, she attracted no attention from the thrUng whp crowded about 10 welcome the French adventures. The latter were mainly f Teisnrrs, and of no so- cidl prominence, but somebody ought 10 have looked after Mrs. Lincoln, and nobody did. Here has been a sad life. From the pinnacle of social pi Ominence she has descended 10 the depths of furgetlulness. 4 litle of the money squandered by the Repub- licans on Grant. would go far tO make Mrs. Lincoln comfortable for life.
Weekly Arizona citizen., 1880-11-20
New Business House.

Mir. Fl. J. Br ,wn, au old San Fran cisco merchant, has recently removed 10 Tucson, and has opened a large store on Main street, two doors south of the White House. His stock con- sists of crucKery, glassware, hardware and paints and oIls, and is one of the largest and most complete assortmenis of goods in that line ever brought to the Territory. Mr. Brown brings with hlm a most excellent business reputa- tion, and as he has come to stay we wish the new enterprise the best of success.
Weekly Arizona citizen., 1880-11-20
Obstructinc Sidewalks.

It having been claimed by some of our citizens that section ,, ordinance 2s, of the City Council, providing for ohsiructions oa lhe sidewalks, was be ing violated, several of our merchants were arrested Wednesday, ard jed Tor misdemeanor at ? p. m. As this was 10 be a test case. some of our be~t legal lights had been engaged by the defense, Messrs. ZabrIskie, Hereford and Stanford appearing. Afle the tes- 'Im"ny and argul ent~ in the case had been head, the Recorder discharged The defrndanis, h"lding ihut no real violation ot lhe ordinance had been committed.
Weekly Arizona citizen., 1880-11-20

ly be noted before long m the stock. Boiie has been strong at from S3.90 to $4l9 on sales amounting 10 2e0 shares Bnlwer haa been dull, only l4e shares wing been sold at $l 30 io S1. .25 Although Bodie stocks are ouiei, they are favorahly thought of l,y the outside public, and are bought hy class Of people who are content 10 hold them and await deve .oPments rather rhan take advantage of every slight turn.
 Battle Creek has been less active than last week, 1900 shares having been sold. and bas declined from S5. 50 to S485.
Weekly Arizona citizen., 1880-11-20

IRE essayist, funny man and so- cieiy reporter O. the Star must all rave had a hand in that exquisite " editorial" a, the head of the Stars c"lLmns on Thur.iay-;hat remark able production winch called on the CITIZEN to " define it's position" But wasn't it little mean 10 crowd out the Stars poet from the congregation 2 They haue a rerse-carpentrr lurking around that mildewed establishment or else the Cars Appeal makes a grievnus error.
Weekly Arizona citizen., 1880-11-20
Those obstructions.

In consequence of his decision in the case of L. Meyer & C.. in rrgard to the violation of the sidewalk Ordi- nance, Judge Mey er refuses to enter tain any more complaints in regard 10 the matter, until lhe ordinance shall have been amended. IL i, quite prob- able, however. that Mayor Leather wood, on his return, mal "prn court and hear any complaints which may toe bi ought up.
Weekly Arizona citizen., 1880-11-20
Move On.

The police are determined to put a st"p to the robbeIies which are now being committed and under insIruc- lions of the City Marshal arrest all suspicious characters. Thee "vags'' were "pulled on Tuesday and the Recorder gave them 24 hours 10 leave town, with the alternative of 90 days in iail.
Weekly Arizona citizen., 1880-11-20
Why It Did Not Appear.

In answer to Mr. L Meyers con- piaint in Thursdays Star that the CITIZEN refused publication to his "card. We have only to say that ii we choose to gratuitously advertise a business house we shall reserve the right to write that advertisement our selves.
Weekly Arizona citizen., 1880-11-20
HoN. JOSEPH WAssoy. mem

HON. JOSEPH WAssoN, member elect of the California Legislature flOm Mono county, was on the Com s'ock last Sunday. Mr. Wasson Is one of the pioneers of the country and a good, square man Tn ali the walks in life. The people of Mono county could have found no better man to represent their interests in the Cali tornia Leglslature.-[ City Enterprise.
Weekly Arizona citizen., 1880-11-20

MR. CAMILLE RoULLIER info IT'S the CITIZEN that Mm. Elliott, while riding a young horse from ths town of Arivaca to the AriNaca mill, the other day, was thrown irom the horse and sustained such severe injuries that It was necessary 10 carry him back 10 town.
Weekly Arizona citizen., 1880-11-20
Cue-PointG.

Fred GuiOl, the champion billiard player of Arizona, Tuesday played two 75-point games of billiards with NIT. Schwaab at the Gem Saloon, and was in both instances the victor. Some brilliant shots were made by both players.
Weekly Arizona citizen., 1880-11-20

A WAsHINeToN special states that the total population of Massachusetts, accord ng Co the recent census sched- ules, Is l,7S3, LOSS, of which 924, 565 are females. Included m the colored classes are 6Sl Indians, 453 Chinese and 10 Japanese.
Weekly Arizona citizen., 1880-11-20
Our Weekly Mining ReVIe"

Tha Present Depression in Mining Sure ,o Ra Followed by Good Results Ruling Prices of the 'Ari"uS
 stocks - The Comstoek' heAd UP oeIT by Assessments
Weekly Arizona citizen., 1880-11-20

LITTLE Philadelphia hoy who came in the house with bOth eyes in mourning and his nose bloody, ex- plained to his startled mother that be had been attending 6 pound party.
Weekly Arizona citizen., 1880-11-20

TOMBSTONE has her townsite agita. ton, bul it fades into utter insignifi, canoe before the blazing fury of Tue, soH's |" Dolby"
Weekly Arizona citizen., 1880-11-20

IT IS said that the mother.in-law of Wm. Il English is keeping a scrap- 0eoK for future reference.
Weekly Arizona citizen., 1880-11-20
OFFICIAL VOTE OF PHMA couNTY.
CANDIDATES.

FOR DELEGATE
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