The Phoenix herald., 1882-06-16
TUISOA.
\ Day in t5e Ancient and Hon.
 OrabI- PuebIO.

So much has been said by the Tue son press concerning the many i'm provements and the metropolitan airs now being enjoyed py the would he capital, and commercial c.nter that we concluded to make little business cali and see if these great changes have taken place. Accor- dGnglS we got aboard one ot Stew arts 'jerkeys" Friday evening and submitted ourselves o he jerked and jolied over tie worst thi. ty miles or
 tagIng in the who e Territory At half past six on Saturday morning we were landed at the door ot the well-kn0wn
 PALACE HOTEL
 which under the co. trol of MT Shibbell 6 certainly without dOu6 one q. the best con Tucted hoieIs in he country. The entire force are gentle menly in Ihei conduct. and no favoriteism shown 10 goest~- Hen- " Marks, il-e chef d. cuisine is irre- ly at the head of the list The table is spread win the delicacles of the season, and every article cooked is made palatea 5le- The gentleman ' clerk. W. B. Hopkins, is d fnvorite. We cheerfullv recommend onr Pho .rlri4ns to stop at the Palace when visiting Tucson. The bar is leased b. G. E. Sheldon an R l.. Moss, formerly ty win us on the ; ar. Ed IS fine looking young chap, is accommodating and cour e. ous, as good a mixoloEist as he is Il printer. He has a neat bar and keeps the best
 A great many fine im- provemenls are going up and the principal one is the new nrihouse. It is a magnificent brick building and is an honor to the county. New buildings are seen on every side, but notwithstanding all this tIIe town has still the antiquaied appearance of old ; of course the recent conStru . lion of gas wo ks and the intio- nactinn of gas throughout the town gives the place city l ok. The telephnnic connections are very con venient and work we'll. The priIci- pal excitement in the town has been ihc examination of Murphy, Mayor and Gibson for he murd Of Jame- Levy. We stepped into the court court room on Saturday and listened. 10 the arguments by District Attor- neY Farley and ThOmas Fi.ch. The Territory is well represented by MT. Fcrley and his scattering arguments had telling effect. The silve. ton gued orator poke for nearly four hours and well and faithfully defen- ded his clients. At six o'clock in the evening Judge Meyer gave n his decisson which was clear, pointed and brief. In words of fire he de- rounced it as cold blooded murder and gave as his opinion that the pris- oners had been lying in wait 10 mur- der their victim. In conclusion he held them over for appearance be- fore the grand Jury without bail. From the street talk public opinion is very severe against all three of
 The wind and sand storms incl dent to Tucson still keep up. Satur- day and Sunday were very disagree- a bic days. 'Dobe dollars, 'dObe houses, dirt, and dogs seem io be he principal attraction of that place and there seems to be considerable business there, aod some of the finest business houses in the Telritnry are nun bered in the list. The mercan tie establishment of l. Zeckendorff & Co. is the finest on the coast, out side of San Francisco. There are others of much note, but this IS the leader.
 The newspapers seem to be doing a good business. Both the Star and and Citizen have large and commo- dious offices, good force of men and rushing business.
 Since we were last in Tucson, now Methodist church has heen built under the supervision of Rev c. H. Adams. It is more completely