Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-03-05
NO. 1.
A Yard of DriIlingS.

Judgei Beymert, editor of the Piral Drill, attended the recent session of the Supreme Court in this city, and get. even on his treatment here by publish
 ing the following:
 Tucson Is a great place, indeed. For
 tunes have accumulated and built pal aces. Greatness Is visible in the verv
 irregularities of the young city. It haN
 something of the appearance of a boy,
 who has grown too big for his clothes.
 The tailor can't keep up with him. The
 Palace" where mine host Shibeli rec
 ulates affairs, is much more comfort able and home-like hotel, than its lOfty name would lead you to suppose. There are neither ramparts nor battlementS, grenadiers nor bayOnets to pass. Ycu don't need to be announced by a lackey, before you can see the Prlnee of Hosts. but you can go straight On, just as in any ordinary republican tavern, ant have nice, clean room, square meal, polite kindness all around and mOdeT ate bill The Russ House is very good hotel. That IS where the young
 married folk have 1t their own way, iu family style. We did not have time for further explorations in that line, but W found good, fresh oysters, on the half shell, at the "MaisOn Doree,' and We are glad to say, we don't think those half shells had ever been used before.
 The Supreme Court wss in session. and the venerable Judge French pres ided with his usual dignity, between his s-e.s~s,a- S-r-hr-u, Joissus fNgrtcr --. Stillwell. We have had the fortune tc see and know several Territorial Supreme Courts, and can say, from experience. that Arizona has in that respect to con gratulate itself We are in this eountry somewhat selfish withal, and fond of originating things generally. We want to own things and to call them ours Now, if We had elected this Supreme Court ourselves. and not had them made Judges for us at WashirgtO how much more happy we would be- The court had several very important cases before 1t, and the bar generally evinced great talent m the arguments. Tucson has a very able bar.
 It rained, while We were there, and 1t rained upon the just and the unjust, Stillwel seemed to get the most of it. When the new stone courthouse IS fin ished, the Supreme Court can sit dry and get moist at pleasure, before some other bar, m more agreeable way.
 And there are the newspapers of Tue son. The Citizen, the Star and IT EronteriZO. We tried to catch glimpse of the busy editors, but our luck was only to find some of them; the rest were out. These brai1 batteries are forcing Tucson upwards to the higher planes of existence with irresistible power, and sS looking rOInd In stores, hotels anu saloons, We found every man reading a newspaper, unless he was busy talking to somebody about his bonanza or the new strike. The large establishment Oi the CITIZEN Is cOndUctedi in metropolitan style. Messrs. Brown iS WhitmOre evi- dently possess that superior and pecu- liar talent, which IS requisite for jour nalism on large scale. They are ve. ans at the business. Brown IS an old Arizonian, and Whitmore's experience and success in Wisconsin, as a journal lst, has moulded him admirably for his present sphere, in new country. The Citizen Is an excellent newspaper Fl FrunteriZo Is an able exponent of the large and influential Spanish speaking population of Southern Arizona. It is a pity that the language in which 1t k printed renders its well written articles to the majority ofOur cit Zens.
 The U. $. Land Office is in full trim. Messrs. Cousins and Dailey, the Register and Receiver, are worthy and well qual- flied representatives of Uncle Sam and his farm They have everything in ap- pie pie order.
 Tucson Is concentrating the whole sale trade of the country, and IS fast be- coming great commercial centre
 On our way home, we were much pleased to see the improvements, and t0 learn of the greatly increased business, at PicachO station, where James Simp- son has established his headquarters At Casa Grande, we left the railroad. with a lingering look, and had all the of life at Jerry Flyers. George Reynolds keeps a saloon here. The in- tefatIgable Bill Sutherland runs his ex- ,ellent stages on good time, and brought ls back to Florence, to the bosom of Our friends. And then home, to our own lear Piusl, for there's no place like lome'