Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-07-02
Local Intelligence.

Local IntelIlgellCc'
 The assessors books are reported to shov over two million dollars worth of Rssessable property in Tucson.
 St. Johns day passed off very quietly considering the manner in which the day has been generally observed in Tucson.
 The vekol mine in the Casa Grande district, is by it's regular shipment of ore, making as much money as any mine in the territory.
 The thermometer registered one hun dred and eleven in the shade on Satur- day and was nearly up to the same figure yesterday.
 Richard R. Pearson, an old pioneer of Salt River valley, carpenter by trade, died suddenly in Phen1, Monday morn- ing.
 Mexican merchants are reported to have invested over fourteen thousand dollars in merchandise in Tucson with in the last six days.
 Two cast iron stew kettles weighing each two thousand five hundred pounds, for use by the Plomoso Mining Com pany, were uuloaded at the depot to-day.
 Mir. ". S. Fritz, of the San Xavier mine, will leave tonight for Washing ton Territory in charge of a diamond drlll outfit, prospecting for coal.
 4 car load of sahuaras each one properly boxed and averaging about ten feet h1gh, were at the depot yesterday waiting shipment to California.
 The following bullion was shipped from Contention during the week ending June 24th: Tombstone Mill, ? bars; Grand Central Mill, 5 bars; Contention Mil, 12 bars.
 The cry of of the Yumaites is, says the Sentinel. "A mosquito barl 4 mosquito bar My mine for a mosquito bar" And don't you forget that at present every body enjoys one"
 4 block of Tucson property that has never before graced the roll of the ass essor's books, has been discovered and reported on at the late meeting of the Equalization Board.
 The pioneer watermelons of the sea- ] SOD made their appearance last Sunday. They were small, unripe and high priced, ! but then they were watermelons and as 1 surh they found ready sale
 4 somewhat curious relic of the late . furniture fire is now used as a paper weight in the office of Leo Goldschmidt. It is a package of tscks fused together in the same shape as when in the wrap per.
 If parties who have minerals for the Denver exposition and cannot pack them will take them to the office of $. M. Allis . on the corner of Meyer and Pennington streets, they will be properly marked, packed and shipped to their destina tion.
 Placer mining still continues in the Santa Rita Mountains. notwithstanding the present scarcity of water. Most of the work IS being done by Mexcans, they being satisfied with less return than the Americans. With the opening of the comIng rainy season many claims that are now idle will be worked and good returns are expected from them.
 Mir. NJ. McDowell, of Charleston, and Miss Laura F. Buck, of Tucson, were united in marriage this afternoon. AIr. McDowell, now engaged IL nerchanGis- ing in Charleston, formerly resided in Tucson and is well-known as i-7 honest capable and energetic man. WLne Miss Buck IS regarded as one of our most es- temaole young ladies, whom Mir. Me Dowen may be considered fortunate il, /, having won The CITIZEN joins with ths'r many friends in wishing them all hap- | piness and prosperity. The Masonic soiree given in com memoration ot St John. on last SaturdS g night. was attended by about fifty coupfs who ate ice cream and danced the nibt h away. and when the approaching SD bath nor. bade them seek their hbes b it was the wish that St. Johns day would come oitener and that the iood 2 spirit manifested by his dlscIpes ou-d never die, but would live to comFmo- b rate his day with the same graz and
 r,od fellowship that had charaerized < >~Sson lodge on the night then hst.
 ihsHerdic coach No. 8 waiput on fl
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 ''|r IHP'Ns do the other coaces on 7 c' @n. ,,a two na will be run as an ttra for fl all 'rips Of bAvness or pleasa, ia or out or the eity,Snd will be iu .adness fl ~ any hour of tls day or ni4t The coach will seat wth comfortat least 8 '"eIYe persons, ana as such yiI be a in great convenience to pleasur ,arties in wishing to drive ta the old n-cb or ar elsewhere. Rltes will be gutd ac- S7 eording to distance and will in fl cases 27 De very moderate.
 touring mills, it for the past week, began work agn today, E' having, with the exception 4 the week named, ran the entireye tlu,nrb. The bI' late stoppage was because C reeied re- eli palrF and not for lack of gran. Durinp pa all previous years, the mill. for want Inf irl wheat, had been idle Tor two ana tb-ee months at a time, bat the increased Sl yield of wheat lasted tfI the securir,, of the present crop, which Is the Iara.st bll one ever gathered in Arizoa, d larger area having been planted tha, So' 'Ver before. the yield being proportional J ltely larger, Mir. Fish has already en- fro gagged over five millions or pounds. ' Mir A. Goodman, long and favorably lnown as one of the leading grocers in In Tucson, has, because of III health, sold of ut hls entire stock and will, in the curse Of few days, leave for Califor- la As tradesman his dealings with ls patrons have been square and up- SD, lght and as such he kept his custom kil nd did a good business even when prC mes were dull and merchants com of lalned- hls retirement is but tempor- Ih ry, as he will, If his health permits. re- sta pen with new goods and possil,tv vv;+b Tn