Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-03-19
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 EDITOR CIT1zEN:-It was with sigt of relief land spasmodic cough that after d long journey by rail-relieved il is true. by occasional stops while en route T dropped down among these New Hampshire hills, and chills-
 It has always been my luck tor III luck when travelling, to encounter weather which the oldest inhabitants solemnly declare to have been unprece' 1 denied. It is, at least, gram of comfort 1 for one to know that he has established n few precedents. I now begin to in- dulge a hope that when again venture forth l shall certainly meet with nothing qui:e as dreadful as the event foreboded by Mother Shipton, for that, thank ! HeaveEl has something hke a precedent
 Dear reader, have you ever experi- enced ''blizzardg" No, of course not. Well
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 ! Which we ran into, or rather, which ran into us on tho llth ofJanuary, in South ern California, just after We had passed | through a snow storm among the orange groves and had begun to congratulate ourselves that We were getting beyond | the snow line. Yes, we were-but we were just coming into the sand limits. You would have imagined that some gi- gautic fleet of balloons had dropped their ballast simultaneously and it had struck you coupled with all the force which Old Boreas might leEd to the power of gray itation. Telegraph wires were down in- stantly in both directions, windows were ! broken by stones hurled through them, while our train, though standing upon the track, was rocked back and forth like a ship in distress. Fortunately We were at the time within four miles of the San Fernando tunnel, and after considering whether it was better to breath foul air, OF swallow a sand blast, We deemed # advisable to try the former. According. ly we ran into the tunnel, and, after an hours waiting were rewarded by the intelligence that the storm had passed. It may be imaginel that our berths most of which were made up for the night--were in poor condition for occu- pancy tour considerate porter having de .1. -F, cation might ensue); we therefore submitted ourselves to
 scoURISG PROCESS.
 For the remainder ofthe night. I haven't the sand" to go through it again. My stay in San Francisco was brief, but long enough to make a few nasty calls upon old friends and to take in Michael Strogoff at the California-the best spectacular piece, by the way, that has been put on in Frisco for many years. Just think of two hundred people, nine horses and Q burro on Levin's stage! It would beat sle fiesta"
 next stopped at Virginia City, where the first item of news which met my eve upon taking up the morning paper was the following: "Fhe ice upon Washoe Lake is so thick that the pollywogs have scarcely room to wiggle their tails be- tween it and the mud on the bottom" I did not presume to dispute the state mention l had slept thanks to "a thought ful friendJ with a heated fat-iron at ms feet the night before. While at Virginia I had ample time to take in every thing from the North End to Gold Hill, and, through the courtesy of Superintendent W. II. Patton, of the Bonanza mines, was permitted to descend the G. .S C. shaft and inspect the workings of the California on the 2,J0O foot-level,and of the Ophir upon the 2,700 and 1900 levels. They were not working in ore at the time of my visit. 1 am inclined to think they keep it covered OCT. The experience was a new one to me, and not undressing; but shall refrain from more extended account of my under ground trip at present fearing that it would only be
 ''CABRYING GOALS TO NEWCASTLE" As most of your readers doubtless have either personally inspected, or have read descriptions of mining operations on the Comstock. Virginia Is no longer the .-,,r.,, ,.f I,f, ,,l ., ,4;.-,t,- ,--I5.I, .b,-~ terized her earlier history; but is now almost in the thrces of dissolu- tion. Property can be bought for a song and much of it is being ac- tually abandoned, it being found im- possible either to rent or sell-in strange contrast this with your thriving sister city of Tombstone. Proceeding hence eastward, via Denver, kansas City and Chicago, I bounced down upon my rel atives in southern Ohio. where l made 8 most delightful visit of nearly two weeks. Arrived inst in time for the first sleighing of the season aud I certainly improved it while it lasted. must not forget to say, also, that here, for the first time in seven years. indulged m that most fascinating winter sport skating It was quite remarkable, you may think, that skated with as much ease as when, in my schooldays, I in- dulged in this innocent amusement. 1 thought SD myself, and 1t gave me con- fideuce. So confident was I, in fact, that before long g g dets change the subiect)
 Leaving, with reluctance, those who had done so much to make my stay with them a pleasant one, l arrived. after a twelve hours ride, at Washington, D. C., my next point of debarkation. Here for the first time, after lapse of nearly one month from the time of my depar- ture from the city by the Santa Cruz, had the pleasure Of grasping by the hand some Of my
 ARIZONA FRIENDS,
 Which l did with a right royal good will. They were Messrs T. l.. Stiles and Thos. Cordis. An invitation from the former to dine at the Riggs was accepted, and | consolidation effected, not for the pur- pose of lobbying through an Arizona bill, but to see Patience" that evening at Fords Theatre. When I was further informed that Hon. John r. Cum and Col. J. +. Stout, of Tombstone, (whose presence in the city had not occurred to me- were to go with our patty, 1t may be understood that the proposition was agreed to with some alacrity. The two