Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-22
Ariznna peiS.L

Visitors Co Arizona from the Pacific
 Coast and the East reach this semi-desert
 laad with nervous fear that their foot.
 steps viii be thFe tened in every direc.
 ;i9u by theaS'le scorpion, the yenomous
 centipe3e, tie watchful tarantu'a. or in-
 sinuating rattlesnakc, and their progress
 may at times be combltted by a san guin-
 ary Gila monster, and they are frequent ly disappointed by the tameness of their
 cx.erience in this direction The fact is it2 re-0InoGs reptiles of Arizona are n"" subjects of curiosity in otler lands.
 Z @. :rrre never plentiful in The Terri tory, and as eaeE interesting specimen i fail 5.-y t1 tse @ ,s of iLe tourist, their
 LEu,5eis have .es--neG f5 such an ex-
 ten' that rainy species are even rare in
 this country. The Los Angeles Express
 gives the following humorous descrip-
 ton Of some oy .rizoua's pes that have
 undergone --jn involuntary migration ! coas: ...d:
 | An engineer upon the Southern Pacific ' AteAAAANfttA tte4FtAA Htlll AItntIdl MhSter | Mechanic 4. J. Stevens, from Gila Bend,
 an assortment of the semi-tropical ami nal pets of that region. Among them
 is ceatipede, about seven inches in length and half an inch in diameter: tarantula with a body over two inches long, and legs covering a circular space
 cf fully SIX inches. About half dozen
 scorpions are among the lot, some of
 ff,l ]. rI.1.
 longest are over six inches, and these are
 said to be the Arizona crickets which
 chlrp cheerlly apOn the pantry shelves.
 among the fireplace bricKs, etc. An in-
 teresting specimen is the "tarantula
 hawk, which resembles large wasp Tn
 appearance, but about as large again as
 that insect. It Is said to have been given
 the name t bears from the fact of its en- mity to the tarantula; that it lights down
 upon the tarantula's back and bites 1t to death, and then finishes up its destruc- tive work by eating of its legs, which it does either for the purposes of food or as an exhibition of its war powers. Among the collection are also several Gila monsters, which are simply extreme ly overgrown lizards, but the largest of which are more than sixteen inches m length. A beautiful" rattlesnake, with seven rattles ard a button, which pet the engineer found in his bed beside him upon waking up one morning, was also sent to Mr. Stevens, as the engineer ac- quired "lively" interest in this partic- ular snake upon first sight
 THE San Francisco Report is happy. An Arizona bad man" has been arres- ted in San Francisco. We are glad Arizona bad men" have got into the way Of returning to California, where most of them came from, and we are also pleased to note that the Califor- nians are so determined to keep them. Arresting Arizona bad men in San Fran cisco, and arresting them in this sparsely settled Territory are two different things Speaking of this case the Report says:
 Bad men from Arizona are easily tanned m San Francisco. Notwithstand- | ing the defective defenses Of our har- | bor, one man from Arizona or Bodie | cannot take in the town" in fact, 1t is l seldom that they succeed Tn taking in- l dividuals. A man known in Arizona as | a bad man was arrested here on a charge ! of threatening the life of a prominent | iaining operator and is now struggling | Tn the clutches of justice. The gentle 1 man who asserts that his life was threat l ened did not wait for his foe to attempt | to mt his thraaf --4-. --------i --- -
 alng Himself meantime w-tA a body | s,larl, as he would, probably, had | tle case been in Arizona, but imme- | diately swOre out complaint and had | the bad man arrested. When arrested, the bad man was as mild as a sucking dove, aud claimed that the arrest was caused by mistake; that he was a mild | hammered, peaceful man, and never in his born days threatened the life of c in a city where there Is police force capable of dealing with bad men. This case illustrates the advantage of | organized society. A man who is known far and wide through the noun tains as a 'holy terror who defies the laws and courts when on his native | heath, becomes as gentle as a kitten | when confronted with a policemans baton in large city, where bad men | from the mines are not tolerated or en- cOuraged. The climate of San Francis l co is unhealthy for rustlers, cowboys, | gentlemen from the head of Bitter Creek | and bad men generally.