Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-08-04
Local Intelligence.
Is Boston the "boss"-town ?


 Prescott wants the next Triennial C5uclave held there
 William B. Hopkins is very ill with an attack ot pneumonia.
 Ac rms are for sale at two bits per ouart ID the local markets.
 Watrrmelons are retailing from l5 to l5 cents, according to the size.
 There are about forty men employed st present m the railroad shops.
 The Papago Is like unto the dude inas- rnuch as he parteth his hair ID the md de.
 A type foundry's agents patent out slde" claims that Adams surname WAS Smith.
 The soap factory has completed its first hatch of laundry soap. It Is a tirst-ciass article.
 The grass in the yards at the depot looks very fine. IL is uncut, and this Is said to be one reason of its prosperity.
 The Los Angeles Times gets even with the Western Associated press by puolishlng d telegram verbatim, ct liter- alum, ct punctuatem.
 Little's Fluid Sheep Wash Is the only n--paration We know of that Is deah h to All maggots, vermin, etc, besides being useful article for the cure of the scab.
 Fine watch repairing a speciality at J. A. Turner < O., jewellers, Congress and Never streets. Money advanced on watches, diamonds aud iewelry. d&w
 The California papers are wrestling vitn the spelling of the word Quiiotoa The miners here are wrestling with the sueI. winch ths Quliotoa has ore them.
 Bishop J. B. Salpointe sails this week for Elrope to attend the Conference Of American archbIshops al Rome m the place of Archbishop LGmy, of Santa Fe, who Is too feeble to attend.
 The different specses of cactus are now m ull bloom. The desert Is not exactly blo,somiug us the rose, but Is as cactus H5wer The varieties are many, and some species are really beautiful.
 To go along the sidewalk and see canine lappIns a small iceberg ID front of saloon. and then be invited by friend to go into that same saloon short | ly afterwards, and take punch swell, no.e than a weak-stomached man can stand.
 It Is necessary 10 go away from home ! t5 learn the news. An Eastern paper states tha- Los Angeles clergyman stated that un the following Sunday be | would preach concerning a public sean l ia1 His sermon IS stated to have re- | ferred to Adam and Eve.-Los Angeles l Herald.
 A gentleman who sleeps near the win 1 dow wulch on these hot nights Is always 1 open. was awakened by gentle touch | last night with Say, say, NIT. -, are | vau asleep2" No, am not; what IS | ug" "Say, loan me ten dollars ultll | rn1-uirr-hauk's closed "Ah, hades, l | am asleep, don't bother me-"
 The ticket agent at the depot has in- ,t-lrt- ous to sell. on and after the llth I instant tIll the 22i instant, round trip | tickets U San Francisco for SI.-3j, | which IS equal to one and a half fares. This Is doubtless done to accommO late those who wish to visit the COnclaye. | The tickets will be good till the Both | instant.
 ST Knight Benjamin L. Deane, Grand | Master of the Grand Encampment of tls United State, will pass through | Tucson on the llth instant, Tn company | with a large body of Knights Tem 9lar. Through the efforts of Colonel 4 A. Bean. Of this city, a special escort of California Sir Knights will meet him at Los Angeles.
 According to all accounts the woods m the Santa Catalina mountains, about 20 miles nJrrheast of Tucson are full of bla.k. brown and cinnamon bears. Par ties returning from those elevations have numerous and lengthy narratives to spin of their adventures. A tannery for bears hides and a soap factory for 5heir grease might he started here with profit, f al stories heard are true.
 The foot of a Papago Indian averages sixteen inches in length. The toes are wide spread. with three-quarters to an inch and a half space between each toe. Tue whole foot covers more of an acre than the pedestal of a Caucasian. This morning as a tenderfoot was gazing upon the pedal eXtremities of Papago and comparing the cuticle of hls feet to rhln7c=r1s hide, he remarked that the Indian could run, to which Lo replied, "Ns no horse, displaying quite degree o1 intelligence.
 Two y0ung ladies who occupy high social standing in this city were ont on a lark the other night and cut up the following autic Clothing themselves n male attire, they visited the high toned opera at the Fashion, where they saw the sights. Now, the informant who saw them there has no desire at thls time to make known their identity, but, girls, the next time you go don't chew gum, it gives you dead away.
 4 good illustration of the difference of Mexican and American methods Of labor Was noticed the other day. A httle patch of alfalfa was to be cut. Meu- can tpok an old fashioned sickle, such as were ID use fifty years ago by Americans, and was three days doing the job, at a cost to the owner of three dollars. An American would have gone and bought a hard scythe for Sl % and performed Inc work m an hour.
 The old ruins near Warmers mill are fast rlrr to decay. Two years ago there were several Mexican families lIv ing m the largest of the two buildings, uow there IS bnt one. Rain and wind are dong thelr work. The upper story R entirely useless The lower floor IS used for a stable. There are several well preserved specimens Of adobe arches ID the building. The jolce Of tte upper floor are symmetrical pine logs, and were probably brought from tLe summIts of the Santa CatalinBs, the nearest supply. about twenty miles dis- taut From the deslgn Of the building t might have been made for monas- tery when the church of San Xavier was erected about 1858. There IS nothing definitely known about 1t, as the oldest records uf the San Xavier church DOW u existence only go back as far as liZl' and are simply items of the birth, chrlSt- elInc. marriage and death of parishlon- ers. 4 guesser says it is 2sO years old' which makes 1t 45 years younger than