Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-03-25
Local intelligence.


 The assayers are keps very busy now
 Very few bouanzas arc being record
 ed
 The "Tuoson Lying Club is the lp;es
 institution
 Good copper properties are eagerly
 sought after.
 raey had frost and Ice in Prescott
 Monday night.
 The San Ritas are the treasure
 house ot the Territory.
 The hotel arrIvals are more numer- us -rau for some time past.
 The grass ou the court house lawn is .--.qn. luxuriant and beautiful.
 Tucson Chinsman attends one oi .s, Christian churches regularly.
 The cottonwoods on the court house fs~n are sending forth their leaves.
 4 very enc uraging feature iu tucson IS tbe few mortgages filed for record
 The Mormons at Ss Davids, ou the San Pedro, have organized an Irrigation company.
 The water furnished by the city water r5raDany Is clear as 8 crystal and livery god quality.
 A huge union depot will be required ip Tucson soon, if all the projected rail -Isds are built.
 Over two hundred thousand sheep have passed through Tucson to Texas, from California.
 The Howell Smelling Company, on Lynx creek, have ordered two additional 4l-ton smelters.
 The shady lanes crossing the santa Cruz bottoms should be put in condition for summer promenadss.
 More building improvements are in contemplation for the next three months than during the pas; year.
 new business block is to oe erected oa the southe asst corner of Congress street and Stone Avenue.
 There has been a sharp advance iu -four. Wholesale dealers are now ask irE S4 5) per hundred weight.
 Ben Butler says that every woman in Massachusetts has a right to bare arms. and Ben speaks the naked truth.
 The Benson smelter IS in successful operation. They bought scrap iron iu Tombstone when they run short of tiuZ.
 Placer mining ID Canyon dei Gro is p-usperiuc. There Is plenty Of water ....l1 s,, r,rz-rffr orraDfiffas rs nlinrr taken ont.
 Don Aejaniro Garcia has begun the construction of block of store build in-s at the corner of Stone Avenue and Pennington streets-
 The Omega smeiter Is running smooth .y and steadily, and the copper bullion runs a constant stream. Tue Omega Is one fl the good mines that help to keep up the good reputation of the IerrItory-
 A Yuma paper states that Clint. Thompson, son Of the late W. W Thompson, an old settler on the C ,lor- ado rlver, has been left large fortune ID Texas Mir Thompson is at present @ resident of Tucson. and Is congratulated over his good fortune.
 Mrs. Jane Ii. McFGdden, mother of James A. McFadden of this city, Glel 70 Westminster, Los Angeles county, Wed uesday morning, March Dist, aged 5S years, 6 months and 1 day. Air. NJ FaGden had arrived at home bat % few days before the sad event occurred. and De has the sympathy of his many friends ID Tucson. While in Phenix, Messrs. Pat Hamil- tou and Charles i. Franklin, both able journalists made au offer of S4.000 for the Gazette. The proprietor asked Si0)0, which was considered too high a p-i,e. IL Is contemplated by these gen. tlemen to purchase complete new out fit for a newspaper at PaeniI,N here with their ability anI experience they wlll meet with practically no opposition. Mr. [. T. MOrehouse came in from the Omega Copper Camp yesterday, where 1 he had been engaged in erecting build- Ings for the shelter and works. He reports that the shelter IS turning out SIX tons of copper bullion per day. and tlstthere IS fully a years supply of ore ir sight. It Is the opinion of ex- psrienced men that the Omega will l make every one its stockholders a millionaire. Mr J. \. Mason has received samples l O' paper from new paper null erected l by his partrers Towle Brothers, at 1 Dutch Flat, Cal. The paper is made 1 from fir trees. and the samples shown, | which. few days ago were a portion of l 6 forest of ifs, are of good quality, l tough and hard, having the general ap l pearance Of manila paper. The con l struction of the mills was a mere e1 pertinent. but it will result ID per ! maneut and profitable industry. 4 very important arrest was made on | Monday by Deputy Marshal Evans. on | the San Pedro, about six miles fr m Ol1 | Camp Grant. P. NJ Gibson, whn has | teudejOn at that place, ls charged with | selling arms, ammunition and liquor tn | the Indians, and with instigatIug the h. lians t0 revolt. His neighhors say very | hard things about the man, and the | pr0ofs against him are said to be con elusive. The examuatiDn was to have | been held before Commissioner Gregg | today.
 Dr. Y. II. Matas, ot this city, was mar ried hy Judge J. 5. Wood, at the resi- i dence of Wm. Oury, on Main street last Sunday evening, to Mrs. Louisa Aphold, | u' Brownsville, Texas. The bride aI- rIyed by the west-bound express the same evening. She is a highly accom- plished lady of rare culture, and speaks l several languages huently. The happy l couple are 70 be congratulated upon | thelr blissful venture, and their mauy | friends in this city tender warmest | reorganization. Pheuix Gazette. At meeting Of the Baptist church this morning for perfect | Ing its organization, Rev. U. Gregory | Has elected Moderator and r. E. Isaac | Clerk. After some religious exercises, l The following persons were admitted Co | Membership: William Isaac, Mrs. Jen- l ne Isaac, F. E. Isaac, Amelia ROsson, l Nellie E. Rnsson, Mrs. 4. R Cotton, J. | W. Clark, Mrs. l.. c. Clark, after which l the meeting adjourned to assemble at ? l o'clock this afternoon. to hear the report l O! the committee on selecting s lot on | which to erect a church.
 Mir. Geo. r. Baldwin has kindly sub | mltted for ID spection the beautiful and accurate fire map he has just com | pleted oftbis city for the Sanburn Pub 1 fishing Company Of San Francisco. number Of experts have. at various times visited the ancIeIt and honorable pueblo to engage in this work, but the frame ramadas and experimentation Of wood and cloth found in the corrals n l The rear of many of the adobe buildings, | have presented features SO difficllt to properly portray for the guidance of in- | surancs companies, that they for the most part abandoned the work. Not 30 however, with Nr. Baldwin. His map IS he best ever made Of Tucson and to be appreciatel shnnld be seen.