Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-08-04
Local Intelligence.
One hnlf Of 1sS8 is come.

The saloons and gAulDlers or tnl6 town are busy and are making money.
 4 vigilance committee ought to be formed for the eTtermingtion of dogs.
 The new public school building is in process of construction by W. J. Dough- erty.
 Dave Gibson and Johnny Murphy are on q tour of recreation m the Santa Cat slinss.
 It k said that all the Total Wreck miners have gone to Minas Pnetas, In Sonora
 The Total Wreck has closed its mill, and paid off its men, on orders from New York
 An Indian soap root plant, apparently a species of cactus, is offered for sale ID tine local markets.
 The smallpox is dying out in Phenix Only four cases remain, and 1t Is said they are convalescent.
 Several telegraph poles just east of Pantano have been paralyzed by two large doses of the electric fluid.
 The west bound passenger trains each day carries some Knights Iemplar on thelr way to the Triennial Conclave.
 It is now in order to get up rush for fhe San Francisco gold fields. The fare there is $55, and the fair there are cost ly.
 Boston Commandery of Knights pemplar will pass through Tucson Aug ust Ilth in Silver Palace cars, uniforms, etc.
 The Benson shelter is running night and day with three shifts of workmen, and turning out vast quantity ot bull lion.
 St. Elmo Commandery, Knights Tenn plar. of Connecticut, wlll pass through Tucson on August 7th ei route to San Francisco.
 An unusual number of Indians are in town every day. As they are untagged il is to be presumed they are not from San Carlos
 c. R. Wores has a phial of genuine garnet that were gathered by some lt- tie Mexican glrls in the dry miver bed north of town.
 The Columbia stage has been hauled of till fall It will be resumed when the Omega starts up again, which will be m October.
 Tucson has -ome dudes. They were discovered by their likeness to the same animals pictured ID the police gazettes from the East.
 Some Tombstone miners have been prospecting down iu the Sierra Madre, and report valuable strikes, and intend returning to stay.
 There are more births and marriages in Yuma than elsewhere in the Territory proportiouately, but then 1t IS a hot clI- mate down there.
 Old Sierra Nevada, of Comstock fame, and around whose cognOmen gather the memories of 1S, IS again to the front and IS quoted at SAl5.
 The Knights Of Labor have levied weekly assessment Of Sl per member for the relief of the striking telegraph CTS till the same is over
 The prospectus. for the new paper at Benson IS at hand. The three first things IL an American town are blacksmith shop, a saloon and newspaper. The need of a public library Is greatly felt in Tucson, and it Is tO be hoped that the trustees and council will attend the matter as soon ss possible. It Is said shat F. c. Brown is negoti- atiag for the purchase of one of the Phenix papers, and that he will again engage in journalism in Arizona. The heated season is nov practically IL the past. The summer rains keep reduced the temperature of the day, and make the nights cool and refreshing. Travellers from Los Angeles report the l building boom as still continuing, but l that times otherwise are a little dull, l and that empty houses are numerou-. Last Friday Deputy Sheriff Yosburg l put the Agua Fra ranch in the posses ! sion or Mr. Mercer it had been in liti- l gatiou quite while. The place is near 1 Cslabasas. The railroad section house at Benson ! was struck by lightning Saturday even l ing. Two men sleeping inside were | thrown out of tb=ir beds. No great . damage was done.
 O.L. Murphy has received from the "0uld S ,d' a Autograph of the famous 'TNo. ]" who gave the English such a fright. He IS e. bushy-whiskered, good nstured looking fellow.
 LA. Anderson, IT,. has just cOmplot- ed the transcript oi the proceeding n the Casey murder tral IL consisted of 300 folios ot li) pages. The document will be sent ;l Prescott this evening.
 AID. Otis lc Go. have a very fine stock of hardware, crockery and glassware, in fact everything in that line The lum- Der line is extens ve having everything that can be called for in that direction. Ira Garter. who has just returned from the Santa Cataliuas, reports that he was lost one night ID the mountains, and built fire. During the night he counted eight different bears around him, sure pop.
 Will A. Nash c Co. have announced theIr intention of starting a 2S-coldmn newspaper at Benson, independent in politics, but rase-vIlg the right to eX- pose the wrong doings of any public | officer"
 The graders or Che uarroW-gauEe have | just completed three miles. The Rlllitos | creek will be reached by Saturday, | across which @ bridge wlll have to be | built. Thirty-five men are employed at l present. The Ariz0na Irrigation company have | some very fine samples of wheat in the | United States department of the court | house that was raised ou their 5000 | acre farm at tine Gila Bend. IL has d l fine, large grain. and is free from smut, l and makes first class four.
 4. venerable looking old lady entered | the CITIZEN office this morning and | wanted to know if it was a fact that the | Southern Pacific Railroad Company | were giving pa9ses Co those who whlshed | to attend the Trinity Conclave Of the | Good Templars iu San Francisco On | being informed that such was not the | case, she she departed uttering terrible !. maledichous against the monopoly that | was grinding the people down with an | iron heel. Sle wanted Co 20 very much | as she had always taken an active inter- l est in the temperance cause. and wanted 1 to put down all libat,on leagues.
 The Select Knights.
 Last night twenty-five Master Work men of the 70. U. ". assembled in | Odd Fellows Hall, and were organized |