Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-07-14
WEEKLY CITIZEN. sITURDAY. JULY IA, lsss
Local Intelligence.
sATURDAf.

S .L'nninC to get ready to attend the < Conclave.
 < Inc Arizona narrow gauge railroad meat gilt sign over its office on f T7urt street.
 green watermelon will surely pro < ,-.s eolic. but ripe cucumbers are l2ls ! ..nts apiece.
 large safe for the First National \ p--k was unloaded this morning on | Congress street.
 r,.s,n has a butcher who chops up sausage according to time and the sale of gamut-
 The city gardener complains that the .--'ii wste: IS killing the grass in the
 T1grt House plaza.
 p.s-soa's block is having the rafters
 ,,- The roof put up, and II attracts con- .5srable attention.
 wstarmelon- are getting to be numer- -s,n the m4rk-ts, retailing from 20 to SicsDts, according to size. p,,I Reicker wlll complete the survey t,bs south line of the San Carlos reser- -.t;1u ID about two weeks. . neat marble slab bearing the letters -pssrson Block" has been put upon the
 .s,9nd wall of that building. The court hoBse looks sort O lonely .hass couriless days. No longer IS the .-y anear, ye," heard In the land.
 Goldtree's father has arrived from .As ssst. The old gentleman has not
 s-s1 bis son for twenty-nlne years.
 What Is That, my dear? Is it a Man
 -5.b Two Headsy Oh. no; IL Is Man
 .--b Watermelon on his Shoulder.
 W4 presume the depot matter of the
 vs--oE Gauge railroad has been ar
 -.,a,ed satisfactory. If not, it ought to
 hs
 b7- has lost caste nowadays that
 3,ss no: nave big, live, green bug
 -.,f A thread attached, 70 scare his little
 s.stsr
 N j. Dougherty's bid to build the .zv school house for SS9. 400 was ac- .sr.si today by the Board of Educa- TOD.
 News received in Tucson of the death -,CoI. James c. Zabriskie, in San Fran ~.,,. father of Col. J. A. Zabriskie, of ;1is city.
 The Arizona Narrow Gauge company have forty teams and lj0 men at work 1 .-sting, and iheir progress IS rapidly | 1o-thEari.
 No one could ask for a milder and 1 -7-s pleasant climate than Tucson has 1 -frorninss now before the heat of the l day comes on
 Lszin's park is open to the public 1 every evening Music, beer and refresh | neuts are on hand for the pleasure of | ,bs patrons.
 Vr Charles Frye received 8 telegram 1 vssteriay from his sister, Miss Maria | Frye. that she had arrived home safely | B. .S.em. Massachusetts.
 IS reported that Bill Hutchinson vil introduce a variety troupe on the boards of the Park theatre ss soon as electric light Is turned on. chunk of magnetic iron, at the W1res' assay office, which was found ln izs Tucson mountains, visibly and strongly affects the compass The conductors of freight trans are b;hered a great deal just now with lsrga gangs of traInps who are trying Co 5sst their way into California.
 Fine watch repairing speciality at J 1. Turuer t Co, jsw~lers, Congress and Never streets. Money advanced on Tatches, diamonds and iewelry. d&w
 The government magnetic observatO- ra; Lls Angeles, indicates that fierce magnetic stnrm has been raging for the pas; three weeks. and that spots on the s11 have been very large.
 From the way ths Supervisors are rslsing the assessments on personal and real estate prOg g ", 1t would seem the assessor had p DOT idea of the present value of property ia Tucson.
 Collector Fisher thinks be wlll make Tucson 1i- headquarters instead of some point n Mexico. We are glad t. hear this Mr. Fisher, besides an ale off, csl, is a good man to have around l. IS rumored that MT. William B. Hooper. o' the well known firm of Wm. B. Hooper 6 O., of this city and Guay- mas, IS about Co take to himself a wife among the fair damsels of the latter place.
 The new city hall Is receiving the fin- lsling touches, and we are free to admit thai t Is going to look much better than most people thought it wnuld during its erection. DJugherty IS a good hand m making good deal out of little.
 Special tickets are to be furnished the ST kmghtS who intend attending the triennlal conclave. They will not be on sale by the local agents but through them parues must make application, s5ea the tickets will be forwarded by Wells, Fargo S Co.
 Yesterday large sized taraniuIa was esught IG the house of General Robbins. These bugs. when dead, and mounted in gold, would make beautiful ornament, iOge.her with the other spiders and bugs that aiorn ladies head gear at present.
 C. R Wores has only been three months collecting his cabinet, yet he aas specimens from all the important 1ines ID the Territory. A piece of cin- tsoar rom the new Almsden mines in la-tornla IS among the latest and most uued additions.
 Nature is profuse in her 8dornments 2ad coloriug. Last evening the sun vent down behind the Tucson hills m { 1ank Of purple, crimson and gold. The leautles Of an Arizona sunset are not to os excelsd by those of older lands, so alg told In verse and story.
 Bob Harrison received letter last 9.-ht from plucky ". H. Tabler, at D7nlng, saying that be was going to say with it. Tahler was armed with a saoi gun and accompanied a mob who 7eni to the house of the gambler who 7ll killed he brother for the purpose cf Faehlng hIm, but the fellow escaped.
 A rattlesnake with twenty-five we'll lsaned ratties and a button Is in the possession Ot gentleman m this city, 7lo caught It ID the Tucson mountains vest Of town. He intends taking the 1 -laster to San Francisco and have the i .aAg, extracted. The reptile when cap I .1red had just eaten a rabbit, and Will l'ooably lie dormant another week.
 Yesterday afternoon a rain storm passed over the Santa Cruz valley, to the N1lh Of Tucson. It appeared like gi- l saaie column of tinted marble, capped 5 {! mighty bank of snow. OOe side of .le column sparkled with the cOlors of .ie Talnhow. IL presented picture of 4e majesty and suhlimity of nature worthy of painters canvass Mrs. Lonisa Ryan, daughter of Chss. T' Niemeyer, of this city, died ID San { 1-anclscC July lst, after painful oper- 'n ou a watery tumor, performed oy O's Lane and Murphy. The deceased ( '-' usrnad about a year ago, was well z az Sl iSn and highly esteemed in Virginia S'E' New, her home, for her amisble | imposition and kindress of heart. The -- -- -.-- L | L |