Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-04-08
Local Intelligence.


 There are thirty-four prisoners in the county jail.
 Capt. McCaferty writes highly per sonal letter.
 March goes out like a lamb and 10 lion about 1t.
 E.J. Elzy will cali at this office for in formation that will be acceptable.
 Solomonville, the county seat of Gra- ham county, wants ? competent hotel keeper.
 MT Theo. r. White, one of the great stockmen of Arizona, has returned from California.
 Mr. NJ. T. Campbell, of Myers district, has returned from a months visit to San Francisco.
 Sam Baron. of Tombstone, wasj mar ned to Miss Hannah Levy in San Fran cisco on March 27th.
 Capt. Dougherty has received orders io take DO Indian prisoners. This will make the Indians laugh.
 The question now Is not what are We
 
 they going to do with us.
 The Silver Belt does not want a wagon road to Tucson. It prefers the dry, old roundabout route to Wilcox.
 Mr. ". B. Hooper has purchased one baif interest ID the Quien Sabe mine, Cave Creek district, for Sl,63L35.
 q. J. Loggie has returned from San Francesca, and will proceed to the Son. breret.l.os, where he has mining in- terests.
 Opium smoking Is said tO be openly done in Chinatown. These dens should by all means be broken up by the au- thorities.
 The big, round, Mexican dollars are
 worth but SIX bits Tn Prescott. Tucson IS therefore ten cents nearer the Mexi- can territory.
 The late bazaar Of the Ladies Guild Of fine Episcopal church cleared SS7S.9Q They Eow have over Sl, ,@lO n their church building fund.
 Michael Neyin, who was severely in jared by the eaving in of a shaft III the Total Mrsck mine, is In Tucson under going surgical treatment.
 A gentleman passing through Benson on Saturday last reports the citizens of that town as organizing for the protect lou of soldiers from the Indians.
 Mss Frances E. Willard is meeting with an enthusiastic reception in Los Angeles. The mayor of the city delivered 1 the address Of welcome to the talented ] lady.
 The Whetstones are reported free from | Indians Soldiers are known to have | been iu those hills last week and as they | were unmolested the prOspector may generally be considered safe.
 Hon. Chas. 1. Franklin left on Sun day for St. Johns, Apache county, 70 settle up his business affairs there. lie will return to Southern Arizona in three or four weeks and engage In journal .>m.
 Tine local talent of Tombstone are giving the Pirates of Panzance," with music by the Sixth Cavalry band, while fine Chricahuas are giving "Juh's War NhooP' in the mountains to a band of the Sixth Cavalry.
 When the people of northern Mexico want a little relaxation, they go out and capture few Apache Indians and make a bonfire of them. The great trouble is that the Mexicans don't take enough re- taxation. -BOs. Post
 The climate at klngman, the present terminus Of the Atlantic k Pacific road, Is sad t0 be so hot that workmen on the grade can scarcely stand the effects The mercury climbs above one hundred de- r1ee- nearly every day.
 There is a balance of s2l, ,O47.S7 to the 'rsGly of the school fund ln the county treasury. With the amount authorized .u raise ny bonds, Pima county and the -,ty of Tucson ought not to suffer for means to provide good schools. : The Knights Tenplar of Albuquerque viii visit San Francisco on the occasion 4 the TrIenni al Conclave, in their own private car. provided with colOrei look, walters, provisions, liquids, etc, md uiil have general good time.
 The newspaper men of New Mexico have formed news association In Albu- luer4ue called the Southwestern Press A-sociation." Mr. W. F. Sanders, of Albuquerque. late editor of the Review. sill be the general manager of the asso- , 'IatiCn \ gentleman from Wilicox states that , company of soldiers who camped one -ht Iu that town after a march from : [ 'smy Thomas, got gloriously drunk, .liirer- and all, and enjoyed free fam D fight among themselves. No In hans molestsd them.
 Inc Prescott Miner has been enlarged ud improved in many ways. The liner ls feeling the rapid progress and prosperity going forward n Gsvapai 0unty, and Is determined to maintain h- lead n recording the daily history f its events and in sending forth to the , -0rld a knowledge of tue resources of ! hat portion of the Territory.
 The saloon men Of Willcox, and MT. : E. ;. Davis. of the Eureka House. n , hat place, held a meeting on Saturday vening and resolved hereafter to re- eiye Mexican money only at the fol- owing rates: one dollar, 75 cents; fifty i enrs. i1 ceEts; twenty-five cenIs, 20 < ents. They pledged themselves in no sse to deviate from these rates. $ It is stated that the other day in Pres $ 0tt, General Crook received a dispatch c .om an officer in southern Arizona stat lg that be had found a fresh Indian l rail. and asking orders. The General lauilestei great disgust that an ofii- : -r should let the Indians escape be- .Ii-r of little red tape, and he remark d that he would hasten to the front in ersou and direct the movement of the l roops.
 The final documents of the Tucson r nd Port Lobos railroad nave been per actec and forwarded to the City of D. IexicJ for official action by that govern [ .rut. They are expected to be returned . complete form within four weeks me. when the work of construction Of iat road will be at once commenced lG pushed forward with as great rapid P as it Is possible to accomplish 1t. f, The Tombstone Republican says: II The courier sent from Joyce's ranch by n iptain Thompson to Fort Huachuca - as refused payment for his service by :, .aior Nolan. 1t seem rather hard when ~ man k taken from his daily occupation ' ld pressed iato the service of the gov ,I umeut. us.ag his own horse, first as o, l,ie and afterwards as courier. and (, aja to ,ase several days Of his time, : lay he should be refused pay there tl A trophy of the present Indian can al lEn was brought up from Fort Hua- II luca last evening by MT. Paul Moroney, tT the shape of the scalp of the Indian V