Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-01-28
THE CAPITAL.
sIafters Moving Very Pleasantly in tho
 egisiuture-Popuiariiy of the Gov
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 PRESCOTT, January 2G, 1883.

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 PREsCoTT, January 70, 1883. |, EDITOR CITIzES: The week just past
 has been characterized by extreme se- yerity Of weather, or rather by extreme 2 cold and fall of snow. The wind, enc
 day, blew so cuttingiy that We have now | a realizing sense of the meaning of the , term blizzard" The freezing breath
 oi this wind seemed to strike to the - marrow. Aside from one day, the cold has not really been unpleasant. as the
 absence of wind has resulted ID the cold l being exhil rating rather than distress ing. Two persons Salking from Pres colt to Tort Whippie, a distance of less than mile. had their ears frozen by the
 cold Of a few nights ago, and are now ID the hospital fo- rs- .u'e-t.
 The customary number e gentlemen
 have manifested dissatisfaction with their names ana applied for changes Co
 be made Dy tho Legislature. No dIvOrcs ! bills have yet made their appearance,
 though in matters Of thas and hnG ed nature the fun has hardly yet Jecome
 fast and furious, as lt usually does C..
 ward the end Of tne session. he writer
 heard member from Pima cOun ex-
 press himself on the subject Ui d.yUrces
 Dy the Legislature n manner winch
 seemed tO cover the whole ground very
 ably. He said that the contract Oi mar
 riage Is purely and strictly civil con-
 tract like any other contract of partner ship, save that iu the Case Of ndJr.mOny the partnership was tn last until death 1 should part the contracting parUss. |
 This contract, he sad, could only be | subject 10 dissolution fer breach Cf some l of the covenants by one of the partners. | Such dissolution can only be done jIGl- clally, for good cause, and carn1G be | done legislatiyely. There are some i'm l iss to legislative power. rhey cannot | release john Doe from his marital ooli- ' sations tO Jane Doe any more than they | can impair the obligations oi a contract | between John Doe and the grocer or the | butcher. It k true that the House | of Lords grant diyorces, blt they | do it iudicial!y after evidence and only | | such good cause clearly shown as fuily l ! establishes the injured party's right G. ! immunity from a contract which tine other has broken. The above views were l those of the Chairman of the Judiciary | committee and as any divorce bIl wOuld be referred 10 that committee, It IS fal. | Co suppose that the Iiy0rces when hav, lowered the dignity of our Legislature h past sessions will now cease.
 The telegrains have apprised you oi the progress ID the introduction Of bi ls Several bills have been introduced pro vIdInC for the erection of additional Courts. Bolan and Masterson il tht Council and Wicks in the House hay, presented such bills for consideration. II 's understood that some satisfactory ] measures will be adopted to relieve the want which all seem to admit to exist iu this direction.
 The Prescott Rifles gave a ball son. nights ago in honor of the legislato and the attendance of far ladies auu presumably brave men was large. I'll Rifles are a military company consistlu. ! Jf the best young gentlemen of thi- city. The Captain Is Mir. Iugai!s, th, | assistant Secretary of the Territory. ILe Governor is very popnlar among the i people here. He makes friends rapidly with the members of both Houses
 After seeing Arizona going in a hap : py-gu-lucky sort of sty .e for SO mauS , ears, t Is refreshing Co see at tine helm me who knows the du es Jf the execu tive of this Ierritor! and Iares to maIu- tain its rights. The rumrred appoint ment oi Mr. William C. Davis as PrisuJ Commissioner Is considered to be a very f happy one. The tangled condition oi 2 the penitentiary affairs requires for its | strengthening the services of a thorough { and acute business man such as NIT. Da- s.. f... e a .s ] Jf the Governors maguanimity that one 4 the intended appoiutees k said to be [ Orme, the Democratic sheriff of Mari ;Opa.
 The action of the Supervisors oi Pima a county in th appointment of A. J. Do s ran as the sheriff of that county, has ! peer approyed by the Legislature ano confirmed, Pete tiabrIel assenting. + l a will be re nembered that in the late ! -lectlon Gabriei's vote was tied by that q Jf Davls, and by arrangement with Ga bTiel in a sort of compromise, IL Wa v agreed that DOran should be appoIrtsd It was thought best, by way of saving a all question, to confirm and ratIfy this action of the Legisla- ture. so after Gabricls friends here had communicated with him on the subject and found that he was out Of the fight Doran's appointment was re-athmeJ CuriOUslv enough. the same tir was made in the election ot the prohat, Judge of the county of Navapai, but the former Probate Judge Moves is still ? curled up in the judicial nest and holds the fort
 The Pima delegation Is a credit able one and Is holding is own , Your people need not be ashamed of 1 i their representation. Great trouble in g convincing the people that Tucson has \ DO idea of trying to get the capital re- , moved from this place. The subject [ has been so long mattsr of agitation with Prescott people that 'in every - bush, they see a bear,' hungerng after their hold upon the seat of government 2 The only innovation upon tue existing q state of things in connection with the session of tLe next Legislature. as pro posed by the southern members, IS that ' 1t may be held iH the hot months ss that the members from the south may avoid the intense heat of the lower - counties and may at the same time es- $ cape the extreme cold of the Prescott winter.
 But whatever may be said with regard to climate, accommodations for weary and the inconvenience of get ting here, there Is great consolation in n the comfort one gets ont of tine fat and juicy meats served on the tables here, $ where can be fund the finest beef market in the Territory, thas of
 NEssEs. HALL & POE,