Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-07-26
SMALL TALK.

The board of equalization are very busy with their duties.
 s. E. Hall and family are rusticating in the Santa CatslInas.
 A bucking bronco attracted consider able attention on Camp street this morn ing.
 The east bound train came in at 2 o'clock to-day. The west bound VIII arrive at 4;S0.
 Corporal Crovat, manager of Porter's, now wears fine Blanc tile. He calls it a Cleveland hat.
 Free gold ore Tn considerable quanii- ties Is coming in for re iUction at the Cannon Ball work.
 Quite a number of families are pre- pairing to spend few weeks m the San ia Catalina mounteIns.
 Only thirty-siK voters have registered in Nogales up to thIs time. Judge A. Brichta Is the registering officer.
 It is only a question Of veracity be- tween a lawyer and several equally re- putable members of the company.
 4 lot of fine potatoes raised in the vicinity of Calabasas, now supply the family trade of some of Tucson's gro cers.
 There seems to be a lively interest among miners and prospectors in the HelvetIa mining district, in the Santa Ritss.
 For the past four days the thermo- meter'hss registered ss follows: Satur- day, ll2l2; Sunday, ll3ai; Monday, los; to-day, l04.
 Miss Annie P. Meek, sister of George F Meek. of the CITIZEN office, arrived to-day from Oakland, and will remain in Tucson for some months.
 Mrs. A. 4. Porter will arrive from San Francisco to- morrow, when F. l.. Crovat will probably take vacation for few weeks and run to the seaside.
 The volatile organ is prolific of am- monia. It seems determined to keep the method of it's production promI- nently before its seven readers.
 Geo. E. Bent, foreman of the Gun sight mines, will leave tomorrow morn ing for Gunsight. Active work is ex- pected to start up very soon under the new owners
 The CITIZEN was informed this morn- ing that a mysterious robbery occurred a few days ago. the particulars of which have been suppressed. The sum of S6JO was abstracted from the safe of c. Selig- man S Co. in an unaccountgble manner by unknown parties.
 1T Grover Cleveland bears close re- semblance to an alleged portrait of the Democratic nominee for president. pub lishcd by the Missouri Republican. he ought to be sent with the next Arctic exploring expedition. It looks like bunko sharp or confidence operator.
 How a man can find enough of the article tO take cold while the weather IS go warm, passes all understanding. Alex. Levin IS carrying his neck in sling and has a voice like an Arizona nightingale, all from taking cola And that Is why the thermometer keeps up so high-LevIn has been extracting all the cold out of the atmosphere.
 The suggestion that the citizens hold q mass meeting to select candidates for school trustees seems to meet with pub- iic favor. No partisan feeling should enter into the school election, and for that reason the tune of the school elec- tlou was chosen to be held when no po- htlcal election takes place. Now will some pubic spirited citizen pass around a petition calling a meeting, say at the City Hall, on Saturday evening next! This will give you week in which to 1 prepare for the election.
 M. Lemas, advance agent of an Opera BoUfie company, arrived last evening ] from Hermosillo, to arrange, if possible, ] for few entertainments in thIs city. l lis company are now playing an en- z agement in Hermosillo, on their way | to Los Angeles and San Francisco. The l company IS composed of twenty-five I persons of distinction in Operatic circles. | and should the agent be SO fortunate as | to secure q suitable hall in Tucson a | rare treat will be given the citizens. The ablilty of the troupe Is highly spo ken or by those who have attended their entertainments.
 TucsOn enjoys the distinction of hay ug quite a number of good chess players imong Its citizens. Their headquarters are at the office of J. \. Browder. on Congress street, where some of them assemble daily and amuse themselves with that absorbing game Among hose VI O are quite expert in the game nay be mentioned, Hiram <. Stevens. ]. A. BrOwder, Wm. Zeckendorf. Mart Ialouey, ]. A. WhIimore, Jos. C. Perry. Richard Starr, Col. Ellsworth and F.. l.. Netmu re. When in the city !. : Vos- 'urg gives some attention to the game.
 MT. A. ID. Otis took char to stand m, last Sunday, while trimming the ines about the yeranda at his house. ie chanced io place one of its legs over ! knot hole in the floor and, while justly engaged with the shears. the hair tipped and sent him down on all ours more forcible than graceful. in- icting very severe wounds upon both is knees. At the courthouse yesterday, e went into Captain Hands room to how the injured limbs to Dr. Handy. liter an inspection, the doctor turned 9 the venerable ianitor and asked him , hat he thought of the chairman of the oard of supervisors getting down on Is knees. Well, thidk that if be had ot down on Lis knees a littla oftener . early life Le wouldn't have come 1 : DVn so hard thia time