Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-05-03
SMALL TALK.

Senator Fair says Tucson is the
 wonder of the desert.
 There is a gambler in Tucson who was at one time, less than ten years ago, worth two hundred thousand dollars in cash. To-day he could not pay for the cost of China-restaurant meal
 Pedro AguIrre's stage on Saturday left the Quijotoas at 6;3O o'clock in the morning with eleven passengers and arrived here at f o'clock D. m. This Is
 the best time that has ever been made on the Quijotoa line.
 MT. Aguirre, proprietor of the stage
 line from Tucson to Quiiotoa, collected
 from the men brought here on bench
 warrants as jurors, only S7 es fare, the
 price being S10. The men appreciate
 the generors act of Mr. Aguirre.
 It is a little funny to see how some of our people tackle Hank Smith and chin him about Quijotoa. Hank isn't a | plenipotentiary extraordinary, but he | turns the point so effectually that the other fellow wishes ke hadn't said 8 | word.
 MT. Pedro Aguirre has purchase from Mir. RObles his stage line outfit, running from Tucson to Quijotoa, and requests the travelling public to get up early as | his stage leaves Tucson every morning at o'clock. MT. Aguirre has the best wishes Of the people for bis success. The Holland smelter in Washington camp winch has now begun turning out | bullion, started up on tue first of the present month. It has been standing 1 idle for three years, but the men now operating it intend to keep it running. There are now twenty men at work in that camp and boom seems to have set in.
 The smelter at La Noria turned out in five days eleven tons of bullion. Dr. Green says they have just got started. A pretty good start-eleven tons of bullion. It is custom shelter. Had Tucson smelter that would turn out two tons of bullion day 1t wouldn't be a bad thing to have
 At present tine stage service between this city and Gunsight consists of a blackboard which makes weekly trips. Pedro Aguirre, however, who has pur chased the Robles stage stock, will Tn a day or two put on a new line of stages to Gunsigbt and will run a Concord coach to that camp three times a week | and carry the mail.
 The office of the Arizona Telegraph | company, operating the line from this | city to the Quiotoas, is now in the office | of the Western Union company, aud the | company announces the line completed | and ready for business. The stock of | the Arizona company Is all owned by | citizens of Tucson, and they say the | enterprise will be a grand success financially.
 John Nightengale and T. G. Walking ton, of San Francisco, who came down to take look at the Quijotoa mines. returned from the bonanza camp last evening and left thIs afternoon for home. In conversation with the CT1T- zEN reporter this morning at Porter's hotel they stated that they had been all the tunnels in the bonanza mines and were surprised at the magni- tude of them.
 NIT. Dalton, successful Santa Cruz farmer, brought to the CITIZEN office this morning a bunch of barley, each stalk about five feet in length. with a large, full head. We understand that it will average S60 to the acre; a fine weld. Who says that farming won't pay In Ari- sona! There Is a movement on foot to the supply of water for irriga- .ion.