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

tsI Chatham Is confined to his
 by an attack of fever.
 r-..an will double its present popu- ..,g in year from now.
 r.. sast-bound train came IL at one
 ..1k and the west-bOund was on time.
 -t.-.. is some kicking on account of
 ,--,isius cf assessments by the board | ga!ization.
 -. Board of Supervisors desire pc
 ,a keep their children out of the 's. -. F,gse lawn. They spoil the grass -.F-shs and pluck the flowers.
 ,.,-.v Surveyor q. T. Roskruge will -. .,- San Francisco on the first prox- ri.a Nor0uey's excursion party. 5-g,l. be absent about two months.
 -..-ls. of the Star man wanting a
 ,-.-- potion Is infinitely funny. He '.t5 be awakened once or twice a .,5 tsr diversion If for no other -5.s-l
 T. reported about the city that a
 --, A legal meteor who aspired to be-
 .,--. .ha first Democratic Senator from
 ..s-S.,,s of Arizona, has skipped, leav-
 '---,l, unpaid bills.
 r-s..A Shibell was this morning ap-
 -; --gIstering officer a. the depot,
 -.ts Board of Supervisors. This may .,s.g as an indication that MT. Shl- t.fr1-,uSes to become a resident of 
 Ar.zJ-s
 ,'s, ot printing paper which left St. r--i. hy rall on June 9th, flor this office, t..-1, a-ryel III Tucson, nor can any .-.,.d II be found. The washouts ---s .,., ,-5b.5ly responsible for the long .-i yaza,.Ous delay.
 Cago. Kee, who maintained a laun- 5-r 7r Eaurcl street, near the Grand C.-.-.l ~G- arrested last evening for .----..,..1- business without a license. II. f,--i f convenient this morning to i.a aa. the city's finances s worth.
 ,-a.ss- -aii was made on the opium 7srs l., night and Chief Johnson f--,-I.- i've of them down to the bull .-, Thsg decided to make test case .f,-. and employed Tom Fitch to defend -ssn. They were given a jury trial this afternoon.
 I. ha, been fouad by experience that .r,- English lawn grass does got thrive r-.I m this city, the Bermuda grass be- --- -n7rr hardy and thrifty for lawns. ne latter variety vii. soon take the -.a,a of the English grass on the court house lawn.
 Am-.t.ac ua, hell at Masonic Hall ya-.-riay afternoon by the prime nov +-. is tbe citizens and taxpayers organ -z.r1n-a uOn-p-rjISan element pledged t5s reform ID local politics. Quite a u8nbs- af voters were present and ,.fraral vlln of action was discussed. l second meeting Till shortly be called.
 IT issui tlat drunken Indians are f-,glrltF seen gong from the southern eui { tLecl-I to the arroyo beyond the railroad. The inference is that their Egu1r Is obtained in the Barrie Libre. it bslaer-s the police, and all other good ti,.z-1 to k.ep a lookout for the cailty parties, for a drunken Indian Is alEl. L.- -rI0Us.
 The clllDl uali works are running on t-st g-ll.l-l-- 1I ore from various parts of the c.l-.-s. with uniform success. ExDe-.maL.s have been made with the new cruceL--a-1r invented by Mir. Dyer. and It -Iyes excellent satisfaction. i few minor improvements will be added, when the machine will be considered as near perfection as 1t Is possible for cautrivauce Of this character to be made.
 Surveyor General Royal A. Johnson aul ll' family Jeff for New York to-day. Ir. Johns ln uas g-aiu been cal led to the bedside ui l.- ilrler who k n daI!y expectancy at beng summoned to the mySteH0E realms leyond this vale of probation. It is a singular fact that dur l- the eighteen months of Mir. John e.ls residence Tn Arizona, his mother La, been !ll four months and hls father for seven mOaths. II Is hoped that his erinl will not prove to be so sal as IS uoT anticipated.
 q. J. Rlsk7uge Is one Of the fortunate owners of 8 mine adjoining the now famous Crocker, n the QuijOtoas, where ile great strike has been made. In fact tAe tunnel c.nuot 20 much further with ogt tle,uassins upon NIT. ROskruGe's uine. That gentleman will yet be m a position to place his thumbs m the aTm-h1les of his vest and make faces at the British iiOn without fear or trem- bling.
 Len Harns has returned from trip down tue Rio Grande, looking after stolen freight that had been taken from ears detained hy the washouts. He found a considerable quantity, some of which Was ID good condition and some worth less from exposure and other causes, while a large quantity that had been taken across the rIyer into Mexican ter rtory c0lld not be reached Rt all. He had two conductors and n number of railroad men arrested and put in jail for comp..cIty in the tEet;S.
 Al. Frazer came in from Covered Wells last evening, ana brought with him about ton of ore from hIs Silver Aaii mine a; that camp. Like all the Hel veins in that neighborhood, this ls quite narrow, the pay streak beIng not more than seven or eight inches, but the gre Improves m width and value with depth The oIe brought in by MT. Fra Fer vii! assay out Sl,00O per ton, and t Is his intention to ship 1t to Benson Tor Q working test. From all reports Tom the vicinity of Covered Wells, 1t Is 'eram that hourIshing mining camp VIII be built at that point. Senor Lemas, agent of the Hispano- AezIcana Opera Bouffe troupe, has se- cured control of the Park theater Tor series of entertainments next week. )n thls occasion absolute control of the grounds and everything thereon will be held by this eXcelleu: troupe, and noth- ng Will be permitted to occur to offend he most iastidilus Owing 10 there oeing no hal. in tn, city since the opera house burned adequate to accommodate so large a company twenty-five per ioTmers the Para ls the only available .