Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-05-02
WEEKLY CITIZEN.
SATURDAY, MAY ?, 1885.

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 Conrad Mundelius has been planting alfalfa, spuds and other luxuries on his ranch near Silver Lake.
 The bridge over the Santa Cruz at Silver Lake has received a coat of paint for protection against the weather.
 A Ateamster from Quijotoa reports q dozen disabled wagons strewn along the road beigen Tucson and the bonanza camp.
 Jas. \. Zabriskie, U. s. District AttOr- ney, has not improved in health sInce arriving at the Hot Springs Of Grant county, New Mexico.
 Wells, Fargo & Co. have paid over S6,000 to Kales IT Lewis on account of the Vulture Mining O., for tine lost bar of bullion.-Phenix Herald.
 Everything about the railroad seems to be affected by the prevailing dullness in all avenues fl trade, and very little is transpiring of interest 10 tAe pubic.
 The late Fl. NJ. Ellsworth was 8 mem- Der Of the Ancient Order of United WoEkmen, of the C2liiornIa jurisdiction, and his family will receive $ 2OO0 in cash from that order.
 Knox Corbett has just added some very fine graded bulls to his herd on the San Pedro. Knox Is branching out like the horns of Texas steer anl will soon be n condition to round up fortune at an hours notice.
 John Lambie has sold his truck and team to John Hart and intends leaving Tucson for the more inviting fields of California. Tucson loses one of its prominent landmarks in the person of MT. John Lambie.
 Doe Miilard's big cIrysll has been splendidly upholstered and is regarded as an indispensable vehicle in all picnic parties to adjacent groves as we'll as for use in travelling from one point tO an- other sbout the city.
 Hon. Samuel Purdy came up Sun day from Yuma to spend day or two among his Tucson friends and acqugint- snces. He IS accompanied by his bright little daughter, who Is greatly pleased with the sights of the old pueblo.
 Dr. Matas has been making many i'm provements to his block on Pennington street, east of Court He has had the front plastered and painted and Q long RwHing built over the sidewalk from Court street tO point opposite the cen ter of the Court House.
 It is reported that some mon.h .hs since negotiations were begun by the Copper Queen mining company. fo- the sale of its plant at Bis5ee to an English syndi- cate. Stree. rumor now has it that the sale has been constructed. the price paid paid being l,GJ3, Record
 Dr. WI. White is profuse in hIs eulo- Cies of the country about Hesa City, Tempe and Pnenix. He Is going into ranching near Mes9 City and is inter ested with others in the construction of an irrigating canal from Salt river that will bring five townships under cultiva- Iion.
 If the President will give us Colonel Head Tor Governor, and make some re- sponslble citizen Of Southern ArIzona-| Thomas |. Weedin of Florence, for in- stance-Secretary, there would be great rejoicing in tnIs Aztec land. It would be new and pleasant departure.-Pres- colt Courier.
 The number of imates In the Terri tOrial prison has been materially in- creased during the last two weeks. Six MOrmons of MGr.copa county, five Ter ritOrial convicts from the same county, ! and PaPago Indian from Pima county, have been among the late arrivals Yuma Republican.
 The Quijotoa stage driver reports sev- eral loaded teams broken down near the county well, in the ComODabI hills, be- cause of the bad roads. These mIsfor- tunes have happened since the Road Overseer came away from that section. and they suggest the necessity of i'm medIlte and thorough repairs.
 The public feeling on the land grant IS anything but smooth. Those who have been persuaded or frightened into purchasing the bogus deeds are now the ones who feel the most imposed upon. Their titles not only c 7ntinue to be clouded by the fraud, bu. their money is in the pocket of the shark.-Phenix Herald.
 ". A. Poindexter. of Wilcox, has re- plevined the material of the Southwest ern Stockman, stored in this city by Phil 5. Montague. He executed an ln- demnity bond and reshipped tine ma terials to Wilcox for the purpose of re- issuing the StockmGp. Both the inside forms Of that paper were completely pied Tn shipping them to Tucson.
 A letter lately received from MT. Tom COrrigan, states that he has bonded his mine, near Trinidad, SOnO-s, to the Trin- idad mining company for S3OO,001. He IS at present Tn GuaYmas, experimenting the shipping of mining supplies to the latter company, upon the completion of which he will remove to Ortiz and make that his headquarters.-IOmbstone Re cord
 The owners of carryalls and hacks, who have been assigned a positionion the Church plaza when awaiting orders, will apply to the City Council for permis- sion to erect proper shelter for their teams. As it now is, they have the warmest and sunniest corner of the plaza, and, during the hot days of sum- mer, the horses will severely suffer from the heat The owners of the hacks are willing to erect q suitable awning for the protection of their respective teams, and they should be accorded that reason able privilege.
 It is found necessary in order 10 make the new Quijotoa road on the Santa Cruz bottoms beyond Silver Lake p6ssabIe at all for loaded freight teams, to sup ply heavy layer of gravel on the top of the alkRli soil of which that thorough fare is constructed. To obtain this gravel temporary road must be con structei across the lands directly to the and it has been suggested by practical road builders that the expense would not be halt so great if this ten- porsry road be made a permanent one across the level bottoms, westward from the bridge to the gravel lands beyond Once across, the road would strike an easy grade upon solid gravel and rock until 1t reaches the present road, where 1t enters Ro5les pass. Besides a saving Tn the expense Of repairing the old road, the new one will save q mile in the dis tance and a better road can be made. It would be a good idea for the road oyerseer to look into thIs project and lay his views before the Board of Super visors.
 Yuma has been so infested with srapnro 1ntal,- fl.oA Gbn-sT 1',-,or b,,