Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-05-30

Fifty thousand calves will be branded
 ip Yavapai county this year.
 Mir. FEB. Pomroy has returned from
 Californis and sgaIn settled down t'
 business.
 Mir. Sessions, Principal of the public
 school, IS inhshng the ocean breezes il
 California.
 Gov. Tritle left Prescott on Wednesda,
 morning for California upon advice O
 his physician.
 Father Le Breton now in Prescott
 will arrive in Tucson some time nex'
 week to remain here
 Deputy U. s. Marshal c. T. Dunovar
 has arrested c. H. Sterling, near Flag
 staff, on 6 charge of cOunterfeitipg nick
 els.
 Mayor Rayfeld of Tucson is stil
 making appropriate social su2geshonI
 to the Mayor of San Francisco, witt
 two strsws.
 The city band, in its rounds on thii
 day of special election, halted for time
 ID front of the CITE sS office in Jim's
 Little Daisy, and dis,oursed some very
 cheerful music.
 The Board of Prison Directors will hold 6 special meeting next Monday, st
 which the various officers of the peni- tsntiary will be appointed and contracts let for supplies tor the coming year.
 The bids for advertising for proposals to construct certain wagon roads opened by the clerk of the Board of Supervisors today were as followes: CITIZEN, SIP;
 Star$3.40; Tsilings, $l2-50. The sdver-
 Using was awarded to the Star.
 Chas. R. Wores writes from New
 Orleans that the cleanest street iD that city IS far more filthy than the dirtiest one ID Tucson. If any epidemic happens to pass within smelling distance of the Crescent City grim death will bear harvest.
 That Anheuser beer on drsught st the
 Fountain of the Fashion, beats all other imported beverages. It is cool. frssh and delicious, and a big glass is sold ht the prevailing price of such drinks. As Q thirst-quencher on real warm day, the Anheuser has no superior.
 Rainsberry had out his hack and eI- press wagon and l. W. Perry, of the Lexington stables had out a carriage, free for the railroad voters to-day. John Hart also assisted in the good work by hauling seats and other things, for last nights meeting, free of charge.
 The A. T. & s. F. railroad officials, ID re Eponse to the request from the executive committee of the Northern association, have issued an order to the effect that section men and othert discovering cattle killed by trains must take of the hides and hold the same for thirty days, after which they will be shipped to Las Vegas.-Lone Star.
 Col. J. W. Hsskin arrived from the east last night and is today busily en- gagged in purchasing supplies, hiring miners and preparing to start camp at the Caledonia mine. This property is situated in Pima county, seventeen miles south from Picscho station. on the Southern Pacific railroad, and it is one of the mines that promises important | results.
 There Is at present great activity all | along the Gila vally farming district pre-. psratory to the harvesting Of crops. | The crops, both wheat and barley, have | not looked as promising for many sea sons past as they do now. While the | high water has caused great damage to | to the different irrigstlng canals, still all are now in good order, and the water Tor lrrigating purposes is abundant Clifton Clarion.
 The board of supervisors to-day pur- chased a tract of l60 acres, 2lS miles east of town, from c. H. Veil, for the uses and purposes of the proposed territori- al insane asylum. A water right be- longs to the land, and the price pad, S3, 800 in county bonds, makes the prop erty the cheapest transferred in the county for number of years. The To- cation Is certainly 6 very desirable one and the board of supervisors has done we'll Tn this purchase.-PheniI Gazette.
 Road Overseer J. McC. Elliott has let contract for the repair of the Rel lIto hill, seven or eight miles northeast of the city, towards the Santa Catalinas. This hill has long been the terror of teamsters and 1t has occasioned more profanity than President Cleveland's at- tempt to enforce the civil service rules A new and easy grade will be made around .hepresent hill. Mir Elliott will leave on Monday with the county team and some ~orkmen for Hsrshsw, to repair bad places in the roads of that vicinity. That Clifton, Morenci and Duncan in with Lordsburg are to have ,he benefits ofreligious services is now ? settled fact. The Rev. Mir. Sumner, of Las Vegas, writes to the Clsrlon that a clergyman will shortly arrive from the so No .H l but very promising field. The gentleman will be orthodoI and Protest mt, and the Clarion trusts, nay, we are that the citizens of the various owns will exert themselves to aid the cause. both by regular attendance upon he services, and by contributing liber- lily of their worldly goods, for clergy l nan, Tn order to perform his duties we'll, must not only receive moral but fnan- 'ial support.-Clitton Clarion. They have 6 smart Pspago keeper in he old mission of San Xavier del Bsc, md be exhibits 6 rare genius of imposI- ion upon strangers. A short time ago ( wo eastern gentlemen purchased admls 1 ion tickets of the priest in Tucson and Vent out 10 view the historic edifice. hey were promptly admitted to the 1 ullding and after wandering around pr time they proceeded to ascend the { tslrs. The keeper at once went after 6 hem and made them descend, saying i herr tickets admitted them only to the round floor; if they wished to inspect | he wonderful beauties of ancient archi- a sciure in the upper galleries and corri- I ors, sn additional payment of one dol IT each would accord them that privil- i ge. A well known gentleman of this Q fly WAS near by and when informed of ' lis unusual proceeding, he went to the y seper and demonstrated, and the latter S nslly yielded and let them inspect all arts of the building. Those having N 1arge of the old mission should shake p the old keeper and perhaps a great a any illegitimste dollars may drop out . his old clothes. A few days ago, while agent R. G. O 'heeler was in this city, Mir. J. Nj. s' erger, who had been deprived of his a ghtful home at San Xavier, obtained s' to return to his farm and cut si s grain, provided he reimburse the ia ldians for taking care of it and irri- VI ting. To determine the value of these y'