Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-01-17
SMALL TALK.

r5sitei friends n this city returned .,ber home yesterday.
 -rh.-s are uucalled for telegrsms at
 western Union office for Carlos tH.ts.,sIp t.s sud Judge Craig.
 r.-bt tons of ore per day is being ,Li-ts,sl from the San Xavier mines to sI- Banson smelter.
 ,.ct \. Vi. Hatch. reglmental Guar
 L--...stsr of the Fourth Cavalry, left for ss'-,s.t to day on a two months leave ol absence
 r,s-os are hauling ore from the Es- ..-spza mine in the Sierrlta mountains.
 -unr-s purpose to ship d carload to E-s,l5 for reduction.
 F. Van Horn representing the pN-s Fytng company IS in town. He
 ,,sI inc city to-day, announcing the i..rsl of the company here on Tues isy next
 Ina news that are being daily re- .rel rive hopes of a revival of mining Ss!,stry ID sll parts of the Territory. -- .bi, direction Pima county Is epecial- t-,-r-ing to the front.
 Vsnted. copies of the DAILY CITIZEN ;, na,ember 18th and 31st: also the -,vrry CITIZEN of December 20th. r.ries having said copies will confer flavor by sending same to this office.
 The p-esent Board of Supervisors will. s.,. -s1orted, create the office of Road O-s-.err. To the incumbent of said o4;,s vii! be intrusted the keeping ID ,s-sir of all the country roads.
 Harry DeYere, formerly business -,sasrtr at the TIvoli when it was first o-qYei here. recently gave an amateur Ts-f,r,nance in Florence for the benefit di the Catholic church.
 VrA. Baldwin was recently elected r7s-iee of the Peace at Harshaw. Mir. gsriwin is well known here as a clever sri honorable gentleman, and will re- 5sc, credit on the office which he now occupies.
 For the quarter ending December 3l, lS>l. the total receipts and disburse- r,sats al the Tucson postoffice amounted 10 s65,l0j 49. A Lot bad showing for a second rate office.
 Hot Scotch and Hot Rum Punch for t5s vigorous, and Wine Negus to invig- ora.e the delicate, are the specialties at inc scotia at present. Tom is master of inc art f making those refreshments pslaiabe.
 On the authority of a gentleman who clam. to have gained his knowledge by U-sctical experience. It IS stated that the further away from home ore IS sent ,1r reduction 'he more money can be realized from It.
 4. R. Gnrrey, the well known and popular adJuster for Imperial group of c0mpaDies, left San Francisco yester- isy for Tucson tO settle the Kane loss, scti0g also on behalf the London and Lancashire insurance company.
 FL Wetmore left for Nogales this morning 10 administer on an estate. He will be absent for the next several days. Although iG office but few weeks the case in question IS the third upon he has been called to administer.
 Dan Allen recently lost $500 from his pocket. the proceeds of an ore ship nslt, when returning to his home ID the Patagonia mountains. Another party found 1t and blew It in on whisky and faro. Allen had hun arrested, but could prove nothing.
 Mayor Rayfield Is already beginning to show his hand in the much needed street movements. He Is at his own expense digging up the street for a width Of about len feet in front of the Palace HOtel property and filling in with gravel. 1T the same plan could be more gener- ally Bi"pied, especially at street cross lngs, storms and consequent mud would Q. pedestrians be less dreaded.
 Tie entertainment given by the Good Tsnplars Tn their hall on Pennington street last evening was largely attended sDi most generally enjoyed. Towards the latter part of the night dancing was lniulged in, which was kept up till q lste hour. Among the several entertain nents given by the Good Templsrs that Of last evening IS said to have been among the most enjoyable.
 The Denver Times Republican of the Sth instant contains a somewhat lengthy account of 30-stamp mill that Is soon to be erected on the Goldtree or Man. moth mine. on the San Pedro. recently sold by T. D. Reymert to C. R. Fletcher, Of Detroit, representing Michigan cap ital The mill IS of Denver manufac- ture. and was on exhibition at the Cen tennial in Philadelphia, 1876. It Is said tO be one of the most complete and ser uceable pieces of machinery of its kind ever vet put up in Arizona. It is uow ID transit, and when in place will render good account of its stewardship.
 The Pioneer Hose company have an nounced that they will not give their accustomed monthly social thIs month, but will on the night of the 23i of Feb ruary give a grand ball, and for which they are at the present time making Preparations. The anniversary Of the Organization of the company comes on the 22d of February, but as that day faIls on Sunday the ball in celebration ot the event will be given on the night following. During the present winter there has been an unusual dearth of balls, and the one promised by the lire men Is looked to with pleasurable an tclpstion.
 w. A. Scott, Jr, reports the sale Of hercules blasting powder Tor January J ioc5 ai already exceeding Tn magnitude the sales of December 1884. On that month the powder sales were unusaliy heaVy, but that was accounted for In The assessment work rush. The ex- raordlnary demand for high explosives st thls time, points however significant Y to the work of development now gong on ID all parts and sections Of the country. A revival of the mining ln- dustry IS contemplated and no better means of bringing it about can be found than in the development of mining prop critics.
 Mr. Dan Allen arrived in the city yes terdsy from Washington camp, which place, he says, is in a fourishing condl- hon. From ten to twelve men are con- unually at work chloriding and taking out ore for shipment east. in Wash ington camp, he says, there is more ore n slght than any other camp ln the Ter ntory, with every facility for working 1t Every claim out of which ore has been taken improves with depth. This fact has encouraged the various owners td develop their properties to the extent oi tlelr means. When these are exhaust e1, the shlnment of "A few tons Of ort