Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-03-07
WEEKLY CITIZEN.
SATURDAY FEB. 2S. ISs5


 ness in Nogales.
 The melodious frog was heard last night wsrbling on the Santa Cruz The first of the season.
 Carter x Cranes mine near the Cienega on the Southern Pacific railroad IS de- veloping to very rich lead ore.
 Mir. Sessions says the sale of powder is much better now than 1t was at the corresponding date last year.
 NIT. Smith, clerk in the land office. has recently been quite Ill, but Is now said, to be slowly convalesciuG.
 Don Sanford is harvesting hIs wool crop. Rather cold we sbOu' d think Tor sheepy to shed hls overcoat.
 Alfalfa seed for sale by l.. Zeckendorf & Co. This seed Is new and warranted to be of the best quality m market.
 The bishop to succeed Bishop Sal pointe, coaijutor of Santa Fe, as bishop of thIs diocese, has not yet been ap- pointed.
 Again there is talk of forming a colony for the summer in the San.a Catilinas, but We presume 1t will end III talk as heretofore.
 The skating mania continues to rage. The attendance IS always large, black, white and yellow made up the cOsno- poltsn crowd last night.
 The sweet potatoes brought up from Phenix, are the best that have come to this market. They remind one of "Old North Gardiner taters."
 The CITIZEN is under obligations to Hon. E. W. kisley for legislative dOcu menus By the way MT. Risley is mak- ing a useful and profitable member.
 Parties returning from the mountains report deer everywhere. The season for killing deer should end for this season, as their flesh vii. soon be unfit for food.
 Considerable ore continues to be shipped from Crittenden station to Ben son and smelters East. Old Harsh6w camp IS not played ont yet by long stretch.
 The Quijotoa stocks are going up. Peerless is quoted at 8, Peer at S1 j0 and Crocker S3.25. The rise is occasiOned by the prospects of the early completion of the mill.
 Our neighbOr says there is consileT4- ble oleOmargarine sold In Tucson. II is mostly imported from tine East, and k in large packages. It Is believed that the California roll is mostly genuine butter.
 Nice ripe tomatoes, green cucumbers. lettes, green peas, spinach and other reminders of the early summer of the north, are to be found In the Tuc~on market. What vgst distance between these things and 30 below Zero.
 Mir Leo. G Goldsmith recently received 6 carload of fine Smyrna and Persian rugs and carpets IL is impossible to convey an idea of their beauty without seeing them. They are on exhibition at his store where they can be seen.
 What has the County Board done about completing the crossing uf the bottom on the QuUotoa road? Would 1t not be a good idea to at tend to that before warm weather sets in? There will be much travel on that road before long and It should be put in order.
 Mir. E. J. COyne, of Greaterville. is in the city. He reports the camp progress ing as usual paying its way as 1t goes along. Recently company have taken in several dry-washers, and for the few days that they were able to work them dld well. The late rain, however. com pelled them to suspend operations untll the ground to be worked agan becomes dry.
 Mir and Mrs. Sumner and family left for their new home iu New Mexico yes terday morning accompanied by the best wishes of their many friends and acqualntances who regretted their de- parture. A few evenings previous to their departure they were made the recipients of a very pleasant party rendered to them by the ladies of the church.
 Mir. Jesse Bryant, one ef the prosper ous Salt river farmers arrived Tn this city several days since with a load of sweet potatoes which he Is selling by way of an experiment for future trade. The potatoes are sweet, sound and of the best quality. Should NIT. Bryant be able to dispOFe of them at a reason able figure he will make Tucson the market for the disposal of much of his product. Like all enterprising citizens of the Salt river valley he hOpes to soon see a railroad built to Tucson thereby linking the producer with the con sumer.
 The Mexican custom house officer on the San Pedro is coming in for a good round share of abuse from the Tomb stone papers. Mexicsns are said to be hourly contrabandIng goods into the United States without paying cent of duty, but If an American wants to take a collar box into Mexico he has to pay two or three dollars for the privilege The attention of Mir. George Christ. special agent of the United States Treasury Department has been called to this state of affairs and he has prom ised to give the matter the much needed attention.
 Mir. P. R. Tully contemplates purchas- ing a ranch and making it his future home. Should he however, not find suitable place m Arizona he will seek place far m tine interior of Mexico and then settle down for the remainder of his days. MT Fully is the oldest white residant of New Mexico, has lived for many years in Arizona. ani was at one time accounted one of the weathie~t men within her borders. While be had money he spent 1t with lavish hand for the benefit of the territory and people. and having ever been among the fore most and most upright of her citizens. 1t is to be hoped that he will find 1t to his advantage to continue to reside ID is native land.
 A gambling case was heard before Judge Meyer to-day that presents somewhat curious phase If the oft told tale of breach of confidence. A Califor- mia gambler by the name of Nunen buck ed the tiger last night and lost Si0 by the operation. A mOneyless friend of his, named Montego. sitting near by was given money by Nunen to play and Tn the hopes of having better lnck try and win back the lost coin, with the fur ther understanding that m case he won anything over and above the said $40 the gain was 10 be equally divided be- tween them. MOutego played and in due course of time cashed in chips to the value of Sl0J. the proceeds of which he handed to Nunen with the expectation that half the profits S26.50 would be re turned to him. Nunen, however, was made of no such stuff, he cOoly pocketed the proceeds and would not divide