Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-09-12
Here and There.

If the civil service rules are responsi- ble for the stupid neglect of the postal car clerks, they are delusIon and a snare. When eastern mail comes from the west, and vice versa, 1t does not re- quire any great stretch of oredulity to believe that something is wrong. All the eastern exchanges of this office, due here last evening, came this morning by the train from California. If the Post master General Is endeavOriDg to make a reputation for economy at the expense of the effectiveness of the service, he will have as difficult an undertaking as to try to lift himself by his boOtstrsps.
 This afternoon about three o'clock, just as we had clipped an item from the Tucson CITIZEN, asking Pete Kitchen to call a convention of the cattle men Tn this Territory to offer up prayer for rain, the flood gates of heaven were opened and We were the recipients of the beav- jest rain We have had this season. Who will say now that advertising does not do any good. After reading that item ID the CITIZEN old Pluvius turned the rain loose, rather than listen to the prayers that come from a convention of Arizona stockmen.-The Tombstone.
 Justice Woods, yesterday, held John PendletOn to answer before the next grand jury Tn the sum of Sl,OO0. and committed the defendent to jail il de- fault of said bail Pendleton IS charged with being a party to the recent stage robberles m this county, and a Iretty strong weo of circumstantial evidence has been woven about him. The officers are watching for tEe two other persons implicated m tine robbery, having pretty clearly determined who they are.-Phe- nIx Gazette.
 AlvinO Aguirre, recently murdered John Mccormack m Graham county, Arizona, and was recently arrested ID PasO del Norte, Mexico. There was a standing reward of Sl 100 for his arrest. The Mexican authorities 80 far refuse to deliver over the prisoner. Agiurre form erly lived m this city, and his father now carries the mail between this city and PinOs AltOs.-Silver City Enter prise.
 NIT. R. J. Kerr, the proprietor of the Touring mills at hacienda Santa Teresa, on the Altar river in Sonora, Is again in the city after an absence at his mills of about four months. Mir. Kerr has many friends and acqualntances in Tucson, who are always ready to extend tC him the most hearty welco me to the ancient and honorable pueblo.
 A clond about as big as a stardard dollar clrcled around over the city about two o'clock this afternoon, and the mountain of wind that accompan- led 1t threw SO much dust into peoples eyes that they hardly caught sight of the dozen drops of rain that followed.
 Visitors to Ssbino canon report that with the exception of an occasional water hole that cail0n Is almost entirely destitute of water, and one party reports that he suffered severely with thirst while following up its sInuOsities from mouth to source.
 Prof Lyman D Smith, the SuperiLten- dent of Schools Tn the city of Los Angel es, dIed on Thursday night after a long illness. Mir. Smith at one time was deputy collector at Dening and at Yuma. He was 3S years Of age Lnd was born at Mt. Repose, Ohio.
 The Prescott Journal-Miner says: F. M. Murphy has received advices from the east m regard tO our railroad. Work will, without doubt, be resumed again before the 18th instant and will be puEhed forward to completion at aD early day.
 The Silver City Enterprise says the cattle brought into Grant county, New Mexico, by Casey & Snyder, from Texas, have infected large numbers of cattle on the lower Gila, and there are daily re- ports of numerous deaths.
 A large lot of splendid new saddles have just been trimmed up in style at Jas. '. EcclestOn's harness shop. He | has some of the most stylish harness on the Pacific coast and sells chesply.
 The PheniI Herald says that II. Greenhsv has had two hundred hogs poisoned lately. There seems to te trouble with hogs In the western part of the valley.
 The Yuma Republican says Mohawk Valley IS destined to be one of the finest agricultural districts in the Territory and the greatest olive producing land ln tie Norld.
 Billy Sprague, who is sick and yenni- less, Is being assisted by the bepevo- lent people of Tombstone and vill be sent to some medicinal springs.