The Arizona sentinel., 1885-09-05
Tacna Topics.

Hail-stones, one and one-half inches in diameter, fell here during the recent rain storm, and quite number of our people gathered them up for future use in ice cream festivities and other social gatherings. To preseye them they care fully wrapped the hail-stones in blankets and grain sacks and buried them in the ground in large and deep holes.
 The Tacna Debating Club IS as strong in point of numbers, themes of discourse and general utility as ever. Hope aud Charity bear heaviest in it's prospective scale weights. and a general good feeling and mutual kindness are exchanged through portals of it's social enter course. The next millionaire that shufles of the mortal Coil, can place 8 perpetual monument to his or her name by be- quenthing funds for library and other wise endowing this Pioneer Association which is awaiting a more suitable name to be given it by some such beneflctor. The next meeting Is to be opened by a rendition of the Lords prayer from the New Version.
 An essay on the Lion and the Lamb, at ths next public meeting will be looked forward to with interest and great expec- tation.
 Mir. James Miller the railroad bumper, has been on double extra duty lately, on account of the late visits of Jupiter Pluvius and resultant bad railroad track
 MT. J. W. Fryer has located upon land selected by him. and has been construct ing houses and corrals, digging wells and otherwise adding to and improving his farm. This looks like ''falth with works and is only a forerunner of much more oI the same kind of demonstrations to be made in the future between Yuma and Texas Hill in this county.
 A valuable young dog of Mir. Fryer's was bitten by side-winder rattle-snake recently on the side of the head. Hearts horn externally and hearts-ease internally brought the young pup around in hand some style, an1 he is now as fat as could be wished for, or expected.
 R. D. Chapel and Charles Seward, oi Fl Monte, California, members and CO., owners in the Antelope Canal Company here, were out on a visit and inspection tour, one day last week. They profess to be highly pleased with the ditch, and the location, and on the strength of it they made arrangements to have improve ments put upon lands selected by them which they will enter as homesteads and in short time bring their lamilies Iron : California to occupy t.7 5--7c Trc=a Gca taa-ou4b going. 5rget, gentleman fU.' o5 pe5l and business Hc5 ar- ..... --a- feg f- win aud To oar 1e- ..5 3 ishs -g'u.le ne,gbborhood, which v.h ID 8 measure relieve the appearance cflsoia s.on elnglng to Inc present sparce and . tHinig settled comm unity,
 A school house has been secured by the Trustees of District No. 4, and as soon as some additions are made and seats sup piled, the young idea will be trained in the various branches of learning, accord ing to the methods of the Arizona school law, at the hands of the new teacher who will occupy that important station "in the sweet nearby"
 The wagon road from this point to Yuma will soon be impossible, the tree limbs lap from each side now, and as soon as the thorns, harden there will be no more travel only by footmen. Can not the Commissioners take hint some time, and have this remedied?
 SCRAPS.