Arizona weekly citizen., 1886-01-30

! Of petit jury, the human taste in a gen eral senses or the opinions of newspapel
 writers. Where one of the latter ma,
 hnd nothing but wriggling, loathsomt
 parasitical object in a bloodsucker. an
 other will term 1t one of the most noble
 unse!fish, and endearing creatures that
 ever curled itself up in its own slime for
 comfortable repose, Where the propen
 sitles Of the lower objects of creation
 are imparted to the human species, the
 camera of the press reveals equally an.
 tIpodal portraits of the creature upon its
 oOleci glass There IS no manner of
 accounting for this curious phenomenon;
 but as the world looks upon 1t, and re-
 fleets, there comes to its mind the be,
 lief that the perverted sentiment con-
 ceaied m the stamp of guinea IS more
 than sufficient to neutralize every hon.
 est effort to find the priceless treasure
 that Is said to repOse undIsturhed at the
 bottom of the we'll
 It IS truly sorrowful sight and one
 that Is enough to draw tears of pity from
 the glass eyes Of statue, to see such
 pretty, dainty, promising and highly in-
 terest,ng flights Of rhetoric and word painting as frequently appears in the l newspapers, come to an untimely end
 with Bright's disease or some similar complaint just for the purpose of ex-
 toiling the suspected virtues of some
 humbng nOstrum called patent rnedi- cine. How many are there among the reHders of the CITIZEN who have not at some time become deeply interested 10 an account of some astonishing events TnLN of hanhtx- Khr,1I.
 tons, only to find 1t end with a ridicu- ious reference to the curative properties of quack remedy? The people are growing quite suspicious of such meth Ods Of advertising and now look first at the ending of an interesting romance to see II the trap IS set for gudgeons.
 Florida is in a peck of half-busheIs. It's orange crop on the trees was frozen and nearly all that was boxed for shIp- ment was damaged. Several csrgoes for New York were frozen Tn transit and the New York health officer dumped them in the offal dock Flor Ida IS now trying to make the eastern people believe that the oranges were roasted by the heat instead of being de- siroyed by the cold, for 1t never gets cold m Florida, you know.
 EI-Senator James T. Farley, ot Cali fornid, died at hIs residence in Jackson, AmadOr county, last Friday evening, in the 5ith year of his age. For politics the deceased Senator had R decided gen jus, and Tn some respects he was ae- knowledged to be the best political man. ager of his time. Of large, massive frame and prepOssessing manners, he was one of those leaders who attract the admiration and support of men. He was an Old-fashioned politician, belong ing to a ciGss that Is now rapidly passing away.
 Mir. l.. l.. Wetmore has made prepar- atiOns to supply all kinds of fruit, shade | and ornamental trees, and flowers of all | kinds He IS selling more Of them this l year than ever before, as it promises to | be favorable seasOr for their growth | This Is the time to buy trees. and Gs Mir. Wetmore sells very cheaply there Is no | reason why the orchard acreage should | not be greatly increased this year.
 An eastern correspondent makes in- quIry regarding the uses of the amOle | plalt. or "sOap weed as it IS usually | called, and wants to find party who | can furnish preparation for hair | wash or tine plant itself in quantity. Any one engaged in making such pre- paratIon can have the address of the ap- plicant by calling at or addressing thIs office.
 At kiDgmsn Saturday morning a man known as "Butch," who IS butch CT III that place, shot Bill Johnson, a | gambler, and then cut his own throat | Neither of the men are expected to live. | The Rtfray was the result of quarrel | over a woman known as Meg Brown. | Johnson was formerly resident of | Flagstaff and is well known here.-Chsm | pion.
 It is said that MT. Charles Hudson for | merly of Tucson, now a wholesale liquor | dealer in Belfast, Ireland, has fallen | heir to large estate by the death of 8 | relative. This Is about the proper time | for him to dig mp. Perhaps the mur- dered Col. TOole was the relative"
 Dr. Matss is interested in a group of I Sonora mines, the ore from which nets S2GO per ton at Deming. It looks as though mining at such figures IS a bet ter business than pro Ipecting the geo logical formation of the human anatomy for evidences of corruption.
 Congressman Morrison is certainly entitled to the soubriquet of ''the great The keeper of the Con- gressiOnal free baths says of him that he has never Rvailed himself of the privileges accorded the members at that 
 The suspension of the mill at the Quiiotoas IS having the effect of forcing many good miners to get rich by devel Oping their own properties and shipping the ore. It IS hard to be forced to get rich, but 1t IS sometimes honorable and necessary.
 When the water was shut of from one of the great IrrigatiDg canals at Phenix, the other day, great numbers of Salt river salmon were caught by hand in the shallow pools left in the ditch. They were from one foot to twenty inches in length.
 Messrs. l.. H. Manning and Neff, with shotguns and sporting sccoutrements, left early thls morning for days gun hing m the neighbOrhOOd of the mis- sion San Xavier del Bsc, where ducks and quails are said to Do plentiful.
 Don A.lSanford and family left this for the east. They will visit friends m Texas and New Orlesrs and then proceed to Washington, ID. C., where they have handsome residence Tor their future home.