Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-01-21
LOCAL NEWS.

Iudse Barnes reached home last even, ing.
 Mrs. Col. Richardson is reported to be quite Ill.
 The address of Mayor Stevens is in. teres,ing reading. It can be found on tbe fourth page of this issue.
 Hon. c. NJ. Strauss expects to leave for Washington to-mCrrow to be gone shout two months.
 There will be pleasant social hop al the Commercial Club rooms on Thurs dsy evening next.
 Geo. Martin, well known here and lstely business manager of the Phenix Gazette, Is ID the city, and will remain here sbout a week.
 Hon. NJ. 8. Snyder, clerk of the Bosri of Supervisors, reports the amount of taxes that were delinqent Dec. 18th. to be S15.464
 Mr.J. + Hicks, the surveyor returned yesterday from Flagstaff to which place he has been for the past two months on government business.
 lion. Alex hChhs from a months visit to San Francisco. feeling all the better for the trip but still well pleased to get back to the land of sunshine and dry weather.
 Mr,R. A. Johnson was elected coun- c,lmsn last evening vice E. B. Clifford, resigned. Mr. Johnson was in the last council and filled ihe bill exactly.
 Ben Goodrich will assist U. s. District Attorney Rouse in prosecuting the train robbers. As they will each want 6 sep srste trial, It will take some time 10 dis pose of sll the cases,
 Henry Thompson was arrested yester- dsy for roboIng Red Elm" of about $60 or S70. He had hearing before Jus tice Meyer today and was held over to sEsit the action of the grand jury.
 Myrtle, the little two-yesr-old dsugh fer of MT. and Mrs. John Bruce, died last night of diphiheris and was buried to- day. The sympathy of friends go with the afflicted parents.
 Mir. and Mrs. C. F. Love of Chicago, came in from the east this morning snd are guests of Mir and Mrs. W. O. Davis.
  be is no stranger to our good climate. Be Is a brother of Mrs. Davis.
 The first Pullman vestIbule train that hss visited Tucson, came in yesterday afternoon, and WAS vie 1ed by good many people who were at the dspot, IL WAS very handsome and excited much comment.
 Mir, John Dowdle, 8 well known stock man of Graham county, has been ln tue city for the past two days but leaves for home tonight. He reports the price of cattle advancing with sn ever increasisg g demand. He recently completed the sale of 8 bunch of steers at five cents snd thinks that within the next ten days days they will go up to six.
 Mir. Isaac Smith, superintendent of the Locomotive mine, was in the city CD business, but got away again without submitting to an interview. It was, however, casually learned from him that the camp was looking well and that the mines, not only those controlled by the Locomotive company, but also those of the Bonanza company were banning out uncommonly we'll Quijotos will un- doubtedly boom in the near future.
 Rallies seem to be quite popular at present, some half dozen being now under way. Mir. J. A. Black puts up some fine jewelry. Mir. Johnson 8 thoroughbred horse. Mir. Leo Gold schmidt magnificent piece Of furniture snd Mrs. McKenns 6 velvet crazy quilt. The possibility of making one or two hundred dollars by the investment of sirBctional part thereof, makes this class of amusement quite popular.
 The board of commissioners are to be congratulated upon securing the services of Dr. and Mrs. MshOneJ as superln- tendents of the insane institution. The Dr. administers to the vsnts of The male wards while Mrs. Mahoney gIves mothers care to the untortunstes Of her own sex. We feel confident that two more competent, kind hearted, reliable persons for this important position than the Doctor and his estimRble wife csn- not be found in all this broad territory Advance.
 The fees collected and turned ID oy the sberiff, during the year 1881, were Sl,l4I,38 against & salary of SS,O ,OOO; the fees of the recorders office were S3,o64 ,OC against a salary of S3,000; clerk of the courts fees SI,497, salary S2,5OO; pro- bate judge's fees, s5S3, salary S2,OOO. The sheriff. clerk of the court, and pro bate judge, of course, under the salary law, perform services for the county foi which they were formerly paid, fees oi which no record is now kept, the salaries being In lieu of these fees.-Journa Miner.
 A. B. Sampson, Pims's popular Re ce.der, has developed quite literary taste. His latest contribution IS nVe column article to the National Tribune lt is well written and vIvldly portray the hsrdships and battles incident to { soldiers life ID campaigns, through Ar zonR, New Mexico and Colorado, De tween the years 1862 and 1865; frs against the copfedersies and lsstlI sgsInst the Indians ID Colorado, whom for brutal and repeated murders the, attacked and exterminated almost to man-nesrly 500 being killed at th' time.
 Drske's Magazine for January IS ooun tifuI of bright and interesting resdinl for everybody. Its frontispiece is pic iure of Josef Hoffman, the youthfu musical prodigy, seated at the piano The table of contents is varied and en tertsip:ng, beginning with the "Od' Races of New York;" by ". E. s. Fsles suitably illustrated; "A Story of Fire land" by William Ellory Curtis; flick sons ClaIrn," by Thos. P. Morgan; D Secret of Longevity" by Dr, Felix : Oswald; "Our Commercial Marine" b H. K Thurber; "The Face in the Plank, by Stanley Henderson; "The Demon EIchange," by Edward Willett. QuscE the humorous department, IS full O fun contributed by the most populs funny writers of this country. As matter of fact, there is nothing dull O prosy ID Drake's Magazine and the DOT ulsr price at which it is sold-ten cent copy or one dollar @ year-plsces within the reach of everybody. John n Drake, publisher, New York.
 Prescott papers continue their sbuf oi General Miles because of the ~ls policy which he advocates. to ssstio The troops where they are most need cd to prevent the recurrence Of th