Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-11-17
MT. and Mrs, wm. Ret,inssr and two


 daughters arrived from Strong City
 Kansas, a few days since and will pro
 bably locate here for the winter. Mrs
 Rstiinger s daughter of Col. Joseph
 Durr of Warum Darum fame. They hsd
 not seen each other for IA years and the joy of the reunion can better be imagin-
 ed than described. Mir. Rettinger is the
 senior member of Rettinger Bros. 4 Co.,
 large and wealthy firm of contractors
 and builders, operating at Strong City,
 Kansas. They are also proprietors ct the Short Line Limestone Quarries and supply much of the demand for this class of building material within rsdi- us of thousand miles of their Quarries. The elder Miss Rettinger, who accom- psnies her parents here, is handsome and accomplished, To-day the entire party under the escort of Ool, Dur, visited the old mission San Xavier. The CITIZEN welcomes them to the ancient pueblo.
 Election day passed of quietly in Prescott today. Friends of both tick- cts were out in carriages and on foot working like beavers. Soon after the polls opened sort of democratic head quarters was established 10 the room adjoining the polling place. where free whisky and cigars were dispensed dur ing 8 portion of the dsy in violation of law. Unusual interest was manifested ID the election all day, and the demo- crsts attempted to bolster up their fail ing cRuse by the use of telegrsms, but with little effect. A pretty fair vote was boiled, though not ss large as expected. large number of Prescott citizens be- ing in the country, where they will de- posit their ballots, At the hour of go- | ing to press, 5 o'clock p. m., COG votes had been boiled. As there has been 6 | great deal of scratching done, it will re- ouire nearly day to count the vote.- Journal Miner.
 Two telegrams were received here from Nogsles this morning stating that George Clark had killed Philip Ament at the Selero. One telegram was receIv- ed by Hon. B. H. Hereford from Clark requesting that be take charge of his case. the other was to Sheriff Shaw, from Deputy Speedy stating that he had Clark under arrest and requesting that District Attorney Jeffords go there and prosecute the case. Beyond this nothing IS known of the tragedy. Mrs. Ament is in Chicago and had just sued for a di- vorce Judge Hereford being her sttor- ney, This morning he wired her to come here and take charge of the proper ty. Ament has long been considered little off and a dangerous man, es- pecislly so since he killed Frank Baceh about year since,
 An Atlanta school glrl the other day produced the following composition on boys: Boys are men that have not got as big as their pspss and girls are young women that will be young women by and by. Man was made before women: When God looked at Adam he sad to himself, Well, l gness l can do bettes it l try again. and be made Eve, God liked Eve SO much better than Adam hat there has been more women than men ever since. Boys sre trouble; they are wearing on everything but soap. If had my way half the boys in the world Rould be girls and the rest would be dolls. My papa is SO nice that guess le must have been girl when he was a boy.
 The following letter to the Herald rom Colin Cameron explains itself: A gentleman here from your town says bat 1t is re ]orted on the street that I sm in favor of a quarantine against So- 1ors cattle I authorize you to deny hIs for me in your paper or outside ss 7ou choose. am absolutely opposed o any such quarantine; Sonora cattle Ire ss healthy as any ID Arizons and al- Fsys have been. The inspection $ alked of would be useles as it would De impossible to really examine a single the farce will I think ' ,avar ha eopomanaad"