Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-12-22
WEEKLY CITIZEN.
Rsilrcsd business is improving.

Judge Gregg returned to San BerDRE dino last evening.
 Canning, Hsgsl, k'-- -. the air and American BlondIn.
 Hon. Lewis Martin has gone to SaI Francisco on B. of l.. k. business.
 Jobn Devins has returned from 6 business trip to Chicago.
 The tsmperance movement IS being sxit.ied considerable lst now and seems to De growing ID fevor.
 Arizona should copy the New Mexico law making tram robbery capital or fense.
 The Arizons Pioneers will have ,rend raunIoi apd ball on Saturday, December 29sh.
 Pas Papazo FIrmin. the murderer oi Ford. vlli hang on the Fist unless some power steps in and inteEveEes-
 B,bLexis of San Francisco, passed through oa the east bound trgia st eV- epIpg. ca hrs return from Tombstone be will stop here.
 Mrs. Glssscott has opened s first-clsss toy and notion store on Congress street below Wheeler and Ferry s.
 NIT. Pierce Ford's father and mother have srr4ved from Missouri and will spend the winter with bim.
 Any Legislator who supposes that he will get any money for voting for Phe- nix ss the capital, is, to use 8 vulgar ex- p-tssion, of his nut."-Arizonan.
 The $. P. Library bSll will take place next Monday evening and no pans will be spared to make It a most enjoyable affair.
 MT. N. O. Murphy, one of the leading citizens of Yayspai county aad a stsl- wart Republican, i ID the city. H. leaves for home to night.
 Hon. Cbas. K. Drake retuI ed last night from 6 visit to Riverside, OslIfor- Dis. He reports the country looking fine and business fairly good.
 BoRS-Lsst night to the wife of Mir. A. V. GrOssetts 8 son. The CITIZEN joins their many friends in extending congratulations to the happy parents.
 Mir. Wm. Hartt hes purchased the machinery on the old Blue Jay mine. He will use such of it as is available, In his pumping plant on the Santa Cruz bottom.
 The Hook and Ladder boys ball to be given on New Years eve promises lots of fun. Elaborate preparations will be made and every one present will be made to feel at home and happy.
 The board of supervIsors yesterday, by resolution. extended the time for paying county taxes till December 26th, This IS a proper move ss 1t will give our people ample time to pay up.-Gszette.
 A blg sale of copper mines IS said 10 be on the tspis. Experts left here yes terdsy to make a final examination of them. As the group Is one of great ex- cellence there is hardly doubt but that tle sale will be Consumated.
 Mir. John Hollisser of San Diego a partner of Supervisor Frank Proctor in the stock .business, IS ID the city sc compsnied by his wife. They expect to remain here B month or so.
 Louis Neri x Go. have opened 8 fine sample room in connection with their Commercial Restaurant on Congress street. Both restaurant and sample room under the popular management bsspesS for themselves great popularity
 The new saddle shop Cn South Meyer street is building up good business. Both men are thorough ID theIr work and sre giving general satisfaction. Harness and saddles are their special forte snd good goods and low prices their motto. Give them call.
 The Hook and Ladder company are in the field for good time on New Years Eve. "end don't you forget 1t They propose to do things up in their usual grand style. They give 8 ball but once year, ths. however they in- tend shall be ro1ser.
 The Knights of Pythias do nothing by halves. The ball last night afforded more pleasure to the participants than even the most s8nguine had imagined could be possible. The nuslc wss fine, the supper grand and the dancers ia the best of trim for sport.
 Messrs. Murray and Church of Pres colt have taken @ bond on some copper claims twelve miles south of GucB These claims are owned by Messrs. Mac kepzie. Beecher and Peterborough Messrs Murray and Church left for the mines Tuesday, and will do some pros peoting and assessment work.
 Master Mechanic Carroll has received two new passenger engines from the Roger works. They have extensIcD boilers and straight stacks and are numbered 355 and 356. Three more are on the road and will be here in 6 short time, These are to take the places Of the four passenger engines tha. were ordered 10 California.
 The grand ball to be given by the Southern Pacific Library on Christmas eve will be a superb affair. From eight to nine will be devoted to tbe distribu- ton of presents from the Ohristmss tree to the children for which purpose the committee have already expended ov' S2O0 The sale of tickets so far has been far beyond their expectations.
 Superintendent J. s. Noble has re- turned from a business trip to Yuma and states there has been quite m influx O. people in the Gils valley. At Aztec there is a population already of over ons hundred and the company has de- cided to erect suitable depot aud station buildings for the Rccomodstiop ot the increasing business. At the Hot Springs, twelve miles from Sentinel, a party of capital sts have decided to erect twen- ty-:houssnd dollar hotel. This country undoubtedly has great future befor' it.
 A dispatch from Prescott. dated l7tb inst, says: The Lord family. of this city has come to grief again. It will be rem bered that two members of the house hold were sentenced to the penitentiary st Yuma for arson. Now the maternal head of the family comes 10 court and swesrs out a complaint against her hus- band, Patrick Ford, for slapder. This complaint includes several prominent citizens, two of whom are county ofi- cisls.
 The rsttlesnske found on the roof of tbe Palace hotel 6 few days since, e1- cited considerable curIosity and the only explanation that can be given for its getting there. IS that it had been | dropped by some member of the fsi- | conIdes that hoped to make s meal on | his snskeship. The building is of brick and is st least 50 feet high, with fisi
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