Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-08-04
WEEKLY CITIZEN
LOCAL NEWS,

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 The friends of Mir, William Zecken d5ri will be pleased to learn that he ii s0sin sble to be about.
 The Senate Saloon has again passed to the hands of sl. w, Klein that prince ot caterers.
 SIX soldiers are reported to have de serted from Fort Whipple in one day last week,
 Itis reported that a school under charge of the Catholic Church IS shortly io be opened at San Xavier.
 JudSe Hereford has returned from his visit to New Mexico. His weight now is about BIO pounds.
 Mrs. F. Reynolds snd daughter are ID from the Nekol mine. snd have taken up their residence st 307 Stone Avenue.
 Sheriff Shaw secured the gur the Indians killed Ford with. It Is sn old 44caliore Winchester,
 Governor Stafford accompanied by the Board of Regents visited the Unl- versity yesterday and was loud in hls concentrations of the work in hand.
 An informal reception will be given 10 Governor and Mrs. Ssff1rd at the residence of NIT. Sam Hughes, this even ing. Hours from to 10.
 Vichyi IS not only a cooling and psla- table drink but II Is absolutely healthy and beneficial, For sale by Dr. George Martin.
 On August 9th F. 1. Desthersge will commence the publication ot 8 weekly newspaper ID the town ot Blsbee, to be known ss The Democrat.
 Postmaster KIng ot Wilcox is in the city en route home from California ln which state he has been rustlcating with his family for the past month.
 Mir Wm. Zeckendorf received a tele- gram from General Miles this morning stating that he would pass through Tue son this evening on his way to San Oar los.
 Judge Woolfolk. in from PsntGno to- day. states that the railroad company have about hundred men employed on ihe repairs whereabouts.
 Complaint Is made that the Mexicsns sell liquor to the Indians. The PBpsgOs, however, maintain that much of the hquor used by them Is tiswin, of their own manufacture.
 Prof, E. L. Wetmors is of the opinion inst the CienegR Is encroRching on Fort Lowell and that before 0 great while every little flood will put tine place un- der water.
 The Star of recent date deplores the ng too many GapFAt GnoIp- ties ID Tucson. Rumor hath It that sn application of the old mans ended up Rsalnst ballot box full of black balls hence the squesl.
 The meeting held in the City Hall last evening tO instruct Mark Smith to re- consider his position on the land grant DIll was captured by the enemy and R motion endorsing the action of Smith ID the premises was put and carried by s majority vote.
 A Msricopa Indian was brought to the railroad hospital with crus he'd arm yesterday. Dr, Handy assisted by Drs. Spencer and Adler, smputsted the injured member. The Indian is a large powerful man. fully siI feet high and proportionally built. He was injured by the cars near Msricopg.
 Since the completion of the Walnut Grove d6m and the storage of an i'm mense amount of water there, ourIously enough the HassRy 6mpR below the dam for several miles IH Tnnning a clear stream of water which is knee deep Co horse. The supply seems 10 be perman- eut and the strange part of it IS that none of It comes over or through the dEu.
 1 party of about 24 ladies and gentle men that for the past two weeks have been camping on Mount Lemon reiurs- ed home yesterday full of enthusiasm for the grand scenery of the Santa Cat Blinss, its towering pines and flowing waters There WAS not one among them that did not promise to repeat the visit and st no distant day, snd remain longer than they did on the present occasion,
 The Yuma Indians were very much e1cited over the eclipse, and the entire tribe spent the time shouting their Hi yah Hi yah, yshl' and clappIng their hands, so ss to sssisi the moon ID its trouble. The Indians say that they did not want the moon to go sleep because that would cause the Col orado river to dry up and brlng sickness and death to the Yumss. The termlns- ton of the eclipse was greeted by songs of Joy, and the psns oI victory could De plainly heard in tOwn.-SentlneL
 Present indications point to the pro- b4bility that the Republicans ot Pims county will nominate Hon. Douglas Snyder as their candidate for sherlh. Mir. Snyder possesses sterling qualities as man and in an official capacity his integrity is beyond question. Ills friends jn Pima county are not coDhned by any party lines and there are many democrats that will give hIm thelr ear nest support for any office he may seek' Enterprise.
 The London Times, having letter from President Cleveland m its posses sion. after quoting passages from II, editorislIy says: "It would hardly De possible to put the free trade case more clearly or more strongly. The sign- neuts which Cleveland uses are those whioh Golden used tO employ 45 years ago. and which any English free trader would employ now. They are purey free trade arguments, md, as such' We sre glad to see Cleveland using them, though sorry for the popular lnfatua- tion which makes it dRngeroes to give them their right name.
 l.. D. Chillson a well known Arizona surveyor, Is in town to purchase seed for a large tract of 5000 acres on the Lower Cila, 90 miles east of Yuma, which he ls managing for Los Angeles gentleman. Water has already been conducted into five miles of canals on the tract, winch will bs seeded mostly to alfalfa. Great progress IS being made in the reclsms- Ion of desert lands in that section, MT. Chillson says the climate IS very healthy The thermometer has not been above l3O degrees ID the shade this summer, IL A. Times.
 One of the finest punches of grapes 1t has been the CITIZEN mans good fortune Co see came from the garden ot Mir. A. t Grossetta. They were of the musost variety and exceptionally large. The bunch weighed but fraction less than tE0 pounds and was grown on two year old vine. This is further evidence Gf vhsk can be done hereabouts If peo-