Arizona weekly citizen., 1890-04-05
WEEKLY CITIZEN.
SATURDAY, APRIL ,, 1890

 ago received some painful bruises from fall down a shaft, Is rapidly recovering from his injuries.
 The Olive mine, in the San Xavier dIs- trict, leased by Messrs. Wheeler & Per ". keeps producing its usual ton of good ore per day.
 Mir. Chas. Wores is kept continually | busy at the sampling works; be receives ores from all the surrounding cholridlng | camps which he samples and ships to the smelters. Surveyor General Royal A. Johnson has gone to his ranch, a few miles south of Tucson, and will feast for few days on the sweet scent of alfalfa fields and the fragrance of wild plants.
 Billy Roche starts tomorrow on a trip to his mine in the QuiIotoa mountains. He believes he has been lucky, and feels sure of having splendid property; at any rate he seems to be resolved to work it awhile and see.
 The CITIZEN reporter this morning found Geo. Hucke, the custodian of the city jail. engaged in a most novel culina- ry occupation. It was nothing less than boiling blankets. If this is the diet dis pensed te the city offenders, no wonder the Jail is nearly always vacant.
 Mir. Sabino Otero and P. Charoleau, who have been out at their ranches with some Kansas City cattle buyers, return ed today. They have contracted to de- liver some 2000 head of steers within the next month.
 Messers Cortellezi & Hood are fitting up the place on Congress St, formerly used as an office by Dr. Fenner, for ice cream parlors. They will bein readiness for business, by the first of the COL ,ng month.
 Superintendent Chas T. Cornell of the Saganaw mine, brought in beautl- ful specimen of ore from the mine yes terday It weighs about 160 pounds and is striking on account of the pc culiar conglcmeration of rich ore and fragments of barren rock.
 The session of the Womans Christian Temperance Union convention tonight, will be held in the Congregational church beg hing at o'clock. Addres- ses will be given by Mrs. H. H. Cole, Mrs. Dr. tPierson. of Phenix, and Mrs. $. 4. Wells. the temperance lecturer. The public is cordially invited to attend.
 About the only species of petty thieves that festsr Tucson by their oc- casional depredations, are chicken thieves. Despite the beautiful moon light, last night seems to have been one of their nights on, and when lady oD Main street woke this morning, she found just one dozen of her pets miss ing.
 The plats of the survey of the country surrounding Casa Grande, have been completed and the survey has been ap- proved. When Surveyor General John son returns from hls short visit to bis ranch, they will be filed with the Regis ter and Receiver of the Land Office, and the lands will become subject to entry.
 The trustees of the Tucson Free Pub lie Library. are endeavoring to arrange matters so that the library may be open once a week at least, during the after noon. The step Is contemplated for the benefit of many of our visiting invalids who cannot be out in the night air and who would be glad to avail themselves of the opportunity to spend an hour or two among the many good books which the library contains.
 Judge Meyer has always been noted for the expeditions manner in which he deals out justice. 4 Mexican had bor- rowed a mare from another of his coun- trymen, and she being a noble animal the borrower was loathe to part with it. In fact he refused to part with 1t. The lender complained to the Judge, the Judge rounded the borrower up, made him bring the mare to Court, ordered him to tie her up, and then asked him politely to leave. The lender now re- joiceth in the possession of his own.
 Quite an exciting case was that of the Territory against Gin On. Gin was charged with assaulting one of his coun- trymen with a deadly weapon, but was absolved by the verdict of the jury, and set free. The members of the com pany to which Gin belongs, congregated in Chinato Kn last night. and held pow WOW, and to judge from the noise, sev- eral of them did Gin On"
 The fiange of one of the wheels of an east bound freight train broke near Benson yesterday, and resulted in throw ing several cars off the track. H. G. kavaSSar a brakeman, was thrown of from where he stood on the top of car, and received some serious injuries. He was brought into this city at once, and now rests at the St. Mary's Hospital, where his wounds are being cared for.
 This time last year, our mesas were nothing short of gardens of wild flowers. Every shade of color was visible, and every variety of perfume spent tits . VI, however, it is different, owing to the ir- regularity of the rains; the growth of the wild plants. which came up in great pro- fusion, is stunted, and the flowers mi mute. What we want is another good rain.
 The man Johnson who some time ago robbed Judge Lowell in this city and who was sentenced to the penitentiary for long time, is reported to be a thoroughbred maniac. It will be re- membered that this Johnson was captur- ed near Pantano, where he lay in a half sensible state after having escaped from the jail. It appears that a comrade of his who skipped the jail at the same time, and knew that Johnson still had some of his i'll gotten lucre, knocked him over the head rather rudely and got away with the money. Johnson has not got over that knock yet, and in fact that seems to be the cause of his present lunacy.
 The school board of this county is now skirmishing for means of continuing tine school term this year, to the usual time of closing, but they find it very hard. There is an apportionment of 5000 dollars from the territorial funds for the schools. This however, will have to be divided among the ten counties, and the portion allotted tc Pima will again have to be sub-divided among twenty-three districts, so that if it can be managed to continue the schools through the month of April, the board will consider that they will have done very well. It Is to be earnestly hoped that our bungling ''code" will be so amended that it can be understood, so that no further evil consequences may ,-o-,,1% e-o,,, sFe .o,r,.aIi.+sp.r