Arizona weekly citizen., 1890-02-22
eAsA GRANDE.
IT,. Raoe Course Draws Heavily on
the Church Congregation IA
Batch of Interesting Gossip.


Batch of Interesting Gossip.
Casa GRANDA, Ariz., Feb. y, 1880.
In busy little town like this where
everything is buzzing and thousand
and one projects are formed and many
sf them carried out, too, many rumors
are likewise flying about, some correct
some otherwise. Whoever attempts
faithfully to chronicle passing events Is
like Theophilus Thistle who "sifted sou
thistles through the thick of his thumb.
IT is no: that there is no news, ouJ
what is best to tell, that is the difficulty
Not what to say, but what not TO say
This paves the way for your correspond
ont To explain that the item IN the las.
communication regarding the sale OF
the raioiug property south OF ella BEND,
IN which Thomas TOmlinson OF this
Mace and others are interested, IS lncor
rect. being too previous. Inc llihe
has been extended on the bond instead
Sooner or later the sale will be made, 10
DOUBT.
Another rumor OF interest to all since
II u7rtains 10 one OF our best and most
sterling citizens, lacks confirmation and
must be suppressed until the wedding
be. s ring out. The tin cans are reaG!
as soon the boys are quite sure the
events Will justify good old-iasn !oheu
charivari. Meanwhile, let all QUE lrlehos
who read md cherish the citizen al d
distance. who have lived IN Casa Granoe
and know the old timers, guess whom al
this terrible gossip is about.
Pursuant TO arrangements the new
Mr.. Whittemore Of Florence held ser,
vices in the afternoon and evening oI
SUNDAY last, and faithfully performed
his part. What not 10 say cones 10
here, in regard 10 the number w!o at
tended church, but that missionaries are
needed here goes without saying. As q
rule Casa Grande people are models OF
decorum and eobrleIy. once IN GIea'
while they break out ID mild hllarlty
and that Sundas in particular morse
race had an attraction 10 some lhd'
sermons have moi. Then people do moi
have TO be SO particular III regard tC
their appearance il they go 10 Il race
That The sound Of the hammer ano
saw WAS heard too on that same day
NAV be explained by the fact that IL
times past there have been weeks When
every day might have been a Sabbath
SO far as rest and quietness went. and now
that the. e is work all feel that moment
must not be lost. The new building
of Richardson's towers above ali otheri
and has rapidly gone up. Messrs
Thos. Wicks and W. r. Farley are The
builders Looking at all these new
frame building ON the north side Of the
railroad track one thinks If IRE should
ever brea out what terrible sweep OF
the property there would be. Nothing
would remain that IS built of wood. VI
&. Smith, and also ThCS. TOmlinson, oul
merchants, have stores and ware rooms
of adoLe with iron roofs. After one eX
perlence Of ire such as occurred here {
few years ago, when the business pOr
ton of the town was burned, one
can not be too careful in the way hC
builds, and one wonders that insurance
companies take the risks they do so II
regard to frame buildings in close prOx
unity to each other.
The challenge as published IN the
CITIZEN to race SouVa'S mare has beer
accepted by the owner of Smokey, the
race to come off in PheniX on the It'll
proximo.
Thomas Tomlinson has been taker
quite sick with presumably la gripp.
which has not quite disappeared from
our town. Jack Woods, one Of TGnlIn
sons clerlkS, is SLOWLY cOnvalescing from
an attack, while enc or two others seen
TO be threatened. One thing OF great i'm
poTtance after.an attack. is TO guard care
fully against a relapse.
MRS. Marshall, wife OF Judge Marshall
met with a serious accident, by stepping
into one OF the holes dug for trees, which
the Judge was about TO plant, thereby
breaking one Of the bones of her foot.
HE engine for the smelter at the Lake
Shore nine has arrived.
Jim hingsburg, step-son OF J. A. Con
lee, has gone to Los Angeles.
Attorney -at-law Adams is till in Casa
Grande
One Mexican is said to be in Jail await
ing identification as a possible stage
robber IN the hold-up previous to the
last one.
II is said flour-m will be built here
1t would be good business stroke, for
this place as an immense amount CT
wheat that has been exported in times
past which could be turned into
flour and consumed in the Vi
cinity. Until that time comes
why do not our merchants try
Tucson -four instead OF sending 10 Cali
foTnia for 80 much?
Right here, your correspondent would
like % call attention Of the thinking and
business people, to the many favors and
kind encouragement the CITIZEN has al
ways shown Casa C-anGe, and v henever
any one, and whoever is befrierGed by
that paper, it is done most thoroughly.
For that reason, it Is our duty to return
the kindness as best we may and do
what We can in business way, for our
neighboring town, Tucson, as We'll as for
the CITIZEN. W.