Arizona weekly citizen., 1890-07-26
Territorial News.
Epitaph

A good many people are considerably exercised as to who will receive the ap- poin tments in the custom service for this county. Tine Epitaph predicts that A. l.. Grow will be appointed collector and Charles Smith as one of the mount ed inspectors.
 The rains have had bad effect on some of our inhabitants. Wednesday an individual was taken to the jug so completely soaked that he didn't know his own name. The soaking was inter- nal and had come through.
 By letter received yesterday it is learned that Tucson will take our boys to the old pueblo and play series of games for ! pennant. PheniX will be there in all her glory, and we are pleas ed to say will be sat upon if loaded.
 Melons are plentiful in our markets, but the prices discount the pr0posed Chicago tower. The doctors consequent ly are discouraged, and threaten to buy every melon in the city and give them away.
 Another evidence of mans wickedness and woman's frailty was jugged last Thursday by Chief Hyde for being drunk and kicking in doors and break ing windows. She was a sorry looking specimen, and got sixty days for her hilarity.
 The rain Wednesday night was very heavy all over the county and COnSid- erabie damage was done to irrigating ditches and roads, The rainy season hae, r+n .,, ,,-,ll .nl # l-a.,.s m it's lick feed for stock will be better than ever before.
 The storm of Wednesday night filled the wells of the water works with a mix ture of hail, mud and water, and delayed pumping until the debris could be clear ed out. A gang of men was put to work immediately and by yesterday morning the city pipes were filed and the water was plenty again.
 The cattlemen in Southern Arizona have come tO the conclusion to ship large numbers of their stock this fall so as to relieve the ranges and be able to fatten the surplus for the market. If they will now take concerted action in regard to putting up windmills and sinking wells over the ranges, there will be very little complaint next summer about dying stock.
 Enterprise,
 Lieutenant Colonel NJ. G. Samaniego, of the Governors staff, was in town yes terday to talk business with the board of equalization.
 Capt. J. H. Martin, of the Tucson mill tia, paid Florence his first visit yester- day. Capt. Martin has fine ranch un- der the Florence canal
 Geo. Pusch, of Tucson, visited Flor ence yesterday to r>gister a profound kick against the raise in his assessment by the board of equalization.
 w. Wood Porter, Chas P. Mason, Willie Powers and M. NJ. Rice have gone to the Finals for a bear. If not called for in ten days they will return to Flor ence.
 Judge J. D. Reymert arrived from California Tuesday evening and went to the R9ymert mines the following morn ing.
 A. E. Sake cane up from Casa Grande on Tuesday:and brought up E. B. Mason, who has suspended his branch fruit store in that place.
 Geo. w. Sutherland representing the Tucson Daily CITIZEN, visited Florence this week and also went to Reymert and Silver King, and then took the stage for Globe.
 Information of the whereabouts of Frank M core, of Youngstown, Ohio, last heard of from Clifton, six years ago, will be thankfully received by his brother R. $. Moore Riverside, Pinal county, Ari- Zona.
 Unusually sultry weather has prevail ed during the past week. The clouds denoted the proximity of rain which did not material, and the air as surcharg ed with an abnormal amount of mOis- ture,
 The butcher wagon of G. Angulo was somewhat demolished Monday morning by an unmanageable horse and a Mex ican was bruised about the head in at tempting to jump from the vehicle while in motion.