Arizona weekly citizen., 1892-02-20
WEEKLY CITIZEN.
A TURDAY,. FEBRUARY 13, 1892

A. Hemme intends boring a well on one of his ranches.
 New steps will be put in at the court house next week.
 F. Proctor yesterday shipped car load of calves to Los Angeles.
 ID. A. Stanley has sold lot in No goles to James B. MIX, for S3OOO.
 Seven mining locations have been filed from the Aio district by Thos. Childs.
 The big strike of ore at HarFhaw, at the Hermosa, is reported developing at the same degree of richness.
 A rew postoffice has been establish ed in Yavapai county, that of Webb, eight miles from Prescott. JChn A. Webb is postmaster.
 Lumber has been purchased and carpenter work will begin soon on the new livery stable for Messrs. Stevens & Neff, on upper Camp street.
 Thos. l.. Schultz. of Pheniy. repre- senting the new mining publication, the Mining Report, is in the city The Min ing Report is a most excellent journal.
 Mrs. Comstock. of the university who was so unfortunate as to have an arm broken week agn, iD 8 runaway, IS able to be about, and drove to the city yes terday.
 Some fine lots of ore have been left with Prof. Comstock, director of the school of mines, coming from Captain Burgess Canada del Gro mines, east of Tucson.
 The mail service from Tevistcn to Fort Thomas has bsen go changed as 10 alloy the postmaster at Stafford eight minutes additional time to open and as- sort the mails.
 The lecture by Lou Baauchamp at the Methodist church last night was at tended by very full house. It was highly interesting, full of au cdote and illustration and his best discourse In Tucson.
 Hon. J. H. Carpenter. of Yuma. is in the city on a weeks business. Mir. Car penter visited the university today, to consult with Prof Gulley regarding tests of various soils from the Yuma re- zion.
 Jos. c. Perry, of the survey or generals force, is en route for Denver. ts attend the court of private land claims. He transferred the government papers Tn the case of the Algodones grant. His trip may last week, or he may be gone a month.
 Dr. Francis H. Hill, Ph D. F. R. O. Of London England is in the city and IS the guest of Alex Mckay and Capt !. D. Burgess Dr. Hill wifi examine mines and the geological features of this vicin- ity and from what has bear heard of D-. Hills talk this report will not be unfav- orable to thIs section.
 Alex. Mckay has sold his sheep ranches at Oracle to w Fl. Bayles for a consideration of SlC00. Ano' her transfer from and to the sams parties has been made of the patented mines New Year and Christmas for the sun. Of s3O00.
 The party 10 be given at the the Masonic hall next NJ Dnday night in aid of the pu 5lic library should be well pat ronized. The trustees are doing all they can to make it social and financial suc- cess. Tickets admitting lady ard gen tleman have been placed at one dollar.
 -G. W. Rood, recently sent to Yuma for six years. writes back to his former jaIlors that all considered he likes Yuma tirst-rate. He IS in charge of the car penter gang o2t-of-doors on terrlior al buildings, and says: You ought 10 see us with our striped suits on.."
 Next Sunday morany just before the serm on there will be 5aptismal service at the Congregational church. This will be made special feat. re of this church. Any parents, besides those al ready offering their children, who wish their little ones baptized will please Do- tify the pastor, Rev. Carlisle.
 Three miniature bars of bullion made up for watch charms, from the finest gold from the Antelope mine, have been received by MAssrs' Smith, Morrison aud Johnson. The work is well done the, name of the mine and. the date being on enc eide Of the bar and the name of the owner on the op- poslte. The CITIZEN hopes to see many larger bars from the Antelope ere long.
 Sales of cattle are again in progress MT. Holt, the Montana buyer, has prI- chase about 5000 head on the San Pedro river. Of them about 1000 will be fur nished by J. Crowley, 600 by the Me Kinney ranch and 800 by the Columbia Cattle company. The remainder of the three thousand head will be made up from other ranches. The shipments will be made early in May. The price paid is Sl0.50 for two year-olds and Sl3.5O for fhraa-Voar-OldG
 A new city is to be built on theIlina on the road from station 30 on the Bis~ bee railway to Nacosari. 1t will have telephone communication with both BIsbee and the mines in Montezuma district. An American and Mexican custom house will be there. It will be another Nogales and will be another fac tor in the development of Cochlse county and its growing adjacent coun- try. It will be great convenience for Americans doIng business in Sonora Prospector.
 Among the arrivals from the east by this mornings train was pr. Joseph T. Smith. x-surgeOn-in-chiefO of the army of the Potomac during the war. Dr. Smith, while practicing his profession in Cleve- ldDO. NAAC NAulCl NOAlldNbCo an attack of pneumonia, and comes to our climate to recuperate from the eff fleets of his illness. This is Dr. Smiths second visit to Arizona, the first visit occurring just prior to the death of his nephew, Surveyor General Robbins. when he made many warm friends in Tucson.
 Marioa Harland has written for the next number of Harper's Weekly, pub- lished Feb. l7th, an account of the his toric town of Williamsburg. once the capital of Virginia and center of col onial magnificence and fashion now in- teresting chiefly for its "reminiscences and its old time mansions "wnere ghosts walk" It is the place where live Maryi Cary, the first--love of the f'.ther of lis country; and Mrs. Harland relates some interesting facts Concerning the affaIr ID which young WashlnL ton lost