Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-01-07
WEEKLY CITIZEN
LOCAL NEWS.

The Ola Corner. cornor Court and Maiden Lane, is being reroofed and put in thorough repair.
 Surveyor l.. D.sChillson has secured the eansract for surveying the San Aa- vie- reservation. He will lsave to-mor- roE for the oli church from which point he will commence operations.
 Every oue had & delightful time at the O5mm=r,i4l hop last evening. Several cf the ladies wore very handsome cos tumes. IL being leap year the ladies svailsd of theIr privileges to @ limited extend
 There will be a Club Hop" aI the Commercial Club on Monday evening uex', and & very enjoyable time may be expected. The trustees are sparing no psiDs this winter to make these hops st. trsctive, and they are certainly succeed ing.
 Uaier Sheriff Shibell has received 6 lslszraphed inquiry regarding the kill. ing Of a peddler by 8 man known ss Big Mouth Kelley. Any information Rs so where aad when the killing WAS done IS wanted at the sheriffs office.
 
 Special meetings are being held every evening this week at the Congregations al Church, in observance of the "Week of Prayer throughout the world, begin ming st : o'clock. The public cordially invited to attend. The subject to night Is Repentance and Confession"
 The rumor On the streets yesterday that the Hotel Nelson had peen sold to Mr George Christ was true. He ss- sumsd control yesterday morning. He intends to carry out the plans of MT. helsoD, aud put up stone annex where the frame building now stsnds.-Re- serve.
 W c. Whorf returned this morning from Q brief trip 10 San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego, and says there are s great many people coming to Arl- Eoua within the next few months. He sGw s great many former residents and they ali expressed themselves as desir- oCs of returning.
 Lieut., Reher came very near being seriouslY injured yesterday. He was driving fractIous animal to 6 cart. and on turning the corner near the residence OfR A. Johnson, she horse tried to run, throwing Lieut.. Reber hes1ily to the ground, on his hip. He fortunately Tss wearing heavy overcost and aside from being little stiff IS not injurei.
 Nr 4, l. Grow, commander in chief of the Gr.nd Army in Arizone, and grand master of Odd Fellows, ID the sane district, IS in the city end made the CITIZEN E pleasant call. His busl.ess hare Is of ;rsternsl nature. Tonight he will install the newly elected officers n the Old FelloEs lodge, and will, in all probability. attend to Grand Army matters.
 The Giant Powder O., have closed their office in this city, and Agent L. s. Williams has been appointed special agent, with headquarters st Los An gsie-. NIT. Williams will not, however. be able to ge; away until the lstter:psrt of next month. Mir. Thos. Wilson of the Tucson LuEber Company, will act ss agen in tue future, ss per notice pub iisEed elsewhere.
 Messrs. Aldrich and Johnson lndulg- ed ID a little freak yesterday. Kuoging that the ladies of the house were going 10 receive callers, they placarded the gate through which callers must pass with "phe trouble begins at two p. m. ' WhIle the adjoining fence bore the omin- GUS warning Come eBrly snd avoid the rush" Of thIs pleasantly the ladies Ecre entirely ignorant tIll daylight Esned into dsTknesss when they were apo;Ised of the f4ct. In the interview that followed, no outsiders were present and both the gentleman interested are mute as fried oysters.
 Chustmas holidays have been more largely observed here than for many years Def re. Of the several houses thst lad 10 large ock, but few have much % carry over. DF. Martin. who pur- chased an unusually large stock of toilet Particles. had but about ten dol lars worth on hand when the store closed Saturday night, and Mir. Fieish- man. who had similar stock, wRs sold nut in like manner. Mir. J. s. Mans feid who ordered largely from outside d-alrFs, conditional on the return of ulsold goods, has but little or nothing to send bGHk. When money for the holi- days is plentiful, it IS generally pretty free oil around.