Arizona weekly citizen., 1889-08-24
LOCAL NEWS.

People have begun to arrive in Tue son to attend the Feast of San Augustin.
 MT. John Campbell has made extensive improvements on his property on Stone Avenue.
 Jimmie Brown will be at the feast, and he will have car load of ice cold keg beer with him.
 Fine wines. brandies. whislzies and cigars, and German lunches at the San Francisco Exchange.
 Miss Lizzie Borton is now visiting Mrs. White and other friends, at Santa Monica, California.
 4 very light shower of rain fell here yesterday evening. Another visited us at F o'clock to-day.
 Apache Lodge No. s, A. o. L. w, will meet tonight. This lodge has been growing rapidly recently.
 The vichy fountain at Dr. Martins drug store goes d long way towards making good summer climate in Tue . s1n-
 Mir. Martin Wear is positive that his Ecw discovery will prove to be the best indelible ink in existence. It is made of native herbs of Arizona.
 Painters have been at work this week making some improvements at the Palace Hotel. and this popular hostlery is rapidly filling with guests.
 The improvements made on the store front Of J. Frank & O., have been com pleted, and the place presents much more attractive appearance than for merly.
 4 new stock of all kinds of china, tea sets. etc, just received at Messrs. Hughes, Stevens < Co These goods are of the latest style. Call and examine the stock.
 Mir. A. l.. Cox is now engaged in mak ing the clty assessment roll for Collector Foste- Nr Cox is an old pioneer, with heart es big. comparatively, as 1a- vapai county.
 Work has been suspended on the Mines in the Amole district, west of Tucson. It is believed that several claims in that vicinity will develop into first class properties.
 There is talk of a big mining deal for property south of Tucson in Arizona, which if consumated will put S59O00 in to the pockets or three Citizens of this 1 city. It is to be hoped that the trade | will go through. The finest lot of buggies, wagons. mountain buckboards and vehicles of | every style and variety at Hughes, Stev- ems & Co. They come direct from the | best factories and are made especially | for this climate.
 Miss Helen r. Bean, and mother, ar rived in this city Tuesday morning from | Tombstone. and they will leave Satur- | day night for San Diego, where Miss | Bean will spend the remainder of the | school holidays.
 The P go Indians, it is learned, have failed in their efforts to raise a crop in Fresnal county this season. But | little rain has fell there and the corn. pumpkins, etc., planted by the Indians about month ago, are all burned up.
 The members of the Ep ,opal Con- gregation will be pleased to learn that Dr. Pearson has mes>io t.ie necessary affangements fer-haTing a resident pastor in Tucson. who will take charge as soon as the the weather will permit O regular services.
 Mr. H. Menager exhibited to the hun gry eyes of the reporter this morning S25 gold nugget that was picked up by | a Mexican in a cannon in the Sierretas. MT. Menager says nuggets Of this size are frequently brought from the placer districts of Arizona. The seats for court plaza, have been | unavoidably delayed for a few days. | Several residents here ordered seats for | their private lawns at the same time; | the order being unusually large the | seats had to be made. They will all ar rive soon, as they were shipped some time ago.
 The committee having in charge the | arrangements for the celebration of the | 10th of September are progressing satis- | factorilv with their work. The success | of the occasion is assured. Mir. Villaes- | cusa was out three hours last Monday | and raised Sl39.00 towards defraying the | expense of the celebration. Some one stole valuable pin, made out of gold nugget, yesterday. The nugget was sold to Mir. Goldtree. who in | turn sold it to Mexican ieweler, who exhibited it to MT. Lopez. He at once
 
 amount for which it had been sold, and | took it. He made an effort to get track | of the thief this mording. but failed.
 Mr.-F. J. Villaescusa has just com pleted set of single harness that takes the shine off of any harness ever manu- factured in this city. They were made by hand from the very best selected California stock. The price of the set is S25 and the price is very low. NIT. Villaescusa also has the best stock of ladies' side saddles in Tucson, from SIP to $500.
 Mrs. Ella w. Finch, sister of Hon. Chas R. Drake left last night for herhme in Nashville Tennessee. Mrs. Finch has been visiting in this city, and in Cal ifornia for six months, and 1t was her in tention to remain with her brother un- til the last of September, but telegram received yesterday announcing the ser ious illness of some of her grand child ren, hurried her departure.
 =Information comes from Greaterville to the effect that the placer miners in that vicinity are doing well, while some of them have been washing exceedingly rich dirt recently. Mir, John Young continues to take out ore from the Michigan mine and haul it to the Samp ling works in Tucson; also MT. Young has just sold valuable lead mine to a St. Louis Company, who will develop the same.
 Tucson can boast of good hotels and restaurants The Saddle Rock Oyster House is now fast growing in favor as place where meals can be had that are not surpassed in any city in the west. The best cook in the Territory is em ployed and nothing but the best in the market goes on the table. Mr. Seiwert has secured the agency for the Berwick Bay Oysters, and everything in the line of fish is always kept in season.
 There was a terrible epidemic of dysentery and bloody Aux in Pope