Arizona weekly citizen., 1889-09-07
LOCAL NEWS.

Hon. Morgan R. Wise, of. Nogales is in the city.
 Mir. Steinfeld arrived home last night from San Francisco.
 Owing to the non-arrival Of bulls there will be no bull fight thls evening
 MFG. Earle, mining man from Tombstone, is stopping at the Cosmo politan
 Hon. Ben Goodrich, of Phenix is in the city. He has been in Calfornla Tor several weeks
 Miss Cora Nelson arrived from Cali fornia last night. where she has been spending the school vacation.
 Hon. Mark Smith is accompanying the Irrigation committee through Ari- zona. He met them at Yuma.
 Judge Meyer says the Feast has been failure as producer of defendants Tn the police court. Only two or three drunks have been brought Tn from the Park since the feast began.
 There will be a meeting of the teachers and trustees of the Tucson Pubhc schools at the high school rooms Friday at 2:30p. m. Teacher and trustee will please be present prompIy at the hour.
 w. w. GILLETTE.
 Mayor Maish expresses himself posi- tiyely as being in favor of the city dis posing of part of the Military plaza and taking the money and beautifying the remainder.
 According to the report of the con- mittee. who have had in charge the gathering of data and information to be presented to the Senatorial Irrigation Committee, there are at present in this county B ditches, with total of D miles in length.
 Miss Lizzie A. Royce returned to Tue son last night. after an absence of more than one year, having been engaged Tn teaching in California during last year. Her many friends here will be glad to know that she will again favor the public school here as teacher.
 Mir. Gilbert Webb returned to his home in Pima, Graham county, last night He reports the Gila valley becom- ing richer in agriculture every 0ay. New farms are being oDened up and Gltches enlarged every year. MT. Webb is one of the principal farmers of that section
 Miss Nellie Pomeroy and her mother returned yesterday from visit of sew .fal weeks in California. Miss POmeroy will enter the school room again on Mon day morning She has been teaching m this city for several years and has host of friends who will be glad to welcome her back to Tucson. Now that the court plaza has been furnished with comfortable seats, that spot will be favorite place for invalids, who come here seeking health, to put ID much of theIr time during the warm days this winter. It is agreed by all that the open air IS the place for health | seekers in Arizona. G. w Brown, the genial editor of the Florence Enterprise, paid us welcome | visit to-day. There is not more popu- lar man in the Territory than George | and the way he was hand-shaking with | friends this afternoon showed that al | though he has cast his lot outside the | old pueblo boundary, yet he is ever wei | come to his old stamping ground, and | his welcome grasp appreciated. The Feast last night drew another | good crowd. Many strangers were pres | ent and the attractions were highly in teresting to them. No person who has | never witnessed Mexican feast should | miss the opportunity now. Tonight a | big crowd is expected. The music is | first class and a sufficient number of | seats have been provided to accommo- dats those who desire them. Mir. John c. Loss, superintendent of the Silver Reef Mining company, now | erecting smelter and mill on their properties F miles south of Casa Grsnde. | is in the city. He reports all the mining | enterprises in his district as making sat isfactory progress, and the time is near at hand when the sound of three or four new mill whistles will echo through the mountains, announcing the fact that | active operations have commenced, | which bid fair to make the Casa Grande mining district the richest in Arizona.