Arizona weekly citizen., 1890-01-25
LOCAL NEWS.

need of repair.
 About everybody in Tucson has ha
 the grippe. The CITIZEN office sacri
 feed four patients on Saturday.
 FOUND-A tray of dishes near Churcl street. Same can be had on identilica tion, and payment for this notice.
 Mir. I. Copple was out yesterday, witt
 his herdies, do all that was in his powe
 to show off Tucson and its environs tc
 the best advantage.
 Do you want to build yourself |;
 home? If so, attend the meeting of the
 directors of the Tucson Budding anC
 Loan Association tonight.
 The Southern Pacific has put up fam
 ing announcements for an excursion tC
 the New Orleans Mardi Gras festivities
 The train will leave Tucson February
 14th.
 The premiums on loans from the
 Building and Loan association are very
 reasonable now, but the probability is ] that a much higher rate will prevail
 when the spring birds chIrp. The Missionary concert at the Metho-
 dist church last night, given by the | Sunday School scholars, was success and well attended, The children ac- quilted themselves with credit.
 Mir. Rowan, special agent of the land department. returned on Saturday from trip to Clifton, Duncan and Lords burg. He seems very much pleased with the picturesque scenery round Cliff ton.
 Mir. NJ s. Snyder will build a hand some brick residence on his lot on Stone Avenue, this spring. We congratulate Jack on his resolution to roost under his own vine and fig tree in the near future
 The illustrations of Benvenuto Celli- his work. which are to accompany Mrs Elizabeth Wormley Latimer's account of his life in HARPER's MONTHLY for February, are said to be the most con- plete ever published in a magazine in this country.
 Attention is directed to the new ad- verti5ement in to-day's paper of Mir. J. Villaescusa, the saddle and harness man on Meyer Street. He has an immense stock of desirable goods, which will be sold at the lowest prices.
 There is no longer any doubt that the man found dead near St. David, on the Arizona and New Mexico railroad, was Billy Lane of this city. lie had been Ill Tombstone for several days, and left there on the day before he was found dead.
 Oliver Cromwell Standish. P B., was registered from BOsting at the San Xavier hotel yesterday. Tine excursion ists who examined the register at the San Xavier must have been impressed with the idea that there was no flies on Tucson.
 MT. J. $. Mansfield has been engaged during s.the past few days in trimming up the young trees around his residence Stone Avenue. He was one of the first to inaugurate tree planting in Tucson. and his success has been such as to in duce many others to beautify their homes by planting trees.
 The vacant lot in front of the Gregory block, on Stone Avenue, winch for so long has been allowed to grow up in mesquite, has been at least, by order of the City Council, cleared of the brush, and the adobe hole, which has been the recepticle of all manner of rubbish for years, will be filled up.
 Sam Drachman is as happy as q clam but his joy Is not of such a satisfying character as the mans who bought ticket No. 70,237 from him last month, in the Louisiana State Lottery Com pany, and who drew S10,OC0 in the drawing last Tuesday. Sam says good place to fish is where big fish are being caught.
 Mir. Henry Milne, highly respectel | citizen of this city, disd last night He ! was a man of 45 or 90 years of age, and ! leaves a wife, who has the sympathy Of ! this community. He was a member of | Ivanhoe lodge, Philadelphia, F. 6S AM. | and was buried this afternoon with Ma sonic honors by Tucson lodge.
 Judge c. H. Meyer and fLr. c. T. | have prepared the holes and ! will plant a TOW of shade trees in front | of their respective lots on Alameda | street. Several new houses will be l erected this year on Alameda street, ! and nothing will add moro to it's ap- pearance than a suficiency of shade | trees.
 The Philharmonic Society have re ceived their new instruments, and will l go into training at once. They have ar elegant music room fitted up on Meyer l street. and as they are all good must clans, the result of lit practice will ! be fine brass band. The brass instru- ments were purchased by liberal sub from the business men of Tue son, and the club will repay this hber- ality by giving free musical concerts on Court Plaza next su2mer.
 The Chino with his popping fire crack ST, reminded the people of this city yes terday, that Chinese New Year was at hand. The bombardment will continue for several days. Last year the explosion of fire crackers and bombs in the streets came near resulting iD several serious runaways. City author tics should sec that the celebration Oi the Chinamen IS not permitted to be- come public nuisance.
 Thomas A. Eddison resolutely objects to even the appearance of talking about himself in public; and therefore it was only after considerable persuasion that his friend George Parsons Lathrop Ob- tained permission to publish a number of interesting remarks and reminiscen- ces which the great inventor imparted to him at different times. The article entitled Talks with Edison" will appear in Harper's Magazine for February. IL is said to afford for the first time avivid perception of ''how an inventor invents."