Arizona weekly citizen., 1890-08-23
LATE LOCALS.

LTIE LUCHLS
 IA. Shsdd is having new ceili ng pl up in his store,
 Apache Lodge No. s, 4. O. U. w., wi meet this evening.
 The rainfall last night was welcom It laid the dust.
 A ram storm could be observed ess of town this afternoon.
 The ..Rillito river is running high. IS reported to se two miles wide.
 The Republican County Convention in session to-day, is we'll attended.
 Everything iE the misdemeanor lin was quiet last night, no arrests whateve being made.
 A party of ladies and gentlemen iron Sonora came in on the stage from No gales last evening. They are en route for the City of Mexico.
 Grass throughout the surrounding country is higher than has been knowr for years. Almost anywhere 1t IS tai enough to cut, and cattle are hog fat.
 The commissions for Co. F. N. G. A have been received. The Company drll in the G, A. R. building on Jackson streen. They bld fair to make the first company a strong rival.
 Mining business is rapidly picking up. MT. Glover, of Olive, a prominent mining man, reports that five or siI mines in his vicinity will probably soon be opened on account of the recent rise in Silver.
 The management of Csrrillo's Garden gre making very extensive preparations for the coming Fiesta, and will furnish sntertainmentlsscond to noLe. Watch out for their bills, which will be circulated tomorrow.
 The passenger train from the east was delayed by . wsshout at Strauss Hill, the second. station this side of Fl Paso, and did not leave Fl Paso un- til 5 o'clock this morning. 1t is expected here about dark.
 There will be no band concert to- night, nor for that matter, any other night, until band stand is erected, as the members do not care to take the risk of having more instruments broken by the hsodlems who crowd sround.
 The Militia drill was better attended than is usual last night. The new uni fcrms are being made, ard by the next regular drill night most of the company will be sttired in their suits of blue with brass buttons, Some new names were proposed for enlistment.
 A wrecking train went out this morn ing to the scene of the late wreck, Cor the purpose of getting engine 262 back on the track. A track will be laid from where the engine lies around to the road bed, and the engine, which is not ma tsrislly damaged, will be lighted and pulled up to the road.
 Last evening at six, the western sky presented strange, wierd appearance. High up in the heavens to the horizon was one binding glare of a peculiar amber. Every body was out gazing at the phenomenon, many thinking 1t the indication of great storm coming. As yet the storm has failed to matsrialize. Says the PkeniI Herald, Fleming Franklin, one of our most reliable citi- zens, brought in two yellow Crowford peaches to the Herald office this morning that were SO big we wouldn't have be- hsved them actual fruit, had We not proved it by our senses. They were ac- companied by box of elegant Catawba grapes. No finer fruit is raised in the valley than MT. Franklin produces. The examination of Ch8s. D. Fouts, the man who stabbed Joe. Griffiths at the San Xavier Hotel, about a month ago, | was brought up before Judge Meyer | this morning. The stories of the in tsrssted parties are of course con flcting. Grifiths says that he was stabbed by Touts as he stepped out of | the hotel door. After being stabbed he | knocked Touts down and gave him | severe drubbing, Trouts claims that after he had been thrown down stairs l and out by Paul Maroney he started to re-enter the hotel when Grifiths | knocked him down two or three times. | That he cried out 'For Gods sake, Joe, don't kill me; stopw Then when he was down after being severely beaten he | opened his knife, and did the stabbing. E. c. stickney, who was a witness, Asys | that Griffith was standing in the door. Fouts struck Griffith twice. Whether | or not with a knife he could not say. Fouts was held for the grand jury.