Arizona weekly citizen., 1890-01-18
LOCAL NEWS.

NIT. F. W. Stoddard, of Kansas is at the Palace.
 The cold wave is rapidly subsiding hereabouts.
 c. M. Labaree, of Paso Bueno, came in from the Humme ranch yesterday.
 Mir. M. Frank, a commercial man from Atlanta, Georgia, was in the city to- day.
 Clerk Butler of the San Xavier hotel complained of grippish symptoms last night.
 Delegate Mark Smith is reported to be laid up with the grippe in Washing ton City.
 The funeral of the late Mrs T. c. Rus sell will take place tomorrow at 10 o'clock a. m., from the family residence, on Military plaza.
 President c. Layton, of Thatcher, and his son Joseph Layton, were in the city yesterday, on land business. They were accompanied by P. Anderson of Stafford.
 Capt. John R. Mcconnell, the special inspector sent from Washington to in vestigate the accounts of EX-Receiver Fred w. Smith, completed his labors here yesterday, and left for the east.
 Lieutenant Wood and Keene, of Fort Grant, who have been on hunting expe dition for several days, rode into Tucson yesterday from the mountains and in dulged themselves in mild form of city life recreation.
 Dr. R. " Pierce, a Buffalo capitalist, who has been looking after opportuni- ties for profitable investment in Arizona for several weeks, returned to Tucson yesterday. MT. Pierce is proprietor Of Golden Discovery, and is also an ex-con gressman.
 The Union Market now displays large amounts of fine meats. This is the kind of weather that suits the butcher. MT. Schumacher kills regularly five or six beeves every day, besides the sup plies of mutton, pork, etc, required for his large custom. Yesterday he had a choice lot of venison.
 It IS definitely figured out that Ex- Receiver Fred w. Smith is behind in the total sum of S21,700, over 5000 of which IS due the government, and the balance due settlers who had deposited money with him on final proofs. The last heard of Smith he was going in the direction taken by Little Steve"
 Mir. Geo. Wilkerson, a conductor on the $. P, was married yesterday at Gila Bend to Miss Nora Bundy, daughter of MT. Bundy, the hotel proprietor of that place. Mir. Wikerson and bride return ed to this city on the train yesterday. The railroad boys are now considering at what time they will call in body and extend to him the usual reception.
 A dispatch from Globe, dated last Saturday, says: The heaviest snow storm for many years Is prevailing in this section of Arizona, extending over hundreds of miles of territory. The up per Gila valley is covered with snow, something very unusual. The roads are impossible and the Gila river is unford able, necessltating the stopping of freight teams between this point and the raildroad, and the closing down of the smelter for want of coke.
 There is not business house in Ari- zona where the interests of customers are more constantly looked after than at the hardware store of Mir. Pierce Ford in this city. He carries a large stock of everything belonging to his line of business, and makes his purchases, many of them, direct from the best man. ufactories in the country. His business has built up by his own personal ener gy, and strict adherence to that busi- ness principle which affords the buyer every advantage possible.