Arizona weekly citizen., 1890-08-30
LATE LOCALS.


 Concentrating works, it is said, will be erected herein the near future. O A. Stevens took another involunta ry trip down the Santa Cruz yesterday. The Athletic Association boys are bu- silly engaged in selling tickets for thelr coming Ball.
 The board of Supervisors has appoint ed Wm. Morgan as road overseer, TOT Road District No. 7. The goods from the Assistant Q4ar- termasters office were shipped to Los Angeles yesterday. It is about tune for Tucsonites to be back from their summer vacations. The men hurt in the Pantano wreck are all reported to be doing finely, ana to be recovering, at the hospital. The roily water from the hydrants will soon be removed by the street sprinkler, which is a blessing in ways more than one.
 A water main burst in front of the Cosmopolitan Hotel this morning, flood Ing the street for time. It was quickly repaired.
 Hon. c. M. Strauss has received the appointment of Clerk of the Board of School Trustees, to succeed w. r. Hayney, resigned. A party of mining men left for Orc Blanco yesterday, with the intention of making a mining deal, for the hIrkpat- rick mine, m that district, ulroo 1rnnLc ona a woman were uD before Judge Meyer this morning. They were discharged, there being nothing for them to do for the county.
 There is again a scarcity of the lac teal fluid, owing to the mllkmen having more water than they care for between their ranches and the city.
 Lin Gee. one of the Chinamen brought from Nogales, was taken before J Hdge Sloan this morning on habeas corpus. His case was placed under advlsement-
 The Santa Cruz is high enough to yet preyent travel. Hiram Light in at tempting to cross it this morning, lost his hat and came near following it him. self
 The Athletic Association of this city are making extensive preparations for grand ball, their First Annual" to be held at Reid's Opera House on the 5th prox.
 The ball grounds back of Levin's $ Park are being drained, preparatory for the coming B. B. struggle of the 5th of Sep tember. A big grand stand will also be erected. There are four passenger trains from the east at the station, held by wash outs at Picacho. The repairing gangs can do nothing until the Santa Cruz subsidies.
 MT. Shortridge found his horses 35 miles south of town in the Santa Ritas yesterday. This morning the street sprinkler is on duty as of yore, quenching the thirst of streets.
 The two passenger trains fir om the west were brought to Casa Gram de by the Los Angeles crews, there being no crews at Yuma, on account of the de- layed eastern trains not getting through. To night the Fiesta begins. All de- string to court the fickle Goddess For tune can have their choice of any game desired. The booths have been erected and supplied, and an immense throng will be m attendance this evening. w. l.. Vail, editor of the CITIZEN accompanied by R. c. Brown, of the Florence Enterprise, left this afternoon for Phenix, to attend the Republican Territorial Convention, of which the CITIZEN will contain full report.
 Many Tucsonites greatly miss the swimming resort of Silver Lake. Where they formerly disported themselves in their aquatic sports IS now to be seen a high sand bank, through which flows a tiny stream two feet wide. The lake should be cleaned out and and again damned up
 Ed. Holbrook and J. Bolan started for the hospital this morning on horse back. When midway in the Santa Cruz, Holbrook's horse stepped into a hole. falling on its side, with Eds legs under. He managed to extricate him. self, and the horse hoated down some distance to a shallow place. No damage was done to horse or rider, except that they had little too much Santa Cruz.
 J.H. c. Waltenath, aged 64 years, died this morning at l o'clock, at his residence on Jackson street. MT. Wal temath was father-in-law of w. 5. Ken gla. He was a member of the Arizona Pioneers and G. A. R, and one of the old landmarks which are disappearing one by one. He has been sick for two years, and death has ended a long lease of suffering. The funeral took place this afternoon at 4 o'clock from the Catholic Church.
 Many people use the expression 'Tin horn" as applied to gamblers without any knowledge of the term. The game known as chuck-a-luck as formerly more played than at present. It was played with a sort of a wooden cylin- drical box, about ten inches long through the dice were dropped. The.lower class of gamblers had the boxes made of tin with wires so arranged inside as to make the dice turn over so may times coming out just as they wanted. From the use of the tin box or horn with which they could cheat on the term was ap- piled to all gamblers who had no scrup- les, and sought only all suckers they could catch.
 A. A. Klein, one of the directors of the Lottery of JuareZ, is in the city. MT. Klein reports the business of the lottery in a prosperous condition and gives some interesting facts regarding the drawings. The drawings are made from two wheels. One of these is filled with 60000 rubber tubes. each about two in ehes long and the thickness of ones lit ,le finger, in which is paper containing a number. The other has 416 similar tubes, each containing the figures of the amount of a prize. Two blindfoldeo boys draw one from each wheel simul taneously. The number from the large wheel is pinned to the amount from the small one, and is declared a winning ticket. The process is very interesting and the drawings only last two hOnrs-
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