Arizona weekly citizen., 1891-01-10
LOCAL NEWS 5.


 sociation hold their next meeting on Wednesday night.
 Some oranges and lemons of fine quality are arriving in large quantities for Tucson merchants
 A Sunday drunk before Re corder Meyer this morning was glYen Q days in which to sober up.
 The week of Prayer now held throughout the United States IS being faithfully observed in Tucson
 The police report that no clues are ob- tainable of either the assessors office robbers or of Verdugo and Jacinto. The next theatrical troupe for Tucson will be that of Patti Rosa, who will ap- pear in the comedy limp" on January 10th.
 Write to Pirce Ford for prices on glass ware. crockery. kitchen utensils, etc.
 A party who have been spending the winter at Colorado Springs, N. M-, will arrive in Tucson on tomorrow morn- ing train.
 The stove in the court room smoked the wrong way during this mornings session greatly annoying those assem- bled there.
 The Benard-Brown contest was brought before the district court today. Little actual progress was made ln the case this forenoon.
 Nothing was done in the Bernard Brown contest case until thls afternoon at ? o'clock, to which time court ad- journed yesterday.
 The Elite saloon is being papered and generally renovated, It will be opened in few days under the manage ment of George Rice.
 The A. O. U. W. social and installa- Jion of officers to be held tomorrow evening at the Opera House promises to be a very pleasant affair.
 The season for trimming shade trees is at hand and all about the city piles of brush and denuded trunks tes tify to the doing of the work.
 Some parties from Mexico are mak- ing speculation of purchasing whisky barrels in the city, knocking them down and shipping them to Guaymas.
 The new jailor Mir. Perrin is making | CudIlRGS others putting new locks on some of the | doors. The prisoners like the new re- gime very we'll Mrs. P. B. Zeigler was badly scalded | about the face on Sunday last, by the | sudden opening of tight coffee pot lid, which let the confined steam out, while | she was handling it. The prayer meeting at the Congre- gational church last night was large and | interesting;a a great many participating | in the services. Another meeting will Il be held this evening.
 The meeting at the Congregational | church last evening in observance of the iWeek of Prayer" was largely attended | and of great intersst. The second in the series will be held tonight. The occupants of the building on | the Episcopal church site have moved | out, and work on tearing down the | building will be begun soon. sand for | the wall is now being hauled at good rate.
 In the Bernard-Brown contest TO | subpoenas were issued by the plaintiff | today. The serving of them makes live work for the Sheriff's force. It is prob able that many more will be issued by the defense.
 The regular annual meeting of the stockholders for the election of full board of officers of the Building and | Loan Association will be held tomorrow night. A full attendance of sharehold- | CTS is requested. A rumor was about town yesterday | that the Second Cavalry were to be ordered North and that the Tucson Militia were to be put in charge of Ft. Lowell. The boys looked pretty dubious until the report was denied
 Masonic Lodge No. 1, Sisters of Re bekah, intend giving a social entertain ment on the evening of February 10th. Arrangements have not been completed, but dancing will probably form good share of the programme.
 Three days mails were received at the postoffice this morning from the east. The force were three hours sorting it. The snow storm which delayed the trains bringing it was worst on the line be- tween Kansas and Colorado.
 The following scores were made by some of our "local shootists" on New Years day at live pigeons, five traps American rules, seventeen birds: k. Nj. Aldridge, 16; B. C. Parker, 14; Bob Harrison, l3; John Etchells, F; c. T. Etchells, II
 Owing to heavy snows on the At chison Topeka & Santa Fe no malls east of El Paso were brought in yester- day. Papers only came through this morning, which would indicate that the | letters were sent around via Albuquer que and the A. & P. There will be prayer service te night aud every night this week at the | o'clock The topic for this evening is | Self examination and Conservation. | These meetings are open to the public | and all are invited to attend, bringing | Sheir Bibles. The Bernard Brown contest was | brought before the District Court this | morning. The Tucson ballot was or 1 .derered recounbed and at the present | writing the recount is in progress with l five votes thrown out Three of the | five were cast for Brown, which would | give Bernard a gain of one vote. Tine services at the Congregational 1 church Nesterday morning and evening l were exceptionally well attended. The ! subject ln the morning twas "A Lesson i for all, Our Years taken from James " l3-16 verse. In the evening the pastor spoke from Hebrews and took as his subject. "Opportunity. Death and Judgment" Both discourses are spoken of being as masteTly addresses.
 We are informed that MT. G. W. Lang started with about 800 head of cattle from near Benson the lst of De- cember. to drive through to California. When near Maricopa he lost D head and only recovered 3 head at a cost ex- ceeding the value of the animals. He shipped the balance from Gila Bend on the 3ist of December. The cattle are f,aid fo hara been in very poor condition