Arizona weekly citizen., 1891-02-07
LOCAL NEWS.


 Chinese New Year begins on Feb 9th.
 The good work of tree trimming goes braveiy on.
 The pay car IS expected about Feb 10th-next Tuesday.
 "A Barrel of money" will be billed for Feb. 10th, at the opera house.
 -Fairer than the corse, will be the grand march at the the Carnival.
 The railroad business is steadily in- creaslng, particularly through freight
 Judge c. H. Meyer intends taking a two weeks visit to Guaymas in few days.
 A large number of mining locations have been filed from the Gunsight dis trict of late.
 -C.R Wores has aboutcompleted ar engagements for starting up the mill at his Sampling Works.
 The local stating that the article on Fred Smith in the Chronicle was written Tn thls clty, Was an eTror'
 At the hospital the patients are leaving daily with none to replace them. There are now but two railroad patients there.
 Freight shipments from Tucson merchants are unusually heavy this month. One firm sent out carload and a half ont day this weak.
 Suit has been filed with the clerk of the district court by E. Rochester against the Silver Bell Mining & Smelt- ing O., in the sum of S36Cl
 The recent introduction in England of the sound discs, invited by H, A. Wales, of Bridgeport, Ct.. bids fair to percepu- bly decrease deafness throughout the British Isles.
 Judge Sloan is expected from Phe- nix on tomorrow afternoons train. No cases are docketed for district court un til Monday next, when U. s. vs. F. w. Smith comes up.
 There will be special session of the city council tomorrow night to take ac tion regarding the transfer of Military Plaza to the parties desiring it as a site for sanitarium.
 The work at the new Episcopal church is going on rapidly. About ten masons are now working on the founda- tion walls, which are now nearly on level with the ground.
 HI. Barnhart assayer at the Nam moth mines and Miss Maggie Wallace were married last evening, and are stop ping at the Cosmopolitan in this city. The CITIZEN extends congratulations.
 An Indian blow is to be seen at Gar diners machine shop, found and brought in by A. A. Holbrook. It is all of wood and of a construction such as Adam might have used for blowing his garden of Eden.
 The opinion is expressed by parties in position to know that the school funds now. coming in, in addition to what are already in and expended, will keep the Tucson school running till April 10th.
 The emoluments accruing from the office of Justice of the Peace iD Tucson are evidently not exceedingly enormous. It is stated that one of the incumbents of such an office has not made his office rent since starting in.
 hundred dollar purse is being rais- ed amongst the business men for trot- ting race on tte 22nd, in addition to the contest announced. All horses with record will be ruled out as the inten- tions is to have lively competition ot family horses.
 Four wagon loads of lumber and timbers went out the Saginaw mine to day, for the new mill. Parties ln from Saginaw report that the machinery is now being placed. nearly all being on the ground. It will be in running order from four to six weeks.
 At the territorial university work is progressing rapidly. Five carpenters are working ID the building proper. For sub irrigation purposes about 2 D feet of pipe is being hauled out, which will be laid from the well reservoir to the highest points on the grounds for distri button. Work on sinking the we'll still continues, though it is much impeded by the enormous inflow of water. A temporary building to be used as lab oratory is Eeing erected for Chemist Collingwood, in which to conduct ex- periments.