Arizona weekly citizen., 1892-03-26
WEEKLY CITIZEN.
SATURDAY. MARCH 26, 1892.
John Hart is erecting a saloon on his l0+ e%oki4,


 lot near the railroad station.
 Feed is reported we'll along in the F'resnal country, "Just one more rain" is now the cattleman's prayer.
 Delinquent tax sales began this morning, Treasurer Heney offering prop erty in the letter A.
 The passenger train from the east arrived at $ this morning. It was two hours late yesterday morning.
 Delinquent tax sales begin Mon day on the letter 4, continuing for twenty days.
 The Tucson Republican club meets tomorrow night at 7:30 D. m. for the purpose of arranging the matter ofdel- egates to the county convention to be held on April ?.
 There will be a meeting of Arizona Commandery No. l, this evening at 7:30 o'clock for the purpose of conferring the order of Temple. All sojourning Knights are courteously invited to be present.
 There will be 8 special meeting of Tucson lodge No, 1 F. & A. M. Saturday night March 18th. for work All so- !ourning brethren are fraternally invIt- ed.
 -J. B. Fitch, charged with bigamy and committed in the sum of S7O0, has furnished bonds and was released today. His bondsmen were A. J. Doran and B. M. Jacobs
 Following "That Girl from Mexico" at the opera house will be Gus Williams on Monday, March 2S, in "Keppler's FOrtune,' one of the funniest things on the road.
 The board of trade held meeting Saturday night and adjourned to next Wednesday evening. The adjournment was made that the meeting might not cennict with the meeting of the Repub- hcan club.
 Prominent railroad people, interest ed in the north and south railroad were in the city day or two ago. They con- firm the statement of ThOs. Hughes, al ready published, of both the coming of he road and the route proposed.
 A directory of the city of Phenix, prepared blythe Bensel Directory com pany, is before us. It is complete in every particular, strictly up to date, and a beauty from a printers standpoint. The company write: "In the coming fall or winter We hope to issue a similar work for Tucson"
 Three to four hundred men and teams in great numbers are at work building railroad on the line parallel to the present track in Dragoon vicinity. but on higher ground. Thus far they have graded from three miles this side of Dragoon Summit to within a half mile of Ochoa station.
 Work on roads begins next Monday. Tucson's driving public will recall temptations to use emphatic language whenever two breaks in the grade of the road to Silver lake, this side of Kelly's ranch, come to mind. They will be mended-the gaps-not the language next week, when Overseer Maish will put crew at the work.
 A somewhat sensational suit in which marriage under duresS was the chief feature, between Fernando and Juana Aguilar, Is recalled by another before the court. It is brought by the woman, who claims maintenance at the hands of Aguilar, who she says has not contributed to her support since the time of their marriage. The suit is set for March %.
 The new time table has gone into effect, having begun at 4 this afternoon. The passenger train from the west came in as usual this afternoon, for the last time at that hour. In the starry. early morn of tomorrow, at 2 a. m., another passenger train from the west will be along-a special-one of a series of specials required foreach division of the road. Delinquent taxes arrive encourag- ingIy, forty more having been paid since the CITIZEN last reported. Among them l are the following payments: Julius | Goldbaum, S20O; z. T. Vail, S167; John | Gardiner, SS06.25; B. W.Tichenor, S98; | Southern Pacific company (contested | taxes of 1869), $500; Nathan Zier, SI90; | R. Hemme, SLIGO; Nj. J. Sullivan, SII3; A. E. Key, S75; 4. F. Rule, S2OO. A former Tucson man since leaving here has encountered lively and rather | unpleasant career. Sam Graham was formerly clerk for l.. Zeckendorf lS O., leaving for Mexico SIX years ago, and | settling in the state and city of Quad lajara. Here he went into the wine dis tillery business, subsequently imbibed too much of his production, at least he says he was drunk at the time, and killed his partner in business. Speedy arrest followed and he soon began a term of ten years. Meanwhile his friends were lively and procured petition for hls release. A few days ago he was par doned and released from custody.
 bitches in the valley were badly demoralized by the floods of August go $. Hughes has completed one replacing another some miles long he lost at that time It begins at Stevens avenue, go- ing down the valley two miles. It is on higher land than before and on the side of the valley opposite from town. Mr. Hughes intends selling water from it. His chief purpose is on his own land. however, and under the ditch he has put in large acreage of potatoes and alfalfa Land clearing below the hospital road, which locality will also be under the ditch, is in progress.