Arizona weekly citizen., 1893-06-03
LOCAL NEWS.

Ben Heney will probably move Tn tn house of late occupied by the Edgars.
 A good many Tncson ladies start ol their summer vacation tours next week
 Electric lights will be put in th' Methodist church this week.
 pr. Clinton a specialist in recta diseases is in the city.
 But one school in Pima county Is now in session, at San Xaxier. It closes Friday of this week.
 Tucson showed patriotism in a p-acti- cal manner, in subscribing nearly unanl. mously on application to the decoration fund.
 A. Redewlll, the piano man of Phoe- nix, will remain Tucson only this week. He is stopping at the OrndoTff.
 With but little care and no trouble, th9 beard and mustache can be kept a uniform brown or black color by using BuckIDgham's Dye for the whiskerS.
 4 ten-pound baby glrl came to the house of l.. Roseostern Saturday night. The CITIZEN extends best wishes 10 lIt- tls Miss Rosenstern and happy parents.
 Alex. Wilkins has been appointed postmaster at Eden, Graham county, new office. Eden IS name highly Rp- plicsble to some parts of Arizona.
 Collector of Internal Revenue Eys ter is sending out notifications by hundreds to liquor dealers aud others, that their licenses for another year are due.
 Mir. EHoumedieu and family, climate seekers in Tucson for th9 winter months, occupying the George Daily kDuse, leave for California Wedne,day light. Mrs. L'Hommedieu will return in few weeks.
 A trainload shipment of cattle will probably be sent from the Labaree ranch about the 2d of June. Messrs. Samaniego, Otero, Buehman, Charou- leau and others will load shipments for Montana this week.
 Court will reconvene June 1. Among important cases to come up will be United States vs. Copper Queen Com p8ny. In the absence Of United States Attorney Eliinwood F. H. Hereford will appear. The case may be continued. Many cases will probably bs disposed of, as they are matters of which Judge Stone has already had acqualnt ince, and 1t is desired that he dispose of them.
 The suggestion has been made that Tucson celebrate July in pleasant way by having A picnic at Carrlll 's garden. Those proposing 1t say the plans would include closing the saloon there for the day, having ball game in the afternoon, with tue Phoenix club, music in p.enty, fourth of July oratory and fireworks in the evening-making the whole affair the pleasautest possi bls for everybody.
 The fourth Of the series of prize elocu- tionary contests, which Mi s DeVelIIng has been conducting in this city, wlll take place tonight at ihe Methodist church, beginning at 7:3O p. m. Every body IS invited to come and enjoy the pleasant program O. music and recita- tions. There will be no admission fee, but free will offerings will be received for carry ing forward the work.
 Th4 G. A. R. service at the Metho- dist church last night was we'll attended, the house be ng full. The place was tastefully decorated, with flags. bunting and pictures ot heroes. The music by the Episcopalian cholr was good. Rev. Billman's sermon was quite martial and historical. He spoke ou the work of St. Paul among the Praetorian guard 5wonderful good he did among the Roman soldiery-and quoted an epistle rather inclined to be military in tone. Rev. Billman's address was excellent. The whole service WAS enjoyable.
 Ardine De Porter, inmate of an up town resort, was before Judge Culver this morning, on a complaint of having used violent and abusive language at Csrrillo's garden, yesterday. From the story she told the district attorney the woman commented sarcastically on the ball playing and Harry Wilson, one of the proprietOrs of the garden, ordered the woman, who with companion was in a buggy, from the grounds. She re- tored tauntingly and pretty emphatic ally. She pleaded bOt guilty before Judge Culver to the charge of Gisturh- ing the peace, and comes up for hear ing Friday at 10 o'clock.
 A criterion of the stock losses is the prosperity of a new wbusiness-collectlDg bones. $. Bonn is gathering bones from the dead stock on the prairie, for shipment to California. He says car load consists of the bones of 900 dead cattle. And thus far he has collected and shipped four carloads. These were all collected within thirty miles of Tucson, and are by no means all ln that area. The bones are found mostly along streams. Of course the bones of desd cattle of many years are picked up, but most of them are the '92 losses. The bones are shaken out of the dry hides.
 No man in southern Arizona need complain of lack of work. On the big South Gila canal and dam there IS work for every man wanting it. To fact teams are standing idle for lack of men to drive them. One hundred and twenty five men and three pile drivers are work ing away ther-, With two more pile drivers expected. The work at the dam, says c. c. Eyster, recently there, will take two and half years. The great re ervrir and lesser ones in the system will cover total of 10000 acres. At the maIu dam the wall will be eohd masonry. It will be 1400 feet long, and back up water to much greater width. The dam wi be ll0 f-et thick on the bottom and twenty-fcur feet thick on -op. It will be fifty feet above water and ten to thirty feet below the water line. The work being done Is strictly No. l.
 Tomatoes will be a staple product al . Yuma soon, and there are projects oi shIp ing them In carload lots to Denver ard other eastern DO nts. The experi- meut gardens there have lately been ieoking into tomato culture. Prof. Gul ley, back from there, says tomatoes have been ripe for two weeks. 1bo-e grOGr are perfect tomatoes They are of good size, smooth, firm, the meat is thick seeds are few, the crop is heavy and the vRes are strong. Prof. Gulley says ha Y,1nna ,.ar nndnn lfaAln be "A nIr sncc.