Arizona weekly citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz) 1880-1901, 1893-07-15

4 Sam huSuSs pTeQlCGS more rain n6r
within twenty-four hours.
@. FL. Bayless and W. III. Bayless, o
Oracle, are in the city.
DR.. Cole and Attorney S. E. Hazard
of Gila Bend, are in the city.
JEFF Martin, of Highlands. Kans,
cattle buyer, is at the Orndorff.
Butcher Schumacher is paying S25 t,
S2S per head FOR the beef he uses in hi
market.
A bond as notary public has been
filed with the recorder by f. O'Leary
of Pantano.
Water is again running into Silver
lake. The Santa Cruz is again at about
normal depth.
The July school apportionment will
be consolidated with that of August
not being i'll immediate demand.
Hon. Mark A. Smith spent Sundf y 10
the city, returning to bis home at Tomb
stone last night. He was the guest of
Judge w. I'll. Barnes.
Funds for the new licenses by the
county are being turned In at the sher-
ifs office without much trouble in going
after them.
Rains of late were particularly high
on the San Pedro. 1t is reported from
Empire ranch that rain fell there part
of eight days recently.
The fire in the Cstalinss is not yet
extinguisked, neither does it appear to
be spreading. The coming rains will
make short work of it.
United States Consul Jssioh A. Stone
died at Nogales this morning after a
short illness. The remains will be
taken to New Hampshire for interment.
The brick works below town are in
full blast, molding a half million of
brick These will be sold for $3.50 per
thousand and will probably meet ready
sale.
Pima county yet has plenty of stock
for sale, mostly at 50 for twO-year-olds
and Sl2 for three year-olds. Buyers
have been expected of late but failed to
materialize.
F. Shane bury, representing San
Francisco house, came in last mig t
from Ell Paso. He reports very heavy
rains having fallen in New Mexico and
Arizona.
The new arc lights will not be set up
till the week prior to Aug. l, when
they will be put in use. Between 500
and. 600 incandeecent lamps are now
running.
A fine four-room brick cottage,
strictly No. / in all particulars, with a
porch, has just been completed for Mr..
Gregory, lover the track" for $500, by
Contractor Sullivan.
Joe Wiley was before Justice Scott
this afternoon, for assaulting lone
Preston a woman of an unfortunate class.
He was fined $40. A few days ago Wiley
paid SIS fine for like offense.
At the South Gila dam work is being
done day and night on the rock work on
the dam. The towers and cables for
ease of handling rock have not yet been
placed. One hundred and fifty men are
at work
One OF the peaks of the Cstalinas
yesterday and last night gave the ap-
pearance of great volcano, due to fire
there. The home of ;he mountain
sheep, the bear and the mountain lion
was laid waste for many an acre.
At present eight electric fans are in
nightly play in Tucson. These rent for
$40 a season. DR.. Odermatt expect
soon to have the agency FOR a sLo age
battery fan, which can run day and
night and produce electricity from bat
teries.
The rains in the country to the south
have come in benificient quantities,
Judging by the flow of the Santa Cruz.
The river is deep and swift and muddy
and great quantities of water are going
TO waste. The Allison dam. at the head
of their canal, has been washed out.
Rain fell yesterday at one point Oh
the Tucson division of the Southern
Pacific-at San Simon-to the extent of
viously heavy rains fell all along
the road to FL Paso. Grass is reported
starting well about Wilcox.
Tomorrow night the base ball club
meets to discuss going TO Tempe. Word
has been received that forfeit of Sl0O
has been placed in the Tempe bank to
play for $500, about August /. This is
not Tucson's terms, and may not be ac-
cepted. AS the challenged club Tucson
will have choice of the grounds.
The late rains varied much in
different places. AS an instance on
the 9Th rains were heavy at Orc
Blanco, Sopori, at Hemme's in the
Sierritas and Santa Ritas While at
Arivacs, and Hartt's on to Tucson
none fell. At Robes on the 9Th, floods
came through the valley that were i'm
passable.
The Bailding and Loan association
Saturday night made loans as follows:
DR.. Matss, five shares at S36 premium;
and stock loans of E. Rochester. $500,
o. r. Hale, $3.50 and j. M. Ormsbly 1915.
The affairs of the association are in
excellent condition. Over $4,000 has
been handled without single loss.
The spectacle of lawyer fighting one
OF his own laws and of another lawyer
u
SCOTS court today, in the suit against
various butchers of Tucson, arrested
for not complying with the new stock
inspection law, in Judge Lowell appear
ing for the defendants. The plea of
Especial legislation" is taken. The case
was continued to tomorrow.
Watermelons, such runty little pale
''sandillas" as have sold IN Tucson for
the last hundred years, are offered for
sale about town by the Mexican ranch
ers. Some are said to have planted seed
of the big melons, but no fruit from
their planting nave been offered for
sale. The Papagoes will soon Guido the
Maxicans In the watermelon business.
Water has commenced running in the
new Canoa canal, from as far up as ex-
cavGtion has been done. Messrs. Maish
and Drlscoll have large field of sever al
hundred acres staked ff-the first to be
sown to alfalfa. No irrIgsting will be
done from the canal for some time yet,
though it w'l 'robably be utilized be.
fore conplet:'