Arizona weekly citizen., 1893-10-28
LOCAL NEWS.

Cattle in the Huachucas are fat, sa
E. P. VanKuren, who has stock interes
there.
The Southern Pacific company
erecting new bridge over the r
Grande, at Ell Paso.
A shipment Of feeders of 1000 hes
will be sent to San Francisco about Il
LIST of November by Ii. n. Labaree.
Ling Kee, one of the Chinese me
chants of Tucson, starts for China in
few days, to "catchem Chinee Wife,"
The pews for the new Episcop
church will be in place by Christina
Thirteen of the needful twenty hay
been subscribed for to date.
The insurance of $500 Oh the Flo
ence hotel building will cover a goo
share of the loss to the building. Tn
hotel, it is now alleged, will be rebuilt
Maish & Driscoll are in receipt c
five carloads of barley. Another yea
they will be shipping barley of thei
own raising, from the Canoa lands.
Work on the new driving park will o
gotten under way at once. Toda
Surveyor Wolfiey went over the groun'
and set stakes for the track, bal
grounds, etc.
The position of trainmsster has beef
reinstated at the Southern Paclti
dispstching offices, beginning this morn
ing. Today G. A. Brown resumed hi
old duties as such in this city.
Two deer were brought in from tn,
SIerritas for sale in the market of Tue
son by an American hunter. He reports
plenty of the game, but wants first K
know how they will sell.
Grand lodge of the order of Mason:
will be held at Phoenix next month, or
the l4th The grand chapter will also
be held there. A grand commandery
will be organized. At present there are
three Communicates IN Arizona.
Gentlemen's fine quilted smoking
jackets, silk EN- broiderid table covers,
plain and embroidered fire screens, in
laid cabinets, new designs in dishes
fancy cups, saucers, etc, at Sue hee's
on Congress street.
Hon. J. K. Luttrell, formerly well
know In Arizona mining circles. died
recently at Sitka, Alaska, of Bright's
disease. He was United States CON-
missioner of fisheries at the time of his
decease.
The passing of the tramps keeps on.
Thirty-three passed through yesterday
morning. They were fed as usual, and
kept moving along, as were their
predecessors. Sixteen others passed
through Saturday night.
Game is plentiful at the foot of the
Catalinas. Charles DeGroff and r. j.
Eilbeck yesterday killed forty-four
quail, two foxes, one badger, one teal
duck and five cottontail rabits. The
duck was in little pond at the foot of
the mountains.
The coming city election will probably
see some of the old candidates in the
field. 1t is alleged that among the
candidates for city recorder will be
Judge Meyer and Recorder Judd. L..
B. Hayes would probably not refuse the
another twelve months.
The canal work at Canoa has been
The canal now has plenty
of water for the land to be put in crops
the coming SESSION. The work of en-
larging may be resumed in year or two.
Land is now being prepared for crops.
This morning in the district court j.
81. Dunbar and James McClitnock, of
the Gazette, were arraigned on the
charge of libel. They come up Friday
to plead. Bonds were furnished in
the sum of $1,000. Mr.. Dunbar leaves
for Phoenix tonight. Mr.. McClintock
will remain in the city till Friday.
Tucson's new postmaster, Chas De-
Croft is undoubtedly among the most
efficient of the applicants for the Tue
son Office. While the city loses good
Official in Mr.. Corbett, who has conduct
ed the Office very satisfactorily, yet he is
replaced by as good democrat as the
party has.
Thus far forty-fve taxpayers have
availed themselves of the privilege of
settling with Collector Overton. Mr.
Cverton remarks in connection there.
with that 1t may be easier for taxpayers
to settle now, when they have the money
by them, than at the eleventh hour,
when it may be gone
The damage case of Martin Allen
against the Arizona Copper company
is in way for settlement, according to
report from Graham county. The
jury, il seems, returned a verdict for
the company, and appeal was taken by
Allen. The copper company people
now offer Allen $500, In settlement of
his damages. The outcome of the offer
has not been learned.
Charles DeGroff, Tacson's new post
master, will probably not assume his
new duties for several weeks yet. His
must first arrive. A bond
of $4,000 must then be filed. The
amount of the surety is agood deal
higher than it would otherwise have
been. owing to the United States de-
pository of postofices for Arizona being
in Tucson.
Scores of halt and manned Pima
Indians are en- route from their reserva-
tione to Mexico, to avail themselves
of the healing powers of Santa Tereza.
The woman is now at Tumacacori, and
the Indians want to make the most of
the opportunity to be restored to health
and made sound. They passed the
camping party of the boundary survey,
on the line, throughout the entire night,
all on the same quest. The cured ones
have not begun to return as yet.
President Diaz of Mexico, through
the secretsryship of Communications,
has, according to the Two Republics.
declared lspsed the contract entered
into between the government and the
CompanIa del Ferrocaril Mexicana
DEL Norte. for the construction of rail
roads in the states of Sonora, Sinaloa
and Chihuahua, and forfeited the de-
post of $4,000 in bonds of the public
debt, made IN guarantee of said con-
tract This was the concession granted
to John w. Young.
The new teaching apparatus at the
Arizona Copper company's plant, at
Clifton, started up yesterday, says j. M.
Ormsby, just returned from there. The
new method has been tested in every
manner, in small quantities
md it is believed it will be entirely
j. tisfactory. 1t is expected the change
=. I be big economy. The company
- -upning three stacks, capacitT sixty
&c q day each. Everything has the
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