Arizona weekly citizen., 1893-05-20

N. W. Bernard of ATivaca is in the city.
 Sol Israel returned this morning from San Francisco.
 E. l.. Vail of the Empire ranch is in town today.
 E. Goldbaum has returned after an absence of five years spent mostly in the City of Mexico.
 George E. Kelley editor of the So'o- knoxville Bulletion and Mrs. Kelley will leave for Chicago May 27.
 A heavy rain was observed falling in the mountains northwest of Tucson thls morning.
 Frank Dobs has had rotary venti- latinS brass fan placed in the Oak Barber shop which will be operated by electric power.
 Mrs. Thos. Davis. of Kenilwcrth, and friend, Mrs. Gregory, of Ontario, Cana ds, are at the San Xavier.
 Assayer Wetmore brought in from his ranch last evening a particularly ugly looking gila monster IS inches long.
 There will be a base bs Il game next Sunday at Carrillo's Gardens after which the boys will organize and make it warm for the clubs of some ot our neIghboring towns.
 Ten Cases Ladies' French kid button shoes in opera and common sense toe at S2 50 a pair. The best values ever shown in this city.
 At the Catholic church during the month of May. devotions every evening at ' o'clock. For the rest of the sum- mer the hours of masses on Sunday are changed to and 830a. m.
 0. T. Dunavan has been appointed deputy collector of customs at BGenns Ayres, Ari., in place of w. w. Williams resigned. He left Tucson for there yes terdsy morning.
 Phil A. Doherty of Crittenden has been appointed inspector of customs Tn place of Charles Christ who resigned on account of poor health. MT. Doherty's store at Crittenden has bsen closed.
 Sheriff Scott has gone up the San Pedro for the purpose of serving InJunc- tions upen John s. Warner, c. Durano and W. H. Weaton restraining them from using water in pursuance of the suit brought against them by Antonio Soto ct al.
 A good many doves are being shot outside the city. It is a shame to Kill them at this season of the year. They are nesting, and either full of eggs or have nests full of them. Thus for every hen killed, possible brood IS destroyed. To kill these birds now, is to cut off future supply.
 From a partial canvas of the mem bers of the board of Live Stock Sanl- tary Commissioners which will maet ID Phoenix May 27 it looks as if Colin Cameron would be elected president.
 J. Hewitt and wife with three chil- dren are new corners who are welcome in Tucson. Mrs Hewitt will in day or two: open an ice cream and confec, tionery store in the room lately occupied as the bindery of the CITIZEN.
 Word has brought in from the hospital this morning that Jams Clark who was injured Tuesday night four miles west of Msricopa wBs resting comfortably and would probably recover. He had not yet regained sufficient consciousness to explain how the accident occurerd.
 The Two Republics. speaking of the newspaper men now doing service for the republic in jail, says: "The press in this city is having hard time of 1t just now. Undor charges of libel there are twelve editors, tow foremen two busi- ness managers and one proofreader in Belen.
 Organ & Wilson are arranging glove contest at Carrillo's Gardens between the colored champion boxer of Arizona and the Indian wonder. The contest will be % rounds for points for a purse offered by the proprietors. There will also be several other local contests the same evening.
 Oprations will soon be resumed upon the building at the corner of Main RnG Pennington sts. Dr. Gocdfellow has ordered the lumber from California and at the kiln the bricks which are being made for the purpose are beginning to accumulate in sufficient quantity to soon begin to have them hauled.
 Recorder Judd aud E. P. Van Kuren left last evening to attend the conven- tion of Odd Fellows which will be held in Flagstaff early next week. During the absence of Mir. Judd Capt. Ross wlll have charge of the records at City Hall and Ju! !ge Scott will try cases which would properly come before the recorder.
 In the suit recently entered by Colin Cameron against Anthony O'Donnell i is alleged that the cause of the action lies in a charge that the brand of the latter is distressingly similar to that of the former and that only the addition of a bar under the brand is required to make the two identical. The ear marks also are said to be very much alike re- quiring only slight cut downward ip one to make them the same.
 P. G. Gerhart of Saint Louis the re- presentative of a St. Louis company which has made several mining invest ments in Arizona and contemplates others was in the city yesterday, having stopped over on his way east from Phoenix to have 8 brief talk with some Tucson gentlemen to whom he had be n advised to see regarding their proper ties. With the president of the company he will return in few weeks.
 The heavy showers which fell today in Tucson while welcomed and intensely enjoyed by all are a source of apprehen- sion to not few old residents of the country who say they have observed m previous years that when scattering rains come during May the rainy sesson of July, when the water is more badly needed, were light. The majority. hoT- ever, are satisfied to take all they can get now and take chances of as much as possible in July.
 Poundmaster Baker got himself into trouble yesterday in attempting to seize 8 dlminutlve pup about the size of a nuff, the property of Adolf Bail who conducts the bottling business and brewery agency near the San Xavier