Arizona weekly citizen., 1893-08-26
LOCAL NEWS.

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A big roof is being pct on c. Dennis's
house, il the north end of town, Teplac-
ing q fat Roof.
The passenger ;rain from the east Was
delayed several hours this no oruing, ar
irving at z o'clock.
The work in putting in new vaults,
in compliance with orders from the
bard of health is being done.
Three moving machines are about
being sent TO lay low the grass about
the Lsbaree ranch.
The board of supervisors meet next
NJ nday TO fix the tax levy. Clerk
Hughes is now busy with estimates.
Miss Bertha Herring, daught'r Of
Colonel Herring, o. Tombstone, has
been made notary pubic.
A bail will PROBABLY be given the
Tucson team at Tombstone one evening
there. Tombstone Always entertaiCs
royalty.
The electric lights were not on full
force for about ten minutes Saturday
nights This was due 20 green wood
not getting up sufficient steam.
Two days mail arrived this morning
from Phoenix. The delay was from a
waShout near Tempe, at precisely the
same point where the wreck occurred
month SGD.
Reuben Lewicki, a young Russian |
Jew in the employ of Sam Drachman for !
year. now in California, writes that he |
will open rival cigar store to that of
bis former employer next month.
The new militia band went to Lowell |
yesterday to the old parade ground, |
where they pra ticed marching and drill |
all day. Good progress was made They |
go again soon.
The electric light company has con-
tracted with ]. Knox Corbett for 200 /
cords of mesquite wood, at 81 per cord. |
The electric light people will be glad |
when the north and south road gets in.
that they may ob. ain coal for fuel.
The Neal threshing machine is getting
out tie grain raised on The San Pedro a
great deal faster than il was ever OBJ
tain ed before. Mr.. Neal bought con-
side rable OF the grain lie hes threshed.
The country hereabouts Is most
beautiful. Grass is every ghere, as is
all manner of verdure. Flowers of al
colors and wondrous beauty abound.
Smuggling into Mexico is light of
late, so far as that class OF goods
pufchas il Tucson is concerned. The
smuggiers are meeting with unusual
difficulty in collections of late.
The probabilities al prssant are that
10 dominic for he Methodist church
here will be appointed by the bishop
prior TO The session OF conference, tax
ing place early next month.
The body of Vim. Florsbeim arrived
from San Francisco tbs morning.
Services having been held in California,
and Mrs. Fl0rsheiEl being absent the
body WIS reintarred hare today without
ceremony, in the presence of relatives
aud intimate fir. ends.
Yesterdays big rain was nonopolized
by Tucson. With the exception OF two
bundredihs OF an inch at San Simon
not drop fell east or west Of the city
About che inch fell here. The rainfall
for the year is over ten inches, with
probabilities that half as much more
viii fall before the end Of 1898.
Between Tucson and Mammoth, says
DE-. Pool, il from the San Pedro, it Is
almost i'm Ossible 10 recognize the !
country. When he travelled the road
before the surroundings were barren as
Congress street. TodGy they are way
ing with vegetation everywhere. Cattle
roam contsBted in deep grass. The
quick growth seems little less thar
miraculous.
Saturday last the territorial board of
equalization brought the big raise iE
railroad assessment, made last spring,
back to the old figures, so far as the At
lantic & Pacific and Southern Pacific
are concerned. The Atlantic & Pacific
was reduced from 1858 to 5000 per
mile and the Southern Pacific from
S1O,770 10 S6SC1 }. The total tax lev. on
real estate for all funds was fixed al
ninety-seven cents on the 500; f0T the
general fund alone thirty five cents.
Destitution is reported from the San
Pedro among the poorer class OF Mexi-
can ranchers there. The crops on which
they have depended largely have been
washed out by the floods of the San
Pedro. In consequence their all is gone.
Some of them have been living of late
on greens" certain weeds boiled. Sam
Hughes, who went in there with ten
days provisions for himself. left his
provender among the suffering Mexicans
Belknap alley, between upper Con-
gress street and Pennington, has muG
hole that today prohibits pede4 triaulsm. A.,
j. u. Harding, who owned land on each
side, says the street was only made con-
ditional on the city keeping if in go03
repair. He now declares that he will ,
again take possession of the property
and will fence it anG grade il up to
where it viii carry away the water.
The first mercantile failure In Arizona
during the money depression occurred
at Phoenix Saturday. The III. L. Chan ,
dler Stoe company could not raise $3.50,
the amount of an attachment, and as
signed to George b. Richmond. The
stock inventories oTer double the
amount of the firms liabilities, and with
a little time there would have been no
cause for thu failure. Mr.. Chandler
hes been east to get money, but was IN
successful.
The Indian school Of this city will re-
open Sept l. The total attendance it S
expected will be about $50. OF these
fifty will be new students. The students
during vacation time have been working
inoustriously. Some Of the girls nave
been employed as a house servants.
quite satisfactorily. While the boys,
strapping young fellows, have been
working on wood contract. The com-
pensstion they work for is ridicuious'y
small. They get seventy-five cents a
cord for cutting, boarding themselves.
This would 7, turn them about $3.50 a
week, with good labor.
Services were held in the city mark
last night. tended by about 100 people.
and conducted 10y Rev. Mr.. Billman. of
this city. and Rev. Mr. Beane, of Will
cox. The Wilcox divine preached ably
and with good delivery. The need OF
an a ISOLATED "a d organized CHARITY was
urged by NJ. Billman, that occasional
cases of distress NAV be Giscrnatlr