Arizona weekly citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz) 1880-1901, 1893-09-02
LOCAL NEWS.

The quarterly examination of schoo
teachers takes place September 4.
Mrs. NJ S. Snyder has rented thu
house occupied by Mrs. Strauss.
Anew office is being put in adioinirl
Sam ID. acbman's place Of business.
Joseph Blddlemsn expects &c build {
house on his lot on north Church stree
shortly.
Grass is rept rte I almost waist d e , il
Cochise county, at the foot or The
Huachucas.
The next regular term of court take,
plsce Sept. IL. Court adjourned this
morning sine die.
Three crews on the Southern Pecitic
have been laid off the Tucson divisions
in tho last three days.
Silver lake will be again damned and
filled with water at the end OF the
rainy season. Work done now, it is
feared, would be for nothing.
Water from the Santa Cruz is yet too
muddy for city use. 1t will probably be
turned in the mains this week. 1t mas
volume enough for the next year with
out more rains.
The Buenos Ayres school district,
with two settlements, will proba bly, be
divided. Seventy children are in the
present district.
A case against Jesus Moneio Of assault
and, it is claimed, attempted rape, wRs
tried before Judge Culver late this
afternoon. The woman in the case Is
Rsfugio NJ. de Luera.
F,om Fort Hua chuca comes report
that OF the garrison of $50 men fifty are
in the hospital with typhoid malaria.
Mexicans along ths Saa Pedro are also
down with it. Some fatalities have oc-
scurred.
The board OF health members declare
before they 60 further they had DETER
return to the ground gone over aud
enforce orders. Some OF them say the
ordsIs are not given due attention. Ar
rests will probably be made tomorrow.
The August number of the Arizona
Weather Magazine is al hand. As usual
il contains much valuable data on the
climate of Arizona and information as
to what is coming about from the
climate.
Services at the city park last night
were literally attended and pleasurable.
the collection for charities was 50 %.
Four dollars OF last weeks collection
was u ed to aid destitute woman and
three children.
The bIcyclists organization was gotten
under way Saturday night. A commit
tea has in charge the work ofgetting
all Tucson bicycle riders To sign the
roll. Permanent organization will pro-
badly be effected at the Gardiner d
Worthen shops Thursday night.
The roads across the valley opposite
town are In a wretched condition. The
road to Warn. RS mill, passing the Car
rIllo garden, has been entirely cut out
by the la floods, while the Stevens
avenue road is impossible for heavy
loads from mud.
As footed up by the territ 0rial board
of equaliz ition, the asses sed valuation
OF Pinsl county is 1851 ,9670S. This
is quite a reduction from the amount
fixed by our board of supervisors, and
is caused by the reduction OF the rail
road assessment to the Old figures
Tribune.
Goldman & Co., have received FOR ".
T., DAVIS an engine, boiler and pipes for |
his new pumping outfit st his mine, at |
Golden, Harqua H8ia district. Mr.. |
Davis Will put in the plant to run his
new ten-stamp mill. He has some of |
the most valuable mines IN that VIcln- |
Duck shooting is now again on. This /
morning the first flock came down at /
Silver lake, about twenty If them. The /
prevailing winds are credited with L
bringing them down. At the lake 1
shooting will be prohibited, except |
where a season ticket is held. The /
charge for the season this year will be /
So. LAet year it was 81.
The school levy for this year has been
made sixty cents per 500 by the board /
of supervisors against tifty-eight cents /
for last year This was done at the /
request of County Superintendent |
Wood. He says that vita the sixty /
cents rate the schools WILL get along very |
nicely, should taxes be paid as we'll as
last year; and that 10 general terms OF
good length can be held.
Tombstone, says Tucsonite recently |
there, Is very quiet at present, owing to
the silver depression. Everything there |
is waiting for the rise OF the white
metal. At present thirty five men ara
employed at the Lucky Cuss, where |
some Sl40O ore is being worked. Tomb
stone has pleasant hotel sccommoda- |
tions and the best meals III Arizona, he |
says.
The bicycle ordinance has resulted in |
no arrests thus far, but city councilmen |
are keeping a close watch on the I'M
suspecting wheelmen, not all, by good
deal, Of whom ring their bells suffi-
GENTLY and hold to the speed required. |
One policeman says he has list of the /