Arizona weekly citizen., 1893-10-14
LOCAL NEWS.

A dancing school is now in progre
at the opera house.
A Nogales girl thirteen years of ae
recently give birth to a twelve-poun
child.
Knights of Pythiss meet tonight ;
Z o'clock for work in the Knights ranl
All knights in good standing are invite
20 attend.
For collecting the $3.50 for anothe
mans load of wood Nsvor Lavare
comes up tomorrow before Judg
Culver for sentence for embezzlement.
A new saloon, the Sentinel, corner o
Stone avenue and Congress street, open
ed yesterday. Messrs Mullen & Spald
ing are the proprietors.
TakeI Takel Take Simmons Live
Regulator for DYSPEPSIA, constipation ant
heartburn.
The school at Huachucs has applied
to Judge Wood for a teacher. Judg'
Wood says that this year probably
Thousand teachers applied to him TO
POSITIONS.
The Salvation army, due here todR!
failed to materializs. Possibly they
will get in tonight. With the army and
every church in full operation Tucson
sinners will have no chance henceforth
Sonora beggars worked the town over
again today, as they do every Saturday
Tucson has small comfort for the IN
deserving, but the blind men and one
or two other unfortunates get agooo
store of nickels.
Says the Ell Paso Times: Sixty-five
tramps landed from an incoming train
just above the city last night about
dark, having been denied the privilege
of landing in Tucson. Look to your
residences and your stores.
An insane girl at the Catholic chill
dren's home, aged twelve years, was
before Probate Judge Wood late this
afternoon. She refuses to speak to
anyone and her actions are otherwise
queer.
E. w. French, probate judge of Yav-
spei county, charged with forgery and
embezzlement, failing to give bonds,
the board of supervisors declared his
Office vacant, and J. Y. Wilson, city
attorney, was appointed to the posi-
tion. French is still In Jail.
Though the duck season is now well
under way the birds are not coming
down of early mornings at the lake
nearly SO we'll lately as early in the
season. An occasional puff of blue
smoke arises from the reeds of about
sunrise these days, however.
The Martinez matter, of the Mexican
thought to have been concerned in the
Frark Curry affray, is for the present
awaiting developments. Yesterday Mar
tinez was for an hour or more In
terviewed by friends of the deceased.
The date of his examination has not
yet been set.
The round-ups in the southern part of
the county, says Cattleman Thomas
Driscoll. confirm the expectations of
heavy losses this year. The herds are
lamentably light as compared with last
year, though it is at present impossible
to make an estimate OF losses. What
stock are there are in prime order.
Smoked glasses were in big demand
this morning to view the eclipse OF the
sun by the moon. The gazes were
only partially rewarded however. Soon
after Ii o'clock the lunar body could
be seen on the edge of the orb of day.
1t did not cross the suns surface as
viewed In Tucson. For an hour the
moon was visible.
The Southern Pacific company has a
new attorney for Arizona, Frank Cox of
Phoenix being the man. /. is reported
the change is made on account OF a
iactional fight between former eppoin-
tees, which it was feared would become
detrimental to the company's interests.
AS an outsider Mr.. Cox was therefore
appointed.
A legacy of $1,000 at least and prob
ably a good deal more has fallen to
Martin Ernst, of the opera bath house.
The mindfall comes from Germany,
from the death of Ernst's father. He
has left for the fstherland, and expects
10 be gone six months. In the old
country administration processes are
slow, so that 1t will probably be i'm
possible to retorn to Tucson before.
Drummers have a high opinion of
Tucson as business town. There has
NOT been a failure here IN years, and
they court its trade. Many notifications
Of early arrivals of these travelling sales
man are in hand. Yesterday two shoe
men, straw hat drummer, silk hand
kerchief houses man and several
Of grocery houses made
sales to Tucson business men.
A meeting of baseballists will be held
tonight at Dooley's gymnasium. All
are requested to attend.
wants to play an all-Arizona
club against Tucson. Says the Gazette:
the Phoenix base ball boys ought
to join with the Stripgtown nine and
select nine to play Tucson. By this
they could secure team that whould
easily win the championship of the
territory for the Salt river valley"
The Congregational church pulpit
will probably be filed shortly. Super
Intendent of Missions Ashmun, in the
city today, says he has two good men in
view. He wishes however Ito look the
field over" first. Should IT be found
that Tucson Congregationalists can
provide well for a minister one of the
two will probably be recommended and
engaged by the congregation. Mr..
Ashmun leaves for Nogales early next
week.
The accident referred to by special
to the CITIZEN, yesterday, from Chicago
was somewhat gsrbled in telegraphing.
1t undoubtedly referred to Mrs. John
Dessert, of Nogales, she being at the
isir now. The telegram referred to her
as Mrs. "Ira" Dessart, of knowles"
Mrs. Desssrt is most excellent woman.
Her maiden mama was Sprecher. Her
brother is station agent at Crittenden.
MIR. Dessert is leading merchant at
Nogales.
Saturday the light of camp fire about
half way up the side of the Catslinas
nearest to Tucson drew passing notice
Through the night its glow continued.
Yesterday morning it WAS smoking and
had grown IN extent to be a mountain
fire. Last night tract vRriouSy estimat-
ed at from a hundred to a thousand
acres was burned over, surrounded by a
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