Arizona weekly citizen., 1894-12-22

famous will be given on Tuesday even ing next.
 The regular teachers meeting will be held Friday, December IA, in the high school building at o'clock, p. m.
 The city council will hold special meeting in 8 night or two to audit ex- pensee incurred in the late election.
 Taxes are coming in at the rate of from $2000 to $3000 8 day. The last day for payment is the 17th.
 The city council held special session this morning to review the late ballot and audit bills incurred by the election.
 Washouts were expected as the re- suit of last nights rain, but that oc- currence was happily averted.
 Arizona Charlie will give Christmas carnival in El Paso, where he now is The outlook for 8 successful show is said to be excellent,
 In distrlct court this morning a petty larceny case of Msuricis Leon appealed from the justice courts, was put over for trial till afternoon.
 Judge and Mrs. W. H. Barnes left for Solomonville this morning. The Judge has business before tho court now in session there.
 Miss Adell O'Melvsny recently vist- ing Mrs. Herbert Brown, has returned to her home in Los Angeles. She will shortly be married to gentleman nam cd Foy.
 The city license committee has order ed Collector Hayes to have all licenses m as soon as possible, or enforce their payment by process of law.
 A note received from MT. James Brady, at Pantano, states that the first frost of the season fell on Sunday night last. Southern Arizona is, as he truly ssys, the Garden of Eden.
 The street committee are neutrslizing the mud on the principal streets by put ting gravel thereon. The gravel is put on the middle of the street, thus i'm proving the grade.
 The social to be given by Golden Link Lodge on Tuesday evening, Dec. 18th promises, not only to be an elaborate and entertaining affair, but to be largely attended.
 In the district court this morning sen- tence was passed on Albino Martinez of two years at Yuma for stealing cattle from Walter Vail. The case of Anto- nio Valdez and Eugenio Moreno went over for month.
 Oscar Rogers who was for while in the Pima County jail for train robbery in Pinsl county was tried and convicted in Florence and Judge Rouse sentenced to be hung. He was defended by Hon. Tom Davis and Lawyer Blenham. The case will be appealed.
 The course of lectures to be given the Bohemian club and invited friends will probably begin early in January. Col onel Zabriskie will probably make the Conquest of Mexico" The club project having progressive whist party within . week or two.
 News has just been received of the death of Judge H. W. Maxwell, who praoticed law for years in Tucson, oc curing on the 7th, at Des Moinee, Iowa. A stroke of paralysis took him of, the third from which he was attack ed. Judge Maxwell was Q man held in high respect by all knowing him. He died aged 72 years.
 In the district court this morning Juan Morgan was convicted of burglary, in entering one of the Southern Pacific section houses, and will be sentenced on the 18th. He was defended by John Wright, son of Judge Wright, who con- ducted his case very creditably. John will be heard of among Arizona's future legal lights.
 Taxes ara daily arriving at increased rates. The present income of the couD- ty is s2f co day with prospects of its being larger as the 17th of December approaches. The heaviest taxpayers have not settled yet, with the exception of the Southern Pacific company. Pros poets are that the next delinquent tsx list will be smaller than last years.
 0. F. Hoff has dropped politics and gone back to business. He will call 8 meeting of the directors to get under way the new telephone line to Nogsles, Gro Blanco and other points south ward, in day or two. They will for mulate 8 prospectus, to set forth the merits of the enterprise, and later solic- it subscriptions thereon. The total cost of the line will be S6000, of which $35O0 is now in sight.
 Oscar Rogers, the train robber who SO nearly escaped from jail two months ago, has been sentenced to be hanged on the sth of February. He was taken to Florence soon after his attempted es- cape here, and kept under close confine- ment. Monday he was on trial and Tuesday night sentence was passed on him. The hold up in which he partici pated occurred several months ago at Msricopa, and was the first since the passage of the act, ten years ago. mak- ing train robbing a capital offense. The constituticnality of the sentence will be contested for Rogers.
 The city may now be said to be on @ cash basis. About twenty werrants are now outstanding, but there is enough cash on hand to offset them. Next year, throughout the year, or nearly so, warrants will be cashed on presentation. That is to say, warrants will be cashed if the money is not used in street im provements or otherwise. The year will be started in with surplus of S1OOO, against S40O0 last year. The city has saved s25G0 year more than formerly in the past two years. The floating in- debtedness of Tucson IS nothing, and the bonded indebtedness is BPS, 900. the first of which is payable in 1903. Tue son is in hourishing condition.
 Special Agent Connors, who has been in the employ of the government for the past two years in Tucson, will leave in a few days for Minnesota. The sppro- pristion fer special agents was only s4O,- 900, whereas to carry through the work ae it should be s140,0OO is required. The sppropr ation has run out MT.