Arizona weekly citizen., 1894-04-28
LOCAL NEWS.

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L. Zeckendorf arrived this morning
from New York
Electric lights are being put in the
newly renovated hotel belonging to DIR.
Matas.
Property owners are reported slow
coming in with their property lists by
the assessors office.
A fine storage room is being put in by
Z. +. Schumacher in his Union meat
market.
G. T. EtchelIs is having good brick
residence put up near the railroad
cottages.
Experimental runs have been in pro-
gress at Saginaw for the past two weeks.
The results have not been learned.
Silver lake bathing has waned for q
day or two. owing to the late chilly
weather. The bathing began there the
1st of March.
Edward j. f. Horne the new post
master at Prescott, has been granted
his commission.
Captain j. W. johnson, head of the
new mining operations at Mammoth,
came in from the mines last night.
Joe Goldbaum will remove his station
cry store across the street from bis pres
emit location, in the old land Office place.
The proposed celebration, by the
childrens' kindergarten, of Froebel's
birthday, announced in the CITIZEN
yesterday, has been postponed till fur
ther notice.
The regiment of industrials at Cotton,
whose leader has been under arrest,
may be expected to pass through Tue
son in a few days. Their itinerary is
understood to be via the Southern
Pacific.
Prof. Dayton A. Reed, at oDe time
head of the normal school at Tempe,
left Tucson yesterday for home. He
has been here for lung trouble and re-
turns greatly improved in health. He
says his gain in health was little less
f1sn wonderful.
The choir concert at the Congreeat-
ionsl church Friday evening will be q
musical treat. From present indica-
tions all the music lovers OF Tucson will
be there, and they will enjoy them
selves
At the new tsnnery below town some
good skins are being turned out. The
claim is made by the protector that
cost in the old days Some apgore goat
rugs, tanned with the wool on, will be
out in two or three days.
The new steam laundry will be in
readiness for business next week. j. p.
Engstrum, of San Francisco is now
here, at work setting the machinery.
The outlook is good for big patronage
for the new concern. TucsOnites as a
rule have no love for the Chinese
washes washee."
Gentlemen's fine quilted smoking
ackets, silk EN- 6roiderid table covers,
plain aud embroidered fire screens, IL
laid cabinets, new designs in dishes
fancy cups, saucers, etc, at Sue KEGS
on Congress street.
At last nights meeting of the Gun
club James Hanford, Bob Harrison,
Chas. Weber, Chas. Meyer and Cbae.
Hood were selected to contest for prizes
at the shooting tournament 10 be held
Phoenix on May day. They will leave
here Monday night. One of the prizes
is $500 diamond medal.
Olives may be grown in the Santa
Cruz valley, though at present noue are
grown. A good start has been made by
a tree in Captain Burgess place, that is
now well covered with bloom. Elk
Sheriff Brown has young olive tree on
his ranch that is growing beautifully.
The Stevens avenue bridge will prob
ably be built. Today Mr.. Allison
was about with his subscription paper
and did not meet a single refusal. Up to
this morning $40 had been raised. Sums
of from 80 to $50 were subscribed in
handsome way. The 5000 or 500 need
ed can, it now seems certain, be raised.
Deputy Collector Ben Crawford re-
ports that most of the Chinese of Ariz-
ona have registered. Up to date the
registration for Tucson is about 500.
For Phoenix it Ia about the same. s.
it rs also for Clifton and the surround
ing camps. Mr.. Crawford estimates the
total Chinese population of the territory
at 1900.
Dove shooting has replaced the
shsrpshooting at ducks on the lake. The
plrus come OOWn 10 water 6Dout dark.
in focks, just before going to roost
Sportsmen are on hand to meet them,
and make crest inroads in their num-
bers. One man killed over fifty an
evening or two ago. Large numbers
OF doves are also reported on the
Andrews ranch, a few miles north of
town.
81. Steinecke, q climate seeker, who
has been in Tucson for month past,
departed for Cincinnati last night He
will arrange some affairs he has there
and return to Tucson in about two
months, and make some investments.
Mr.. Steinecke has travelled in every part
of the world, and is thoroughly familiar
with Europe. He says Tucson reminds
him, ia many of its native Characters
tics, of life along the Mediterranean
He is well pleased with the climate of
Tucson.
At the Mammoth workings some
money is probably being made. The
ore it is admitted goes more than $40
ton. Call it $40 ton. Eighteen men
are at work and three big teams making
two trips Day. The teams may run
the total of expenses so high as $500 a
day. Of Collins ore $50 tons are being
crushed day, the ore being very friable
III it is $40 ore the result is $500 day
gross, or profit of $1,000 day.
Mr.. Holt, the Montana cattle buyer,
has not arrived in Arizona, but be has