Arizona weekly citizen., 1894-11-24


 The poll tax collector will probably be
 abroad in the land in a day or two.
 George Sicocan, who has been away 1 for two months on a trip through the
 east will return tomorrow. William Powers, court stenographel
 in Judge Rouses district IS back from
 attending court at Florence. Duck hunters were at the lake yester.
 day. They report gun out for every
 bird, with poor luck in consequence.
 The school desks for the new school a,
 Suahuarito, near the J. K. Brown ranch
 are at the Southern Pacific station.
 One of the lumber yards has sold more lumber in November to date than
 ID aB of October. This speaks we'll for
 the building in Tucson.
 Work on the Flores group, purchased
 in the Guijas a few days ago, will be
 instituted at once, MT. Ballridge started
 for there this morning with a working
 outfit.
 Frank Fish, a popular Tucson boy,
 who has been at Mlnas Prietas, Sono-
 "a, for the past year, is now employed in
 the assay office there. He IS rapidly
 learning the art Of assaying.
 The Citizens Building & Loan asso- citation is reported in fourishing con-
 ditIon. To date the association have received S2S0O, and they have loaned S3400. Some of the money they borrow ed, pTotiting on the difference in inter ests.
 Yesterday morning Herbert Drach- man while opening boxes drove a nail through the flesh of his thumb, it com ing out through the thumb nail. He had 1t dressed at once. He Is i'll from the effects of the accident.
 Chris Christensen, the popular livery man, is m Silver City The trip Is said to be hIs first one outside of the terri- tory in sixteen years.
 An application for guardianship of the three children of the late ". H. Prince, who died from lockjaw a month ago, was made in the probate court to- day. The mother of the children sanc- tioned the application. l.. M. Prince, grandfather of the children, was made the guardian.
 This evening the Flyer-Cannon Ball. train will get in from San Francesca, at 7:20 o'clock. The Mar;cOpa & Phoenix road ran a special train from Phoenix down, to meet the fast train. Many Tucsonites will be up to the station to see the train.
 According to Phoenix democratic based on latest returns, Murphy's plurality is Hnder 1000, being given as but S09. That is a pretyt good plurality however, of itself, and a gain over the democracy of two years ago of over 3400.
 Rogers, the supposed train robber, who tried to break the Tucson jail, but failed to on account of the two keen guards, Is now in the Florence lail. the jail is small it is reported to be one of the strongest ID the territory, and MT. Rogers will have very hard work inded to get away from there un- wares of his custodians.
 The Southern Pacific company show ed an obliglng spirit this year in the payment of county taxes. At the request of Treasurer Overton they paid their S12, 600 taxes month ago, he explaining that 1t would be favor to the county SO 10 do. The two next largest taxpayers are l.. Zeckendorf < Co.,, and Msish & Driscoll, each from S3000 to S4000 to pay.
 The packing of hogs will probably not be done by c. F. Schumacher thIs fall, as heretofore. This change is due to the high price of hogs made by the local hog growers and the low prices of meat made by the packing houses. One hog grower in Graham county wrote, asking 2 cents. Later he offered cents. and afterwards 515 cents. The prices are all too high. Almost as high prices prevail in the Salt valley. None are within reach of a price at which Tucson packing can be done.
 Hon. M. P. Freeman, this morning, received the sad intelligence of the | ieath of hIs mother, Mrs. Phebe Free | nan, at her home in San Jose, Caiif. | Mrs. Freeman was a most estimBble l ady ard well beloved by all who knew ler. A year ago she was prostrated by III nStoOh Gl SA4p, HUH blLC CHcClS Ol rhich she never fully recovered. At | he time of her death she was seventy i've years of age. She will undoubtedly | )e buried tomorrow. MT. Freeman has | he sincere sympathy of friends in hls l treat sorrow.
 An Indian couple struck Tucson | merchant Thurdsy dumb with surprise. | The couple were young, and dressed in American costumes such as thousands | # other Indians wear. The girl first | .sked in good English for cups and | aucers. They then went on and | forks and knives, dishes, & | tove, cooking utensils and all that goes ] O make up a moderately good home. During the course of purchases the oung man said to the squaw: "There's |
 chair, sit down." which she smiling lid. You are agent here for the C. wheel" see he continued, addressing he merchant. "I thInk they'are a good | wheel. At school I rode New Mail, ut 1 don't think it compares with the j- wheel" It was lesrned that the ouple are educated Indians. The boy ttended and graduated at Carlisle and he girl at Albuquerque. Both reside t Sacaton and were married there ecently.
 4 trio of Mall8rd ducks (Anas bos as), were killed at the lake day or wo ago. They were males in the height f fall plumaGe and in unusually fine ondition. When bung before the mr. or of the Fashion bar their reflections as perfect as the original. The lOssy green of the heads and necks, the alter with their distinguishing circles f white, breasts of purplish chestnut, he glossy back of their lower backs Id the violet green or purplish specu- lm framed in black and white made a icture calculated to warm the cookies the heart of any true sportsman. For Ome cause or other ducks are said to be ] finer condition at this time of the ear than for some years past and the esh more highly and delicately flavor d. Evidently the northern feeding rounds from which they come has had
 better growth of wild celery than sual.