Arizona weekly citizen., 1894-08-25

This morning Manager Reid of the opera house signed for Maud Granger, who will appear here in January. MT.
 Reid promises some of the best compan- ies on the road for the coming season.
 MT. w. B. Breckinridge, the s. P. R. R. officer, was visitor at Benson Tues day. It is reported that he will go to California to take the place of the deceased Len Harris, and will be succeed ed in Arizona by ex- Marshal R. H. Paul. Oasis.
 There will be game of base ball at the Union park tomorrow, at p. m. No charge of admission. All the ball players are requested to meet at Sam DrRchman cigar store where convey ances will be in readiness to take them out. Arrangements are being made to bring the Fort Grant nine on the 14th of September, this will be during the republican convention and will
 bring many people to town.
 The Cochise County Republican Gen. tral Committee met at Tombstone on Aug. s, and elected the following dele gates to the Republican Territorial Con- vention: A. l.. Grow, George H. Pitts. Chas. Overlook, Geo. w. Cheney, A. V. Moves, W. A. Place, w. F. Nichols, l.. Williams, P. B. Soto, J. F. Crowley, A. T. Bird, w. B. Taylor, Mark Shearer.
 Elsewhere can be found the profes- sional card of MT. Chas. Bowman, who has opened law office at 402 Penning- ton street, and thus makes his bid for public patronage. MT. Bowman has been a resident of Tucson for the past four years. As deputy clerk, duriug much of that time, he has acquired large and extensive experience in matters of legal character that will be of great value to him in his profession. Any business entrusted to him will be care fully and conscientiously attended to.
 NIT. A. J. HalPert, the new clerk of the United States and district courts is in the city. He assumed the duties of bis office on Thursday last, Hon. Brews ter Cameron and his efficient deputy, Chss. Bowman, gracefully retiring. MT. Bowman, upon whom the duties of the office have devolved for the past several months, will open law office in this city and practice his profession. He is a bright young man and will undoubtedly push to the front. The CITIZEN wishes him success.
 Professor Tourney, while out with pr. Comstock this summer, collected an ex- tensive array of plants, and discovered many new variet es. He will soon go to northern Arizona, and afterward make & trip with pr. Sargent, of the Harvard University. Dr. Comstock will make other trips with members of the faculty, probably with Professors Boggs, Tou- mey and Forbes. In this way, the staff of the Agricultural Experiment Station and the Bureau of Mines are gradually becoming thoroughly becoming acquain- ted with the territory and its practical needs. The value of these services can not be overestimated.
 In all its history of sixty-four years, Godey's has never made 8 more radical or more welcome change than it has in its recent reduction in price to ten cents. The cover of the August number shows that clever and artistic innovations are to be made under the new regime. The con- tents are fully up to the standard. It is all readable and there is nothing too deep for the summer months. The Seward "reminiscences are continued, and there are finely illustrated articles upon New York Roof Gardens, the Battlefield of Waterloo in 1894, and Yale Harvard boat race of 1894. A long list of fiction and the fashion department complete the 
 Stephie McKenna, one of the Citizens newsboys was brutally beaten by 8 gang of boys living across the track, on Thursday evening last, while in the of his duties. He was struck with a rock In the face and one eye beaten black. Yesterday morning Mr. McKenna had five of the boys arrested and taken before Justice Scott for punishment. All were discharged but the two larger ones who were held under bail of S25 each to appear before him on Monday next. Mir. McKenra IS deserving of the thanks of the communi- ty for his prompt action in the matter.
 "Lady WIndermere's Fan," which is seem to be played here, is a play that one really wants to see. Of course h large measure creates this | want, but when that peculiar instinct of )ur nature has been satisfied we still | ind that the play has merit that con- 1 oels admiration. EvIdepce sufficient | hat curiosity alone as to MT. Wilde's | ability as playwright, did not make for Lady Windermere's Fan" the splendid | uccess it has enjoyed on both sides of | he Atlantic. "Lsdy Windermere's | Fan" is play that will live long after III curiosity as to its author has died out md merit alone ask for it @ continuance before the public.