Arizona weekly citizen., 1894-12-22

G. H. Barnhart is In from Mammoth
 B. Riggs and J. J. Riggs, of Wilcox
 are in the city.
 A. Trippel, of the land office, has gone
 to housekeeping after a residence in the
 San Xavier hotel of several months,
 Al. Ezekiels has returned from Sar
 Francisco where he went to take some
 prisoners.
 Barrels and barrels of Sonora oranges
 have been shipped ip, F. Milch being
 the purchaser. They are being peddled
 about town.
 Mrs. A. Nj. Dyer has bought part of
 lot 1, block lSo, for consideration oi $500. It was purchased of the Ben
 Parker estate.
 | The engine and boiler purchased by Cluff Bros. at Fort Bowie, will be taken to the Graham mountains and hooked to their saw mill. This means more lumber.
 Sam Katzenstein is back from a business trip for l.. Zeckendorf & Go. in the southern part of the country. About an inch of rain has fallen in the last two days, good deal of which soaked ID, to the improvement of the | ranges.
 | The Gilbert Horton blacksmith shop has been purchased by J. $. Scrivener and son, and yesterday they began busi ness. They report a good days work for starter.
 The Knights Templer will hold spe- | cisl services Christmas at the Episcopal church. It will comprise good music by the Episcopal qUartette and a ser mon by Rev. O. P. Wilson, who is 9 member of the order.
 Mexicans return ng to their own | country to live, have the privilege of passing all horses, wagons, agricultural implements and household goods free of duty.
 A representative of Richard Gird, of Chino, Cal, named Baca, arrived yester. day, and is now at the Empire ranch. Vail cattle to the extent of large num- bers, will be shipped to Chino to be fat tened on beet sugar pulp. ALas Vegas Optic of October 26, came smilingly to hand this morning. Considering the distance between its place of issue and destination it may teuthfully be sad to have been little slow in coming.
 The street sprinkler man IS reapin2 his harvest now. His sprinklirg is done for him, and all he has to do is to col lect his sprinkling fees and pay his rent al on bis wagon. Rain or no rain, sprlnkling bills are paid in Tucson.
 Why would it not be good idea for the city fathers to place stone cross- ings at the principal crossings in the city. It would not cost much as stone can be h ad for a trifie and the conven- fence to the public would be great.
 The Thos. Hughes Hardware compa- ny is constructing a 5000 gallon iron lnk for use in the San Carlos reserva- tion. It was ordered by Capt. Meyer of the Eleventh Infantry. The compa- ny does large trade in the manufac- ture of iron tanks.
 Mrs Hattie Hall, who has been operator at the Western Union office for the past two months, has gone to Sac. remento, where her brother is very ill Thomas Monier will succeed her. He was here years ago having to take charge of the Tombstone office. From Tomb stone he went to San Diego. He now returns on account of his health.
 The Curtis canal has just been com pleted. This is an old canal, but has now been extended to David Markham's ranch. It is seven miles long and seven feet wide, watering about 1900 acres above the Kempton canal. This canal is owned by the farmers under it Quite an amount of new land under this canal will be cultivated this year for the first time.
 Another case of overcoats came to hand this morning, prices ranging from s6, S7, SS, 5 o, SIP. We are offering five dog. extra fine gents hats at Sl.50, good value at s2.25; twenty dez n gents scarlet cashmere socks only soc, others call thsm leaders at 75c; forty dozen iu- f8Dts kid shoes, cheap at soc, to close at 25c. Save money and continue to dream on the name of Lonerg8n & Co.,, Meyer and Congress.
 Tramps are again in Tucson in unu. sual numbers and make themsel, ea particularly detestable by the persist ence and industry with which they hold up every pedestrian for "assistance." Around the restaurants n gang of them hover almost contin ually and to run the gauntlet from them is dread and or deal to restaurant boarders. That pro- posed rock pile would be great bless ing about now, don't you know.
 Tucson Lodge No. 1, F. & A. M, held thaIP Qnnl1al lac% nj, Tt ot which the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: George Shand, master; K. l.. Hart, s. w; George Kilt, J. w.; Fred Fleishmap, treas urer; George J. Roskruge, secretary. The installation of these officers, togeth- CT with those of the chapter and com mande-y will be held Saturday night. December 22nd. The installation will be public to all Mssons.
 A challenge has been received by the the Tucson baseball club from Bisbee, to play that team on their own grounds, all the Tucsonites' expenses to be paid by the challengers. The date has been set for Christmas. The offer will proba- bly be accepted but not at the date named. The Tucson club have not played game of ball since their con- test with the Fort Grant ninP, and are of course out of practice. They will ac- cept, however, the games to be played the middle of January. The Bisbee club comprises some good players, among them Mike Welch, Mike De- laney and Charles Crouch, of the old Tombstone club.
 The popularity of Chamberlain Cough remedy and the high esteem in .uLsoL ;k ;r hn,6 lnnhc 11r fn haiiaua if