Arizona weekly citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz) 1880-1901, 1894-07-28
LOCAL NEWS.

seriously i'll at San Xavier.
Sidney Bartleson, son of ex-Probate
Judge Bartleson of Florence is IN the
city.
The only restaurant IN Tucson serv-
ing ice cream and fresh oysters is the
French restaurant, Congress street.
Mrs. E. ID. Crumb and family left for
Oakland, California, few days since
They will be absent till September.
Mrs. John Zellweger and family, now
visiting on the ranch near Riverside,
are expected home in few days.
Numbers 10, 20 and 81 of Picturesque
America have been received at TINS
Office and are ready for distribution.
Hon. S. G. Bagg, editor of the Tomb-
stone Prospector, is in town. be came
in on the delayed train from Califo rnIa.
The rain drops battered on the roofs
last midnight in quantity and force.
The rain appeared to be general and the
country came in for a thorough soak
ing.
Ira Carter, who for ten or twelve eafs
was engaged in ranching and mining IN
the Santa CatalIuas, is now mlnirg IN
CslRveras county, California.
The non arrival of the mail from tie
west filed the town with speculation THIS
morning. The honor of delaying he
train was about evenly divided betwf en-
the strikers and washout.
The east bound passenger reached
here about 2:3O p. no. today. The de ay
was caused by a wrecked freight which
ran into u washout west OF Casa GIance.
There was considerably of a rise in
the river today. The water Is row
running about foot deep and 100 Feet
wide. It came from the direction u
Nogales where it has been raining heavy.
A murder has been reported from
Gresterville. The victim was en Old
Mexican and his assassin a young one.
The latter is said to have stolen / 70
horses and escaped to Sonora.
Messrs. Billiard & Son, the American
jewellers, are packing their goods IRE
parstory to taking summer vact II q.
They will open again for the fall trade
on Cd extensive scale. They purpose
carrying the largest stock of goes IN
their line in the territory.
The board of supervisors sitting a
board of equalization have been through
the tax roll once and are now bach again
wrestling with Tucson. But few ra,ses
have been made beyond bringing pro-
perry up to last years figures.
Advices from the vicinity of l. Osa
are to the effect that rain has fallen in
that vicinity almost continually of eight
successive days and that new gr' IS is
from eight to ten inches deep al over
the ranges.
Mrs. Judge Barnes, Mr.. and Mrs. j.
ii. Martin and family, who went f Los
Angeles about two weeks ago, ar row
comfortably located at 1912 Ing Fham
street, in that city.
Mrs. 81. W. Read who was here last
winter with her daughtt CoDstl nc is
now in Salt Lake City, but eAn-rts
shortly to leave for Idaho. Miss en-
stance is reported much improved in
health.
Lawrence Lowell returned home a
few days from Santa Clara college, Cali
fornia, where for the past two years he
has been studying. He has grown to
be a young man and so chang d in
appearance that but few Of his friends |
recognized MN.
Probate Judge Wood issued q MARI |
age license today to Demesio Ortiz ind
Francisco Eriqui. The age Of the pros
pective bride is given at % and the
groom at 43. Both reside across the
track.
The old two story building on Con
gress street formerly occupied by Mira.
Olsen, is being renovated and repaired
preparatory to its occupancy by Geo. L.
johnson & Co. Mr.. johnson is now In
the east purchasing stock of goods.
He will cater exclusively to the dry
goods trade.
DR.. Spencer reports the town as en-
joying good health at present. There is
no form of epidemic or other neral
disease in the place, but with the sum-
mer rains there is a probability that ma
lsria will get temporary footho,d in
some portions Of the town, notably
among the poorer classes who sleep on
the ground.
Dog days commenced Oh July llth
and are supposed to continue six weeks. |
By the superetitIons this is REGARDED as
the unhealthy season OF the year, and IS |
exerting an evil influence upon every |
thing. The weather is supposed to be |
more sultery, meats and vegetables |
to spoil more readily and dogs run mad. |
Nothing new has been learned o. the |
robber who looted the T.chenor rasi- |
dence of its loose valuables, but tie OIL |
ciai opinion is that it was done b. IN |
American. But whoever he is, or who |
ever he may be, he has been sh ewd |
enough thus far to cover up suspicion.
The officers hope, however, to EVENT. al y |
land their man.
Mr.. J. L. Clark is in from his Fsme
near the Mammoth. He report he |
company at work busy cleaning up the |
debris, the results of the late flood, pre-
parstory to again working tue mill. The |
damage, Mr. Clark thinks, Will pre- ps-rly |
amount to $1,000. Copious rains have |
fallen below the Mammoth, but they
have not been general as ''up the river" /
no great amount has been reported
Mexican giving the name of EduaIdo |
Moreno was up before Judge Scott yas-
terday on the charge of stealing a silver
watch. He was given % days in jrIl.
He claimed to have resided here fer re |
past twenty years, but this is not pr ba-
BILE for the reason that he is not known |
or remem bered by any of The old timers
hereabouts.
The watermelon season is full i cad |
on. 1t is however enteresting to rote |
the thousand per cent tumble in Irce |
in the first wagon load the ranchers
bring IN. Prices are high when they |
first strike the town and 'seis riales' is |
about the average price per pumpkin |
asked, but before the day is half done
"dies centavos" is the dominating price |