Arizona weekly citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz) 1880-1901, 1894-02-10
LOCAL NEWS.

cattlemen 6reat the Palace.
Walter L. Vail and G. ". Gates, of the
Empire ranch are in the city on bust
ness.
Kuno Baum is in the city, in route
from California to. Clifton, where he will
hereafter reside.
A bill board is being placed on upper
Congress street, on the BloXton block,
for Manager Reid's thes,er posters.
Next Monday is Chinese New Year.
The celebration will be more than
usually violent All the Chinese stores
in the city will be closed.
The famous race made between Jack
Bolyn and George Secocar, where an
unframed horse and flyer matched, to
be supplemented by footrace between
the participants proper, has been
declared off by Secocan.
Today was a territorial holiday. The
banks, court house offices and several
leading business places were closed.
Among the stores closed this afternoon,
was Zeckendorf's, Mansfeld's, the
Hughes Hardware company's and
Corbett's.
Promotions took place at the school
of this city this week. Nearly half of
each grade went to the grades next
higher: The Children are now becoming
accustomed to their new dignity.
Id. Whit and Con O'Neill, the
California cattle buyers here few DAYS
ago, are now in Arivaca, presumably
buying stock for their projected ship
ment of 1000 head.
The soda works of j. W. Whalley
were yesterday, removed to Mr.. Whsl-
ley's new house, corner of Twelfth street
aad Third avenue Mr.. WhRlley's
trade has increased in popularity and
grown to the prosperity it deserves. 1t
l. the original Tucson soda works.
The shaft at the Mohawk mine is
down 22S feet to date. The Griffin mill
will be in running order in three days,
and yielding cleaning gold from the AGO
tons on the dump. Some wood is being
bought at the mill, TO give employment
to needy MeXicans Whereabouts.
The half-loco German supposed to
have gotten away with goods in the
room OF n. Guerovitch to the value of
SS5 was yesterday captured at Casa
Grande by Sheriff Scott, and is now in
Jail. He is also said to have made
insulting remarks to ladies in this CITY,
He denies having taken the goods.
A stencil frieze theirteen inches deep,
in keeping with the architecture of the
building Will be put on the interior of
the walls of the Episcopal church at
once. The walls inside will also be
tinted, the hue being terra Gotta The
church will be nearly totally complete
them. The church will be consecrated
the second Sunday after Easter.
The latest deviltry by hobos ives com
mitted on the person of John Baker.
Baker has contract with the Southern
Pacific company to do some grading at
Rillito. A day or two ago while engaged
on his work, having supply camp near,
a gang of tramps passed him. They
had the usuul request for grub" and
got none. They then went at Baker
and pummeled him badly. Baker pre-
sents sorry appearance.
The new dyDamos for the electric
light company will be here within a
week. The duplicate engine and boiler
have been ordered, and are due in sixty
days. The capacity of the new engine
is 13O horse power, and OF the boiler
100 horse power. When the duplicate
plant is in position the total capacity OF
the works will be $500 lights. At
present about 800 are in use.
A railroad man, ]. N. Murphy pre-
sented Sheriff Scott day or two ago
with petition several feet ng, signed |
entirely by railroad men, asking that he |
be given employment as a guard or |
assistant The sheriff Will probably |
comply with the request Of his friends
the railroad men and put Mr. Murphy |
at assisting in the Office. 1t was feared |
at one time that one of the present men.
would be displaced for him, but increas-
ing business made that step avodable.
A fire occurred at the roundhouse
this morning, which occasioned the re-
peated to1ting of the big whistle there
this morning. 1T was discovered at
$40 o'clock, bursting forth from the
hostler's cupboard. How it started is
3 mystery, but it is supposed to have
been from matches and mice, iguiting
the oily cotton stored there. The fire
was put out by 6 o'clock. With the
watching at the shops and
the excellent facilities for fighting fire,
the risk of fire there is not great.
The handsomest dancing programs
ever used in Tucson have been made at
the CITIZEN job Office for the ball this
evening. They are not gorgeous, but
are rich and tasteful The design is
Greek warrior in helmet, in embossed
bronze and color work, with the Greek
motto of the club giving the party on
thu back-Delta, Ply, LAMBDA. They
will be priced as souvenirs.
The first arbor day celebrated in
Arizona was on the 2Sth of March, 1889.
IN the board of school truestees J. S.
Mansfield made a motion, which carr ed
hat the principal, teachers and school
children be given a holiday for tree
planting. Trees were ordered and the
uil force and planted 80 shade trees.
Today the trees yield considerable
h8de, and ere the smallest children
make them.happy in the GOODNESS yielded
rom the trees.
A Papago Indian brought in four fine
leer from the Catalina mountains this
morning. He sold. two of them to
butcher Bonn. TIE territorial laws |
provide that no deer shall be killed {
fter Jan. 1. and that the meat SO !
6taiued shall not be bought and sold s
70 exception in the law is made for G
indians, which is not usual. The {
oapago was found by Constable Bell /
md will be tried soon for his offences. .
dr. Bonn went to the justice and gave /
himself up. He was not aware of the !
limits Of the deer season.
The Old Dominion Copper company
las been making steady output of COP =
Ter from two furnaces during the : !.
'resente month, and anticipation of !
,lowIng in another furnance next Mon !,
lay, have -Increased the force of min
rs 4 new and powerful rockbreaker
as been placed 10 the ore house which