Arizona weekly citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz) 1880-1901, 1894-04-14
Southern Pacific Railway.
LOCAL NEWS.

w. T. Day is in from the Quiiotos
country.
r. Kirkland and wife, of Nevada
City, CAL, are sojourners IL Tucson.
Judge Fitszgereld, of Graham county,
is in the city.
Hon. Thonas Gates, prison superin.
tendent, Of una, is in the city.
The ice company is buying large
quantities OF wood from the Papagos.
A fine girl baby weighing nine pounds
arrived at the home of Er8clio M.
Hutton Saturday.
A picnic party Of prominent Tucson
people went to Sabine canyon yester-
day.
Buenoe Ayres, where she will teach for
the next two months, TO fill an unexpir-
ed term.
james Pheby, miner well known
here, is engaged on working placere
twenty miles from Helena. Montana and
making good pay.
Word was received from Rev. Mr..
Rees this morning from Texas. of his
safe arrival there. Mrs. Rees stood the
trip better than WAS exp. cted.
E. b. Waggy is in from Mammoth.
The fifty stamp at Mammoth are drop
ping as of the pslmy days of old. Good
work is also being done by the Mohawk
people.
George Rayfeld, former landlord of
the Palace, one of the well-known
characters or Tucson, is now at Helena,
Montana, where be came from to Tue
son.
A dancing party will be given this
evening by Mr.. D.vs Hughes, at the
home of his father, Hon. Sam Hughes.
A very pleasant evening is anticipated.
At the Congregational CD urch yester-
day, morning and evening, DIR. Hender-
son preached with ability and esrnest-
ness. dis sermons were enjoyed by large
cong. egatione.
The bridge over the Sarte Cruz on
Stevens avenue will be taken up by the
board or supervisors IN Gay or two.
Nothing definite has yet been done with
it.
TIE old railroad rates ont of Tucson
blished. From being $40 from Tucson
to Kansas City a week ago they have
be. restored to the regulation rates OF
S46.60. The rates to San Francisco are
still $40.
The prisoners condemned to Yuma
last Friday will be taken 20 The peniteu-
tiary tonight by the sheriff. Fully fif-
teen relatives old AID young, we're al
lowed to spend most of the day in the
jail yard with one o; the prisoners.
Around Quiotoa from 800 to 400 In
d ans are engaged st placering. Owing
t. lack of rain many are Al the WORK of
goid hunt. who you'd otherwise be
farming The summer rains are expect
ed to help them through on corn farm
ing.
The Casa Grande and Florence mail
foute has been modified by orders from
Washington received this morning, as
follows: Route 69l23. Csss Grande
to Florence. From april 9, 1894, supply
Arizola, between Casa Grande and
Kenllworth."
A man in a glorious state of intoxica-
tion yesterday attempted to knock
down several pedestrians. He
wilted on encounteripg Chief of Police
Paul This morning he was very re-
pentant, end wanted to go back to Ben
sor. He was permitted SO to do.
At the Day & Hunter mining propo-
sition, says Mr.. Day, in from there,
sinking on the we'll is now down 500
feet, and progressing several feet day.
Enough water is obtained to supply the
boiler. and save the former labor OF
hauling water. No mining is now
beng done there.
Tom Carter writes that he has been
matched to fight Ed. Morrison, OF Phlla-
delphia, in Phoenix, April IL. III
successful and he can get hackers, he
will tight Billy Smith, of Australia.
Carter claims 70 be the champion color
ed weight of the coast.
Mrs. Hannah Box died last night at
10 O'Clock, at her Zone on Pennington
street. hrs. Box has suffered great
deal 10 the past two years. She was
highly respected 10y all knowing Ter.
Word was sent to Mr.. Neal, son-in-lsw
OF Mrs. Box, last night. The funeral
will not take place till the arrival of Mr..
Neal.
The body of Charles Staudt, who
committed suicide Friday night, was
inferred Saturday afternoon. He left
written message part in German, part
In English, and nearly wholly unipteli-
glble. All that could be read was tran
lated as follows: "When these lines
are written l expect shall be where /
came from"
The Tucson electric light company
plant 10 duplicate will be completed in
two or three weeks. The work is being
done slowly but well. 1t will be one
of the best plants in the country when
complete. Last week q fine lot of
electrical fixtures were put in the
houses of Fred Freshman and Mayor
Perry.
The South Giia canal proposition will
reach some definite plans soon. Mr..
Underwood is IN receipt of letter from
Col. Thornton saying that the writer
would leave for Los Angeles at once to
attend meeting to be held there
Wednesday, when promident officials
of the concern would get together and
do something. Thus far the sum OF
S5OO.OO0 has been expended on the dam,
which is too much to now abandon. In
fact there Is no doubt that it will be put
through, and that shortly.
A grand celebration will take place
at the Union driving park shortly, the
date Of which has not yet been decided.
1t will consist in part of steer tying.
bicycle racing, and horse racing (trottlng
and rum ming both), and features of ball