Arizona weekly citizen., 1894-09-01
LOCAL NEWS.


 tonight to purchase goods for his ne
 store.
 The Union Park Associations mea
 business. They have an interesting pro
 gram on hand Tn the shape of base pal
 games and bicycle racing.
 Judge Barnes, Ben Henry and family
 and Auditor Boon left tor California las
 night. Audit Jr Boon is exp cted to re
 on or about September lst. Juug
 Barnes will probably be back about tn
 same time.
 Judge Maxwell writes friends her,
 that he has suffered another stroke 0
 paralysis, in one side. He i: now livinl
 in Des Moines Iowa.
 Prof J. B. Colingwood IS reading ia
 at Lansing. Michigan. He wii D'
 remembered as late pro'essor of chemls try at the territorial university.
 Miss Helen Cameron who has beer spending the summer with her uncle at San Rafael ranch, passed through on this mornings traia en route for l. $ Angeles where sine vii join her moLEer Quite a number of her young friend met her at the depot.
 | Kelley, the charming daughter or Mir. and Mrs K slley, residing near Sliv~T Lake. for 6n assortment of as fin peacaes as ever came to the town. They were not only of large size but cf .xqui- site flavor. For handsome young lauls s and fine peaches the valley of 5 f'ta Cruz teats the world.
 Hon. Tom Davis reports the Gi.a river at Florence higher now than 1t has been at any time slnce the great flood. Au add dtional rise of five feet passed River side ye-tsrday morning. But, strange to ssy, DO rain has fallen in the Casa Grande valley, although the surround ing mountains have been Oountlfully blessed.
 General P. F. Walsh has written Mir. J. G. Hilzinger that he, Walsh, has been appointed United States pension agent at San Francisco. Gen. Walsh is an old Tucsonite, having lived here for several years as manager for J. B. Hooper and company. Ar;zonans never get left when 8 good office goes noslng around for a claimant.
 The storm that ragged to the south and east last evening has already had its effect on the streams. Thi- morning the Rlllito is reported to Mir. Wetmore, to be running more than bank full. The roar of the rushing water could be heard a mile away, but later it percepti- bly lowered although a tremendous current is still running.
 Extensive preparations have been made for a reopening of the Maison Doree. The place has been remodeled AlI nd torn down and replaced by new and handsome material. The wood work has been repainted and brand, spank ing new house made out Of an old one. Everything will be in readiness for 8 grand reopening on Saturday next.
 The Maison Do-ee again opens its doors to the pubic, after a lapse of quietness for nearly a month spent in renovating and cleaning the place. | Everything now is in apple pc order | and inviting to the most fastidious. The | smoke of the old restaurant has lost its identity in the new. The place is not only cleanly but is attractive and with | its genial proprietor, Joe Sold:ni, on deck 1t is bound to be more popular than ever. Saturday IS the opening day.
 John H. Myers has joIned issue with hls com petitors for the office of county assessor and tax collector and does not propose to be left behind h the race if tall rustliug will avail in his favor. Mir. Meyers is quiet, well behaved, gentle manly young fellow, good repu blIcan and hard worker. He would fill the office with satisfaction to the tax payers. He IS a man unmin3ful Of himself when A,I,o | if nominated, labor like a Troion for the success of the whole ticket. As one of the younger element of republicans that is bound to make hIs influence felt in the party, he is showing to the front and means to win if win is in if.
 Henry Buehm8n ShIes his castor into the ring as csndiDate for Assessor and Collector of Pima county, subject t. the will and wishes of the Repu blican convention. MT. Buehman has be- n resident of this city for more than twenty years, and is recognized as one of the most reliable and substantial business men of the town. Four years ago he filled the office, to which he was elected by largs majority, and it is said by both parties tbat he made one of the very best Assessors and Tax Col lectors the county ever had. More than this cannot be seId of any man. If nOm- mated he will not only poll his party vote, but Is a strong man on any ticket. On Tuesday night last the flood waters rushing down the arroya north of town cut away bank and exposed human skull. An old rus'y dagger was also found near by. Those who claimed to have seen it said it was blood stained, but probably such conclusion was the result of lively imagination, as was the story put in circulation of the fifty thousand Spanish doubloons sad to have been uncovered at the same time. The whole story when simmered 0own resolved itself into a dilapidated skull and an old rusty knife. How they got there or to whom they belonged depon- ent saith not, but if the owner will show up be can have both.
 A deep interest is felt in the initial representation here of Oscar Wilde's successful play, Lady Windermere's FsD," which will be given its first local production at the production at the Opera House Aug. 3l Lady Winder- mere's Fan" brought the champion of ultra-aestheticism fame as dranatist, well earned fame, too, for there was a disposition in the critical circles of London to show the intellectual cratic author no mercy. The very first pro- ductien of the play showed plainly that its author possessed brains as well as a power for originating and floating fsds. The play was the rage of London for a season and lis success Tn this country has been equally as emphatic ani thou sands Of theatre-goers in New York, Philadelphia. Boston and Chicago have completely changed their opinion con- cernIng Oscar Wilde. Lady w nder- mere's Fan" is pronounced by univer' a critical judgment, as vel aS by the popular voice to be the best and most
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