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

Judge Barnes returned last night
from attending court il Florence.
w. A. Wilson, representing the
Armour Packing company, Of Chicago,
is in the city.
III. @. Bas,e and family, who have been
at the Sam Hughes ranch for the past
two weeks, returned yesterday.
W. S. Sturges who recently sold bis
La Osa ranch will, it is reported, remove
to a ranch he owns south of the line.
Recorder Council took his new office
yesterday morning. He at once started
on learning the routise of the work.
"The Spider and Fly company will
not come TO Tucson this month, as in
tended. They went to Salt Lake CITY
and via Union Pacific instead.
Hon. James Finley has purchased the
famous La Osa ranch formerly owned
by w. s. Sturges, and it is reported that
he will shortly remove there to live.
The militia Of Arizona will be inspect
ed by colonel of the United Sites
army. The military gentleman is row
10 Prescott He will reach Tucson To
inspect companies ID and L about the
25th. A good ball may be given on the
occasion.
a party of prominent rucsonitles
visited the San Xavier church this
morning Among the participants were
Mrs. Hitler and Mrs. HOadley, Of
Phoenix. They went cut on the big
Concord coach and 9th vehicles.
splendid days enjoyment was had.
Two Mexicans who rotten-egged a
Chinese on Main street were before
Judge Culver this morning. He gave
them ten DAYS each and warned them
and their friends at hard that similar
performances again would meet senten-
ces of not less than twenty-five days
if the cases came before him. The pri-
soners' names are Lauterio Acedo and
Perfeeto Contreras.
AS will be seen by Geographic silver
quotations elsewhere, that much abused
metal is on the rise. Today Mexican
dollars are quoted at 5315@54115 AID sill
yer bars at 6315@635s. Should the
Mexican dollars go up 10 or Is per cent
it would do much for international bus
mess interests OF Arizona and Sonora.
Mr.. Kuno Baum writes that he is
established at Gale Victoria N. z,
City of Mexico. The only ATizonans
he met there ara j. L. Yorba, Vho form
erly kept the drug store now occupied
by Mr.. Fred freshman, q Mr.. Kelley
who formerly worked at the railroad
shops in this city, Messrs. Carpenter
and Skidmore of the Santa Fe route
and j. II. Hampson who built TIE n.
NJ. aud A. NJ. r.
Tucson has a republican marshal. r
A. Paul, who WAS nominated by the ma
yor for the position a few nights ago,
was nominated by the mayor and con-
tirmed 10y three of the SIX councilmen.
n. S. Palmer, on as special officer for a
month, resigned his position. 1t was
not filed, as Billy Roche Will be on
agaiu in four days. Mr. Paul has had
experience as an officer an policeman,
and ie in every way competent for the
marshalsbIp.
4 letter was received yesterday from
Prof Douglass, now at Prescott, saying
that he would probably return ere long
and make further observations in Tue
son from the Turtleback hill He wrote
that when here his slight elevation
across the valley on Sentinel peak.
was not sufficiently above the cold air
of the bottom lands. At Prescott he
obtained a. average of SIX in a possible
ten points. At one time he obtained ten
IL Tucson.
The city marshalship question, much
discussed and with many who would
keep the city from being unprotected,
is reported ID have settled itself np3n
one man, Robert Paul. nov acting as
extra policeman. Among others who
would probably serve ware they suitable
to the city fathers, are Nat Fulmer, l..
=. Morse and Charles Hood. No dem
ocrats are likely TO even make a try for
the place
The supposed murderers of Frank
Curry are in fair way for escape on a
technically. The party consists of five
men, all held on one Indictment, four as
principals and one as accessory. The
fact that one is held as an accessory only
is the grounds for the demurrer. which
was granted. The men will be held till
the next grand jury. The names of the
gang are Juan Doe Martinez, Nicolas
Acebedo, Manuel Nunuz, Gregorio Mo-
lCnO 6AO y OGu IGOC
From Bisbee Mr.. Jones, in from there.
reports progress towards the new smelt-
ers. The furnaces have arrived but
not so the $50 horse-pOwer engine. Some
hard excavating, through Stag, will
need to be done before the plant can be
set. The new railroad from Fairbanks
to Benson for the Bisbee railroad com
pany is certainly. The engineers
have been on the survey over a week.
1t l. expected the road Will be made in
three months.
Mr.. Knut G. Posse, now in this CITY
from st. Louis, is considerable of man.
He stands six feet, six and one half inch
es in his stocking feet and weighs 275
pounds. His meeting with the writer
was most pleasant surprise. Twenty
two years ago they did the mining camps
Of the northern states and territories
together. They separated in Califor-
MIA and had met but once in the last
twenty years.
E. L. Vail is IN from the Empire
ranch. He says the late season was ia
Vorable for cattle, the SHOWS and rams
being much heavier in southeastern
Arizona than about Tucson. The ranges
are fairly good and stock are in fair Or
der. The prospects for the comirg
season are first rate. The calf crop this
year will be late, which suits the stock
men well, 40 the summer rains will
make good feed and the cows will have
more milk than otherwise for calves.
Mr.. Knut G. Posse, of st. Louis, is
in the city en- route TO California. He
represents the Ranken 81 Fritsch foun-
dry and machine company of St. Louis,
and is soliciting orders for that firm.
Stamp mills, smelling furnaces, concen-
tratiDg tables and all classes of mining
and milling machinery are manufgctur-
ed and handled by them. Mr.. Pose
is thoroughly reliable and responsible
gentleman and parties doing business
with him will find him as represented.
The fiesta at Los Angeles on the l1th
promises to be gorgeous affair. A
faaflre will he the Yuma Indians