Arizona weekly citizen., 1895-06-01
LOCAL NEWS.

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 Mrs. c. w. Wright and Mrs. States Morrison expect to leave for the ses coast soon.
 Low rates to Santa Monica will be s leading feature with the Southern Pacific this summer.
 Major G. c. Smith, we'll known here. abouts, has quite recently been promot. ed to Lieut. Colonelship.
 An electric storm near Stein's Pass Tuesday night took out four telegraph poles and did considerable damage to the wires.
 Messrs. Brens, Felix, Msriscal and E number of Rincon rsnchmen shipped 526 head of cattle from Pantano on the 2st. inst.
 Mrs. Warren and Mrs. A. V. Grossetta will it is announced, leave for Santa Monica, where they will pass the sum mer, June Sd.
 A mining deal of vast importance to Tucson is said to be on the tspis, but in which direction the Tightening will strike has not been made public.
 Vail $ Gates shipped 1927 head of cattle from Psntano Tuesday. The cat tie were from the Cameron, Richardson and Vail & Gates herds. They are des. tined for Montana.
 W. s. Lyle, Don Pickett and Sylves- ter Bonn left for Mexico yesterday morning on mining business. They will be gone probably two weeks.
 Strawberries in Phoenix are advertised st two boxes for p cents, and forty oranges for 50 cents. The quality is not up for discussion.
 U. s. Marshal Meade has gone to Phoenix to look after some business be- fore the United States court which con. vened ID that place today.
 Miss Mooney Jacobs, daughter of MT. and Mrs. B. M. Jacobs, is expected home from San Francesca, where she is attending school, for her summer vaca- tion on Monday hext.
 It is reported that Miss Inez Smith, daughter of Col. and Mrs. G. c. Smith, now stationed at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, will be married to Lieut. Barb our, early in June.
 Ii is believed that several of the ad- jacent mountains were favored with rain last night 1t is much needed in the Santa Ritas, where even the wells in the Greaterville district have gone almost dry.
 This office is under obligations to Hon. Chas. N. Bruce, secretary of the territory, for copy of the session laws of our eighteenth egislature.-Willcox News. If the Hon. Secretary will con- fer like favor on this office it will be duly appreciated.
 A case of burgarly was before Judge Scott yesterday. Jesus Valenzuela was charged with having burglariously entered the houee of Dona Pia Pico and abstracted 8 trunk containing over S200 in money and some iewelry.
 On the dismemberment of a we'll or ganIzed band of horse thieves in New Mexico, the gang scattered and portion of them came into Arizona. The lead CTS went to Mexico and took out citizen ship papers. By this means they hope to save themselves from extrsditloD.
 MT. B. F. Darbyshire, general agent of the Texas and Pacific road, at El Paso, is in the city in the interest of bis road. MT. Darbyshire had charge of the transportation of the Seventh regi- ment from Fort Riley, Kansas to Will COX and of the First from Wilcox to Fort Riley.
 Prof. Geo. E. Metz, of Brooklyn, came in last night and left for the Arivacs district today. He is gone, it is said, for the purpose of closing deal on the Ari- vaca mill and a dozen or so inning claims owned by Joe Goldtree and oth- CTS. The bonds for these properties are now in escrow and there is every reason to look for speedy consummatlon of the sale.
 There was special meeting of the city council Tuesday night to further consider street improvements and to re- contract for the city water supply. Final notices were sent to 8 number of residents on Church street, south Stone avenue, Maiden Lane and south Meyer street. Parties who do not comply therewIth within twenty days will have thier sidewalks graded by the city and the cost of same assessed against their property. Mayor Buehman, Councllmen Burkhalter, Mil.ar and Russell were ap- pointed water contracting committee.
 Manager Hoff of the Tucson Tele- phone exchange expects to hereafter keep the Tucson central office open all night. go shat any of the seventy-fve suDscri- bers can use their telephones nights the same as during the day time. Tucsons leads Phoenix even in this respect Rs Phoenix has no such service, having about l30 subscribers. With this night service good many residences will take telephones as the rent for same is only two dollars per month.
 As fine strawberries as ever came to this town, and this is saying much, but the bars are up against none, can be and are raised Tn the Santa Cruz valley on the ranch of MT. F. A. Kelley. near Silver Lake. The man who said that ''the Lord might have made a better berry than the Arizona strawberry, but didn't" came near to the truth. Finer favored, more handsomely appearing or larger berries cannot be grown anywhere than the Santa Cruz production. Tie wonder IS that they are not more ex- tensively grown. There is fortune in it for MT. Kelly if he would make a business of their growth.
 Colonel Ed. Schwartz, adjutant gen. eral of the Arizona militia. a few days ago issued general order No. 3, the most important item beng: "On and after the first day of June, 1895, the battalion formation in the National Guard of Ari- zons will be discontinued until further orders Battalion commanders are here by relieved from command of their res- pective batialions from said date. Con- l pany commanders will forward all re- | turns, reports and official commupica- lions direct to regimental headquarters | and will receive all orders and official 1 communications direct from the regi-