Arizona weekly citizen., 1895-06-29
LOCAL NEWS.
Hon. Colin Cameron is in town from

English company is in town having com
 in from Santa Fe Sunday night.
 In the shade at the front door of M
 Fred Fieishmsn's drug store the the
 m smeter registered IA. In the sun
 was nearly 140.
 Mir. Geo. Secocan has returned hom
 from a ten weeks visit to his old hom
 in Austria. He can now be found i
 his place of business near the depot.
 It IS stated that engineers on the A
 T. & s. F. will average SI95 each for tn
 past month, while the overtime for trt
 men and brakemen will make their wt
 ges for the month run up from SlOO t
 Sl26.
 General Jonhson returned from Sant
 Fe, yesterday to which place he ha
 been in attendance on the United State
 land court. Ills testimony contribute
 much the downfall of Reavis and hl pretentlons.
 Mrs. Cannon had a hearing befor
 Judge Scott yesterday on the charge o
 shooting Der husband. She was admit
 ted to bail in the cum of Slo,000. Bai
 had not been furnished up to. the pres
 ent writing.
 By exemption from taxes under th' law for 20 years the North and Soutt railroad, between Phoenix and Ast Fork, at a taxable rate of only one ano one half per cent, will save, S4S2, 900 This estimate is made on the basis oi the late territorial assessment.
 A young man by the name of Palmer about l9 years old, who is visiting here with his mother from Kansas City. was taken down with deptheretic sore throat last night and the house where he Is living was quarantined this morning.
 The Legal Tender saloon has under gone a most thorough repairing. It IS now undoubtedly oue of the best saloons in the city, ID tbe way of appointments. In making the change the comfort and convenience of the guests were alone taken into consideration. Walsh is a genial host.
 Hon. Sam Hughes in arranging for the rain intimsted tha. anytime between the l7th and the 23d of June would do. The good Lord is evideL tly putting 1t off ss long us he can and does not Bp pear to have kept his word with Sam so far as Tucson Is concerned.
 MT. A. H. Cargill, an orange grower of Orange county, Cal, is in she city after an absence of 9 wears. He came to the territory in 1859 and for g number of years was head man for Lord & Will liams. He shipped last year 10000 boxes of oranges and 5000 boxes of lemoGs. He expects to leave for home in 8 day CT so.
 A complaint entitled the Territory of Arizona vs. the Star publishing com- pany was filed in Judge Meyers court on Saturday last. The parties to the complaint are Lewis Wolfey Royal 4 Johnson. john A Black, Wm H Barnes, Joseph B Scott, Michael Nugent and John M Burnett. The charge is criminal libel.
 MT. J. $. Andrews is in from Gro Blanco for load of Merchandise for General Allen. MT. Andrews has taken charge of the Generals store at that place. He Is a most excellent man for the position, and will do much towards | building up and maintaining large trade. General Allen will take charge | of the outside work, that Is do the buy | ing for the store.
 There is a broken bridge on Stevens about the center of the valley | that is fearfully dangerous to horses travelling along that road. The bridge l has great hole in it and broken lees are liable to be the result unless 1t Is | fixed. Tue cheapest way to do will be to fix the bridge.
 When NIT. H. D. Underwood came Florence yesterday be found the engineers of the North and South railroad survey camped there, the sur vey having been completed as far as that town In a conversation with a number of prominent citizens of that burg he was assured that the road would be actively pushed in this direction.
 Hon. [. A. Shedd is pulling up stakes preparatory to removing with his loaves and penRtss to Ei Paso. He will leave here ip the course of a few days but Mrs. Shedd aud family will probably not go till the middle Of July. MT. Shedd IS the resident agent of the packing house of Jacob Doid of Kansas City. Originally this territory was confined to Tucson, then it was extended over AriZ- ona and now it is made to include vest ern Texas, Arizona and New Mexico. We sincerely regret to loose so good 8 citizen.
 Mr. J. s. Andrews reports work on the Montana miBe In Gro Bisnco progress ing satisfactorily. An addition of sixty feet has been added to the mill and will be occupied by concentrstors. The tunnel, which IS expected to cut the lower works of the mine, has been in pny ore almost from the beginning. This tunnel demonstrates conclusively that the entire hill n which the mine is eit- uated is all ore. The grade IS not high but of sufficient worth to make the mine one of the most valuable in the en- tire country. The tunnel is being driv- CD iu as far as possible.
 The clang of the fire bells turned out half the people of the town at 30 this morBing. For few minutes the heavens were lit with lurid light and It seemed that half the town was ablsZe but tbe trouble was confined to a shed in the rear of Pusch & Zellweger butcher chop, and occupied by them as stable, for the keeping of their horses and also for the storage of a small quantity of hay and grain. The fire laddies turned out in great shape and prevented it spreading to adioine buildings. The loss all told is probably S200. Mess P0sh $ ZAllweRer lost about half that amount, balance was lost by MT. W. c. Davis who owned the shed and surro unding feDce, both of which were des- troyed.
 Probably the largest deposit of marble in the world is to be found in Pima county, about ten miles from $. P. rail> road and thirty miles from Tucson. It is on George Stones ranch near the old Blue Jay mine. Cliffs of pure marble stand hundreds of feet high and thous- ands of feet long and apparently without break. The marble is white, black and variegated, is of splendid grain and sus ceptible of high poll h. Sunday the property WIS visited by by MT. c. M. BurkhaItar in the interest of the South