Arizona weekly citizen., 1895-02-16
LOCAL NEWS.

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 son cannot have too many shade tree
 Theo. l.. Fitch is in Sonora on bus
 ness connected with his company.
 The assessing of the county proPert is again In progress.
 Ex Auditor H. c. Boon has bonde some mines near Carlisle, New Mexico to Eastern capitalists for $SO,0OO.
 The Hogan Brothers, of Loehiel, hay sold 4SO head of 8 year old steers t Baker a Kansas cattle man.
 General and Mrs Thos F. Wilson have csros out for sn "Ye Old Folks a Home" on the evening O: St. ValentioeI day.
 Tucson has the promise of some hne -music in tho "dczart Sympathy club to be here on the 26th. The compsn, is one of the best musical orgsnizatloni ou the road.
 I've large willow trees that were rap idly going to decay in the court house lawn have been removed. Tbey are be- ing replaced with circles of rose bushes.
 Active preparations are being made by L. G. kadulovich for the opening of his new crockery store m his portofhce block. The store will be opened about the 1st of March.
 Another election will be held on the 1ltb. It will be for water inspector of irrigation, or zar jerU. Mir. Billmsn, who has much farming in the valley at the IndIanschool farm, has been urged 10 psrmIt his name to be used as a csndl date.
 A. B. Sampson and Charles Bent, ths biggest mine owners in Pima county. and who possibly own more mines than any men in the world, ie t for their properties in the Guiias thls morning.
 rewkesbury will nuke DO attempt to get bail as he says hls friends are all away from here at this time. In a month be will he says either be hung or turned loose He would prefer another trial to either.
 4 new kind of grass as far as Arizona is concerned will be tried near TucsoG soon The grass is said to have the peculiar quality of growing with very little water. It is further said to be 50 excellent forage crop. c. F. Scnuma- caer has sent for pound of the see6, costing S17.5O.
 Under the leadership of Mrs. E D. Crumb the musical portion of the ladies of ucson have organized 6 society to be known as the Treble Cleff club. Mre. Crnmb is an accomplished musician and progress will be made under her direc- tipas. The club msets once each week In the Congregational church for prac- tice. 4 tramp was before Judge Scott yes- terday morning with 8 very black eye. He had used vile and abusivs langu ,ge to Tucsonites who had refused to come down with '"sssistaoce." He also smashed in 8 wiudow in Oi"kinson's sa- loon with 8 rock. He will one up to- day for sentence. He threatens very loudly to ''get even" on the officers and witnesses when he gets out. Mrs. Schmeidiing. who learned t>' "stick type" ip the CITIZEN office and who for the past four years has cuntri buted much to the Prospecter, as con- positor, business manager, and editor, is in the city en route to San Jose Cslifor ma where she w.ll res de lndefiuiIeIy. She is a bright and courageous little woman. The CITIZEN wishes her suc- cess. Today was Arbor day and trees and | shrubbary were planted. The thermo- meter stood at ou: 70. and the day was utterl, per ect. Back east spow covers | the kroUnd and It is below zero. Tue | son should hav- a dozen Arbor days | year for the next five years. atser which | it would b- sn earthly paradise. The | banks wE re closed today and the post. | office obs rved holiday hours. Many | of the stores were closed this at ernoon | Two tramps yesterday sized up various | stores yesterday with no good intentions. | They examined Blacks, Cnrbetts. | Msnsfeld's and the New York store. I They were shadow d by Constable ] Frazier. He followed them to Ivan covich's. Here ore of teem engaged | the clerks ct the front of the stor- while the other entered tue rear door and | stole ham. The constable saved the | ham and carght one of the trsmpe. The | other escaped. He got fifteen days. One ot the most attractive features at | the opera house Saturday evening will | be he Russian booth, pres ded yer by Mrs. Charles R. Drake, Mrs. H. Mar tin, Mrs Herbert BroSp, Mrs. Aipss, Miss Hit nger and Mics Be hume. Gen. uine Russian tea, caviar sandwiches. Russian cakes. etc. will be served in | true RussiaG style. One of the popular | Russian airs will bs sung by Miss Hit tinger in her usual sweet and attractive | way. Two posses are after the Wilcox tram | roSbArS, says Detective Breckenridge, | !uet c.rk from there. Tie posses origin | ally followed the robbers into the On ri- | cahuss. Having no blankets with them | and not being prepared for comDsiguIng it was not practicable for them to follow l ID the mountaius. MT. Breckenridge is now believes the robbers are vet in ArZoua- The two posses, b tn from Cochise county, are now on the Mex can line, and travelling along the line. They will cut tn trail of tbe robbers into Mexico and thns learn the d reciion taken, if they tave gone into Mexico. Sheriff Bob Laatherwood today cele- brated Arbor day mot becominRly. He is profess onal florist, and knows the art budding and grating ss do few in Arizona. Today b. -et out tte court | house lawn ID rosebushes. Some cf The l choiceSt varieties were set cut The | bushes were planted iu circles snd also | in rows around the edges of the lawn | The res l. will D. tina; in a year or tro the court house Nn Uill be a most baau ifnl plac-, wit he ia0 D ard treee l alrea, y there Mr L-a,t erwo q set out the yard of Jnhu Broxr to shrub | 1. bary and that place is now one of the | beauty spot- of Tucson in season.
 
 MT. I. P. Tichenor, of Milwaukee, ie in the citv. aud is guest of Mir. and Mrs w. c. Davis. Mr Ticheno- was On .he train during the recent hold up in Kansas. For:ucs,ely for him he was in the slseper. a:d passengers in hat car were upmol ste3. All others We're