Arizona weekly citizen., 1895-04-20
A lodge of Elks is to be established

Prof. Comstock of the university IS
 registered at the Commercial ID Phoe- | nix.
 Assessor Levin is expected home from
 his assessing trip the early part or next
 week.
 The Los Angeles papers announce
 that Col Matt Flynn, of Yuma, IS dom
 lciled at Santa Monica, where he VIII
 reside for the next six months.
 Tucson raised strawberries have been
 in the market for about two weeks; They are somewhat high priced as well as nigh favored and hard tO beat. J. H. Barrhsrt. superintendent of the 1 Mammoth mines, left for Prescott few days since It IS his first trip to the i northern part of the territory.
 Bill" Hartt is expected from the enst shortly. Immediately on hls arrival
 work on the Gro mine will be pushed
 forward.
 J. A. Whitmore, one of the proprietors
 of the CITIZEN in the seventies, IS now employed on the San Bernardino Times,
 and is said to be doing well.
 Mir. Thomas Wilson of the Tucson
 Lumber company left for Los Angeles this morning on business matters. lie 1 will be absent several days. Hon. James Finley is visiting in Pres
 colt and is meeting with warm recep-
 tion from the old timers who knew him in the early seventies. The Journal
 Miuer also welcomes him to the town of
 his first love.
 A. Vindiola filed cattle brand with the county recorder yesterday, James
 Flynn marble location and Medino and
 wife a deed to Juan Miranda to part Of
 lot ?, block 245; consideration, $50.
 Mir. Charles Mehan and bride arc in town. MT. Mehan is one of Nogales'
 most popular young men, and his many
 friends wish him a long life and lots of
 prosperity.
 The legislature, realizing that the county treasury was 6 banking insttu tion, passed a law to the effect that these offices should be closed sG 3 o'clock p. ID. in the interest of safety. Hereafter the county safe will be open from 9 to 3 o'clock D. ID.
 Religious services will be held at the residence of Rev. MT. Serna at 10:30; Sunday school 2:30, evening service on the Church plaza at 30, every body invited to attend.
 The sidewalks on Stone avenue are going to prove a vast bsne6t. An even appearance in the width and grade of the sidewalks will do more to enhance the good appearance of Tucson than any thing that can be done. Let every citizen put his shoulder to the wheel.
 MT. Ch8s F. Kuhnen, superintendent of the Victoria Mining company, now in the city, is real estate dealer in St. Louis. Five or six months ago he was sent to look into the affairs of the com- p8ny and has remained at the mine since. He has great faith ID the out come of the property in which he has S10, roo Invested and expresses a willing ness to put Sl0,000 more in if necessary.
 A report is afoat to the effect that a reorganization of the Mammoth Mining company is in contemplation, and that the principal English stockholders are now en route here. Under the new or ganization some S200,000 will be expend- ed in improvements about the place. Among the latter will be the removal of the mill to the mine and an increase of its capacity to 100 stamps.
 Mir. Clarence w. Smith, inspector for the Equitable Life Insurance company of New York, is in the city. MT. Smith, 1 in company with other members of his | family, resided in Tucson for several | loo they went to Redlsnd, Cal, where he purchased an orange orchard. Ills fath- | er, Dr. Smith, was at one time physi- l elan of the port of New York.
 There was much comment among citi- | zens yesterday that the various planets l in the solor system were in exactly the | same position in the heavens as they | were on the day when Christ was cruel lied 1862 years ago yesterday. The re- port originated in Paris and was ev!- 1ently the work of some penny-a-liEer, but 1t has given astronomers throughout | the world whole lot of trouble to con- tradict and demonstrate its impossI bili- ty.
 The doub ole tragedy at the Palace ho- tel, San Francisco, last Thursday. says the Yuma Times, has more than pass ng interest to us. Carlo Enrico Reta, the young Italian wko committed sui cide with Miss Adela Wolf, visited Yuma last winter, remaining some time with John Gandolfo, who Is a particular riend of the Reta family and visited hem when in Italy six years ago. They Ire residents of Turin and people of fine 'ocial standing. C. B. Serventi of Son. ,ita is an uncle of Carlo, aud Mir. Gan lolfo left on Thursday nights train to nfurm him of the tragic occurrence. He .lso notified the family by cable.
 MT. Chas. F. Kuhnen, superintend- mt of the Golden West mine, south of Casa Gr8nde, is in the city. The mine s operated oy the Victoria Mining con- )any of St. Louis. and under the person. Il supervision of Mir. Kuhnen promises air to pay well. Within the past six months some extensive improvements nave been made which not only facIlit- lte the working Of the property but re- iuces expenses wonderfully. The cost )f extracting and delivery of the ore at he mill has been reduced to about S5 ,ente per ton. Tue ore is free milling md averages four feet ID width and yoes SIS per ton. J. Nj. Quiggle, the we'll borer, is sinking for water and when same has been reached the mill will start up. The we'll is now down over 300 feet.