Arizona weekly citizen., 1895-04-13

Seven more boxes of cactus prepared | by Prof. Tourney for the Royal Gardens, st Kew, England, were shipped today. An arrival at the Occidental hotel regis | ter reads: Eugene K. Sykes, Papago | Where is Papago county, aoy- way?
 Hon. Sam. Webb, John Desssrt, J. r. Welsh, R. H. Reynolds and E. K. Sykes are in from Nogales.
 Locations of the old Peerless well and miilsIte hesve been filed wt1 the reeor, der by Messra Barnes, HilZinger and Bowers.
 Urited States Attorney Ellingwood came in this morning from his home m to attend the federal grand jury which met today.
 In the estate of Frank Burg, who died of pneumonia at Mammoth recently, let ters of administration were today grant | ed to A. J. Collins, Of Mammoth. The estate is principally bank account, sad to be about 5000.
 Judge Rouse's court met today in Sol omonville, the grand jury having con- vened. The trial jury will meet Thurs day. The judge will hold court in Globe next week, and in Florence early ID May.
 Mir. Isaac D. Smith is in from the Quijotoas. where he has been for the past several months looking after the old Peerless property. He brings en- couraging reports of the mining outlook in that section.
 E. P. Van Kuren was made grand master of the order of Odd Fellows for Arizona at the netting of the grand lodge in Williams yesterday. Pima lodge telegraphed congratulations last night.
 The delay of two months in meeting delinquent taxes resulted in some incoD- venience in the drawing of salaries. The county has resources ID one or two i'm portant suits, the costs of which nre well into the thousands, which cases will probably be decided soon.
 Cattle are now being loaded at the stockpens for Messrs. Ayers and Bird of California. The stock are from the Sonora ranges, brought in by Geo. W. Atkinson. Other of the cattle are nov at the Laboree ranch, awaiting the arrival of MT Holt, the Montana buyer.
 The tramp business is now down to a fine point. Tramps now have theIr own private car. A hand car was found concealed Tn the northern end of town that was made entirely of wood. Ever the wheels were made of wood. It show ! DE NAa were evidently waiting for night to get through the Tucson yard with it.
 MT. George Secocsn left for his old home across the water this morning. He had been swsy fourteen years and in the meantime both his father and moth CT have died, the father eight years ago and his mother last February. He las, however, several brothers and sisters still living in the old country who will be glad to welcome bim home. He will be away two months at least. In the meantime his business here will be in charge of his nephew, John Secocan.
 A case is now before Justice Black of Tubac, on a change of venue from Crit tenden. It grows out of falling out over some land between R Sprecher and Harry Barnett. Barnett was in charge of some land in the Crittenden village for ano her party, and let the taxes go delinquent. It was purchased at tax sale by or came into possession of Mir Sprecher, the station agent at Critten- den. MT. Sprecher turned some horses on the land, and MT. Barnett turned them out again. Trouble followed, and ho and IS I'm Earrncnr went to Tubac this morning to take Mir. B8rnett's case.
 4 change in the Congregational or ganiZation of Arizona IS projected. The churches of thls territory are now Rov- erned Dy board including bcth Nv MexIco and Arizona. The intention is to give Arizona 6 Congregational Rsso- citation alone. The first session was held in this city today. The COngrega- tionsl churches of Nogales, Prescott and Tucson are represented: also the Pres byterisn churches of PhoenIx and Tombstone. The two denominations are nearly identical, and work in unity throughout the churches of Arizona The latest arrivals for the conference are Revs T D Mclean and W E Hazel tine of Prescott, and Rev E H Ash burn, superintendent of Congregational missions for Arizona and New Mexico.
 When Col R. F. Morton was killed at the Cenaneas property in Sonora. be l. fit some money in the bank at Nogales, for which John Dessart of Nogales has been appointed administrator. Mir. Des- sart says that Ed. l.. Self, assayer there with Col. Morton, will push work on the mine. The terms of the sale of the property are understood to be S50.OOO in two months, with development to be done in the meantime to the extent of 5000 a month. The property belongs to widow, Mrs. Pesquera. About S20,- coo has already been paid on the prop erty. Tbe buyers are the Heinz Broth CTS, of New York, heavy copper owners in Montana. The property was aban- doned at the time of the killing of B superintendent twelve years ago. This morning early a small but very stirring collision occurred ID the Tucson yard. At Esmond station fourteen miles east, there is 8 cisteIn and, and a water car Is frequently there. The sec ton hands had started to let the car, full of water, down to the cistern. The grade was steep, the brake was not good and the car ran away. The grade to Tucson is considerable. The result was trip by that car at about a mile minute. Tom North was backing his engine to take out a train in the yard here, when there WAS 8 roar and crash. The water shot twenty feet in the air. The two trucks of the car ran together and became one, while the tank made leap for the engine cat. There was a flying of oil water, coal, coupling pins, etc., and some very begrinned men. More than slight bruises nobody was injured.
 The utility of the camera for detec- tive purposes is now under test ID Tue son. The land court is body passing on the validity of the land grants of the southwest, for which the titles are frequently very conflicting. The val;- 0lfV of thA prantS ia et Onpo pallnd in