Arizona weekly citizen., 1895-01-19
LOCAL NEWS.

MT. W. F. Overton has purchased Rambler wheel. It is said to be one { the finest iu the county.
 -.lss Hittinger entertslned quite large party of friends last evening l her usual hospitsble manner.
 The supreme court meets in Phoeni today. The session will In all prot ability last about two weeks.
 Hon. s. M. Franklin is before the su preme court with several importan eaees. He left for Phoenix last night.
 Patrons of the public library ar reminded that the do ors of that bepe ficient institution are open to the publi on Wednesday after noon from 2;30 t 4o'clock. as every evening from 7:3O t 9.
 Judge Owen T. Rouse of the secon, judicial district, lert for Phoenix las night. As judge Mr. Rouse hes mad qui 8 hit in his district and is highl, spoken of by those doing business be- fore him.
 Mir. Geo. M. Hickman, late of L ZAckendorf < Oo., now representing Miller, Sloss & Scott, hard ware, is il the city solicipR orders for his firm. H, is welcome visitor to the old pueblo.
 Wm. Hsrtt is iu from his mines ir the Gro Blanco district. He has t@G properties the Orc and Julia. Both have developed rindsomeIy and a ter stamp m.ll Is shortly to be erecttd or them. The machinery has already beer ordered.
 Weather Prophet Wetmore predicts two dry years for Arizona, but on 6 showing of low temperature and falling rain it is more than probable he will let the country of with half the threatened infliction.
 The CITIZEN is in receipt of sn invi- tstion to grand so cisl ball to be given by the young gentl emen of Benson ID Gsrweln's hall Frid ay evening, January IS w. regr ct our inability to be pres- .ent and wish all participants pleasant and agreeabl 6 time.
 A petioa quite literally signed by the prominent business men Of the town WAS circulated today. praying the ap- opintmens of NJ. Gsrvsis, Esq, o urt Commission vice i. D. Sstterwhi.e @ who is the present incumbent, expec ted 10 resign because of his appointment a. attorney general.
 Special Agent WaQstaff, of the Urea eury department, who is well known he7eabouts, from hIs occasional vi,i.s, has incurred the displsssu- of the Washington authoritit because of several unprofiie..' and very expensive seizures he is said to have made and has been required to give an accounting.
 Hon. Fred G. Hughes is receiving many complimentary notices from the -preee of southern ArIzona over his re appointment as clerk of the board of supervisors. Mir. Hughes is one of the mnst efficleut and acc mmodating olerke the board ever had and merits all the good things said about him.
 The old friends of General John Wasson will be pleased to learn that he is doing we'll iu Pomona Cali 'ornia, where he IS engaged ln publishing the Timns. Quite recently be moved into his new house and has settled down permanently. He writes friends here that if he was younger man be would like to try the frontier once more.
 It is highly probable that Blind Tom will not be seen in Tucson ihis season, although his manager signed a contract for his appearance both here and ID Phoenix. He SRs in Fl Paso ou Thurs day last and from there went up through New Mexico. From California instead of comIpg this way they 1ent by the Al lsntic & Pacific.
 Edi.or Lyons Of the Phoenix Popu list, wss in the city on rustlinR tour 8 few days since and made the CITIZEN pleasant call. MT. Lyons, like most oth- CT populists, is an expert on maiorities and csn figure populist plurality out of worse than a Waterloo defeat However, he IS very pleasant gentle man and the CITIZEN hopes he will strike . paying lead on bis little paper.
 Tomorrow night the Bohemians give the first of the series of lectures that will be given under the auspices of their club. The opening night will be by Col Zabriskie and hIs subject will be Conquest of Mexico" Invitations have be issued and undoubtedly the hall will be packed as it deserves to be. The lecture will commence promptly at 8 o'clock.
 The first snnIversary of the Spanish
 
 line shnpe, in Reid's opera house last night. About two Hundred and fifty guests were pres ent for whom a splendid banquet had been prepared. There was music, feaet inc, speechmskinR and dancing. It was two o'clock this morning when the music cesse1 The occasion was one of the most enjoyable that has ever taken place on 6 like occasion.
 The Mineral Hill Mining company ie doing good work st their mines about seven.- en miles south of town. The ore is copper bearing snd msrkably free from the obnoxious combinations that too frequently i- carried in copper ores Nine carloads of Gre aggregating twen ty-five tore each have been shipped t. Ell Paso within the past three weeks. The ore by the car averages rather more thsn twenty per cent. Fifteen teams laden with ore came iu today. The company employs thirty men and twen- ty teams. The outlook for the camp is good.
 The Indian foot race last Sunday wss quite aa exciting affair, and served to stir up some of our local white sprin- ters. The race was started from point about Q mile from town toward the river. From this point the two contes tsnts, naked, ran to mark four miles south of town, turned, and ran back to the starting place, each kicking ahead of him, the entire ten miles a wooden croqIet ba l. The race was won by a son of the chief Joaquin, his contestant being Pspago from down near the line. As they passed through town on the re turn trip both runners appeared iuet as fresh as on the rtturn trip both runners appeared just as fresh as on the start while the ponies of the yelling tribes accompanying seemed about to fall from exhaustion.-Gila Bend Leader.
 General Thoe. F. Wilson returned last night from Arizola to which place