Arizona weekly citizen., 1896-11-14

Onte @ number of the friends of (
 P. Schumacher have signifed desir
 that be be placed ln nomination for may
 or of this city at the coming election.
 Justices Scott and Meyers will con
 tinue another term in their Uticee. Th
 ooustables will be Robert Fraser ant
 Jose Manciet.
 The funeral of Mir. Juan Elias is an
 nounoed to take place at 8. ID. tnmor
 row. Friends and Rcqusintsnces ar'
 respectfully invited to attend.
 At half past four o'clock this after
 noon, there were S66 votes polled a'
 against S62 last election. The registra
 tion two years ago was l5O more thar
 this year.
 This evening has been decided upor as the date of the consolidation of ths 1.-two A. O. U. w. lodges. All members
 are cordially invited to be present, a' this will be one of the great events ir the history of the order ID Tucson.
 Among the short articles m the North
 American Review for Novsm Der are
 "The Taxation or Church Property,
 by the Rev. Dr. Madison Q. Prterfi
 "The Relation of Spain to Her Govern ment"by l.. Williams, and "A Defanse | of Our Electoral System," by Neal E@-
 ing.
 The corner of Pennington and Court | stY .ets presented a busy and lively ap- pesrsnce today. Early this mornipR s great crowd was assembled there ard a, no time during the day has 1t diminish ed. Gslly decorated vehicles have made that corner their headquarters and have been op the move all ever tta bringing voters to the polls.
 The candidates for the highest office "a the League of American Wheelmep seem to have simmerea down to four men. Of the lot Potter's and Eiiiots chance must be considered the hest. Well posted men. high up in the affairs of the l.. A W. think that Morrison, of Wisconsin, and Cossum. of New York, are more in the line of compromise can didatee, :hsn anything elee.
 Hon. Whitelaw Reid and family will spend the winter in Phoenix. The pre- ference of Mr. Reid for Arizona has been frequently expressed and has had a wide influence in the east. It Nill not be long until the influx ofessteFn winter visitors to the territory will be so great as 10 de- mand much greater accommodations than are now afforded.
 Mayer Maish yesterday brought 10 the city from bis ranch a load of epleudid wstermelone. They were large and fipe favored, only differing from those of the esrlier eeasop, in the grain, which was slightly coarse. To our friends iu the frozen east this will offer another evi dence of Arizona's unspprOachabls clim ate.
 Professor W. Stowe Devol, acting ter ritorial veterinary surgeon, has been ID the valley for the past two days m s2sctipg the ranches that have been un- der quarantine for hog cholera. He re- mover the quarantine, as be found all the places without exception free from any indication of the disesse.-Repub bli- can.
 Lon Harmon, Q we'll known cattleman, ~as in Phoenix yesterday. Mr. Harmon states that Do cattle will be shipped out of the valley for some weeks yet as the California stockman are diepcsioR of their cattle and there is DO demand For Arizona beef. He says that the cattle men of the territory are enjoying great er prosperity this season than for soue yesrs, as the continued rams have made Rrszing excellent on the ranges. They are rot anxious to sell, as @ goo3 price Tor teef cattle is looked for this winter. 1 
 Hoo. J. D. Monihon, mayor of Phoe- nix, who is justly proud of his re-elsc- 1 ton to c second term, arrived in the city | this morning. May or Mopihon is high l y grat'fi-d with the outlook for Phoe- | nix and the entire territory. He pre- diets 90 unprecedented era of prosperity | la every branch of business. He says | thst active n ork will commeoce at once | on the Agua Fris canal and numerous | other enterprises. Mir. Monibon is here to sttend the session of the grand iodge | of Mssons.
 Saturday night the men on the west | bound train thought they were going 10 | os held up. When the train left | Demipg, Engineer Gum saw some sus- | picious characters or the froot plat | form O the mail car. He thought they | were Black Jack and his gang. After consulting with the fireman be turned he engine oxfr to him and dropped of. He caught on the train found Conductor Martin and explained the situation to ,im. They signslled tue fireman to ,top the train, then to back 1t. As the rain was backing the men on the plat orm jumped of. Express guard Long the men of and interviewed ,hem He foupd that instead of being Black Jack and hIs gang they were remps. When the train reached Lordsburg 6 man came to Constable Hardin and told him Black Jack and ,is gang were on top of the mail car. Hardin and Long investigated and ound 6 lot of kids who were on the be tramp. There was not SO much as pocket knife in the crowd.-Western