Arizona weekly citizen., 1896-12-26
LOCAL NEWS.

W. R. Wemple left for the Southel
 Belle yesterday.
 It is said that the capitol grounds
 Arizona are second to no state in tl
 union.
 Bnckey O'Neill bss rsised @ lot
 warm discusslou m the Irrigation Col
 grsss at Phoenix.
 Hon. Brewster Cameron is in the cit.
 having just returned from an extende
 visit to Europe.
 The welcome news is being freel
 circulated that very extensive opert
 tious will soon begin in the Rosemon
 camp.
 It is said that the governors reception
 vas . very brilliant event. Mili:ar. uniforms were displayed in abundance and fair lsdies were not scarce.
 The university is represented in Phoe nix shis week by Professors Edward M Booes, J. W. Tourney and William Stow' Devol.
 It is we'll worth your while to visit th' sNonpareil." next to the Tucson Groce Co. Their Christmas widowiss @ beauty and no iistske.
 Mrs. E. R. Osgood, daughter of Geo W. Sander-, receiver of the Casa Gran de Valley Canal company is in Phoenix visiting friends.
 The latest advices from Phoenix are Co the effect that the irrigation congress- each day, ebowed more bald heads than were ever seen in one Arizona sssem blaze before.
 Two young ladies from Manitou, Colorado, Mise Jennie Gordon spd Miss Mary Youtsey, will spend the winter iu the mstchless climate of Tucson.
 Suit has been instituted in the district court at Prescott by attorney T. w. Johusop, on behalf of Kitchen & Co.,, of New York to recover from Yavspsi county about S260, 900 for the principal and interest on the bonds issued in aid of the construction of the nov defunot Prescott and Arizona Central railroad.
 A leading citizen thinks the govern meut printing office should turn out all books for pubic schools, the govern meut to sell the books at 8 nominal 69ure and select the books 70 be used. Tbis would knock the school book trusts and save poor men from having to buy . nsW set of books with each change of school management.-Preeco Courier.
 l.. Meyer, brother of Iaidor Meyer, proprietor of the Bee Hive store, is go Ing to locate in Cape Town, South Afri- O, where be will engage iL the business of . diamond broker. He began his journey to that point thie morning. The journey from here to bic destination wili consume about SIX weeks.
 George J. R skruee of Tucson, accom-. panied by his wife, is ia the city to spend the festal week. Mir Rosk.uee enjoys the world wide reputation of be- ing the only man who ever whipped Oorbett, the champion pusilist. Of couree the distinguished gentlemen from Tucson does pot follow the voca- tion of prize fighting, however, Gs- zette.
 "Ths Fifth national irrigation con 1ress will be productive of much good" said Secretary o. M. Heintz of the ns- tional executive committee last night to - U ul the congress, for there are more ststee and territories represented than at any of the previous sessions of the body. Phoenix is to be congratulated over the sxoellept manner in which it welcomed ths deleza,es."-Republicsn.
 Dix W. Smith, ono of the beet known attorneys ID the stste of New York and about the best informed on irrigation mstters, who is in the city as irrigation congress representative from the Empire state, was sgree8bly surprised to find Phoeuix sucb 8 pleasant place and be thinks the climite is wonderful. In re- gard to the irrigation congress, Mr. Dix otated yesterday iu the convention that he had the pleasure lsst week of spend- ing . day in conp psny with President. elect Mckinley, who authorized him to cay -befor- the national irrigation con- grees that he sends a cordial greeting to the conven ton and all efforts put forth by the body ID the cause of irrigatiop hes his beet wishes. and that during bis administration anything that would como before him for the interests of the west would receive his closest scrutiny and attention. Republican.
 Governor Franklin was conversipp win two newspaper men ou Washington street yesterday afternoon when au in- dilidusl with lonR-tailed coat and dsstillery breath approached aud extend d his hand in far ilisr mspner to the governor. "I am Dr. Robert Allen of PittsburR, champion tramp of the world" be esid. The words were ut tered with the thickness of speech that ususlly accompanies flag" He con- tinusd: "I koaw you were governor be. cause you haze blue eyes. I sm de. lighted to have the honCr of y.ur ac. qusintance." It was Rlesned from him that he was on his sixteenth annual tour ot Amerioa and be never pays his fare oa the railroads.-Republicsn.
 N. H. Gardiner of Orange, California. is in the city and has on exhibition at the headquarters of the irrigation COD. Grees . cootrivsnce that is attracting much attention from farmers and those Interested in irrigation. It is sn auto. matic water gate tor use iu canals for the purpoee of delivering a steady and even dow of water. The box is provided with t~o Rstee, one in f ont and one in the rear. The water flows through small ori6ce and rieee to tbe level of a l. other ori6ce pesr the top of the box, the overflow falling into smother box. If sn unusuai flow of water enters tbe box the pressure releases a spring which oper. stss gate in the mouth of the box and DO matter how much water je in the canal the same amouat can only flow through the gate. It is an invention that engineers have been working or tor years. A California man named Besle ie the inventor.-Republicsn.
 RHEUMATISM in the back, should era, hips, ankles, elbows, or wrists. is caused by accumulation of acid in tha