Arizona republican., 1896-03-08

The Citizens league met yesterday afternoon at the city hall. The prin- cipaI business consisted in the admission of some twenty new members, all from among the leading men and the largest taxpayers l of the county. Committees wereaap- pointed in the several departments and at the meeting to be held next Satur- day afternoon it is expected that i'm portant matters will be taken up and handled in a straightout manner.
 Globe Silver Belt: The northern 1 Thor is doing his best to make up for lost time. Spring zephyrs were rudely dispersed by a furious wind on Tues day, followed by rain and snow during the night, which continued ftfuIly all day yesterday. It is the only storm of consequence that has visited this sec tion since December. The snowfall on the mountains has been quite heavy. The storm is hailed with delight by stockmen and ranchers.
 Yesterday the cold wave moderated in Phoenix and the weather resumed the same beautiful condition that marked February. Of one thing there is no doubt-spring has arrived. The cottonwoods are in full leaf and have already attained their spring crop of caterpillars, and Ehe ash and umbrella and fruit trees are putting forth their verdure. Blossoms on the fruit trees are now an old story and the ground hog may quit his hole in all security.
 Globe Silver Belt: Mrs. J. A. Win slow arrived from Phoenix on sad mission last Friday. Expecting to find her husband alive and to be able to win him back ito health by careful nursing and loving attention, she was dismayed to learn that the dread mes senger had preceded her, and that the remains of her husband had been consigned ito the grave on the day pre- vious. Mrs. Winslow is still here ar ranging for the settlement of MT. WinsloW's estate.
 Tucson Star: Those who were for tunate enough to be abroad at o'clock yesterday morning saw a heavy snow storm in Tucson. The flakes which 1 melted as fast as they fell were as big 1 as d6 to i dollars and were so dense 1 they near obscured the blinking arc | lights. There is now more snow in the mountains than has fallen before in years and it is also lying considerably lower. It is variously reported from six to seventeen feet in the Tucson mountains. There was six inches of snow at San Simon yesterday.
 | About once month an individual comes into the city with an advertising scheme. It's usually a scheme that would be rejected with derision if pre- S nted by local printer to a business man. but is easily worked by strang- CT. The latest is scheme of an ad- vertising bloEter, by means of which an enterprising individual managed with little labor to s cure fifty or sixty dollars from the business men. They are still waiting for a fu,fllment of the contract. ....... ......,-..
 Another new firm has esta blished it. self in Phoenix and will be ready for business Monday. It is located in the Thibodo building upstairs and is a general brokerage business, conducted by w. H. Constable, a weN-known knight of the grip. MT. Drachman, formerly of Tucson, will be in charge here while MT. Constable is on the road. The firms especially represent ed by these gentlemen are the Cudahy Packing Co.,, and Franklin McVey & Go. of Chicago. Being so favorably acquainted with the trade of this ter ritory they will doubtless do a good business from the start
 At his own volition and request Charles Neils was committed yester- l day to the insane asylum by the pro- bate judge and county physician. The man is subject ito a sort of epileptic fit, during which he is a creature en- tirely without reason He has before been an inmate of an asylum, that at Stockton, California, and yesterday morning, conscious that an attack was due, he presented his papers from Cal ifornia as credentials for admission to the Arizona asylum. In the afternoon he was mildly demented. During his lucid inter vals he is as rational as any one and has worked as a bookkeeper an occupation at which he is expert.