Arizona weekly citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz) 1880-1901, 1896-03-21
WEEKLY CITIZEN.
LOCAL NEWS.

Sou by FIR, Flels.man.
E s. Dodge, OF Oracle, came in last
evening" on business and will Il tnrn TO-
night.
Mrs. E. Randolph and Mrs. j. HI.
Martin, returned this morning from q
short trip in California.
Maj Eugene o. Fechit left for e Pa
30 thus morning, litter spending a few
days in the city.
Prof. Wetpore reports bees swsrming.
MIR. j. NJ. Berg-r at San Y tvier has Hi
read. taken turee hives l. st year be-
cause of OF RAIN and food they did
notswsrm till May. The Professor looSs
for a good me quit bean crop and cor
responding amount OF honey.
10 the Old Glory contempt case today,
before the district cOurt. ustic OF the
Peace Guest W fined so, Mr.. Noon $50
and Constable B one $40. The suit grew
out of an attachment executed on the
OLD Glory property while same was in
the hands of q receiver.
An old mine has b9en discovered
about 20 mies from Orc blaueo. l. il,
by it's discoveries, believed to be the old
Tumacscori abont which legend and TO
nance has been busy for the past hun
dr-d y+srs. o. the dump considerable
rich ore uss 'ound. 1t Carried lead, sii-
yer and copper.
L. ". Crane, for the past fifteen years
resident OF Tucson and vicinity, Is
row located about eight miles from
Wicken berg and ~ miles from the
Colorado. He has secured an interest
in q gold property that promises well.
1t already has 20 foot shaft on il and
it is the purpose OF the own-rs to con-
tiuue it on down. Mr.. Crane has many
friends here who wish him well.
The lecture by Prof. Tourney lsst
nigh was good one and was. notwitb-
standing 90 attractive bill at the opera
hou .e, | rgely attended. The church
was comfortably flied and thnse present
were entertained super bly,. Prof. Toum-
ey is an interesting tslker and his SUBJ
lect, the Grand Canyon of The Colorado
was highly appreciated.
There vas q epecial venire of the ter
ritorlal tri 4 jury call. d thIs morning t.
try all criminal cases. The first OF which
was that of the Territory vs. John Rug-
ers indicted for breaking into a car in
the Southern Pacific railroad yard, and
stealing some Of the contents. Oh the
night Of Jan. 1et. Attorneys r. F.rd
and Chs. Bie0man appeared for tie de-
Tense, and after several witnesses had
been sworn end their testimony taken
the court adjourned until O'Clock p, %.
Prof. l. Burnaham Pegg, arrived in
tie city yes erdsy morning, on a buei-
ness tour for Lippenc TT, Pnila. Pro-
sessor Pegg enjoys the distinction Of be
Ing. Elected Fellow of the Roye' Socie-
ty OF Science, Arts and l. terature Lon
DOM; Hororsman 10 Greek, First Class
Latin OF Kings College; diploma 10 ana
lytical chem stry. physics, geology md
mibersIogy, OF the school OF mines. l. o.
don; science cturer and demonstration
OF the college and guide of the city Of
London, etc.
= penny for your thoughts SOCIAL took
place a. the Me:hodi. t psrroasge last
evening. Several questiu Ms were plac
on cards, answers for which were TO be
found upon Cd ordinary penny. 1t took
considerable guessing TO find the an
swers for some OF them and the contest
WAS quite exciting. Prizes were award
ed to tie lady AID gentienan answering
the largest number correctly, which
were secured by Nj iss Me endi and Mr.
Phil Hughes. There Was large at
tendance and the evening passed very
pleasantly.
A Texas Steer wss presented lest even
ing st the opera house by Mr.. Tim
Murphy sDd company, in very pleas
Jog manner. he play abound, in
catching O. lsughsbIe situations which
we're highly appreciated by the audience
as was manifested by numerous and
strong appliance. The singing in The
firstssct was particularly good snd Va
heartily encored. Tim Murphy as
Maverick Brauder did some particularly |
due work. which WAS supported in n
very credItsble manner by the entire |
troupe. On the whole 1t uss one If he |
best shows that ever came to this town. |
Mira. Theo. G. Fitch pleasantly enter
tanned a few 81 her friends at progress |
sive enchere on Tuesday afternoon last. !
Twen y-four ladies were present and I'D
excellent game VAS pl~yed, sev-ral OF /
the ladies proving g. emse Ives masters
OF the intricate game. Prizes were
awsrded for the best az well as ne NJ Ist
unfortunate players. Mrs. b. w Tirh
enor, Mrs. Chaa. NJ. Burkhalter ard Mies
Milford bore off the coveted honore.
Delightful refreshments were then serv-
ed and this closed one Of q most en-
loysble afternoons Of the season.
A mining sale WIS mace last Tuesday,
that promises TO lead other mining
claims 10 the same direction. The Pima
Mining and Smaltn0 company which
purchased the OH Yuma mine euma
10 onths ago, TO * bond on several OF
the adjoining claims and on the maturi-
~ of that on the Warranted. owned by
Mr.. Pedro Pe'lon, the nancy wac paid
over. This company is deserving OF en-
and support. 1t not oBly
pays its debts as il Qo-s along, bGs IL
makes liberal Investments. In April it
Is said that other properties will pass 10
their hands and 10 due course of time
one or more smeltsrs will be put up on
the works. il
The Y. p w. @. met at the home of
Mrs Burkhslter last evening, the guests ,
OF Mes Lucy johnson and Mics Minnie
Wagy. The hSDdsome new residence |.
Nr. d Mrs. BurkhalteI was brilliantly ,,
and beautifully decorfted
With cut towers, artetically arranged,
snd those fortunate enough to attend !,
we're cordially welcomed. Five tablea of
INDUCED 10 drive wh's un-
bill near midnight when all partook of ;
dainty r-freshments. The contest for
the prizes were close, two ''cuta" being I
necessary to decide Who should have ,
them. The fist prize for the dies was
won by Miss Amelia Brown, second by I
Miss Lille Sh bell. The fret for gentle
men wac won bv DR.. Peace. the second (
by Will Kit. This was the second 81 a
series OF parties to be given by these
7oung peoDle and both have proven to