The border vidette., 1897-08-28
BRIEF ITEMS.

Barnes q Martin s natatOrlum IS
about completed.
The fall trade of Tucson give promise
of being very heavy.
Tucson ought to have a big santa
rum on modern plans.
Attorney Chas. Blenman is back from
trip to the Mammoth.
The new natatorium will be great
convenience for Tucson.
Tucson continues to be the health
resort of southern Arizona.
Guitars and accordeons are being
sold at cost at the Line City Store.
Mrs. Juan Elias has gone to Hermo-
sillo, to put her son in college at that
place.
Judge w. H. Barnes, Arizona's first
senator, went to Prescott the first of
the week on legal business.
Miss Emma Smith, the charming
cashier at L. Zeckendorf & Co.'s has
returned from a trip to the sea coast.
A. L. Cox has gone to Santa
Rosa, California, where he will spend
several weeks with relatives and old
friends
There is lot of fine fruit land near
Tucson on which productive little
orchards could be raised by means of
irrigation from wells.
1t would be great Improvement to
Tucson to take out the Wedge and this
made nice wide street when now there
are only two alleys.
The Harry Drachman Shoe Co..
have the finest up-to-date shoes in Arf-
iona and theirs is the only exclusive
shoe house in southern Arizona.
The natatorium. it is said, will g
finished on Saturday, and the water
turned on right away thereafter. The
Tucson public can begin to get ready
to take a swim. Citizen.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. W. Weed and family
have returned from Phoenix. They
will take house in this city and expect
to make their home here permanently.
G. NJ. Weeks and l.. P. Fearn of the
Ell Plomo mining company, arrived in
this city from Sonora yesterday. They
will leave tonight for Chicago Citizen.
Tucson will soon have the finest opera
house in Arizona. The people of the
old pueblo are great theatre goers and
always patronize literally all good
shows.
1t is reported that Editor Louis G.
Hughes of the Star, is to be appointed
by Governor McCord, president Of the
university. The Governor owes it to
Gov. Hughes, if the latter wants the
place.
Engineer j. W. Walker has returned
from trip east where he has been
visiting with relatives and friends for
several weeks. This is the first time he
has visited his old home for sixteen
years.
Judge Geo. r. Davis will go to Flor
ence Monday to preside over the hear
ing in the case of the Casa Grande
Valley Canal Co., VS.. T. H. Mcclellan
ct ais. Judge Doan having been dis
q ualitied to act in the CASE Citizen.
They seem to be having an epidemic
of marriages in Nogales. Judge ]. S.
Wood issued on license Saturday to
Nogales parties, and today's mail
brought applications for three more.
Antonio Lopez to Manuela Vasquez;
Modesto Amado to Guadalupe Amado;
Samuel Elled to Angelina Ruiz.-Citi-
zen
Joseph Hooker, of Cochise county,
was in the city on business yesterday
at the Land office. He is son of H.
G. Hooker, of Sulphur Spring Valley,
the wellknown breeder of fine stock and
large cattle owner having at his home
ranch the finest and most extensive i'm
provements in the way of residences.
stables, ETC., probably in the territory.
Tucson Star.
Alexander Seramin came here few
days ago looking for work. and having
highly commendatory letters from the
N. M. s. A. r. r. for which company
he worked for some years as telegraph
line repairer. He secured work from |
the Electric Light Co., but night before !
last developed evidences of insanity. |
Yesterday he was examined in the Pro-
bate Court and ordered committed to |
the territorial insane asylum.-Star.
Thomas Withers, of Cripple Greek, |
Colo, late chief of U. S. mineral sur
veys for Colorado, is in the city. He is
here in the interest of the Table Noun /
tain Mining Company, and to take the
management of the company plant at |
Table mountain. He is mining man
of excellent ability and says that they
are going to work the mines on a larger
scale and expect to haye quite town |