Arizona republican., 1898-05-17
LeatherWood that the

ed to Mayor Leatheuwood that the
 none had been overlooked. The
 mayor accordingly directed that he be
 informed. In half an hour a reply
 purporting to come from his holiness
 was handed to the mayor He was
 glad to hear of Tucson's good for
 tune, but he wanted to know where in
 the devil Tucson was. He couldn't
 find it on any of the maps of the
 vatican. The most serious demonstra- 1 ton that has taken place at Tuoson
 was at a meeting of the barbers last
 Saturday, at which it was resolved to put up the price of shaving to two bits until the war is ended. This move
 ment is no doubt intended to convince
 the skeptical that war is gong on ! and to impress upon the patrons Of the barber shops the horrors of it.
 Residents along Washington street are now getting a fOretaste of the 1 condition of affairs after June l, when the city sprinking contracts end. The drivers in anticipation of a suspen- sion of their duties have relaxed theif efforts so that from noon until night one can hardly see along the street for dust. Merchants are already complaining of a damage to stocks. An effort will be made to induae the council to rescind it's late action and retain control of the sprinkling busi- ness. The business men on Washing ton and other central streets say that while the city may not be able to pay for sprinkling the whole town satisfac- torlly, it ought to sprinkle the busi- ness part, which pays such cons.d erable pant of the city revenues in the way of licenses. One man who occu- pies twenty-fOot front pays $1.50 a foot each year in addition to the reg ular city tax. The business men con- tend therefore that those in the out skirts have not the same claims upon sprinkling service. Not only do they not pay so much toward it, but they are not in way to be so greatly damaged by dust
 There was contretemps last Sat urday night at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Leonard in the northern part of town. Several young ladies and gentlemen lodge there. The ladfss have been annoyed for some time by a 'peepIng Tom" On Friday night Mrs. Leonard coming suddenly around the corner saw a strange man peering beneath partly raised cur. tain into a room occupied by couple of the ladies. He ran away at the sight of the landlady The next morning the affair was reported to the police, and man was detailed to watch the house that night. One of the gentlemen loigers was out rather late on Saturday night and returned to the house after everybody else had gone to bed. With a commandable purpose to awaken no one he was tip-toeing around the house when he was roughly seized by the silent watcher, who remarked that he had caught him at last The lodger pro tested and said that he belonged there The policeman did not know him, but he realized that any culprit would say the same thing. He was going to take him to jail, so that finally the young man was compelled to awaken the house. The landlady identified him and gave him a good character She even offered to give him a general let ter of recommendation "to whoever it may concern" or 'tto whoever these letters may come, greeting" The young man is released and desirous of youngm an was released and is desir- ous of preventing a spread of the incl dent. It is therefore hoped that the matter may go no further.