Arizona daily citizen., 1901-02-02
Brief News Items
Of the Town.


The loss OF Mr., Mariner in the fire
Thursday night will reach about 81, 900. |
The rain which visited this section
during the past week also visited the
Sulphur Springs valley.
There was snow on the Tucson noun
tains this morning. 1t is not often that
these low mountains are visited by
snow.
Rain this afternoon, cloudy tonight;
fair Sunday and killing frosts tonight
are the weather mans predictions to-
day.
Nick Guerovich OF Tucson recently
had an operation performed upon one OF
his hands at the California hospital in
Los Angeles. He is getting alone we'll
and will soon return to Tucson.
The Phoenix Gazette says; There is
one thing the people of Arizona are cog
nizant of and that is that when Gov
ernor Murphy has anything to say he
SAYS it. No matter where it hits.
Governor Murphy has pardoned
Wong Foo Pete, a Chinaman who was
sentenced from Globe six years ago to
seven years for manslaughter. Judge
Doan and the jury recommended the
pardon.
F. ]. Villaescusa has received a large
consignment of farm impliments, in
cluding hay rakes, mowers, harrows
and other farm utensils which will be
placed in his big store on South Meyer
street for the spring and summer trade,
| An old timer in the surrounding min
ing camps of Cochise county, famiiarly
known as "Frenchy," died at Dripping
Springs camp Thursday, January "a.
Friday his remains were brought to
Poole's ranch by George Mcketrick,
where they were buried.
Snow commenced falling yesterday
forenoon in Prescott and continued at
intervals until just before dark, whe n q
binding storm set in and has increased
in fury since. At o'clock last night
the ground was covered to depth OF
six inches with snow.
Walter McCurdy, who is held in No
gales under charge OF shooting Frank
| Main, an account OF which recently APP
peared in these columns.i is in the Tomb
stone Jail pending the disposition OF his
trial. The Prospector says that the jail
accommodations OF Santa Cruz county
are inadequate and Cochise county has
on several occasions held prisoners tenn
porarily for safe keeping. This case has
excited much interest in Nogales. Main
is reported in serious condition and is
expected to die.
John Dowdle, an old time cattle man
of the sulphur Spring valley returned
theOther day from visit to Victoria
and other points in British Columbia.
Mr.. Dowdle is wide awake and takes in
Ievery excitement in almost every por-
| ton of the globe. He went to Alaska a
couple years ago, but every time he
gravitates back to southern Arizona,
which he tells the Range News is after
all the best country he has ever struck
| in which to make money.
Deputy Sheriff Lee Hobbs, OF Clifton,
and Abran Molino, special, Southern
Pacific railway detective, made an i'm
portant capture in Clifton a few days
ago. They arrested Mexican by the
name of Alyitas, who, with two other
Mexicans, are charged with killing a
merchant at Isleta, Texas, about year
ago and afterwards attempted to wreck
a Southern Pacific train near FL Paso.
The Copper Era says that Alvitas has
two brothers residing in Clifton and
was captured in one Of their houses.
From President r. A. F. Penrose and
Supt Brockman of the Commonwealth
at Pearce it is learned that the new SO
stamp mill of the company is pounding
away on ore to its full capacity. About
1870 men are kept steadily employed and
the mine and mining plant run ming
smoothly, accumuating dividends for
the fortunate owners The Tombstone
Prospector says that the Common
wealth company is among the best divi-
dend paying mines in the west and has
done much to add to the fame of Co.
chse county as the banner mining
county of the territory.
There was a loss in tn e fire of Thurs
day night which did not get into the pa
pers. While such losses are not brought
to public notice yet this one seems to be
worthy of the sympathy OF the commun-
ity. Edward Denninger came to Tucson
last fall to spend the winter hoping that
the warm sunshine would bring back life
Like so many who come here this young
man was poor, SO destitute that he was
compelled to work even though he had
scarcely strength to get through the
days work. Architect Wetherell kind
ly gave him quarters in his carpenter
shop and there the young man made
his home until driven out by the fire.
All that he possessed in the world was
burned and he is left destitute, his hea lth
sadly impaired and without means to
proyide the simplest comforts of life