Arizona daily citizen., 1901-05-18
Brief News Items
Of the Town.


Kirt Hart is very i'll with spinal trou-
BILE.
Tonight at the San Augustine there
will be unique ball.
The Southern Pacific has srecently COM
pleted new depot at Gila City.
The Glover Leaf Social club will give
negligee dance at the opera house to-
night.
Manager Taylor, assisted by Chris
| Christensen, is still looking for Jose
Martinez.
The council will meet tonight when
the report of the committee appointed
to investigate the removal OF the lower
block of the wedge will be received and
acted upon.
Judge Purcell today issued licenses to
the following: Philip Clark and Carmen
Bernal; John Baker Jr. and Ramona
Gonzalez; Jose Maria Munguia and
Santos Gutierres. The parties all live
in Tucson.
In the probate court today the first
account of 0. c. Parker administrator
OF the estate of John Williams was pre-
sented and approved. Distribution was
ordered made of special legacies. Ap-
plication for letters OF administration of
the estate of Luke Harrison was made
and the hearing was set for May 27.
r. B. Wilson, who passed a check
upon John F. Hansen, which was drawn
upon John II. Norton of Wilcox, was
this morning bound over to the grand
jury by Justice Wilson. The testimony
was conclusive that defendant had writ
ten bad check and secured money upon
it. The grand jury will settle his fate.
The Epsilon ri Eta society held ses-
sion last night at Hotel Hall. Dancing
was the pleasure mostly enjoved by the
members Of the society, of which there
were tweaty couples present. The hall
was prettily decorated with the purple
and god colors of the society, white
roses and white oleanders and pepper
leaves. The event was one OF genuine
enjoyment.
Henry Managers store was entered
last night by robbers. The cash re-
gister was opened and seventy-five
cents was secured The robbers then
attacked the safe and it is not known
this afternoon whether the money it
contained is gone or not. The robbers
left the combination in such condition
that the safe cannot be opened. The
officers are working upon the robbery
but no clue has been secured.
The Wilcox Range News says that
Sheriff Murphy of Tucson came up Tues
day and supoened J. P. Gull as wit
ness in the case OF the Territory vs. r..
B. Wilson. Wilson attempted to obtain
money on check he had issued on John
H. Norton 4 Co. and was arrested at
Tucson. Wilson had no money on de-
posit with Norton & Co. Wilson is a
stranger in Wilcox. No one seem to know
anything about him.
Mrs. Pauline O'Neill and Eugene
Brady 0'Neill, widow and brother OF the
late Capt. "Buckey" O'Neill of the
Rough Riders, were married in Phoenix
yesterday. The event takes peculiar
importance from the connection OF the
principals with O'Neill, whose heroic
work in Cuba and whose death while
leading Troop A OF the Rough Riders, at
San Juan Hill, made him one OF the
most memorable figures in the Spanish
war.
There is nothing especially new from
the oil fields but the excitement is still
on. Hundreds of people are still pour
ing into the Texas Hill field and the
lands have all been located from Texas
Hill to GiIa Bend. Oil indications are
said to be plentiful the full distance, and
experts say there is no doubt that oil
will be brought to the surface by going
down for it. The Yuma Sentinel says
that several parties are preparing rigs
for boring holes in the earth and we
will soon know what we will know.