Arizona daily citizen., 1901-02-13
Brief News Items
Of the Town

Deed was filed this morning convey
ing lots IS and - in block 30 from
Hannah and Frederick Muncey to Sera-
PIN o. Serventi. The consideration
named is s., 500
! Charles w. Halderman today made
homestead entry OF 100 acres of land in
Graham county; Daniel j. Sparks en-
tered upon 100 acres, Jose 0rtega OF
forty acres and Juan Garcia of forty
acres, all in Graham county.
Arizona Lodge No. 4. O. L. W. will
meet at 6 80 this evening, a half hour
/ earlier than usual, in order to transact
business in time to give the hall to a
ladies' association which will assemble
at 80.
The examination of Alexander, the
man who shot and killed Mrs. Burns,
sister of Frank NJ. King OF this city, was
held at Yuma TODAY Frank King and
| mis- brother Sam, who recently arrived
from Sonora, left last night to attend the
examination.
The production OF Faust last night
was treat to the theater patrons OF
Tucson. The company is an excellent
one and the scenic effects were wender-
full. The company has a number OF ex-
cellent singers. Owing to the late hour
the train arrived the company was un-
able to ring up the curtain until s.
O'Clock, but the performance was given
in its entirety although it was after -
O'Clock when the curtain fell on the last
| act.
Superintendent Randolph, OF the Tue
son division, has announced that here
after no passes will be issued to
families Of employees or to employees
themselves when travelling off the di-
vision unless application is made ten
DAYS in advance, and Geographic re-
quests will not be recognized The one
cent per mile rate will be granted those
who would otherwise be entitled TO free
transportation when application is not
| maue In Time.
The Times says that an extraordinary
engine and cars were seen in the South
: ern Pacific yards in FL Paso. The cars
were all of metal with capacity OF 7G0
cubic feet and weight limit OF 20,0C0
pounds. The three occupied fiat car
md the engine another. The latter
had no cab or covering of any kind and
the engineers seat was on stool above
the water and fuel tank. The wheels
were enormous affairs with drivers with
cogs for biting into the road, for the
outfit is for hauling on ordinary roads
and is going to La Cananea, Sonora,
where it will be used for hauling ore fol
the Greene consolidated mining com
pany. 1t is not built for speed, anc
travels about as fast as an ordinary ort
wagon.
David c. Brock VS. +. s. Herndon i,
the title of an injunction suit filed il
= the district court today. The contention
=, involves the Silver Lake property souti
OF Tucson The plaintiff says that tn,
: property for thirty years has been III hi
: undisputed possession, and he has ex
Il pended $4,000 in dam and other i'm
provements to furnish water for irrigat
ing his lands. The defendant is zaujer
= and manager of canal system, and tn
: plaintiff says the defendant intends t,
| al 4.
from the river at a point few feet iron
the dam. Plaintiff alleges that the frs
: freshet that comes down the river vii
!, undermine the dam and destroy his Ian,
\ causing a loss OF from $4,000 to So, coo
The plaintiff says that in case such dam
age was done he would have no mean
of securing remuneration as the defend
: ant sis insolvent and unable to NEE
n any damages assessed against him
n The plaintiff asks the court to enjoin tn
defendant from constructing the pre-
i posed canal upon the lands OF the plain
!, tiff.
a tract OF land two and one-half mile
l. south of Tucson beyond the race track i
g receiving considerable attention just nov
> and it looks as though there will be
n home for old bachelors established there
Il Three of Tucson's handsomest youn
men have cast their lots amongst tn
greasewood and desert growth OF tn
A mesa land, and six months will see Their
e living there according to the mandat
r of Uncle Sam. Harry A. Drachmar
' George F. Kit, Stanley j. Kit an
Lewis 6. Davis are the bachelors VIII
- have shown a disposition to leave tn
. hustle and whirl of city life and settl
down and enjoy rural pleasures. Thi
morning these gentlemen made home
u stead entry each of 1850 acres making a.
entire section all told. The law require
them to live upon the land after 81,
months, hence we may expect to Sc
these four bachelors engaged in rura
= pursuits, following the pillow, THROWN,
!, stones at jackrabbits that insist on en-
l. tering the cabbage fields, and since the,
e have all entered upon the same section
L we might be furnished the amnsin,
: spectacle of witnessing Farmers Drach
man, Davis and the Kits riding to town
OH load of pumpkins
DICK DOVE OI'AJI I,cL C,;,,..