Arizona daily citizen., 1901-11-27
Brief News Items
Of the Town,


and 10 were reported on time
The church furniture and organ Tor
the new Union Church at Oracle mas
arrived in Tucson and will be shipped
to Oracle on freight.
The visiting delegations OF Elks
from Tombstone, Bisbee and l~ogaies
left on the burro yesterday for their
respective homes.
The United States Civil Service Com
mission announces that there will be
an examination here for Mechanical
Draughtsman on Jan. 2-3-4, 19o2.
Both the Consolidated National Bank
and the Arizona National Bank will
be closed tomorrow it being legal
holiday.
/ A consignment of 4.5Uj pounds OF
syanide has arrived from South Caro-
lima and will be shipped Immediately
to the works OF the Mammoth Cyanide
! Co.
In the Probate Court yesterday Geo.
Kit was appointed special administra-
tor in the estate of frank Anderson,
a man who died at st. Mary's hospital
about a month ago
Ed Bidwell was arrested for drunk
enness last night and this morning
transferred from the county to the
city jail He was not arrigned before
Judge Hawke this morning.
The December term of the District
Court of Uochise County will convene
at Tombstone next Monday. Judge
Davis will give the entire first week
exclusively 20 the trial of civil cases
L. ]. F. lager came up from Nogales
on the burro today. 1t Is rumored that
he will take charge of the San Xavier
hotel and the 8. p. hotel at Bowie on
Dec. 1st but the report could not be
substantiated.
There will be no regular mall de-
livery tomorrow. AS on Sundays, the
postoffice will be open from 9 to 10
O'Clock in the morning for the general
delivery and the carriers will be at
the windows at that hour.
w. f. Wheaton, the San Pedro ran
cher is in town. He just sold his ranch
to Mr. Charles H. Bayless OF this city.
Mr.. Wheaton had 160 acres under cnl-
tivation which he took up as home
stead. He has lived In the valley for
number of years.
Isabella Sanchez. the Mexican wom-
: an who was badly cut up by Rafael
Flores last Sunday afternoon is still
alive and the chances for her recovery
are favorable. She is being cared for
at St Mary's hospital. Flores has not
. yet been captured.
The new Holiday school, which Is
nearing completion Is a handsome
structure 1t will be ready for occu-
pancy about Jan. 1st. The bricks for
D the Davis school are being made and
D the mas6ns will begin the brick-layine
n within the next few days.
The Sabine Oil Co. now have theiI
we'll down about 100 feet. They are al
+. present drilling feet per day in blacl
sandstone. B. F. Hoyt the STANDARD
. Oil Co.'S expert, stated that the com
pany's property was In the oil bel
and that an analysis showed parafin'
but further than that he expressed NJ
opinion.
The Phoenix Indians did not arriv'
as expected this morning but will b.
J. on hand tomorrow morning for tn
great game. Many of the teachers Ii
attendance at the Institute expect L
be present at the contest. The 'Varsit
boys are putting up hard luck stor
- but 1t is generally believed that the
~ ~ will put up stiff game against tn
NJ Indians.
n. Constable Pacheco made two arrest
In Gay Alley last night A Mexica
- woman named ElutariO Limon wa
taken up for drunkenness and beatin
Magdelena Sepulveda. She will b
tried tomorrow morning Jose Suare
was arrested for drunkenness an
n breaking In window. He was fine
s, 81 by Judge Wilson this morning an
8, sentence commuted during good bt
p havior.
4 Word comes from Nogales to the eI
= feet that Burt Alvord, the famous out
law, who assisted in the Cochise an
Fairbank robbery on the s. p. wa
killed last week while trying to hol
up the messenger OF the Sonora Minin
Co. at Tubutana. The report says ths
at the time the messenger was carry
ing the money to pay off the men. TIL
messenger. whose name was Van Df
veer. was held up by Alvord and
Mexican. He recognized Alvord an
shot him, receiving two bullets himse
In the fierce fight. He was not seriOu
ly wounded and escaped with ii
| money