Arizona daily citizen., 1901-03-20
Brief News Items
Of the Town.

VI ENlNb Oh EaSLSF ullllIHeIg hAtIH
25th at the Leader.
Arizona lodge No. A. o. I. w. will
meet at their hall this evening.
At the United States land office in
Tucson ll3 homestead entries have been
received of land upon the AIgodones
strip.
b. D. Fairbanks has reopened the
Fashion again with a gentlemanly mix
ologist" behind the bar, and is pre-
pared to serve the most fastidious.
EASTER millinery at The Leader.
The Consolidated National Bank will
close at 12 o'clock, noon, on Saturday
the %, to enable US to move into our
new building. where We win open for
business on the following Monday. 1t
will be impossible for us to accommodate
anv OF our friends after the hour named
on Saturday, as all of our safes will be
closed at that time. Get your change
and pay roll cash before that hour.
Colonel ]. B. Breathitt has returned
from three weeks trip to Washington
D. c. Travelling through the south the
colonel says he was surprised to find so
many large manufacturing establish
ments in operation. They are prin
cipally wooden factories and all OF them
the colonel says, are running day and
night and there is more life and busi-
ness activity than he has ever seen.
The Dory Morris group, consisting ol
eleven valuable mining claims in the
Clark district, will probably change
hands in the near future. The property
is bonded to a California party for
SIS, 900 on the following terms: $l0,.
900 cash, $4,000 in four months, $l5..
600 in eight months, $751; 900 in twelve
months and the remaining $4,000
year later. The bond expires on the
Sth of April, and there are several par
ties waiting to take up the proposition
in case the Californian fails to come to
time-Pina Paragon.
HANDSOME line of millinery at
No. % Congress street, The Leader.
Billy Stiles has returned to Casa
Grande from Sonora where he went on
mining business. There was a report
that Stiles was going TO join Alvord, but
this has proven untrue, and Stiles, writ
ing to friend in Tucson, says he never
intended to take such a step. In Sonora
he secured bond on rich mine. He
also ran across a Mexican desperate
who is fugitive from justice in Ariz'
ona. The Mexican broke Jail at Pres
colt with Jim Parker and Miller when
the district attorney was killed by the
jailbreakers. Parker was afterward
hanged and Miller is serving life sem
tence in Yuma. Stiles says that the
Mexican Dragged about the affair to him
and said that he planned the Jail break.
Stiles states that he would have brought
the Mexican to Arizona had he the nec-
essary requisition papers and warrant
for his arrest.
LADIES remember the Easter open
ing of pattern hats at The Leader Milli-
merry Parlors.
The city council had an important
meeting last night. There were pres
ent Mayor Schumacher, Councilmen An
gus, Hale, Goodwin, Russell and Shand.
A communication was received from
Councilman Bail rendering his resigna-
ton. Mr. Bail stated tina his business
required his attention so much that it
was impossible for. him to give the time
which the affairs of the city demanded.
The resignation was accepted and Wm.
Reid was at once selected to fill the chair
made vacant by the resignation. Mr..
| Reid has served in two city councils ol
Tucson and made good record for strict
attention to the duties of his position
The council took up the ordinance re-
lating to the water rates and the water
service and passed it. The ordinance ii
now In the hands of City Attorney Ros
| COG Dale who will prepare it for publica
tion. The council remained in session
until ii O'Clock.