Arizona daily citizen., 1901-03-02
Brief News Items
Of the Town.

upon her lUmested entry which lies
south OF Tucson.
The Arizona Pioneer historical society
meet at their hall tomorrow at 2 80 y.
| m.
Henry s. Petty has made homestead
entry of seventeen acres in Santa Cruz
county and Edward Foster has filed up
on 100 acres in Cochise county.
Tom Borton is putting the finishing
touches on his 2S0-tract of land south
east of the city preparatory to enter
tanning a boom which is expected to ar
rive soon. The new town will be known
as Bortonville.
II. S. Bradford will return to Las. Gui-
jas camp Monday morning after few
days visit to Tucson on legal matters.
He has obtained a sheriff's deed to all
the mines formerly owned by the Am
erican Wolfram company.
The doctors report Joe Manciet resting
easily today. The bullet fractured the
bone in such way that it was neces-
sary to take out about five inches OF it
between the elbow and shoulder. The
doctors hope to save the arm.
Charley Brown, the veteran founder
OF Congress Hall, has gone into the hills
on trip. He went to the. Ajo noun
tains where he is interested in mining
claims, and expects to be gone several
weeks, Mr.. Brown has not been feeling
we'll of late and he hopes to be benefit
ted by the mountain journey.
Services at the methodist church to-
morrow as follows: Sunday scool at
9:45 a. m, Junior Epworth League at 2
?, m, Young Peoples union service
at 6:l5 p. m. preaching service at II a.
m. and Z 30 p. m. Subject of the morn
ing sermon, Rest for the Weary, att.
II ;27-30; subject OF the evening sermon
Life's Highest Aim, Matt 6:33. The
public is cordially invited to all the
VI RaSIOf.
The Breaker Annex was opened to the
public this week, and Sam Hall, with
that care and hospitality which he al
ways shows his patrons, entertained q
large number at dinner on the opening
night. The Annex adjoins the Breaker
and is the old quarters occupied by the
Reception. The room is nicely fur
nished, colored walters are in attendance
and the Annex is one OF the best dining
halls in the southwest. Sam Hall never
does anything by halves.
Phoenix and Tucson are now hanging
in the mental balance of A. P. Chic, as
possible locations for fine big hotel to
be erected in the near future. Mr.. Chic
who has extensive cigar manufacturing
interests in New York and St. Louis, has
spent several days in Phoenix and left
last night for Tucson. It is understood
that the latter place has offered him
$50, 900 as a bonus to build a hotel there.
His Investigations in regard to the COM
paratise merits OF the cities are not vet
finished.-Enterprise.
Tom Ketchum, known all over the
southwest as "Black jack" is to he
hung at Clayton, New Mexico on March h
%. "Black Jack" is an Arizona COW.
boy. baving worked for the Chiricahua
cattle company and ether ranches in
this territory. He was the leader of a
dangerous band OF desperadoes and took
part in many holdups in this territry.
The last appearance of the desperate
was when he attempted to hold up the
Denver 4 Forth Worth train it New
Mexico. The laws OF New Mexico like
Arizona make the penalty for this crime
death.
MIR. and Mrs. Orfila are rejoicing over
the arrival of baby girl at their home.
The new drug store of George c. Mar
tin in the Century block is one of the
most modern stores of this kind in the
United States. Persons coming here
from the east are surprised TO find such
q beautifully furnished establishment.
The doctor has spared no expense to fur
nish his store with the most up-to-date
furnishings. The entire equipment is
in quarter-oak of gold finish, presenting.
q polished appearance which is delight
full to look upon. doctor" w. M.
Scott is DR.. Martins assistant in the
store and there is no more genial and
capable man in the city than Mr.. Scott
Tucson is proud Of it's drug stores. The
furnishings were made by the w. Win
ter lumber company of Sheboygan, Wis.
The company was generous in filing the
order sending out a complement of
fixtures of higher grade and finer quality
that was even called for.
Seven days ago hobo who had been
put in jail over night at Yuma developed
symptoms Of smallpox and was immedi-
ately taken out Of town. The jail was
thoroughly fumigated and all known to
have been exposed were vaccinated.
The Sentinel says that the next day a
rumor reached Yuma that the disease
had broken out among the Cocopah Ind
HAMS at their camp two miles below
town, and The health board consisting of
'Dsss Gottsr, Mosler and Ap John visited
the camp and found several cases, of a
very mild character; quarantine was