The Tucson citizen., 1902-03-13
Some Side LiOhtS
On the Old Pueblo

Competition among the merchants of
the city Is always heralded with de-
light by the citizens, as it means lower
prices To them but when undertakers
begin To hustle for the trade the con-
tst becomes amusing An incident
along this nne happened the other day
when man died in the rear of one of
the saloons in this city The unfor-
tunate person was taken suddenly III
ana fell TO the floor. Those around
folt his pulse and finding tnat his
heart had stopped beating sent for
an undtrtaker. In the meantime the
man had revived and when the under
tal>er arrived. he was still breathing,
The dead wagon wa, outside while
the undertaken was inside tanning the
man who h" was expecting to pre-
mare for burial Nft.r Il lew minutes
the victim brcathod his last ana was
hustled off in tb" wagon To the un-
dcrtakng establishments
It is a noticeable TACT that there is
an unusually arge number ot unmar-
RED men In the list of county and .
government officials at the Court
House Until he arrival Of the United
States Attorneys Office which brought
In three married men the unmarried
man had the best Of the bargain. 1t
5, rumored that the latter are about
10 lose one OF their number as An Of
hcial of the United States Marsnai's
uiflce frequently receives blue enyel-
Upcs in the mail, pOstmarked Los
Angeles These rumors in the past
have proved very uncertain as II was
for a long time limited that both the
Probate Judge and the County ireas-
nrer had intentions IN this line, but
ever came Of it, Since the
4 lerk OF the Board of Supervisors
learned to dance. he has been getting
very gay and rumOr will soon have
that he is gong to become a bene-
dict
The Salvation Army girls nave been
taking census OF the number Of
irunkards in Tucson and as a con- !
sequence. some of those VINO nave been
to indulge heavily have
been limiting themselves TO half a ,
iozen drinks a day until the statistics
nave been complied. Others have post :
Ioned their periodical sprees until the
ist shall nave been completed. Short
Y after the list was begun the fact :,
vas ascertained by the drunks, and .
hey began TO brace mp at once. There
vas CONSERVATION at first when the
lews was spread about but those in
crested soon learned that the list had
ust commenced and for that reason.
hey had hopes of keeping off the
oil The salvation Army will have !,
o take the drunkards by surprise II
hey wish u obtain an accurate CEN '
us,
A lively scrap occurred in a saloon "
n Congress street The other day as
result of which an ex-cOunty offic-
al. who has always had the boys buff
aloed is wearing a sadly disfgured :
We. He ran up against something |
ard and fast which was entirely diff
erent from anything that he had ex-
when county offer. A 4
rector tIom some nearby mountains
ad oeen trying to sell some clain'H and
the ex-county official of
knocking. The latter followed with
J, me abusive language and the fight
llt plpSPEtloi llHoA w GAL
* prize fighter. as he hit the ex-of~ r
icial three times before he knew what ]
lad happened after he had laid his n
antagonist ont on the floor he walked o
Iuet,y away and waited for the other
elbow 10 swear out warrant. as he L
vas willing to pay his fine. The ex- y
ficial was game however, and did not
axe the mauer into court saying that
g could wear a black eye and that he
ould thrash the prospctor yet in
Air nght n
Tucson is poor place for health y
ecker without means. When he gets n
} he can not look out for himself he \
AZ to depend upon private charity. as "
nder the law the city and county can I
D nothing for him unless he has been
resident OF the county for year. A
ase of this kind occurred Tuesday, --
hen a man about 80 years old VINO ,.
as 0een suffering with consumption,