Arizona republican., 1903-12-22
THE PEOPLE OF TUCSON.
Interesting Notes on Their movements
and Their Doings.

| Tucson, Dec l9.-(Special. 1.-THE
Bowling club, composed of Mesdames
Nets, Graves, Brooks, Sam Drachman.
Owens, William Kit, Stanley ]. Kit,
the Misses Montayo, Myers, Bell, Pur-
| cell. Ruth Brown-an Clara Brown,
gave n leap year dance last evening
at Odd Fellows hall. 1t was one of
| the important social events of the sea-
son and large crowd was present.
Invitations were issued to young ladies
who were not members of the club.
| The leap year idea was carried out, the
young ladies calling for their escorts
and asking them to dance. The men,
bers of the club received during the
early part of the evening. The hall
was decorated with mistletoe and
punch was served during the dance.
Mrs. w. =. Purcell gave a reception
| at her residence on east Pennington
street Thursday afternoon from until
5 o'clock. 1t was given in honor of
Mrs. Purcelrs sister. Mrs. Stanley ].
| Kilt bride of few months and Miss
Purcell, q debutante. The House was
| beautifully decorated with mistletoe,
sInilax and carnations. Mrs. Purcell,
Mrs. Kit and Miss Purcell received
their guests in the parlor and from
| there they were ushered into the din
| ing room, where a three-course lunch
con was served. About two hundred
and fifty invitations were issued and
the most of them were accepted.
Mrs. Purcell wore a handsome gown
| of grey silk grenadine and pink velvet,
with opal ornaments. Mrs. Kilt wore
light blue silk null, point lace and
| turquoise ornaments. Miss Purcell APP
! reared in white silk chiffon over white
| brocaded silk with pearl ornaments.
Many elegant reception gowns were
worn by the guests.
Mr.. Charles Muir Taylor returned
yesterday from Mexico to spend the
| holidays with his wife and little
| daughter, who are spending the winter
| at the Hotel Hall
Miss Santa Proctor. of Sarnia, On
tario, Canada, has returned to Tucson
! to spend the winter.
4 decision was given yesterday in
| Justice Richey's court in favor of the
! defendant in the case of ]. Crowder VS..
NJ c. Weston, the former claiming $500
damages on account of injuries sus-
| tanned by Crowder's son, who was Bit
ten. it was claimed, by Meston's dog.
City Marshall Hopley and his lieu
| tenants, Oden and Flanagan, were
busy Yesterday morning rounding up
| tramps. They found seventeen, of
whom five were allowed to leave the
town. The twelve others were given
fifteen days time.
II. l.. Leavitt, representing the
| Southern Carnival company is in the
city making arrangements to show his
| company here next spring.
| Col. w. P. Harlow and wife have ar
rived from Sonora for a visit in Tue
son.
| Miss Alma r. Fulton, daughter of
Manager Fulton of the Western Union
office in this city, is visiting in Phoe-
nix.
District Attorney Roscoe Dale is con-
| fined to his bed on account of illness.
! c. L. Fontaine, travelling agent of the
Katy line, was in town yesterday.
| President Babcock of the University
| will spend a part of his Xmas holidays
! in attendance at the annual meeting of
the American Historical society, which
| Convenes at New Orleans jointly with
the American Economic association.
Captain Maxon will probably take
| holiday trip riding the range south of
| Tucson. He may also visit his old
stamping ground, Fort Huachuca.
Professor Skinner will make a trip
| to Cisbee and into Old Mexico.
Miss Hoover viii spend the holidays
in Phoenix.
Prof. Smith. together with some
students will make an engineering trip
/ in the region of the Tonic dam site.
Twelve large sheets bearing 100
| pieces of hand work and penmanship
done by scholars of age from IL to 10
wears of the school at San Xavier are
! on exhibition at the office of Superin-
tendent of Schools Angus. The exhibit
will be sent to the fair at st. Louis.
Mr.. d. c. Jenkins and family of Los
Angeles. have arrived in Tucson to
gDend the winter. Mr.. jenkins is the
father of Mrs. O'Brien Moore and was
for nearly thirty years the editor of
the Galveston Dallas News, one of the
foremost papers of the south.
Judge Webster Street of Phoenix,
was the guest of Judge Barnes this
week.
| NJ. E. b. Trustworthy of Little Rock,
! Ark. ex-attorney- general of Arkansas,
and a prominent lawyer of that state
| is expected to arrive in Tucson tomor-
row to spend the holidays with his
! family who are passing the winter in
! Tucson.
Mr.. Joseph r. Anderson Bruce and
| Mr. r. c. Carter Willford Jr., two
prominent young gentlemen of Virgin
ia are passing the winter in Tucson
The guests of the Hotel Hall gave a
progressive whist party Friday night
| which was an enjoyable affair.
Miss Lena Micha elson, of Phoenix, is
visiting her aunt Mrs. 5. ii. Drach-
man.
j. w. Fisher, manager of the Sheldon
| hotel of FL Paso, is in the city.
Tom Nuthern, the brakeman VINO
was struck with a rock by tramp
and knocked off the cars, is improving
at ST. Mary's sanitarium.
| A SAD PARTING.