The Phoenix herald., 1880-08-20

sang ne Oli, Oltt song put 10 sb very poor metre, claiming for the Dcmoc- facy ali that is pure and holy h one of his illustrations. that of show ing if all the money collected as rev cnues was loaded in wagons of a given length, depth and width, drawn by horses with ears another given length it woul stretch certain distance with silver worth S13 per pound. About all his statements were as accurate as his statement re- garCling the value of silver. He gave several aritlme.ical Illustrations, during the evening, asking inc Re publican listeners in the audience tO follow him in bis calculations, re- marking, in a jocosc manner, that the Democrats could not read or write There is more truth than poetry in the remark
 TUEsDAY-
 The Patti Rosa Variety Troupe left for California last evening
 c. Hathaway. a1 old Hassayam- per, was in the city yesterday
 Mrs. McNuliy returned hone from her California this morning
 A glorious rain has been cooling the atm osphere 10 day.
 Our job office has been ove-run with work during the past few days
 A Mexican lately found a gold nuggett worth $217 at Antelope.
 The time for completing the tax roll has been extended to August 30.
 The next session of the Board of Supervisors will be held August 90.
 The frame work for Chrisman's fionr mill, near Rock Cut, is about finished.
 Tonight is the regular monthly communication of Arizona Lodge, No 257, F. & A. NJ.
 Mrs. Cotton is making some inn prOvements in the rear of her resi- dence, in the form of several new rooms.
 The phonosraph. or talking ma chine, WAS exhibited last evening at the NJ. E Church to large attend. ance-
 Louis Relliarro was arrested last Saturday night by officers Blanken- ship and Gaifias. Several months since he shot man, but escaped. |
 Charlie Salari is, today, having q board floor laid in his restaurant, end, in consequence, fed his swallows ! this noon, in the rear of Smith 6 Dall's.
 The Pinal Drill calls the editor of thes Expositor d pretty little Chin parze monkey, and says he is what | Artemus Ward used to call -'an | amoosing little cuss"
 Thomas Smith has been arrested for gambling, without a license. ! This was done to test the cOnstitu- | t;onality of the law passed ny the | last legislature, imposing a Guart. rly | license of $500.
 Our to-day's teIegrams inform Us that watermelOns caused the death Of | six men in Texls yesterday. The balance of the season the HERALD ! will accept no more presents of | watermeIons.
 The family of Henry Polhemus, manager of Win. B. Hooper & Co.'S establishment, is expected to arrive in few weeks and will make PhG- nix their future home. Mr Polhe mus Is fitting I'D the neat cottage ad- joining his place of business for a residence.
 WEDNESDAY,.
 The sheriff is allowed 8 per ccn.. for collecting this years tax. Last year he received the same
 The Supervisors have ordered inc Sheriff to file a bond of $5 GOO for inc faithful performance of lis duties as Tax Collector.
 MT. Simmons, the we'll known packer, i; in town. He has now 45 mules engaged in packing flour from Haydcn's to Globe.
 Charlie Philes, of Csvo Greek, is in the city. Charlie has a valuable m'ne iT that section and has stavcd with it through thick and thin fer many y9ars.
 Mrs. Vessels. who has charge of the dining rooms of the Bank Ex- change, opened 2 vaiIse this morning to get piece of wearing apparel and found that q lively scorpion had taken up quarters therein His resi- dence was quickly transferred to a bottle of spirits.
 News was brought to town last nigh', th It Ii. Dunham. a pioneer of Tempe. had suicldcd Inv shooting himself in the jaw, that afternoon, at his residence, south of Havtlen's mill He was living alone but was seen by neighbor at 10 u'cIock in the morning and found dead about 5 in the afternoon. Disappointment ln love was the eau C. He leaves all his property, valued at about S2,O0O, to young lady of this city. Charley Young, late of the Peck mine was accidentally shot in the leg, in his dance house at Harshaw the other day. by man named D1'chv. The ball was intended for 1 Dick Durand bnt missed. Dufchy is known in PheaIx. hqving been connectei with Jones' dance house while here. IL was lately reported that he, with man named Tex was killed while engaGed in robbing q stage Tn New Mexl~~ z. It t-seennls that Dutchy escaped. We call the attention of our readers to the advertisement which I appears in the HERALD in regard to f the Damiana Biiters. These crle- f bratei BitferS, inc virtues of which [ are too we'll known 10 render it T necessary for us to mention them. are I extracted from 2 herb found in Mex icO- Messrs. Wa E. HooT CT S Co. ' a-e inc sole agents Of Inc Damlana ; Bi;iers for thIs Territory.
 Programme for this evenings open air concert. on the Plaza. Morning Glory Quickstep. :. Butler Litile Glacie QuicksleP. Webb F Beautiful Star Waltz. ......k clier Passioa Flower Quickstep.. .Bilse a Bummer's 2Iichsiep-- p--........W Webb l