The Arizona sentinel., 1884-12-27
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Yuma was visited by liberal shower' last Thursday night.
 Four days more and the year 1854 VII be . thing of the past.
 IuvaIids from abroad keep coming to spend the winter at this place.
 Several ladies from the East and Cali fornia are spending the winter at the Southern Pacific Hotel.
 The streets of Yuma, though we are ia the midst Of winter are 'dry and pleas ant" No slur intended!
 It is reported that some cro0kedness has been going on in School District NO. I. The matter is being investigated.
 The weather has been quite uniform during the. week. We have had splendid evenings, with succeeding bright sun shiny days.
 "No, indeedl" exclaimed Mrs. Podsnap, euergeticaIly, "I don't believe in the ex- tension of woman's suffrage at all. She suffers enough now"
 County Treasurer Antonio Lorette e,ntemplstes trip to New Orleans to attend the Exposition. He starts same time next month.
 A person who is well up In Natural History observes toat all the families of spiders found in Arizona Territory are Of the tarautula species.
 Water in large quantities can be found by digging few feet anywhere within the town limits of Yuma; but IS So strong of salt and other minerals that it is unfit for use.
 The teachers of our public school dis. tributed 12s presents among the pupils ou Christmas Eve. The presents were provided by the Board of Trustees and were valued at $l00.
 Now, that 1t is a forgone conclusion that lodge of United Workmen is to be organized iu Yuma next Monday night, should their not be an effort made to organize Masoni: or an Odd Fellow >lodge, or both!
 The following named convicts have been pardoned by Governor Tritle: J. Frsudenberg, R. J. Nicholson, Pat O'Neil, Ed. Williams and Thomas Lyons. Neither of the pardoned were imprisoned for theft, embezzle meat or highway rob- bery.
 The railroad company, is causing 8 number of piles to be driven along the river edge, below the bridge, to keep the water from undermining the bank. It is proposed to fll in the space between the piles and the bank with rocks, brush and dirt.
 Though the town site of Yuma was in- undated last winter, and 8 great deal of stagnant water remained In the low places, Yuma was exceedingly healthy during tho Summer and Fall months. At preset ii is healthier than at any time this year.
 Hon. F. Berton, the Swiss Consul at San Francisco, is still sojourning at the Railroad Hotel for the bennetit of his health. He has been in Yuma some three months and is, so far, very much improved in health. Mrs. Barton and servant accompany the Consul.
 An attempt was made on the 2lst inst, to burn down c. Johnson's hotel at Pres oott. The hotel was full of guests, who were asleep at the time, with the excep- tion of Mrs. Callahan, who gave the alarm. There were several narrow es- capes from sufocation. The loss is $500. A Mexican family flying near the Catholic church, who possessed no less than fifteen cannes of every sex and kind-from the hairless Mexican poodle to full-grown our, have removed out of town, with their whole retinue of dogs. That neighborhood has some peace now. At the regular annual meeting of the stockholders of the Southern Pacific Railroad of Arizona the following officers were elected: President, c. F. Crocker, Secretary and Treasurer, F. S. Douty, Directors, H. N. Alexander, c. E. Crocker, W. ;. Davis, F. s. Douty and Timothy Hopkins.
 It was busy day at the Treasurer's office last Monday when the bids for monies in the Sinking Fund of this county were opened. County warrants to the amount of $7S59.SO were surrender cd, for which the amount of $4,6SO.5S was paid, as follows: I. Lyons, S6263S, bid, 91 cents; A. G. Post, $1S6. 5s, bid A; A. Lorette, s629 69, bid 6s; ditto, $SO1. .SS,