Arizona silver belt., 1886-01-30
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The ffiefids of 9r Alexander Irippe1
| accompanied bY the Globe Brass Baad,
learning t0at Sunday last was III.
siEtysiirst birthaay and that altdoagl
his religious lightwaS dim, took time
BY the foreloek and visited him t,lr.
day evening, in order not IA tiishrl
his Sabbath raveries. They found him
at home, shut up in measureless con.
tent, Ills son, Eugene, had just put
an additional stick ia the stove and
his daughter-in.law was regaling his
ears with melody from the piano, when
no uncertain sound from the band
ratified the window panes, which
startled the old gentleman from his
reveries Of the unsigned for past ard
caused his religious bent Of mind. for
the moment, to take the left hand
road.
In marched the crowd, and aS luck
would have il the Doctor "tulgblad 70
the racket ana badc his friends a
hearty welcome, wbep almost in a
twipkling Of an eye Everything was
arranged to make a night Of it, and
nol only night Of it, for the hours
we've permitted to unnoticedly glide
until morning, and still Joy was nm,
confined" The climax was reached
by the Doctor and Judge !, A. Ander-
scn, Of Los Angeles, dancing a dance,
with out a name, unless it was a med
ley During the evening, progressive
epchr' was introduced and Charles a..
Fisk and Charles I. Connell excelled
as being the poorest players and con,
sequently each was awarded a leather
medal bearing suitable inscriptions.
They said they were happy in thus
being honored, but blind man could
see 1t was not that kind Of happiness
that makes tht heart glad. William
Ransom aud J, l. Coffin were next to
receive; they stood in row, BY then-
selves, with their blushing honors
thick upon them, and happy in their
conscious roctitude that honor had
taken 50 deep a root in them that they
won on the square, and did not fiud it
necc: sary to deal from the bottom or
play a commanding card twice, in or
der to be acknowledged victors, and
cowespoudiugly rewarded Next in
orGer was the concord ofsweet sounds;
Professor Aeschlimann en- the violin,
DR., Trippal on the ante and DR. Cook
at the piano, such a soul Of music she'd
as To awaken the vocal spark in Hal
McEelly aud Harley Hitchcock, who
we're exceedingly happy in their se-
leotions and execution or the several
pieces. The baud also discoursed most
excellent music which liageringiy
wandered among thesurrounding bills
as 10th to die.
1t was now midnight and the hun.
cry edge Of appetite was provided
with something more substantial than
music. A suppar had been prepared
and in such profusion and such variety
Of dishes as to suggest the danger Of a
surCeit. Under the Inellowing inaa-
cnee Of the wiae no one thought Of
home or the probable reception from
wives, who had tired of watching for
husbands coming, until a foreign born
rooster, 10 broken English, admonished
the hilarious assembly that morning
was dappliag the east.
Mrs. Eugene Trippel, Mrs. J. c.
Ogden, Col George T. White, A. Il.
Walker, ]. Il, Canayan, Ed. Lynes
and J G. Ogden are suspected Of being
the arch.eonspirators who surprised
the Decor and took his house by storm,
aud now they ask who aid it2 and in
sinuate that the gentlemen composing
the brass band arc the guilty ones.
The Post-oiiee Department has call
ed upon ex-Postmastor w. Il. Spence
to pay sI27.6q, which Tue Auditor says
stands to his debit on The books Of the
Department, Bookkeeping, as an art,
has not attained the highest perfec-
ton in the postal Department in
Washington. It's evidently d slip
shod affair and has not proGted by
civil service reform, as it was expected
il would dQ when the law regulating
the requirements Of government ac-
countans took eiFects MI. Spence
makes a contra statement and refers
the Auditor to acknowledgements Of
money and stock received from him By
the Post Office Department, and gives
the date Of their receipt and partic-
ulnrizes ii what branch Of the Depart
ment the postal Nunan Noggs may
find them without the necessity of %.
taining search warrant To assist him
in running the vouchers to their holes.
The account stands as follows; Total
indebtedness of Spence To government,
Sl,0t9.50; credit due spence, s99351
due BY spence, $2599, which has been
remitted, and now the account stands
thus 100000.
NOTICE.