Arizona republican., 1895-09-04

elu0, ChlilOIuld, WueT0 u6 udu been stopping for the benefit of his health. MT. Willis left on Monday evenings train for that place to be present at the funeral.
 The grading force on the F., T. & M. has been doubled and the work is being pushed along. Pile driving at canal crossings have been completed and the bridges and culverts will be constructed at once. The railroad people say the grading will be completed to Mesa by Sept. 18th.
 Miss Dugan, teacher of the high school, on Monday rendered her resig nation. She has been in poor health for some time and thinks she can not Of Tempe, was appointed to fill the vacancy bat that lady came down yes terday and declined the appointment.
 Justice Johnstone's court was crowded yesterday with Chinamen to bear evidence in the case of Chow Chung for assaulting a vegetable ped dler named An Ling, but known by verybody as "String Beans" Chung was was found guilty through over. whelming evidence and fined $15 which he promptly paid.
 Marshal Clark passed all of Monday in riding through the city taking note of all the lots that were in bad state of neglect by being covered with weeds and brush. He will notify the owners of the lots to clean up and at the ex- piration of ten days if not complied with the city authorities will do the oh ta ha
 J. H. Roberts, an emplove of 8 hay bailing outfit, suffering from screw worms in the head, the result of blow. fly getting into his nose while he was sleeping on the ground, cane to the city yesterday for medical attention. Several of the worms were removed and hls physician thinks he can remove all of them before any serious injury is done.
 Raymond Satterwhite and John Hughes returned Sunday from a three months tour of the Grand Canon and the other marvellous sights of that region. They brought back many curiosities collected Tn their explora. tions. The two boys were lost one day from their wagon and walked about forty miles before they found just where they were.
 An attempt to escape WAS made the other day from the territorial prison at Yuma by Convicts Ferguson and Ar mer, both desperate characters. They had been placed in the dark cell for dis obeying a prison rule, and in some man. ner they obtained file, with which they sawed out the iron cage in the cell and then dug their way through stone partition between them and the prison yard. The vigilance of the guards, how ever. circumvented their plans.
 Last night there was total eclipse of the moon. The moon entered the pe- numbra about o'clock and emerged about 10 o'clock. The orb could be seen very dimly when the eclipse was total and was 8 beautiful red hue The electric light company had evidently not referred to their almanac lately to ascertain jnst when such an event was likely to occur, for the city wae in pitch darkness for some time. The eclipse, although distinctly a local affair, could be seen from other portions of the terri tory.
 The board of supervisors yesterday appointed W. R. Morris as justice of the peace of the Phoenix precinct to succeed J. ". Kincaid. There were five applicants for the position but no fight was made over the selection. Mr. Standage nominated MT. Morris and 1 Captain George cast his vote in favor of Morris. The new justice immediately filed his bonds ot $l GOO with c. A. Kessler and Henry Fowler as sureties.
 Our contemporary, the Gazette, has new collector, it seems, and they have to direct him from place to place by describing the street, etc. Tester. day H. L. Chandler received their bill, on the back of which was marked "next door to Kellv's saloon." The man promptly appeared with the said bill and never made 8 pebble. How is it that racy sheet knows how to direct so plainly with such precision by making Kelly the signboard? In other words. how did it know Kelly?
 Lawrence Mark Lemon, who last Sat urday at Harshaw shot and killed Thos. Sheehan of Harshaw, is son of Judge A. D. Lemon, who for several terms was district attorney of Maricopa county. Lawrence was eucated in the schools of Poenix, and here resided for about ten years. He is now about 2S years of age. In character he was always re- gsrded as good natured and indolent, and by few has he been thought capable of murder under such peculiarly shock ing conditions.
 J. Earnest Walker in company with W. F. Elwell and wife went rusticating last month. Everything went along nicely until they reached Prescott | (where MT. Walker fell into crowd of pretty girls) and his heart began to fail him-in few hours he said this trou- blesome member went pit-a-pat until