Arizona republican., 1895-09-05


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 Som ebody removed a barbed wire fence of six strands from along the front of the high school on Van Buren street, and laid the wire on the sidewalk on the opposite side of the street, mak- ing it very dangerous for people walking at night. It is matter for the police to look into.
 J. H. Roberts, the man who is suffer- ing with screw worms in the head, is said to be in bad condition. Already 100 worms have been taken from his nose, but his physician thinks he can remove them all before they reach the brain. In spite of the agony Roberts is suffering, he persists in walking around.
 Mandel Lopez, the wife-beater, was given twenty days in the county jail yesterday by Justice Johnson. Manuel thinks he is bad Mexican, and getting in fight with a countryman he was badly licked. This aroused his ire and he went home determined to have re- venge on somebody he knew he could whip, which happened to be his wife.
 Howard E. Raymond, vice president of the Sterling Cycle works of Chicago, spent yesterday in Phoenix, and closed with Pinney & Robinson for 200 Ster- lings for thelr 1896 jobbing trade in Arizona. New Mexico and Sonora. Mir. Raymond has been on the coast for two weeks, closing contracts with three or four of the large jobbers of Sterling bicycles. He left for his home last night.
 Mrs. c. C.. Leslie, the well.known 15- cent restaurant proprietress, has fitted up cozy place on West Washington street, where she has catered to many old customers for the past month, but finding the place too small has enlarged 1t enough to accomodate twenty more, and wants the public to call. Everyone knows that Mrs. Leslie knows just how to please you. A square meal for only 20 cents.
 The examining board of applicants for teachers certificates, have com pleted their work. There were five ap- plicants, one of them being for terri torial certificate. There was one failure to make the required standard for arith matic. Miss Winnifred Coombs success fully passed the examination for first grade certificate. Miss Kate Christy and Mrs. May Rose each received sec ond grade certificates.
 | Lawrence Lemon, the young man who shot Thos. Sheen at Harshaw few days ago by being caught by Sheen in 8 compromising position with his- wife, has surrendered to the officers. As soon as he fired the fatal shot he fled across the line into Mexico, but when he learned that his victim was dead he went before the nearest justice and swore out warrant for his own arrest and then started for Tucson in company with the justice.
 ] A runaway occurred yesterday that for a while small boy who was in the wagon think of his prayers. The team started at the courthouse plaza, and although the boy manfully pulled on the lines. the animals paid no heed but made excellent time up the street. When at the corner of Center street the boy came to the conclusion that discre tion was the better part of valor and fell off. He executed a double somer- sault, landing on his head, but either lts he was in nowise injured.
 The little daughter of P. W. Herr, | foreman of the converter furnace of the Jerome mine, was burned to death a few days ago. While playing in the kitchen she upset pan full of grease which caught fire from the stove and set her clothing on fire. The little child ran screaming through the house and the flames which enveloped her person set fire to some curtains and the whole building was soon in flames. The little sufferer was caught in her flight and the fire extinguished but the flames had done it's deadly work and tbe child died in terrible agony the following morning. The house and contents was a total loss.
 J. c. Mahoney had a very narrow es- cape from being either killed or maimed yesterday morning. He was driving a horse hitched to cart when in some manner the lines became entangled in his legs and at the same instant paper blew up in front of the horse, causing ii to run away. Mahoney was thrown from his seat and fell between wheel and shaft. His legs were held by the lines and he could not extricate himself and lay in this position all the time the pidly-revolving wheel was grazing his side. With almost superhuman effor he at last caught hold of the seat an q raised himself up and succeeded in bringing the animal to 8 standstill His clothes were torn nearly from his back and he suffered several bad bruises.
 Tempe News: Tempe still leads when it comes to athletics, as the result of two interesting foot racing events that took place at East Tempe Sunday afternoon clearly proves. The first race was be