Arizona republican., 1896-09-15

conducting a morphine joint. The de-
 fense tried to establish that his place
 was not place where morphine fiends
 congregate. The testimony of two
 women, residents of block fl, went to
 show that on several occasions they
 used morphine in his place. He was
 fined the costs of the case, amounting
 to sS. s*
 Tempe is a warm place just now
 Not that old Sol has hand in the mat ter, but the mercury in the political thermometer threatens to rise above
 fever heat, and unless a cold wave hap
 pens along very shortly there are apt
 to be several prostrations. No use for
 candidates to feel the pulse ofsTempe
 its throbbing can be heard as plainly
 as the premonitory symptoms of a
 thunder storm.
 Scott, the colored drayman, had a | lively set7to with his wife yesterday
 morning. The two agreed to sepa- rate few days ago and the woman found quarters into which she moved part of the furniture. Scott called on her yesterday morning and the two had fight. His wife secured an axe and proceeded to demolish the furni- ture and threatened to annihilate her lord. No arrests were made.
 George Barnard, proprietor of the road house on the Tempe road, met with a peculiar accident yesterday af- ternoon. He was preparing to flag a train to come to Phoenix and while waiting took off his coat to shake out
 the dust. While doing so a Spanish dogger that was in the garment fell out and the point struck him on the back of the left hand, completely seyering two arteries. He was made very weak from loss of blood before he could reach Phoenix to- have the wound dressed.
 Tempe is undoubtedly the only place in the United States which operates a street car line that does not collect fares. The line is owned by the Good win Bros. and it has been in operation for about four years. It paid for it. self for couple of years and then the patrons got out of the habit of paying fare. The car still runs, however, and at a dead loss to the owners, but they manage to keep it going for the ac- commodation of the public. The car has no regular driver or conductor, but anybody who wants to go to the other end of the city takes possession of the car and leaves 1t for some one else to bring back
 The two Mexican boys who were ar rested Saturday for placing obsfr,c- tions on the M & F. track with the in tention of wrecking the train were ex- or noAd dor IEy The boys made a full confession, i'm plicaIbing two other boys, but ac- knowledged they were the instigators They said that they only wished to stop the train and did not think of a possible wreck if the train struck the Instructions. The boys were bound over to the grand jury in the sum of $500 bonds. The other boys who were implicated were arrested, but the evil dence showed they were not present when the Instructions were placed on the track. SO were discharged.
 Two men who presumably were un- der the influence of liquor, attempted, or did, hold up the La Fortuna stage in Yuma county a few days ago. The stage was crowded with passengers, among the number being two men who were drunk or feigned so. One of the men pulled a gun on a passenger and told him to dig up. He secured $20
 At this juneture another passenger jerked the gun from the hands of the putative robber. The other drunken passenger likewise pulled a gun and said he also was out for the "dough" /" The bluff didn't work and the two said it was all a joke, so nothing was done with them. Pretty good joke to hold up stage full of passengers The trustees of the high school and grammar schools held joint session yesterday to confer about the advisa- bility of changing the school hours The time agreed upon several days ago at meeting was the same as last year; open at 8:30 o'clock in the morn ing and adjourn at p. m., town time, with an hour and half for lunch The parents of the students raised an ob- jection, for recently the town time was set ahead a half hour and it necessi- tated the children going to school all most an hour earlier than last term. The trustees concluded to change the time, so that school will now open at g a. m. and close at 4 p. m., with one hour for lunch. The change is more desirable both for pupils and their parents.
 The board of supervisors is anxious to dispose of the county hospital and grounds, comprising ten acres of land.
 The board recently purchased forty | acres of land a mile and half east on Washington street near the asylum for poor farm, at a cost of s3,2O0. It is | the intention ito have the hospital re- moved to the farm, as it is a more de- sirable location. The people residing
 near the hospital where 1t now stands would much rather see it removed, as l that moi ghhor1hood ic orouu;np opd +bo