Arizona republican., 1896-03-15
the year ending September 30

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 To the request sent him by the Tempe board of Trade, Delegate Mur- phy has answered: "Will see that in bill proposed that the income from leased lands heretofore reserved by territorial statute for the Normal school be applied to said school"
 Three hobos were gathered in yes terday morning at the M. & P. depot by Marshal Clark. The dusty gentle men were doubled up on the brake beams of the cars and were espied by the officers as soon as the train stopped. Ten days each was the sen tence Imposed by the recorder.
 J. Monroe HeiskeI, the special agent of the department of justice, sent here to investigate the charges preferred against Chief Justice Baker, yesterday commenced the examination which was done behind closed doors Lewis Jordan, who preferred the charges, was placed on the carpet and few other witnesses were also examined.
 Several shots fired in the vicinity of the new Methodist church about 10 o'clock yesterday morning aroused sev- eral officers who repaired at once to the spot. Some persons were in Bhe basement of the church, but not wish ing to venture into such a fortifca- ltion the officers went after a lantern, but on their return the persons had fled.
 It is probable that the F., P. & P. railroad will convert the straight smokestacks of their locomotives into diamond smokestacks like those on the "A. & F.. Engine No. has al- ready been changed. It is claimed that the diamond smokes .1cK is better for the kind of coal used on the road and emit less sparks than with tho straight stacks.
 Perrine's comet was due to strike the earth in headend collision yesterday morning at 4 o'clock or sometime dur ing the day, but for some reason or other the flighty comet failed to ar rive on schedule time The Gazette claims the credit for averting the ca 'tas.rophe, but to a Wall street astron- omer is due the credit for predicting that the comet would not strike the earth.
 The Ladies Home Market at Trask- Kessler's store yesterday disposed of all the wares in stock. Every Satur- day some of the ladies of the Methodist church conduct the market and as all their wares are of home cooking they are readily disposed of. The receipts from the sale of the goods are turned ever to Fhe Methodist c. bodybuilding fund and already a large sum has been secured by this means alone
 Globe Silver Belt: The storm of fast week was especially heavy in northern Gila county. In lower Tonto valIay the snow lay on the ground to the depth of two inches, something un- known there before. The snowfall in the mountains was heavy and will be of great benefit to the cattle interests.
 Five carloads of fat cattle will be shipped this morning to Los Angeles by c. c. Reed.
 Globe Silver Belt: The irrepressi- ble Jack Newman has come hack to Gila county to make his or..dne, and believes his chance of doing s3 is good He and others have bonded ti,e GosWick gold claims, near Salt river, below the mouth of Tonto, discovered severa- months ago. Jack was in town on Monday and bought a pig bill of supplies from B. F. Ke,iner < Go. He wlli begin active work on the Cos wick claims and is of the oplnion that they will develop into a va .uab!s p-oI- erty.
 Globe Silver Belt: Professor James Douglas spent last week here looking into the affairs of the United Globe mines and conferring with Superin- 'tendent B. H. Cook on plans for future operations. An important improve ment decided upon was the building of a cable tramway between the Buffalo mines and shelter to facilitate the de- livery of ore. Professor Douglas ex- pressed himself as highly pleased with the work accomplished since his las. visit and the very successful operation of the plant. -, ...--
 Lordsburg Liberal: c. M. Shannon, internal revenue collector for this dis trict, came down from his mines at Clifton Saturday and went up to Santa Fe. The mine is looking better than ever and is turning out large quanti- ties of ore, which is being worked by the Arizona Copper company. MT. Shannon says that if it was not con trary to the constitution of the United States for Democrat ito resign his office he would throw up the collector ship and devote his time to the mine, which would be more profitable.
 Tucson Star: The winter term of the university closes today and there will be vacation until next Wednes- day, when the spring term, the last of the university year, will begin. The work of the closing term has been