Arizona republican., 1896-08-22

They anticipate no CrOuDle III SeClHS a sufficient amount to give first class celebration. Mayor Monihon requests all committeeman to report at the city hall tonight at o'clock to report progress.
 The Streets of New York" is prov ing strong attraction at the park this week. The management has closed with the manager of the Prescott opera, house to playsthere. Thursday and. Fri7. day of next week. 5 They will also play one week in Tucson very shortly The play for next week will be Pawn Ticket No. 21O."' City Marshal Clark yesterday dis covered in a Phoenix jewelry store a watch that was stolen from a man in Chicago some time ago. The watch was an old family heirloom and the man to whom it belonged notified the heads of the police departments in all the principal cities. The description and the numbers correspond exactly with the stolen timepiece.
 Several squaws became engaged in a fight yesterday at noon east of town over the possession of a watermelon. They bit, scratched and tried to gouge each others eyes out in true amazon style. During the progress of the hair pulling match a young Mexican lad stole the melon and ran away. The squaws saw the act and stopped their fighting to give chase to the thief, but he proved fleet footed.
 A man with club in his hand and a razor sticking out of vest pocket was seen sinking down an alley last night at an hour when he should have been asleep. Doubtless the man was the husband or brother of the woman who was observed travelling rapidly on a side street with a steely glitter in her eyes and an axe in her hand few nights ago by the enterprising re- porter of morning contemporary.
 Last winter a watchman of this city held up an officer just for joke He succeeded and it was not until recently that the joke was made public A couple of nights ago the same joker was travelling along behind another officer with the idea of repeating the same joke. The officer was next as it were, and the watchman caught the
 
 intended victim. He didn't play the joke. -.r .=-. rs. t,
 Merrill, the bookEeeper who was thought to have absconded with some Of the funds of the Gardiner Touring laill, has not left the city. He was heard from yesterday Harry Ken nedy, the head bookkeeper of the con- cern, who yesterday returned from Prescott, received note from Merrill stating that he got 'tfu1l' the other night and borrowed $36 from the safe, not with the intention of absconding. He says he will return the amount.
 A. w. Rabbit and w. B. Pomeroy returned to Mesa yesterday morning with the remains of Frank Robson, the government line rider who was ambushed and killed by the Nogales bank robbers in Skeleton canyon They secured the body Tuesday and making rough coffin started on the return trip, a long wearisome ride by wagon, to Bisbee, a distance of ninety miles, The boys say they were we'll treated by the cowboys in that region, who assisted them in every way pos- sible.
 Articles of incorporation of the Bal lena Water and Mining company of San Diego were filed yesterday The corporation has a capital stock of $3,000,000, divided in 3O,000 shares at the value of $1OO each. The sub scribers for the full amount are Jesse R. Grant, w. G. Rifenburg, c. s. War field, c. B. Wilcox and G. F. Warfleld.
 Theo L. Schultz and wife, P. J. Meyers and wife and Misses Louise and Isabelle Ousley, all of Tempe, have re- turned from a two weeks vacation spent at Agua Caliente.
 A colored gent, horse and a cart had a mixup yesterday afternoon. The horse ran away on Adams street and the driver, frightened to death, dropped the lines and yelled Whoa" but the horse wouldn't whoa a bit until the outfit came in collision with a hitching post in front of the south Methodist church The driver was spilled on his head on the stone pavement, but his cranium was too strong for the pavement and he was unhurt. The horse gracefully parted company with the cart and continued the run unin- terrupted. The cart was the chief sufferer