Arizona republican., 1896-02-28

Professor Tyndall will return from
 Prescott tomorrow and will gather
 more Phoenix money. He has found this city lucrative field, but it is hardly probable that he will visit Tempe again ito give an exhibition, as the Tempeites are thorough skeptics on such matters and believe in nothing
 that they do not comprehend.
 One of the largest rattlers caught for some years in this section was yes terday captured in the river bottom and placed on exhibition in Al Will liams' menagerie. The snake is al-
 mans fist and is considerably over four feet in length. Thirteen rattles and button comprise the orchestra.
 c. D. Ward was yesterday on trial before Justice Morris in Justice John stone's court for creating a nuisance
 by throwing garbage into the town ditch. The defense attempted to es- tablish that Wards arrest was the outcome of plot matched by neigh
 bors The case was continued until today
 The Riata is desirous of extending eastward and in order ito do so have struck a novel method of letting out siders know that The Riata is a peri odical published in Phoenix. They
 will shortly send a man and wife, well
 known in the city, to Chicago on bi- cycles. The novelty Of the undertak- ing is relied upon for advertising the publication.
 Dr. w. l.. Price, the specialist wbo has lately established a permanent of flee here, is billed to lecture in Tucson
 soon and has organized quartette from Trice's minstrels to accompany him for the purpose of giving his audi ences a frSt-class entertainment. Pro- lessor Thos. o. Ramon, T. c. Trice, A. Jackson and Master Bert Trice conn pose the quartette of whom all are good singers.
 The dinner. given yesterday at the
 Gooding building by the ladies of the Presbyterian church was a pronounced success. To begin with the tables
 were decorated with floral pieces which gave a pretty effect The menu
 was faultless. Nearly three hundred
 people were fed and everyone was de- lighted. A sum amounting to $120
 was cleared above all expenses which
 exceeded the most sanguine expecta- tions of those in charge.
 The Cocopah volcanoes, seventy-fve
 miles southwest of Yuma, are again
 in violent agitation There are sev-
 eral of the volcanoes on the plains ! which are now busily engaged in vom- iting water, stones and mud. The larger ones in the Cocopah range pour forth dnse volumes of smoke in the daytime and flames at night. The vol canoes are not always active, but when in working humor the roar can be heard for twenty miles. Tucson Star: R. H. Paul came in on
 Monday night from the coal boring
 works near SolomonVi1le. The inves-
 tigation began exactly year ago this week. It has been pursued incessant- ly and is in much the same condition it was three months ago-that it, the same signs, neither better nor worse,
 are prevalent. Seven shafts have been sunk. The deepest is down 300 feet. An effort will be made to carry
 it to a depth of 1000 feet.
 Deputy Sheriff Gibson returned
 from New River yesterday, having in l custody M. s. Racer, who is charged by D. J. McQuaid with stealing a stove. Racer for some time lived on a ranch
 owned by McQuaid and when the lat ter sold the place Racer left, taking the house stove with him. He frankly told Justice Morris that he was guilty
 and took the stove because he needed it and was too poor to buy one. Sen ] tence was suspended until this morn ing.
 Tucson Citizen: The sale of the Rosemont copper mines to the Lewis ton Bros. of New York, which was
 made a few days since, will do much
 to revive copper mining in the Santa
 Ritas. The company has unlimited
 capital and the mines will be opened properly and worked to the best ad-
 vantage. The sale was made through Dr. Trippel who, in all probabiliay
 will have charge of the camp The
 price paid is said to have been between
 $50, 1000 and $4O,0OO.