Arizona republican., 1896-05-03


 an event. that causes considerable ex- citement among the laddtes. The can didates as successor of Chief Good man are Bob Fromm, w. A. Davis and John Beck
 Mike Rice is in Morenci and during the absence of Brewer, Davis and Kep- Ter is filling the different offices of Mayor, justice of the peace, deputy sheriff and constable. He says he is litt,e weary of the job, but will have to stand it until they return.
 Contractor Amirault was yesterday given the contract to remove the Fuqua stable on Center street to the corner of Fourth and Adams streets, where it is MT. Fuqua's intention to rebuild the stable almost entirely of brick. It will also be extended 150 feet longer than it now is.
 News was yesterday received from Harry Brown and A. l.. Hendricks, the cyclists, They arrived at Yuma after many troubles. They had hard pull from Buckeye and had to push their bike through loose sand. Brown said he eats like a horse, but his partner, Hendricks, is hberally using a bottle of Wizard oil
 Tucson Star: Cattle shipments along the Southern Pacific in southern Ar.zona and along the G. V. G. & N. and the N. M. & A roads are in full blast and will continue for a month or more. Lately 1,209 cattle cars were or dered for the use of shippers in south eastern Arizona alone.
 A prominent architect said yesterday that besides the Adams hotel there were good indications of two more be ing built shortly One of them, he claimed, would cost about s200,0O0 Such news is too good to be true and the chances are they will only be erect ed on paper for some time to come.
 Sydney D. Ross and Celia Wall were united in marriage Friday even ing in the probate court. There were present as witnesses all the court house officials who wished the young couple all the felicity obtainable even though the rigid law introduced by Senator Edmulds had compelled their marriage.
 A circular was sent to the employ CTS of the s. F., P. & P. yesterday to the effect that E. w. GilCett has been appointed acting general agent of the road, vice Ira P. Smith, resigned. The promotion of Mir Gillett was deserved for he has been a hard and faithful worker for the company and which they have appreciated by appointing him to the responsible position of gen eral agent.
 The enrolment of pupils tn the Phoenix city schools for the eight months, which closed last week. is as follows: East End, 152; West End, 176; Five Points, S2; Central school grammar grades), 341; Union High school, 97, making total enrolment of S4S. This is somewhat under the enrolment of the previous months, but a good many pupils have gone away for the summer.
 There is no article of dress in gentle mems wear that so makes or unmakes hLs appearance as the hat. If his hat is all right he is all right, that is at least on short acquaintance. Some hats are costly, then some are not,
  Alkire's is not and are of the kind that stand in any climate. For style, color, durability and cheapness the straw hats at Alkire's cannot be excelled. They are gems and to be strictly well dressed it would be well ito get your straw hat at Alkire's.
 Near Winslow Frank Cunningham. freight conductor, in passing over sev- eral boXcars, stumbled and fell be- tween two cars. Besides his skull be ing crushed and he hurt internally, the big wheels almost severed both legs from his body. The train was stopped as soon as possible, the in- Jured railroader placed in the caboose and brought to Winslow, where Dr. Dryden, the Atlantic & Pacific sur geon at this place, attended him. He died, however, half an hour after reaching Winslow. The accident oc- cured about o'clock Thursday after noon.
 A mining company is operating at the pot holes on the Colorado river, about fifteen miles above Yuma on a novel plan. Dredging machinery has D0oA oniNHouOu ou tWO ldTSe HaLDOdlS and a system of sluices is places on others. The debris from the bottom of the river is scooped up and run through the sluices, which are placed a little below the surface of the stream. The plan has worked very successfully on the St. Lawrence river, where dredg- ing has been done to depth of 10S feet, paying only cents ito ttl1e ton, yet yielding good income to the op- orators.
 Prescott Journal Miner: A serious cutting scrape occurred last night at the Last Chance mine hetWeen I B